James Jackson Bowman ^191,192

  General Notes:

He's found in the 1850 census in White Township, Cambria County, PA: BOWMA N, James (27); Barbara (51); George (18); Susan (17); Samuel (14); Jacob ( 13); Mary E. (12). James was a farmer; George a laborer. Everyone in the h ousehold was born in PA. [When this census was taken, James was living rig ht next door to his future brother-in-law, George Richards, who w as 12 at the time and living with the Lamer family.]

He's found in the 1870 census in Gulich, Clearfield County, PA: BOWMAN, Ja mes J. (47); Eliza J. (46); Amanda (19); John F. (17); William G. (14); Ma rtin E. (12); Elizabeth B. (10); Samuel (8). James and John were both blac ksmiths. Everyone in the household was born in PA. [When this census was t aken, James was living two households away from his future wife, Sarah Ja ne Richards Spangler.]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, WFT Est 1811-1846. ^191,192

• Alt. Death: Alt. Death, WFT Est 1826-1929. ^191,192

James married Sarah Jane Richards, daughter of George Richards and Charlotta Bellman, in Unk ¹⁹¹.^,192 (Sarah Jane Richards was born on 17 Mar 1840 in Cambria County, PA ^191,192, died on 7 Apr 1906 in Gulich Township, Clearfield County, PA ^191,192 and was buried on 9 Apr 1906 in 9 Apr 1906 Oak Grove Cemetery.)

James also married Eliza Jane Hegarty in 1880. (Eliza Jane Hegarty was born in 1824.)