Jacob Bowman

As printed in 1881

JACOB BOWMAN, tanner; P. 0. North Industry; is the eighth in a family of nine children born to Jacob and Hannah (Klinger) Bowman, who were natives of Northumberland Co., Penn., where Jacob was engaged in farming. In 1812, he came to Ohio, settling in Pike Tp.,

Stark Co.. on a farm of IGO acres, which was covered with a dense forest; he cleared the farm, and lived on the same up to the time of his death. He was a man universally esteemed for his sterling integrity and honesty. He and his wife were both members of the Lutheran Church. He died in 1863, aged 84 years; his widow died in 1872, aged 88 years. Jacob, the subject of this sketch, was born in Stark Co., Jan. 28, 1823; his childhood was spent <m the farm, interrupted but slightly by educational pursuits, as facilities of that kind were scanty and of an inferior order in the region of his home. He worked on the farm until he was 21 years of age; then he purchased a farm of 80 acres in this county; he, one Aear later removed to Crawford Co., this State, and settled on a farm of 240 acres, and there lived sixteen years; he returned to Stark Co.. and purchased a farm of 274 acres in Canton Tp., where he now resides. In 1844. he married Louisa, a daughter of Lewis Runyon, of Jefferson Co., Ohio; from that marriage there have been six children, three of whom are living, viz.: Belinda, Mary- J. and J. R. Mr. Bowman is a stalwart Republican, and during the war was the only Republican in Chatfield Tp.. Crawford Co., who dared to cast his vote.

As printed in History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.