Jacob D. Bowman

Birth: Aug. 30, 1815 Brothersvalley Township Somerset County Pennsylvania, USA Death: Aug. 22, 1876 Somerset County Pennsylvania, USA

JACOB was a very successful farmer and by 1870 had a farm worth 18,000.00 in Jenner Twp. (4). He married twice.

1. Title: Tombstone Inscription

Note: Calvary Reformed Cemetery, Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA

1. Title: Obituary

Note: Jacob D. Bowman, Somrset Herald, January 31, 1877, page 3

Text: BOWMAN - Jacob D. Bowman, of Jenner township, departed this life on Monday evening, November 27, 1876, aged 61 years, 2 months and 27 days. Interred in the cemetery of the Calvary Reformed church.Somerset HeraldJanuary 31, 1877Page 3

1. Title: On-Line Posting

Note: Posting by Carol Hepburn, Sept. 17, 1998 quoting bible records in possession of Prof. D. H. Bauman of Meyersdale, PA in 1930. Collected by Dr. E.C. Saylor and reprinted in the Laurel Messenger. Says born 30 Aug. 1815

Note:

   Prior to 1859 conveyed land in Jenner Twp. to Samuel Boyer.

1860 Census/PA/Somerset/Jenner Twp./page 189/stamped 241/line 3. Farmer.
1870 Census/PA/Somerset Co./Jenner Twp./page 6/line 35. Farmer
Last Will and Testament of Jacob D. BowmanIn the name of Almighty God I make this my last will and testament since it has pleased him to bless me with considerable of this world's goods and thinking that my days are few on earth. I therefore desire to have my real and personal property used in the following manner - first, my two sons Peter J. and Jacob shall have all that now belongs to me except what is in the house that shall be for my dear wife Polly. She can do with it what she sees best.Second. They must pay to her that is their (mother) one hundred & twenty dollars a year as long as she lives also give her one cow providing she desires to have one; find feed pasture room in the cellar and room in the springhouse; also room in the house to live in.Third for which they my two sons Peter J. and Jacob must pay all my debts and pay to my daughter Catherine Stanton and my Grand Child Mary A. Shaffer three hundred dollars that is the two together. Should my Grand Child Mary A. Shaffer not be of age at that time my daughter Catherine Stanton is to have the three hundred herself and my Grand Child Mary A. Shaffer must wait untill she is twenty-one years old, they shall each receive fifteen hundred dollars as their share of inheritance, this paying to my daughter and Grand Child to take place not untill after one year has expired after our death that is my and my wifes death, then yearly.Fourth they shall pay three hundred dollars a year on my debts till all is paid this paying to begin after my death.Fifth should my Grand Child Mary A. Shaffer die without heirs her share of inheritance must go back to my three children Peter J., Jacob Bowman and Catherine Stanton.I Jacob D. Bowman therefore appoint as my Executors Jeremiah Maurer and my son Peter J. Bowman. Whereunto witness my hand and Seal this 21st day of August 1876.TestatorJacob D. BowmanWitnessesJacob KeimDaniel J. MillerThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.SOMERSET COUNTY, ss:Personally appeared before me A. F. Dickey Register for the Probate of Wills, and granting Letters of Administration in and for said County of Somerset, personally appeared Daniel J. Miller who being duly affirmed according to law, says that Jacob D. Bowman died on the 27th day of Nov. A.D. 1876 between the hours of 8:15 and 9 o'clock P.M.Daniel J. MillerAffirmed and subscribed to before me this 12th day of Dec. A.D. 1876.A.F. DickeyRegister.SOMERSET COUNTY, ss:On this 12th day of December A.D. 1876, before me A. F. Dickey Register for the probate of wills and granting of letters of administration in and for the county aforesaid, personally came Jacob Keim & Daniel J. Miller the subscribing witnesses to the will hereto attached, who being duly affirmed according to law, do say that they were present and saw and heard Jacob D. Bowman the testator sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument as and for his last will and testament, and that at the time of so doing he was of sound mind, memory and understanding, to the best of their knowledge and belief.Affirmed and subscribed to before me the date aforesaid.A.F. DickeyJacob KeimDaniel J. MillerTo the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court of Somerset County.The petition of Jeremiah Maurer & Peter J. Bowman Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Jacob D. Bowman deceased.Respectfully Requests that the Testator Jacob D. Bowman raised schooled and clothed a minor grand daughter named Mary A. Shaffer from infancy until the present time or up to the time of his death about 27th of November 1876. Your petitioners would therefore pray your honors to grant an allowance to the said Estate for the services above named and direct the Guardian Jacob Barkley to pay such amount into their hands according to the act of assembly in such cases made and provided.And they will pay it.Jeremiah MaurerPeter J. BowmanAffirmed and subscribed before me this 9th July 1878A.F. DickeyI Jacob Barkley Guardian join in the foregoing petition and request the Court to grant the allowance asked for and further that six hundred dollars would be a reasonable sum to which the Estate would be entitled.Jacob Barkley
Title: Will

Note: Jacob D. Bowman, Somerset Co., PA, File 24, 1876