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Noah Bowser

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Noah Bowser

Birth
Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Jul 1851 (aged 26)
Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Tedrow, Fulton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec B Row 3
Memorial ID
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Biographical sketch of son, Noah Webster Bowser gives background of Noah Bowser, Sr.:

"Noah W. Bowser, whose attractive homestead farm is located about three miles south of the village of Fayette, in Franklin township, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this part of the county. He was born on the home farm, in Section 32 of this township, on the 19th of February, 1852, and is a son of Noah and Delilah (Zimmerman) Bowser, the former of whom was born on that same farm, where he passed his entire life, having died at the age of twenty-two years and three months, a short time before his only child, subject of this review, was born. Noah Bowser was a son of John Bowser, who was born in Germany, and who became one of the very early settlers of Fulton county, taking up a tract of wild land and developing the farm upon which heirs son and grandson were born, as just noted. He there passed the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits, and he was also a licensed preacher in the Christian Brethren church, being zealous in the work. His remains lie at rest in the Spring Hill cemetery, as do also those of the other deceased members of this well-known family. Of the eight children of Rev. John Bowser none are living, Noah having been the youngest..." (Mikesell, 1905, p. 281-2)
Biographical sketch of son, Noah Webster Bowser gives background of Noah Bowser, Sr.:

"Noah W. Bowser, whose attractive homestead farm is located about three miles south of the village of Fayette, in Franklin township, is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this part of the county. He was born on the home farm, in Section 32 of this township, on the 19th of February, 1852, and is a son of Noah and Delilah (Zimmerman) Bowser, the former of whom was born on that same farm, where he passed his entire life, having died at the age of twenty-two years and three months, a short time before his only child, subject of this review, was born. Noah Bowser was a son of John Bowser, who was born in Germany, and who became one of the very early settlers of Fulton county, taking up a tract of wild land and developing the farm upon which heirs son and grandson were born, as just noted. He there passed the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits, and he was also a licensed preacher in the Christian Brethren church, being zealous in the work. His remains lie at rest in the Spring Hill cemetery, as do also those of the other deceased members of this well-known family. Of the eight children of Rev. John Bowser none are living, Noah having been the youngest..." (Mikesell, 1905, p. 281-2)


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