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  • Name: Henry BOWSHER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1803 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 7 Aug 1847 in Bowsherville, Ohio d
  • Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Wyandot Co, Ohio u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter BOWSHER Birth: 26 Dec 1782 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1844 in Dekalb Co, Indiana
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth HARPSTER Death: 1854 in Carey, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. David BOWSHER Birth: 4 Nov 1826 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 10 Apr 1866
  2. (Unk Child) BOWSHER Birth: Abt 1827 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  3. Elizabeth J BOWSHER Birth: 24 Dec 1828 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 10 May 1908 in Highland Falls, New York
  4. Mary Evaline BOWSHER Birth: 29 Jul 1830 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 6 May 1889 in Sycamore, Ohio
  5. Susan BOWSHER Birth: 26 Sep 1831 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  6. Jacob BOWSHER Birth: 2 Feb 1833 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 2 Sep 1855 in Radnor, Ohio
  7. Eliza BOWSHER Birth: 27 Jun 1834 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 6 May 1864 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio
  8. Rachael BOWSHER Birth: 2 Oct 1835 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 22 Nov 1866
  9. Anthony BOWSHER Birth: 8 Jul 1837 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 25 Aug 1871
  10. William E BOWSHER Birth: 2 Jun 1839 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: Upper Sandusky, Ohio
  11. Sarah E BOWSHER Birth: 15 Oct 1840 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  12. Martha BOWSHER Birth: 28 May 1842 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 10 May 1843 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  13. Margaret BOWSHER Birth: 28 Jan 1844 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 1850 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  14. James P BOWSHER Birth: 23 Jan 1845 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: 11 Mar 1847 in Bowsherville, Ohio
  15. Ameda BOWSHER Birth: 1846 in Bowsherville, Ohio Death: Sycamore, Ohio

Bibliography
  1. Burkhardt, Franklin A, The BOUCHER Family, Francis E Burkhardt Press, New York, 1917. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712838 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p[0-9f]*].
  2. Harter, Fayne Ellen, Reichelderfer family. Nappenee, IN: F. E. Harter, 1993. FHL 929.273 R271h v1/v2 1993. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p[0-9]*].
  3. Bowsher, Kay, BOWSHER Family, private email, 9/10/2001. Author address qddusa at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001].
  4. History of Wyandot County Ohio, Chicago: Leggett, Conaway, 1884. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007549588?cat=94145 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WyandotCoOH BioSketches p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110, Harter REICHELDERFER p114, WyandotCoOH BioSketches p572],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110]
Pennsylvania [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001],
parents:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110, Harter REICHELDERFER p54]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
place:
Pickaway Co, Ohio [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p114, WyandotCoOH BioSketches p572]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110, Harter REICHELDERFER p114, WyandotCoOH BioSketches p572],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p114]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret DICKENS
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110, Harter REICHELDERFER p114, WyandotCoOH BioSketches p572],
child:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110, Burkhardt BOUCHER p111, Burkhardt BOUCHER p112, Burkhardt BOUCHER p113, Burkhardt BOUCHER p114, Harter REICHELDERFER p114, WyandotCoOH BioSketches p572]
Research Notes:
one of first settlers in Wyandot County [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110]

1825: resided at Bowsherville, Ohio [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110]

1846: both parents succombed to a drea malady of milk sickness, and both died. Oldest of children was 19, and youngest a baby. Children were widely scattered [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p110]

died of milk sickness, with one month of each other [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p114]



Pedigree of Henry BOWSHER
                   /-----Johan Daniel BOUCHER
          /-----Anthony BOWSHER
         |        |                  /-----Hans Jacob DROG
         |        |         /-----Hans Diebolt DROG
         |         \-----Eva Catharina DROG
         |                 |                  /-----Velten REECH
         |                 |         /-----Hans Martin RECH
         |                 |        |         \-----Maria (REECH)
         |                  \-----Maria Barbara RECH
         |                          |                  /-----Velten CLAUSS
         |                          |         /-----Hans Christoph CLAUSS
         |                           \-----Catharina CLAUSS
         |                                   |         /-----Marx REECH
         |                                    \-----Maria REECH
 /-----Peter BOWSHER
|        |                  /-----Johannes Veit REICHELDERFER
|        |         /-----Johann Heinrich REICHELSDORFER
|        |        |         \-----Anna (REICHELSDORFER)
|         \-----Christine REICHELDERFER
|                 |         /-----Ulrich LIEBENGUT
|                  \-----Maria Catherina LIEBENGUTH
|                          |                           /-----Hans HENNI
|                          |                  /-----Nikli HENNI
|                          |                 |         \-----Barbli KLAUS
|                          |         /-----Michael HENNI
|                          |        |        |         /-----Hans EICHELBERGER
|                          |        |         \-----Barbel EICHELBERGER
|                          |        |                  \-----Elsbeth RAEBER
|                           \-----Anna HENNI
|                                   |                           /-----Hans SCHWYTZER
|                                   |                  /-----Hans SCHWYTZER
|                                   |                 |         \-----Sara PFAEFFERLI
|                                   |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Peter FARNI
|                                   |        |         \-----Verena FARNI
|                                   |        |                  \-----Vernea PIERIS
|                                    \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
|                                            |         /-----Peter GASSNER
|                                             \-----Anna GASSNER
|                                                     |         /-----Hans KROPF
|                                                      \-----Barble KROPF
|                                                               \-----Barbli TSCHABOLT
Henry BOWSHER
 \-----Elizabeth HARPSTER



Descendants of Henry BOWSHER
1. Henry BOWSHER m. Margaret DICKENS
m. Margaret DICKENS

2nd generation

4. Elizabeth J BOWSHER m. Franklin TRIPP
m. Franklin TRIPP
5. Mary Evaline BOWSHER m. Albert TRIPP
m. Albert TRIPP
6. Susan BOWSHER m1. Jesse BRANDENBURG m2. Christ WINKLER
m. Jesse BRANDENBURG
m. Christ WINKLER
7. Jacob BOWSHER m. Elizabeth Minter CRAWFORD
m. Elizabeth Minter CRAWFORD
8. Eliza BOWSHER m. Joseph FRY
m. Joseph FRY
9. Rachael BOWSHER m. John STOKER
m. John STOKER
12. Sarah E BOWSHER m. Edward H CHASE
m. Edward H CHASE

3rd generation

17. Frank T TRIPP m. Rena STEVENSON
m. Rena STEVENSON
19. William TRIPP m1. Mary GALLAGHER m2. Rufina DURFEE
m. Mary GALLAGHER
m. Rufina DURFEE
20. Adda TRIPP m. Samuel REBER
m. Samuel REBER
21. Lizzie TRIPP m. John FICKEN
m. John FICKEN
26. Martha J BOWSHER m. Smith NASON
m. Smith NASON
28. Ella FRY m. Alfred AULT
m. Alfred AULT
31. Melancthon STOKER m. Eva EPLEY
m. Eva EPLEY
32. John STOKER m. Mattie McFARLAND
m. Mattie McFARLAND
34. Jefferson STOKER m. Sarah H KUENZLE
m. Sarah H KUENZLE

4th generation

47. Guy NASON m. Minnie CHANCE
m. Minnie CHANCE
48. Rex NASON m. Ora HENDERSON
m. Ora HENDERSON
49. Homer W AULT m. Elizabeth REDMAN
m. Elizabeth REDMAN
50. Carrie J AULT m. Perley J NOTT
m. Perley J NOTT
51. Jesse F AULT m. Stella WALLACE
m. Stella WALLACE
63. Eva STOKER m. Lawrence WAGNER
m. Lawrence WAGNER