Barnhart Bower

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This Barnhart resembles Barney Bower (shown here as a brother). Are they supposed to be the same person? Further research is warranted.

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• Barnhart Bower bought 600 acres of land from the Steubenville Land Company, built an upright sawmill and a grist mill in 1812. The work of the sawmill was carried on by his sons David and Jacob. (...will add reference here, BWC)
• Barnhart and Barnard seem to be used interchangably.
• Used this source for date of death, burial location, confirmation and will.

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Born: June 1765, , Frederick Co., Maryland

Marriage: Mary MINNICK about 1788

Died: 29 December 1844, Bowerston, Harrison Co., Ohio at age 79 3

Buried: 1844, Bowerston Cemetery, Harrison Co., Ohio

 Noted events in his life were:

• Confirmation, 1779, , Frederick Co., Maryland.

• Will, 2 September 1843. 4

BOWERSTON (Monroe Twp.) Platted by David Bowers, Henry Hoover, Nathaniel Bower, Established August 21, 1852.

  In the early 1800s two crude mills were built on the south side of Conotton Creek; which was then practically a wilderness: One was a saw mill and the other was a grist mill: These mills-were, operated until the 1870's. The builder was Barnhard Bower. With his brother, John, and their families, the little caravan; had left Maryland in 1804. 

John and his family located on land owned later by Charles Crawford, half a mile north of Bowerston. Barnhard located in Salem for 5 years and then moved to what is now Bowerston. He started to build the mills in 1812. His home was located above the mills on what is now Main Street. The father died and was the first to be buried in the cemetery C. B. 1810.
John moved to Indiana, while Barnhard and his sons stayed, working the mills and sawing timber for people in the sparsely settled neighborhood. Bower had 4 boys and 3 girls. He deeded to two sons David and Jacob, the mills and some lands in 1827. To other sons he gave a farm.
The pioneer settlement, laid out in 1816, was first called Bower's Mills and later Bowersville. In 1883, it was changed to Bowerston. Since then, the last "w" was dropped. Bowers operated the two mills until the 1850's and then sold them to Peter and Joseph Overholt who rebuilt them. Since then, various owners have been the Orr boys, Billy Roof, Stewart Price, and Molesworth. In 1937, the old mill was torn down.
Notes for Barnhart Bower:

Barnhart Bower, was born June 1765, in Frederick County, Maryland. He was the son of Conrad and Eva Bower.

Barnhart married Mary Minnick. She was the daughter of Henry and Catherine Minnick. Henry Minnick died in

1805 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Barnhart and his wife Mary lived in Washington County, near Hagerstown, Maryland. They moved to Jefferson

County, Ohio in 1805. When they arrived, they stayed with Barnhart Bower's brother and sister, who settled there

in 1800. His brother and sisters were members of the Bower and Easterday families who settled in Redstone,

Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River in 1796. In April of 1800, George Bower and Martin Easterday II went

by raft Down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to Know Township in Jefferson County, Ohio.

Barnhart purchased 160 acres of land at the Steubenville, Ohio Land office on 7th of November, 1805, located in

the R6, T13, SW Q S28, located about a mile north the present town of Bowerston. On 17th of November, 1808,

Barnhart purchased a 159 acre tract of land where Bowerston, Ohio now stands. In1812, Barnhart built a gristmill and a sawmill. The power to operate the mills came from One Leg Creek, which was located on the

property. Barnhart built a log cabin and lived a short distance from the mills. This was the beginning of

Bowerston, first known as Bowers Mill, then as Bowerville. The name was changed to Bowerston in 1883. The

town was patented on 22nd of March, 1851, by Barnhart Bower's son David, and his grandson Nathaniel

Bower(s) and his granddaughter's husband Henry Hoover.

Barnhart deeded the mills to his sons, David and Jacob. He deeded farm land to his sons John and Henry in

Harrison County. He deeded his farm land near Steubenville to his son George.

Barnhart died 29th of December, 1843, at age 84. Mary Minnick Bower died 6th of May, 1847, at age 81.

They are both buried at the Longview Cemetery in Bowerston, Ohio. Barnhart and Mary Bower had nine

children.

More About Barnhart Bower:

Burial: Longview Cemetery, Bowerston, Ohio Section B

Name: Barnhart BOWER

Sex: M

Birth: JUN 1760 in Fredrick Co.Washington Maryland

Death: 2 DEC 1844 in Bowerston Harrison Monroe Twp

Burial: Bowerston Harrison Monroe Twp

Note: Long View Cemetery

Occupation: built an uprihgt sawnill and started a grist mill

Religion: Lutherans

Note: Note: Barnhart was the second son of Conrad and Eva. He met andmarried Mary Minnick while they lived in Washington County, MD,ner Hagerstown. The Bower and Easterday families had settled inRedstone,Pa. on the Monongahela River in 1796, But in April of1800 George Adam Bower and Martin Easterday III went down theMomogahela and Ohio Rivers to Knox Township, Jefferson County,Ohio. Barnhart, probably his father Conrad, his brother Johnand their families soon followed them there, leaving Maryland in1804. Barnhart stayed for a while with his brother George,lived in Salem for five years and finally moved to the areawhich was named Bowerston in his honor. He purchased 160 acresof land at the Steubenville,Ohio Land Office on Nov 7, 1805located in the R6,T13, SWQ S28, which was about a mile north of Conotton Creet, on the present land of Bowerston. In 1812 he built a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill on the south side of ConottonCreek, which was all wilderness then, and very sparsely populated. The pioneer settlement, laid out in 1816, was firstcalled Bower's Mills and later Bowersville. In 1883 the navewas changed to Bowerston and Barnhart is acknowleged as itsFounder. The town was patented on March 22, 1851 by his son,David Bower,his grandson Nathaniel Bower, and his granddaughterSusannah's husband Henry Hoover. The power to operate the millscame from One Leg Creek which ws located on the property. Itwas so named for on old Indian living there for many years whohad only one leg. This area wa also called One Leg Township.Barnart deeded the mills to his sons David and Jacob, and hisfarm land to his son George. Since the Overholts bought them,other owners have been the Orrs, billy Roof, Stewart Price, andMolesworth. In 1937 the mills wre torn down. The first churchnear Bowerston was the Luthran Church, near the cemetery. Itwas known at first as the Bower's Evangelical Lutheran Church,because it was built on land donated by the Bower family and byJacob Easterday. It was moved in 1832 into Bowerston andrenamed the New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Thebrick church was torn down in 1890, and in 1892 a new framechurch was erected, but it was disbanded in 1929, Barnhard diedat the age of 84, and he left a wonderf;ul legacy to hisdecendants. Three of his sisters married Easterdays.

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Timeline1757

Birth

Born in Frederick County, Maryland 

1780

Age: 23

Marriage to Mary Minnick 

Maryland

1790

Age: 33

Census 

Washington County, Maryland

1800

Age: 43

Census 

Lower Antietam Hundred, Washington, Maryland

1840

Age: 83

Census 

Monroe, Harrison County, Iowa

1844

29 Dec 

Age: 87

Died in Bowerston, Harrison County, Ohio 

Burial
Bowerston Cemetery, Harrison County, Ohio

The village of Bowerston was settled in the early 1800’s.

Two crude mills were built on the south side of

Conotton Creek, which was then practically a

wilderness. One mill was a sawmill, the other a

gristmill. In 1804, Barnhard Bower and his brother John

moved to the area and started to rebuild the mills. In

1816, the settlement called Bower's Mills was laid out.

The village was first called Bowers Mill, then

Bowersville, then Bowerstown, and finally Bowerston.

The name was changed from Bowerstown to Bowerston

because there was another town in Ohio by the name of

Bowerstown. Bowerston was platted by David Bower,

Henry Hoover, and Nathaniel Bower on August 21, 1851

and was filed in court August 2, 1852. Incorporation

followed in 1881.

http://www.bowerstonlibrary.org/Bow_history/coverpghist1.htm

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ID: I1229

Name: Barnhart BOWER

Sex: M

Birth: JUN 1760 in Fredrick Co.Washington Maryland

Death: 2 DEC 1844 in Bowerston Harrison Monroe Twp

Burial: Bowerston Harrison Monroe Twp

Note: Long View Cemetery

Occupation: built an uprihgt sawnill and started a grist mill

Religion: Lutherans

Note: Note: Barnhart was the second son of Conrad and Eva. He met andmarried Mary Minnick while they lived in Washington County, MD,ner Hagerstown. The Bower and Easterday families had settled inRedstone,Pa. on the Monongahela River in 1796, But in April of1800 George Adam Bower and Martin Easterday III went down theMomogahela and Ohio Rivers to Knox Township, Jefferson County,Ohio. Barnhart, probably his father Conrad, his brother Johnand their families soon followed them there, leaving Maryland in1804. Barnhart stayed for a while with his brother George,lived in Salem for five years and finally moved to the areawhich was named Bowerston in his honor. He purchased 160 acresof land at the Steubenville,Ohio Land Office on Nov 7, 1805located in the R6,T13, SWQ S28, which was about a mile north of Conotton Creet, on the present land of Bowerston. In 1812 he built a Grist Mill and a Saw Mill on the south side of ConottonCreek, which was all wilderness then, and very sparsely populated. The pioneer settlement, laid out in 1816, was firstcalled Bower's Mills and later Bowersville. In 1883 the navewas changed to Bowerston and Barnhart is acknowleged as itsFounder. The town was patented on March 22, 1851 by his son,David Bower,his grandson Nathaniel Bower, and his granddaughterSusannah's husband Henry Hoover. The power to operate the millscame from One Leg Creek which ws located on the property. Itwas so named for on old Indian living there for many years whohad only one leg. This area wa also called One Leg Township.Barnart deeded the mills to his sons David and Jacob, and hisfarm land to his son George. Since the Overholts bought them,other owners have been the Orrs, billy Roof, Stewart Price, andMolesworth. In 1937 the mills wre torn down. The first churchnear Bowerston was the Luthran Church, near the cemetery. Itwas known at first as the Bower's Evangelical Lutheran Church,because it was built on land donated by the Bower family and byJacob Easterday. It was moved in 1832 into Bowerston andrenamed the New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Thebrick church was torn down in 1890, and in 1892 a new framechurch was erected, but it was disbanded in 1929, Barnhard diedat the age of 84, and he left a wonderf;ul legacy to hisdecendants. Three of his sisters married Easterdays.

Name: Conrad or Caleb BOWER

Sex: M

Birth: ABT 1730 in Germany Penn Dutch

Death: 1810 in Tuscarawas Co. Ohio

Burial: Bowerston Harrison Monroe Twp

Note: LongView Cemetery was first person buried there

Note:

Note: Conrad is the immigrant ancestor of the Bower family who foundedBowerston,Ohio. Early Lutheran Church records in Bowerstonstate that Conrad arrived from Saxony, Germany on the ship"Neptune" with Captain John Mason. It sailed from RotterdaytoPhiladelphia and arrived on Tuesday, September 24, 1751. Hetook the Oath of Allegiance when he arrived, and settled firstin Frederick County, Maryland. Arlene F. Mansfield did theresearch on this family, wirting the book "Decendants of theBower, Easterday, Hoover and Swinehart Families". Evidence ofConrad's first land , purchase in Frederick County, MD, isrecorded in Book L. Page 597 on Dec. 24, 1768. It was locatedwest o fMiddletown, not for from Boonsboro. In 1790 he wasliving in Washington County, MD, then listed in Frederick Countyin the 1800 census. Church records spell his name Bauer, in theGerman fashion. The Maryland Land Records use the Englishspelling Bower.

Before he died, Conrad settled, along with several of hischildren, south of New Hagerstown on the north side of ConottonCreet in what jbecame Carroll County, Ohio. At the time thearea wa part of One Leg Township in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.Conrad was the first one buried in the old Lutheran Cemetery inBowerston. The cemetery is located on land once owned by JohnBower and Jacob Easterday, and it was renamed Longview LuthranCemetery in Bowerston. According to a historical sectionreported in the Cadiz REPUBLICAN newspapter in 1940, Conrad'sgravestone is laid flat on the ground, and can be found only bythose who kno its exact location. Crudely carved int ehnativestone are the initials C.B. and the;year 1810.

Evidence of his children was found in the Federick EvangelicalLutheran Church records in Frederick county, Maryland. Three of;his daughters married sons of Martin Easterday, Sr.

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ID: I18

Name: Margaret BOWER

Sex: F

Birth: ABT 1846 in ,Harrison,OH

Note: 1850 Census - Harrison Co., Ohio Monroe Township

Father: Nathaniel BOWER b: 29 JUL 1824 in ,Harrison,OH

Mother: Esther WOOD b: ABT 1827

Mother: Marie Eva

Marriage 1 Mary MINNICH b: 1766 in ,,MD

Married: 1788

Children

BOWER b: ABT 1789 in ,,MD

Magdelena Mary BOWER b: 4 MAY 1791 in Hagerstown,Washington,MD
BOWER b: ABT 1792
John BOWERS b: 18 MAR 1795 in Hagerstown,Washington,MD
Catherine BOWER b: 1798 in Hagerstown,Washington,MD
Jacob Sr. BOWER b: 18 JAN 1801 in Hagerstown,Washington,MD
David BOWER b: 14 MAY 1803 in ,Washington,MD
George BOWER b: 1783 in ,,MD
Henry BOWER b: 19 MAY 1806 in ,Jefferson,OH
In 1806 Barnhart and his wife and children: George, John, David, Henry,

Jacob and daughter Catherine along with Barnhart's brother John and his family

left Maryland for Ohio.

It is not known which route the Bower family took from Maryland to Ohio.

They most likely traveled some of the distance on the National Road from

Maryland across West Virginia through the County, Ohio or they could of travele

part ofthe distance by boat down the Ohio River finally going ashore at

Steubenville, Ohio.

It has been reported that Barnhart Bower and his family settled near salem

Ohio and lived there for five years before moving to a place on the south side

of Conotton Creek near the present town of Bowerston in Harrison County, Ohio.

It is said Barnhart's father C. Bower established the settlement of New

Hagerstown, Ohio located on the north side of Conotton Creek and that they had

to cut a wagon road through from Jewett to their new settlements. Barnhart

built the first flour mill in this area in 1812. He built his home on a hill

above the mill on what is now Main Street. His brogher John built the first

saw mill in the area. This pioneer settlement was laid out in 1816. It was

first called Bower's Mills and later Bowersville. The town was patent by Henry

Hoover, David Bower and Nathaniel Bower on Mar. 22, 1851. In 1883 the name of

the town was changed to Bowerston. Barnhart's brother John moved to Indiana,

while Barnhart and his sons stayed, working the flour mill and sawing timber

for people in the sparsly neighborhood. These two mills continued to operate

until the 1870's.

Barnhart and his wife Mary had 5 sons and possible 3 daughters. In 1827

Barnhart deeded the two mills and some land to his two sons, David JP and Jacob

Sr. He deeded some farm land in the Bowerston area to his tow sons, John and

Henry. His son George was the only one that did not live near Bowerston.

George lived near Steubenville, Ohio. The Topes family claim that George

stayed near Salem and farmed the land that Barnhart Bower had there. Barnhart

Bower's will was dated September 2, 1843. It was probated on January 18, 1845.

Bower died on May 6, 1847 at the age of 81. Both are buried at Longview

Cemetery, Bowerston, Ohio. Barnhart Bower's father C. Bower was the first

member of the family buried in this Cemetery. The Longview Cemetery was named

The Lutheran Cemetery. The cemetery has many old tombstones bearing the name

Bower.

Source: Barnhart Bower Will

New Heral Dec. 30,1976

Notes by Ambrose M. Bower in 1935. R. Halsted from Hubbard, Iowa

Compiled: by Arlene F. Mansfield, 498 Quartz St., Los Alamos, NM 87544

BERNARD BOWER WILL

Know all men by these presents, that I Bernard Bower of the county of

Harrison

and State of Hoio being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, do make and

publish this my las will and Testament - First it is my will that all my just

debts be fully paid-

Second, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary all the Household and

Kitchen furniture as long as she shall live and all the money that shall be on

hand at my decease. She is to have the use of during her life - and after her

decease the money that shall be on hand, if any shall be divided equally among

my children share and share alike - And also it is my will, that my beloved

wife Mary shall have the house that we now live in, for her to live in as long

as she shall live and also the use of the garden, or so much of it as she shall

wish to occupy.

Thirdly, I do give and bequeath to Ezekiel (listed Hesekiah in the census

of 1850 in Harrison Co, Ohio, Monroe Township) Bower, Son of my son David Bower

the sum of fifty dollars in money --

Fourthly, I do give and bequeath to Bernard Bower, son of my son John

Bower, the sum of fifty dollars in money -

Fifthly, I do give and bequeath for the sue of the Lutheran Meeting House

and grave yard, the sum of fifty dollars in money

Sixthly, I do give and bequeath to my daughter Matlena Gundy two hundred

dollars in money, and after the decease of my beloved wife Mary, all the

Household and Kitchen funriture, except the stove is to be equally divided

between her and her sister Catherine Crumrine --

Seventhly, I do give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine Crumrine, the

sum of one hundred dollars in money --

Eighthly, I so give and bequeath to my son Henry Bower the Stove that I no

have --

Ninthly, I do give and bequeath to my son John Bower the sum of ten dollar

in money

Tenthly, I do give and bequeath to my son Jacob Bower, the sum of ten

dollars in money --

Eleventhly, I do give and bequeath to my son David Bower the sum of ten

dollars in money --

And Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons Jacob Bower and Davi

Bower Executors of this my (will).

(photocopy received from Arlene Mansfield - 1984)

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Name: Berhard Bower Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Cincinnati, ward 11, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Gender: Male Age: 27 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1823 Birthplace: Germany House Number: 187 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Berhard Bower M 27 Germany Bower F 24 Germany Magdelana Bower F 0 Ohio Ludwig Breidensk M 20 Germany Household ID: 254 , Line Number: 5 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 691 , GS Film Number: 444684 , Digital Folder Number: 004204480 , Image Number: 00351

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Barnhart Bower Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about upgrading this memorial... Birth: Jun., 1765 Frederick County Maryland, USA Death: Dec. 29, 1843 Harrison County Ohio, USA

Son of Conrad & Marie Bower

Husband to Mary Minnick

Family links:

Parents:

 Conrad Bower (1730 - 1810)

Spouse:

 Mary Minnick Bower (1760 - 1847)

Children:

 Magdalena Mary Bower Gundy (1791 - 1847)*

 John Bower (1795 - 1863)*

 Catherine Bower Crumrine (1798 - 1885)*

 Jacob Bower (1801 - 1871)*

 David Bower (1803 - 1858)*

 Henry Bower (1806 - 1888)*

Siblings:

 Magdalana Bower Easterday (____ - 1838)*

 George Adam Bower (1759 - 1814)*

 Margaret Bower Easterday (1763 - 1847)*

 Barnhart Bower (1765 - 1843)

 Elizabeth Bower Tope (1776 - 1855)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: BARNHART BOWER

Note: This stone is broken and all that remains is the top portion with the name.

Burial: Longview Cemetery Bowerston Harrison County Ohio, USA Plot: Section B