When Rev. Wesley Bowman was born in August 1793, in Briar Creek Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Rev. Thomas Bowman Sr., was 32 and his mother, Anna Maria Freas, was 34. He married Tamar Alward in 1817. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Freeport, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 13 November 1867, in Elvira, Clinton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Elvira Cemetery, Elvira, Clinton, Iowa, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Historical Boundaries 1800: Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
Historical Boundaries 1813: Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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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