Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Bowman was born on 19 April 1805, in Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Christopher Bowman, was 21 and her mother, Sarah Millard, was 26. She married George Markel on 12 October 1822, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in LeRoy Township, Boone, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 25 February 1888, in Story, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Blaine, Boone, Illinois, United States.
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- Mary Marble in household of George Marble, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Markle, "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990"
- Mary Bawman in entry for Minerva N Jory, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1813
Historical Boundaries 1813: Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.
Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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