Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Mary DOTSON
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 12 Jan 1843 b
  • Death: 17 May 1932 in Lima, Allen Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Shawnee Cemetery, Shawnee Twp, Allen Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Charles DOTSON Birth: 26 Dec 1802 in Pennsylvania Death: 4 Jul 1862 in Allen Co, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Mary Magdalena DEFENBAUGH Birth: 28 Feb 1809 in Pennsylvania Death: 28 Jan 1847 in Allen Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Harvey Sylvester BOWSHER Birth: 1864 in Lima, Allen Co, Ohio
  2. Elmer E BOWSHER Birth: 13 Sep 1864 in Lima, Ohio Death: 25 Aug 1865 in Allen Co, Ohio
  3. Verda V BOWSHER Birth: 14 Mar 1866 in Lima, Ohio Death: 12 Oct 1887 in Allen Co, Ohio
  4. Ida R BOWSHER Birth: 31 Mar 1868 in Lima, Ohio Death: 18 Apr 1887 in Allen Co, Ohio
  5. Frank O BOWSHER Birth: 17 May 1870 in Lima, Ohio Death: 24 Jan 1885 in Allen Co, Ohio
  6. Charles Arthur BOWSHER Birth: 1872 in Lima, Ohio Death: 1934 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois
  7. Fonda Alden BOWSHER Birth: 5 Jul 1874 in Lima, Ohio Death: 2 Jan 1937 in Gallipolis, Gallia Co, Ohio
  8. Arthur Rowland BOWSHER Birth: 26 Jul 1876 in Lima, Ohio Death: 19 Sep 1954 in Pueblo, Colorado
  9. Aaron W BOWSHER Birth: 4 Jun 1880 in Lima, Ohio Death: 18 Feb 1891
  10. Early G W BOWSHER Birth: 18 Jan 1881 in Lima, Ohio Death: 16 Sep 1887
  11. Austie M BOWSHER Birth: 21 Oct 1890 in Lima, Ohio Death: 14 Jan 1901

Bibliography
  1. Breese, Mary L, Allen County Ohio Cemetery Records, Shawnee Cemetery. Film#317316#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007416781. Bowsher in Shawnee cemetery images 077-8. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Breese AllenCoCem].
  2. Breese, Mary Longsworth, Early Vital Records and Marriages of Allen County Ohio, 1831-64. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1963. Film#317318. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007725960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Grimm, Carol, Dotson - Bowsher, private email 4/5/2007. Author address: jgrimm at buckeye hyphen access dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Carol Grimm 4/5/2007].
  5. Bowsher, Kay, BOWSHER Family, private email, 3/21/2002. Author address qddusa at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002].
  6. Bowsher, Kay, BOWSHER Family, private email, Aug 5, 2002. Author address qddusa at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kay Bowsher 8/5/2002].
  7. 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].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Breese AllenCoCem]
1843 [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001],
parents:
[Ref: Carol Grimm 4/5/2007, Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
___ FREISINGER [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p326]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Breese AllenCoCem],
place:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
7 May 1932 [Ref: Kay Bowsher 8/5/2002]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Breese AllenCoCem]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elias BOWSHER
date:
[Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p28, Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002],
place:
[Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p28, Kay Bowsher 3/21/2002],
Rev:
Samuel Boswher J.P. [Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p28],
names:
Elias BOWSHER & Mary FREISINGER [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p326],
child:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Mary DOTSON
          /-----Thomas DODSON
 /-----Charles DOTSON
|         \-----Catherine BRONCHER
Mary DOTSON
|                           /-----Johan Adam DEFENBAUGH
|                  /-----George DEFENBAUGH
|                 |         \-----Maria Sybilla KOBEL
|         /-----Daniel DEFENBAUGH
|        |         \-----Eva Mary Magdalena KAPP
 \-----Mary Magdalena DEFENBAUGH
         |         /-----Peter CULP
          \-----Hannah CULP
                   \-----Mary HEINLY



Descendants of Mary DOTSON
1. Mary DOTSON m. Elias BOWSHER
m. Elias BOWSHER father: Isaac BOWSHER mother: Anna Elizabeth DUNKEL

2nd generation

2. Harvey Sylvester BOWSHER m. Ida Dell VERBRYKE
m. Ida Dell VERBRYKE
7. Charles Arthur BOWSHER m. Mollie HAND
m. Mollie HAND
8. Fonda Alden BOWSHER m. May DUSABLON
m. May DUSABLON father: William DUSABLON mother: Josephine SWOPE
9. Arthur Rowland BOWSHER m. Harriet GAY
m. Harriet GAY

3rd generation

13. Walter R BOWSHER m. Anna A JOHNSON
m. Anna A JOHNSON
14. Lulu Myrtle BOWSHER m. Russell Merle BORN
m. Russell Merle BORN father: William Ernest BORN mother: Jennie STEAGALL
15. Russell C BOWSHER m. Lenore KEIFFER
m. Lenore KEIFFER
17. Verna Mae BOWSHER m. Walter S KLAY
m. Walter S KLAY
19. Matthew Arthur BOWSHER m. Ella Margaret WEST
m. Ella Margaret WEST
20. John Edward BOWSHER m. Living BEAL
m. Living BEAL
22. Ralph Alden BOWSHER m. Cordelia Alethea DIXON
m. Cordelia Alethea DIXON father: Herman DIXON mother: Della May (DIXON)
23. Austice Louise BOWSHER m. John D DAY
m. John D DAY
24. Frederick William BOWSHER m. Alice Genevieve GADE
m. Alice Genevieve GADE father: John Paul GADE mother: Sophie Johanna SCHLOSSER
25. Wilson Carleton BOWSHER m. Living KOWASKI
m. Living KOWASKI
26. Ruth Ella BOWSHER m. Daniel Paul McGARVEY
m. Daniel Paul McGARVEY father: Daniel Patrick McGARVEY mother: Mary Catherine HOCK
27. Jean Edward BOWSHER m. Julia Clarke WOOD
m. Julia Clarke WOOD father: Charles O WOOD mother: Mary Erd CLARKE
28. John Arthur BOWSHER m. Ruth Lee TWOMBLY
m. Ruth Lee TWOMBLY father: William Henry TWOMBLY mother: Clara Mae WOODS

4th generation

30. Annabelle BOWSHER m. Richard Glen WISENER
m. Richard Glen WISENER father: Bernard W WISENER mother: Alma FISHER
31. Walter R Jr BOWSHER m. Laura Alice YOUNGS
m. Laura Alice YOUNGS father: Roy YOUNGS mother: Martha SHULER
32. Walter Lee BORN m. Living BOGDON
m. Living BOGDON
33. Miriam June BORN m. Charles Eugene LEE
m. Charles Eugene LEE
34. Betty Louise BORN m. Wayne Clifford RAMGA
m. Wayne Clifford RAMGA father: Frederick C RAMGA mother: Leona Margaret BROWN
36. Wilda Mae BOWSHER m. Lyle MINDEL
m. Lyle MINDEL
37. Russell Jean BOWSHER m. Eleanor S WILSON
m. Eleanor S WILSON
40. Living BOWSHER m. Living CLEM
m. Living CLEM
41. Living BOWSHER m. Living MAHONEY
m. Living MAHONEY
42. John Edward Jr BOWSHER m. Living (BOWSHER)
m. Living (BOWSHER)
43. Living BOWSHER m. Living JORDAN
m. Living JORDAN father: Ottis Lee JORDAN mother: Nellie Mae JACKSON
44. Living BOWSHER m. Living MODICA
m. Living MODICA father: James MODICA mother: Neusa SHORTINO
45. Living BOWSHER m. Living SHRIDER
m. Living SHRIDER
46. Ronald David BOWSHER m. Living REDDING
m. Living REDDING father: Floyd Jack REDDING mother: Mary Martha BERGFELD
50. Living BOWSHER m. Living RICHARDS
m. Living RICHARDS
52. Living McGARVEY m1. Living ALTENBERGER m2. Living FURLONG
m. Living ALTENBERGER father: Paul Emerson ALTENBERGER mother: Nellie May WILSON
m. Living FURLONG
53. Robert Paul McGARVEY m. Living WALKER
m. Living WALKER
60. Living BOWSHER m. Living NELSON
m. Living NELSON father: Robert Eugene NELSON mother: Sadie Eugenia CHIDESTER

5th generation

63. Living BOWSHER m. Living (BOWSHER)
m. Living (BOWSHER)
67. Living LEE m. Living NEAL
m. Living NEAL
68. Living LEE m1. Living WELLS m2. Living LUND
m. Living WELLS
m. Living LUND
69. Living LEE m. Living HOWELL
m. Living HOWELL
70. Living RAMGA m1. Living PERCY m2. Living COX m3. Living SMITH
m. Living PERCY
m. Living COX
m. Living SMITH
71. Living RAMGA m. Living ROSNER
m. Living ROSNER
72. Living RAMGA m. Living HUMPHREY
m. Living HUMPHREY
74. Living BOWSHER m. Living HAVENS
m. Living HAVENS father: Living HAVENS mother: Living SAYERS
75. Living BOWSHER m. Living RAU
m. Living RAU father: Living RAU mother: Living DEHART
76. Living BOWSHER m. Living ROHMAN
m. Living ROHMAN