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Parents:

Father:
Daniel BOWSHER Birth: 31 Jul 1789 in Beaver Twp, Northumberland (Now Snyder) Co, Pennsylvania Death: 17 Dec 1856 in Noble Co, Indiana

Mother:

Mary Polly TRIESS Birth: 1793 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1 Jun 1866 in Noble Co, Indiana

Family:
Marriage:

Sophia KOONTZ on 24 Oct 1839 at Benton, Elkhart Co, Indiana .^m1
Sophia KOONTZ Birth: 29 Feb 1820 Death: 22 Mar 1892 in Ligonier, Noble Co, Indiana

Children:

Daniel BOWSHER Birth: 6 Aug 1840 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 20 Aug 1841 in Elkert Co, Indiana
Amos BOWSHER Birth: 9 Sep 1842 in Noble Co, Indiana Death: 14 Mar 1930 in Pascagoula, Mississippi
Dennis BOWSHER Birth: 9 Sep 1842 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 9 Sep 1842 in Elkert Co, Indiana
William BOWSHER Birth: 10 Oct 1843 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 17 Apr 1844 in Elkert Co, Indiana
Nelson Prentice BOWSHER Birth: 4 Mar 1845 Death: 21 May 1898
Ester BOWSHER Birth: 4 Feb 1848 Death: 7 Jul 1896
Mary BOWSHER Birth: 12 Oct 1849 Death: 7 Nov 1916
Catherine BOWSHER Birth: 2 Dec 1851 Death: Ligonier, Indiana
Margaret BOWSHER Birth: 21 Jul 1854 Death: 26 Feb 1885
James BOWSHER Birth: 21 Oct 1856 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 7 Apr 1857 in Elkert Co, Indiana
Boston Jr BOWSHER Birth: 9 Mar 1858 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 17 Sep 1858 in Elkert Co, Indiana
Andrew BOWSHER Birth: 9 Mar 1858 Death: 21 Aug 1860
Cephas BOWSHER Birth: 27 Jul 1861 in Ligonier, Noble Co, Indiana Death: 9 Jun 1943 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado
Nathaniel BOWSHER Birth: 22 Apr 1864 Death: 26 Apr 1894

Bibliography

Burkhardt, Franklin A, The BOUCHER Family, Francis E Burkhardt Press, New York, orig 1917. Reprint 1976 with supplements and index. Film#1481363#5. Supplement available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712838 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 p[ABCX]*[0-9]*].
DAR Application 578403, Dunten, Marilynn Lucille Knauss Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #578403].
DAR Application 761528, Blank, Karen Sue Dunten Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #761528].
DAR Application 763810, Blank, Kristi Lynn Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #763810].
MacCabe, Gail, Cephas Bowsher, private email 11/3/2001. Author address: maccabe at speakeasy dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Gail MacCabe 11/3/2001].
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: DAR #761528, DAR #763810]; 1812 [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]; abt 1812 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1, DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810],
parents:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1, DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810],
name:: Boston (Bastian) [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1, DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810],
place:: Ligonier, Indiana [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]; Noble Co, Indiana [Ref: DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sophia KOONTZ

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1, DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810],
place:: Benton, Indiana [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1]; Elkhart Co, Indiana [Ref: DAR #761528, DAR #763810],
child:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA1, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA2, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA3, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA4, Burkhardt BOUCHER-76 pA5, DAR #578403, DAR #761528, DAR #763810, Gail MacCabe 11/3/2001]