Jacob E. BOWSER

August 5, 1805-May 21, 1883

Father: Valentine BOWSER I (1777-March 1852)
Mother: Elizabeth FLUKE (January 15, 1782-1879)

Wife: Mary MOORE (July 4, 1806-May 26, 1877)


Children:
Rachel BOWSER (October 25, 1829-March 5, 1912) *married Samuel Harrison BOWSER (1832-1908)
William M. BOWSER (March 3, 1831-1922)
Margaret Elizabeth BOWSER (March 1, 1833-1908) *married George Conrad HELLAM (September 26, 1826-1903)
Hannah Jane BOWSER (February 14, 1835-c.1867) *married William HENRY (1828-?)
Archibald R. BOWSER (November 1, 1836-November 12, 1889) *married Rosanna H. BOWSER (April 4, 1839-August 18, 1880)
Valentine BOWSER (October 1, 1838-c.1914) *married Anna JOHN
Mary Ann BOWSER (November 1, 1840-March 12, 1853)
Kiziah BOWSER (December 1, 1842-1931) *married Joshua Crawford BOWSER (1846-?) *SEE NOTE BELOW
John BOWSER (April 1, 1844-May 30, 1870) *married Jane FLENNER
Jacob BOWSER (April 26, 1847-May 27, 1865)
Susan BOWSER (July 11, 1849-1924) *married William L. BOWSER
Pedigree 
                             John Hopewell BOWSER|
 Valentine BOWSER I|
|                           |Mary HELM            |
|
|--Jacob E. BOWSER
|
|                            John FLUKE |
|Elizabeth FLUKE
                            |Anna Dorothy OTT   |
NOTE:Joshua enlisted at the beginning of the Civil War at age 13 and served to the end as a drummer. He reenlisted at the close of the war and was stationed 1st at Sacketts Harbor, NY and later at Columbus, OH where he lived after his retirement. He served in Co D, 103rd Division Regt P. V. I. for three years. The first time he tried to enlist, his mother brought him home. That night he crept out a window and made his way again to a place he could enlist. He was captured and sent to Andersonville Prison. He weighed 180 pounds when he went in and 80 pounds when he got out. This is the only war story he was willing to speak of. He spent 2 years in the Invalid Corps as a result.

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