William Bowman

1. Birth: 6 SEP 1822 in Brothers Valley Twp, Somerset, Pennsylvania
2. Death: 10 AUG 1905
3. Burial: AUG 1905 Bauman Cem, Northampton Twp, Somerset Co, Pennsylvania
4. Baptism: 2 DEC 1822 Somerset, Pennsylvania

Note:

   Took over the family farm in Mance, PA

Family cemetery on meadow land on the former William Bauman farm, later the Peter Felker farm, and in 1885 the Leora Deist farm. Daniel and Catherine (Burbach) Bauman originally lived on the farm where the cemetery was started in 1832. They owned a vast estate straddling both Northampton and Larimer Townships. Two of their 13 children and numerous grandchildren are buried in the cemetery. Their children included the seven "bearded" Bauman Brothers, pictured in various historical publications. Possibly the last burial in the cemetery.
1880 census: age as 56:also living in household: Francis Mathias male white age 58 born Saxon farm laborer parents born Saxon and Levi Baughman male white age 23 born in PA farm laborer parents born in PA.