. Bowman genealogy; fragmentary annals of a branch of the Bowman family; to which is appended data relating to other Bowmans and the Spencers. ix daugh- ^ters. His wife was Mary Hite, daughter of Isaac Hite, Sr.,and their home was at Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Va. Of these children the following particulars have been ob-tained : Abraham, already described as colonel of the 8th VirginiaInfantry, was married to Airs. Sarah Henry, widow of Wil-liam Bryan, of Virginia. She was born September 8, 1757,and died December 8, 1845. George, born April 27, 1732; died April 16, 1766. George, 2d, born Ma
. Bowman genealogy; fragmentary annals of a branch of the Bowman family; to which is appended data relating to other Bowmans and the Spencers. ix daugh- ^ters. His wife was Mary Hite, daughter of Isaac Hite, Sr.,and their home was at Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Va. Of these children the following particulars have been ob-tained : Abraham, already described as colonel of the 8th VirginiaInfantry, was married to Airs. Sarah Henry, widow of Wil-liam Bryan, of Virginia. She was born September 8, 1757,and died December 8, 1845. George, born April 27, 1732; died April 16, 1766. George, 2d, born March 24, 1747, Strasburg, Va. Jacob, born Jan. 2, 1733, Strasburg, Va. Removed toNorth Carolina. John, born Dec. 10, 1738, Strasburg, Va. Died, 1784, inMercer county, Ky. He was the first Military Governor ofthe County of Kentucky. Left one son, who died a bachelorOct. 17, 1724, in Kentucky. Joseph, major of the Continental Army, killed in battlewith the Indians near Vincennes, Ind., Aug. 14, 1779, whileserving under Gen. George Rogers Clarke. Born at Stras-burg, Va., March 8, 1752. Isaac, born April 24, .1757. :.;^ MBKABY FOUNDATIOK^__l. JOHN BRYAN BOWMAN, OF KENTUCKY ADDENDA 93 The daughters were: Mary, who was married to ; EHzabeth, married to Isaac Ruddell; Sarah, mar-ried to Mr. Wright; Regina, married to Peter Diarly; Re-becca, born March 25, 174:5; married to George Brinker;died Jan. 36, 1831; was grandmother of Joseph Brinker. latepresident of Brinker Institute, Denver, Colorado, and great-grandmother of Judge W. H. Brinker, of New ^^lexico. Thesixth daughter was Catherine, born Nov. 1(5, 1754-, marriedto Lewis Stephens. BRYAN BOWMAN. OF KENTUCKY. This estimable gentleman was born at Bowmans station,Mercer county, Ky., October 16, 1824. He was the son ofJohn Bowman, born near Lexington, 1787; who was theson of Abraham Bowman, Colonel of the 8th Virginia In-fantry in the War of the Revolution, and who was born atStrasburg, Va., October 16, 1749, and died
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