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: Sophia KOONTZ
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 29 Feb 1820 b
  • Death: 22 Mar 1892 in Ligonier, Noble Co, Indiana d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage:
  • Boston BOWSHER on 24 Oct 1839 at Benton, Elkhart Co, Indiana .m1
  • Boston BOWSHER Birth: Jan 1809 in Pickaway Co, Ohio Death: 7 Apr 1901 in Ligonier, Noble Co, Indiana
Children:
  1. Daniel BOWSHER Birth: 6 Aug 1840 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 20 Aug 1841 in Elkert Co, Indiana
  2. Amos BOWSHER Birth: 9 Sep 1842 in Noble Co, Indiana Death: 14 Mar 1930 in Pascagoula, Mississippi
  3. Dennis BOWSHER Birth: 9 Sep 1842 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 9 Sep 1842 in Elkert Co, Indiana
  4. William BOWSHER Birth: 10 Oct 1843 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 17 Apr 1844 in Elkert Co, Indiana
  5. Nelson Prentice BOWSHER Birth: 4 Mar 1845 Death: 21 May 1898
  6. Ester BOWSHER Birth: 4 Feb 1848 Death: 7 Jul 1896
  7. Mary BOWSHER Birth: 12 Oct 1849 Death: 7 Nov 1916
  8. Catherine BOWSHER Birth: 2 Dec 1851 Death: Ligonier, Indiana
  9. Margaret BOWSHER Birth: 21 Jul 1854 Death: 26 Feb 1885
  10. James BOWSHER Birth: 21 Oct 1856 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 7 Apr 1857 in Elkert Co, Indiana
  11. Boston Jr BOWSHER Birth: 9 Mar 1858 in Elkert Co, Indiana Death: 17 Sep 1858 in Elkert Co, Indiana
  12. Andrew BOWSHER Birth: 9 Mar 1858 Death: 21 Aug 1860
  13. Cephas BOWSHER Birth: 27 Jul 1861 in Ligonier, Noble Co, Indiana Death: 9 Jun 1943 in Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado
  14. Nathaniel BOWSHER Birth: 22 Apr 1864 Death: 26 Apr 1894

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. DAR Application 578403, Dunten, Marilynn Lucille Knauss Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #578403].
  3. DAR Application 761528, Blank, Karen Sue Dunten Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #761528].
  4. DAR Application 763810, Blank, Kristi Lynn Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #763810].
  5. 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].
  6. 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]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
29 Feb 1816 [Ref: DAR #578403]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: 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 Boston BOWSHER
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]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Sophia KOONTZ
Sophia KOONTZ



Descendants of Sophia KOONTZ
1. Sophia KOONTZ m. Boston BOWSHER
m. Boston BOWSHER father: Daniel BOWSHER mother: Mary Polly TRIESS

2nd generation

3. Amos BOWSHER m. Clarissa POYSER
m. Clarissa POYSER father: William Hunter POYSER mother: Sarah THOMPSON
6. Nelson Prentice BOWSHER m1. Clarrissa C HOSTETTER m2. Laura CASKEY
m. Clarrissa C HOSTETTER
m. Laura CASKEY
7. Ester BOWSHER m. William BACHELOR
m. William BACHELOR
8. Mary BOWSHER m1. Alonzo T POYSER m2. Samuel GLANT
m. Alonzo T POYSER
m. Samuel GLANT
9. Catherine BOWSHER m. Christian E SLABAUGH
m. Christian E SLABAUGH
10. Margaret BOWSHER m. Solomon LANTZ
m. Solomon LANTZ
14. Cephas BOWSHER m1. Ella MILNER m2. Mary Carter EWELL m3. Pauline COX
m. Ella MILNER father: John Hessay MILNER mother: Mary Elizabeth McLELLAN
m. Mary Carter EWELL
m. Pauline COX
15. Nathaniel BOWSHER m. Minnie B SIPE
m. Minnie B SIPE

3rd generation

17. Alwilda BOWSHER m1. Hartmann D SHOUP m2. Linns WALES
m. Hartmann D SHOUP
m. Linns WALES
19. Lina Wilbert BOWSHER m. E B DUNTEN
m. E B DUNTEN
22. Edna M BOWSHER m. Fred MOLTZ
m. Fred MOLTZ
24. Iva Blanche BOWSHER m. Walter HENDERSON
m. Walter HENDERSON
26. Jay Colfax BOWSHER m1. Eva Almeda SPENCER m2. Eleanor BOOHER
m. Eva Almeda SPENCER
m. Eleanor BOOHER father: Henry BOOHER mother: Eliza (BOOHER)
30. Clyde V POYSER m. Anna GRAHAM
m. Anna GRAHAM
32. Vesta M POYSER m1. Ora GLANT m2. Ira BOWMAN
m. Ora GLANT
m. Ira BOWMAN
33. Daniel O POYSER m. Trellah KURTZ
m. Trellah KURTZ
35. Willard SLABAUGH m. Zuila LATTA
m. Zuila LATTA
36. Ollie SLABAUGH m. John Solomon LARIMER
m. John Solomon LARIMER father: Bartlett LARIMER
38. Lillie LANTZ m. J W GRANT
m. J W GRANT
39. Eva LANTZ m. C D COCHRAN
m. C D COCHRAN
41. Russell Vern BOWSHER m. Sarah Gail EWELL
m. Sarah Gail EWELL
42. Vida BOWSHER m. Earl ALLEN
m. Earl ALLEN
44. Lulu M BOWSHER m1. M R WHITEHEAD m2. Wayne F MOULTON
m. M R WHITEHEAD
m. Wayne F MOULTON

4th generation

45. Oma Madge SHOUP m. Glenn Walz KNAUSS
m. Glenn Walz KNAUSS
46. Arthur B SHOUP m. Blanche RICHARDSON
m. Blanche RICHARDSON
48. Thelma DUNTEN m. M L YEAGER
m. M L YEAGER
59. Nelson Spencer BOWSHER m1. Helen Lucile HANSEN m2. Louise POPE m3. Margaret FEORE
m. Helen Lucile HANSEN
m. Louise POPE
m. Margaret FEORE
60. Sarah Clarissa BOWSHER m1. James R PARK m2. Phillip Hersh PRETZ
m. James R PARK
m. Phillip Hersh PRETZ
62. Earnest M GLANT m. Ruby DALLAS
m. Ruby DALLAS
64. Keith E SLABAUGH m. Lucile GALAWAY
m. Lucile GALAWAY
69. Esther LARIMER m. Louis A PILLSBURY
m. Louis A PILLSBURY
70. Vera LARIMER m. William GULLICKSON
m. William GULLICKSON
71. Florence Kathryn LARIMER m. Leonard STIRN
m. Leonard STIRN
80. Robert Russell BOWSHER m. Living BOYD
m. Living BOYD

5th generation

85. Marilynn Lucile KNAUSS m. Jack Phillips DUNTEN
m. Jack Phillips DUNTEN
86. Phyllis SHOUP m. Joseph MILCHAK
m. Joseph MILCHAK
88. Living BOWSHER m1. Living MERIWETHER m2. Living STEENLAND
m. Living MERIWETHER
m. Living STEENLAND
89. Jeanne Eva PRETZ m. Living SANBORN
m. Living SANBORN
99. Living BOWSHER m. Living MIX
m. Living MIX
100. Living BOWSHER m. Living BERGMAN
m. Living BERGMAN
102. Living BOWSHER m.