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Personal data Daniel E. Bowman 

• Alternative name: Daniel E Bowman
• He was born on December 12, 1818 in Herkimer County, New York.Sources 3, 4, 6
• Alternative: He was born on September 12, 1818 in New York, United States.
• Resident:
• in the year 1840: Ontario, New York, United States.Source 5
• in the year 1850: St Clair, St Clair, Michigan.Source 6
• in the year 1860: Jerome, Midland, Michigan.Source 4
• He died in the year 1866 in Missouri, Verenigde Staten, he was 47 years old.Source 3

  Declared dead by the Midland County Court in 1866

• Alternative: He died in the year 1901 in Midland, Midland, Michigan, United States, he was 82 years old.
• A child of William W. Bowman and Polly Chaffee

Household of Daniel E. Bowman

He is married to Jane Tressie Dempster.

They got married in the year 1839 at Gorham, Ontario, New York, United States, he was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Julia Etta Bowman  1839-1912 
2. Juliaette Bowman  1840-1912 
3. Hannah Marie Bowman  ± 1841-1925 
4. Charles Edson Bowman  1844-1909 
5. Sarah Josephine Bowman  1852-1934 
6. Helen Jane Bowman  ± 1856-1862
7. Alice Leone Bowman  1858-1888 
8. Elizabeth Bowman  1861-1888

Notes about Daniel E. Bowman

1850 Census St. Clair Village, St. Clair County Michigan page 255

Sometime in the mid 1850's Alexander and a few other Bowman relatives dropped the W from their name and became Boman. A story is told that this was to dis-associate themselves from the rest of the family.
Daniel E. Bowman left his family and he was declared dead 7 years later. It is beleaved that he deserted his family, however he may have died. His mother, Polly Chaffee was so upset by his behavior that she removed his name from her family bible and refused to permit his name to be spoken.
Name: Daniel E. BOWMAN Given Name: Daniel E. Surname: Bowman Sex: M Birth: 12 SEP 1818 in New York Ancestral File #: 9K6T-P5
U S Census Records1840 Gorham, Ontario, New York1850 St Clair, St Clair, Michigan1860 Jerome, Midland, MichiganBook: Portrait & Biographical Album of Midland County, Michigan 1884Chapman Brothers, pages 221-222.Midland County, Michigan miscellaneous record book: Marriages 1855-1871.Probate Records Midland County, Michigan: Record #423History of Daniel Bowman
Pg. 56To be as accurate as possible, historically speaking one must differentiate between the early land owners and the early settlers, in speaking of Edenville. Much of the land in Town 16 North, Range 1 West, was owned by land speculators in Saginaw and East Saginaw. For example, Timothy Jerome of East Saginaw had built the first sawmill in this area on the Tobacco River, one mile above the present village of Edenville in 1853. But there were still many acres of land that could be had by anyone brave and daring enough to settle in this rough and almost wholly uncivilized area. Two such men were Daniel Boman or Bowman and Joseph A. Rooker. Both of these men arrived in the Edenville area sometime between 1854 and 1855.Daniel "Big Dan" Bowman or Boman arrived from Saginaw late in 1854 or early 1855. He built a log cabin and lived there with his wife and child Juliette. He was vitally interested in the growth of the community and in later years did much to insure the growth of Edenville. It was he who gave his log cabin to the community to start the first school house, and he was among the first to initiate steps necessary to first seperate "Sixteen" or Edenville from the township of Egbert and late from Jerone township to form its own independent township.from "Midland County Portrait and Biograhical" published 1884"The first marriage in Midland County was that of Sylvester Erway, so long a Supervisor of Edenville Township, and Julia Bowman, daughter of Daniel Bowman, one of the first settlers. The ceremony was performed by Esquire Abraham Egbert, April 6, 1855.""The first election was held October 20, 1855, at the home of Abraham Egbert, in honor of whom it was named. The judges of that election were Abraham Egbert, Jacob Hagar and Daniel Bowman.""The villiage of Edenville is a neat little place on section I, at the junction of the Tittabawassee River and Tobacco Creek. It was platted in 1878 by Henry Church, who also kept the first hotel, which was built in the spring of 1863. Daniel Bowman built the first house on the village plat, of logs.""Abraham Egbert was the first settler in the township, and first Justice of the Peace. David Burton, Daniel Bowman and Aaron Havens settled here in 1855."
From Probate Court records Midland County, Michigan:15 April 1901, given by Josephine Haynes"I remember my father the said Daniel E. Bowman, leaving Edenville, Midland County, Michigan, where we were living, it was sometime about the last of June or 1st of July 1865, for about one year after he went away we heard from him and could learn nothing of his whereabouts and nothing has been heard from him since, and to the best of my knowledge and belief he is dead."Daniel was declared dead sometime after his leaving Edenville in 1865. His wife remarried in 1870.
Daniel Bowman is of Dutch-French descent. Jane Dempster is Scottish. The Bowmans were from St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan prior to being in Midland Co. In 1855, the Bowmans migrated north to Jerome Twp, Midland, Michigan, where Daniel Bowman was the first settler to build a log house on the village plat of Edenville. Probate Court for said county. In the matter of the estate ofDaniel E. Bowman, deceased. At a session of said court held at the Probate office in the city of Midland, in said county, on the 15th day of April 1901. Josephine Haynes, being duly sworn, testifies as follows: I am a daughter of the said Daniel E. Bowman and Jane T. Bowman his wife.I remember about my father the said Daniel E. Bowman, leaving Edenville, Midland County, Michigan, where we were living, it was sometime about the last of June or the 1st of July 1865, for about one year after he went away we heard from him, that is my mother received letters from him, and since that time none of his family has heard from him and could learn nothing of his whereabouts and nothing has been heard from him since, and to the best of my knowledge and belief he is dead.The names of the children heirs-at-law of the said Daniel Bowman and Jane T. Bowman his wife are as follows: Juliette Bowman Erway, a daughter, who resides in the township of Tobacco, Gladwin, Michigan, and whose age is about 61 years, Hannah Bowman Erway, a daughter, age about 59 years, and who now resides at Edenville, Midland, Michigan, Charles E. Bowman, a son, age 56 years, residing at Vanderbilt, Michigan, Josephine Haynes, a daughter, age 48, residing at Loomis, Michigan, Helen Bowman, a daughter, who died at the age of 5 or 6 years of age, and Alice L. Bowman Dempster, who died in the year 1889, and who left surviving has two children viz: Ethel L. Dempster, now the age of 19 years, and Alice Norma Dempster whose age is about twelve years old. Of these said children, of the said Daniel E. Bowman, have lived in and near the County of Midland, Michigan since the departure of the said Daniel E. Bowman as aforesaid. The said Jane Bowman was married again in the year 1870, but had no children by her second husband. He has not since said time sold or conveyed the same to my knowledge to any persons. The said Jane T.Bowman my mother died in the year 1892, at the time of her death she was residing at the Township of Edenville, Midland, Michigan. Subscribed and Sworn before me this 15th day of April 1901.
Father: William W. BOWMAN b: 28 DEC 1797 in New York Mother: Polly CHAFFEE b: 13 MAR 1798 in Herkimer,Frankfort,New YorkMarriage 1 Jane Tressie DEMPSTER b: MAY 1820 in New York
Married: 1839 in Gorham,Ontario County,New York
Juliaette BOWMAN b: 23 SEP 1840 in Gorham,Ontario County,New York
Hannah Marie BOWMAN b: JUL 1841 in Gorham,Ontario County,New York
Charles E BOWMAN b: MAY 1844 in Gorham,Ontario County,New York
Josephine Sarah BOWMAN b: 22 APR 1852 in St Clair,St Clair County,Michigan
Helen Jane BOWMAN b: 1856 in Edenville,Midland,Michigan
Alice Leone BOWMAN b: 23 JUL 1858 in Edenville,Midland,Michigan

U S Census Records
1840 Gorham, Ontario, New York
1850 St Clair, St Clair, Michigan
1860 Jerome, Midland, Michigan

Book: Portrait & Biographical Album of Midland County, Michigan 1884
Chapman Brothers, pages 221-222.

Midland County, Michigan miscellaneous record book: Marriages 1855-1871.
Probate Records Midland County, Michigan: Record #423

History of Daniel Bowman

Daniel Bowman is of Dutch-French descent. Jane Dempster is
Scottish. The Bowmans were from St. Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan
prior to being in Midland Co. In 1855, the Bowmans migrated north to
Jerome Twp, Midland, Michigan, where Daniel Bowman was the first settler
to build a log house on the village plat of Edenville.
Probate Court for said county. In the matter of the estate of
Daniel E. Bowman, deceased. At a session of said court held at the
Probate office in the city of Midland, in said county, on the 15th day of
April 1901. Josephine Haynes, being duly sworn, testifies as follows: I
am a daughter of the said Daniel E. Bowman and Jane T. Bowman his wife.
I remember about my father the said Daniel E. Bowman, leaving
Edenville, Midland County, Michigan, where we were living, it was
sometime about the last of June or the 1st of July 1865, for about one
year after he went away we heard from him, that is my mother received
letters from him, and since that time none of his family has heard from
him and could learn nothing of his whereabouts and nothing has been heard
from him since, and to the best of my knowledge and belief he is dead.
The names of the children heirs-at-law of the said Daniel Bowman and
Jane T. Bowman his wife are as follows: Juliette Bowman Erway, a
daughter, who resides in the township of Tobacco, Gladwin, Michigan, and
whose age is about 61 years, Hannah Bowman Erway, a daughter, age about
59 years, and who now resides at Edenville, Midland, Michigan, Charles E.
Bowman, a son, age 56 years, residing at Vanderbilt, Michigan, Josephine
Haynes, a daughter, age 48, residing at Loomis, Michigan, Helen Bowman, a
daughter, who died at the age of 5 or 6 years of age, and Alice L. Bowman
Dempster, who died in the year 1889, and who left surviving has two
children viz: Ethel L. Dempster, now the age of 19 years, and Alice Norma
Dempster whose age is about twelve years old. Of these said children, of
the said Daniel E. Bowman, have lived in and near the County of Midland,
Michigan since the departure of the said Daniel E. Bowman as aforesaid.
The said Jane Bowman was married again in the year 1870, but had no
children by her second husband. He has not since said time sold or
conveyed the same to my knowledge to any persons. The said Jane T.
Bowman my mother died in the year 1892, at the time of her death she was
residing at the Township of Edenville, Midland, Michigan. Subscribed and
Sworn before me this 15th day of April 1901.

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