Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . ors of poor and house of em-ployment of Fayette county. He is pastmaster of Fayette Lodge, No. 228, F. and ; past high priest of Union Chapter, , R. A. M.; and past eminent commander,Uniontown Commandery, No. 49, Knight
Nelson's biographical dictionary and historical reference book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : containing a condensed history of Pennsylvania, of Fayette County, and the boroughs and townships of the county :also, portraits and biographies of the governors since 1790, and genealogies,family histories and biographies of representative men of the county :illustrated . ors of poor and house of em-ployment of Fayette county. He is pastmaster of Fayette Lodge, No. 228, F. and ; past high priest of Union Chapter, , R. A. M.; and past eminent commander,Uniontown Commandery, No. 49, KnightsTemplar. He was married N^ovember 16,1876, to Josephine, daughter of the late Wil-liam and Elizabeth (Patton) Van Gundy ofWyandotte county, Ohio. Their childrenare: Bessie R. Detwiler and WiUiam V. Det-wiler, students at Otterbein university; andFred Ward Detwiler, deceased. The familyreside at 19 Walnut street and are membersof the M. E. church, of the board of stewardsof which Mr. Detwiler has been a memberand treasurer for some years. Henderson , cashier ofthe National Bank of Fayette County, wasborn in German township, Fayette county,Pennsylvania, March 2, 1849. He is a sonof the late James A. and Huldah (Walters)Bowman, natives of Fayette county, the for-mer of German, the latter of English Bowman family of Western Pennsvlvania. /(p^ <^. ^Jl^Lu^ AND HISrOUICAL REFERENCE BOOK OF PAYETTE COUNTY. 575 has its founder in the person of Peter Bow-man who married Marie Lutz in Germanywhence they came with several cliildren toHempfield township, Lancaster county, in1780. Of their children, Henry Bowman,was born September 23, 1734, and died inGerman township, in April, 1832. He mar-ried Ann Witmore, and their son, John Bow-man, was born March 10, 1790, in Lancastercounty. He came a youth to Fayette coun-ty, was a farmer, and died March 25, married Catherine Watt of Bedford coun-ty, who was born February 5, 1791, and diedJanuary 7, 1879. Their s
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