Any descendents of Wesley STOVER and Marie LANGEVIN out there? Wesley was born October 1850 and Marie in March 1861, both in Canada. There children were: Celia b. Aug 1883 m. Benjamin JAMES(?) Anna b. Jan 1892 m. John LANDIS Alice b. Sep 1893 m. MISHLER Thanks, Ronda Oberlin Lansing, MI _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4152 Message Board Post: Frank S. Bowman.--"The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay." Thus said Shakespeare, and this all may truly say. Reputation is indeed the greates treasure one can have in this world. The life and career of the gentlman whose name opens this paragraph constitute a practical illustration of this maxim, but back of all this is the native carefulness which leads to self-discipline and good reputation. Frank S. Bowman, the properous agriculturist and prominet official of Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich., has been a resident here for over thirty years. He comes of German ancestry and was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, on the 9th of October 1850. He is the fourth in order of birth in a family of seven children, born to Gabriel W. and Louisa (Bowers) Bowman, five of whom are living, viz: Albert B., the eldest, who is employed as a salesman at St. Louis, Mo.; Harriet, wife of John Peterson, an agriculturist of Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich.; Lydia, the widow of Champie Satterlee, of Belding, Mich., and Louisa, wife of J. Cooley, a farmer living at Otisco, Ionia county, Mich. Gabriel W., the father of Frank S. Bowman, was born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada March 1, 1817. The educational advantages he possessed in his youth were meager, and he was obliged to toil deligently for all he obtained in life. He learned the trade of a carpenter, and in the year 1866 brought his family to Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich., and here for some years he plied his trade and purchased forty acres of improved farm land, which he subsequently sold and bought 110 acres, which is the present home of Frank S. Bowman. In politics he was known as a stanch adherer to republican principles, and both he and his wife were greatly esteemed members of the White Swan Methodist church. Louisa (Bowers) Bowman, the mother, was born in Lancaster, Pa., on the 7th of December, 1822. She is known for her devout religious views and is still living at Belding, Mich., remarkable preserved both mentally and physically. Frank S. Bowman was a lad of sixteen years when he came to Michigan. He received his education in his native country, continued to live with his parents until twenty-six years of age, and, although by nature an excellent mechanic, has devoted the greater part of his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. March 16, 1876, his marriage was celebrated with Miss Ada F. Green, who has borne him three chldren, viz: Miles Henry, Matie and Albert B. The first resides at Towner, N. Dak. He was educated in the common schools and also took a business course in the Ferris institute at Big Rapids, Mich. Matie L. has just completed the eighth grade at school and has received instruction in instrumental music. Socially, she is identified with the Eastern Star lodge, No. 108, at Grattan, Mich. Mrs. Bowman was born in Grattan township, Kent county,Mich., April 12, 1852, a daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Demorest) Green. Of a family of six children, four are living, viz: Henry W., who was educated in the Greenville graded schoos, resides in the city of Grand Rapids, and is agent for the Monumental Bronze Co., of Bridgeport, Conn.; Mrs. Bowman; Clinton , an agriculturist residing on the old homestead in Grattan township, and Gertie, the wife of George Stevens, a ranchman of Towner, N. D! ak. Henry Green was a native of Massachusetts and was born at Williamsport, March 1, 1820. He departed the life of this earth October 4, 1897, and a magnificent bronze monument has been erected to his memory in the Ashley cemetery. He had received a good education and by trade and occupation was a miller. In religious connections he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. Mary A. Green, his wife, was a native of New York born February 28, 1828, and is now living on the old homestead in Grattan at seventy-one years of age and is a member of the Baptist church. Her father, Samuel Demorest, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman began life with little or no capital, and for ten or twelve years were renters. They then went in debt $2,500 to purchase the old homestead of 110 acres. This transaction was made in 1887, and since that time they have, by industry, prerserverance and economy, made themselves free from all debt and owners of valuable property. As to politics Mr. Bowman is a true republican, and cast his first vote for U.S. Grant. For many years he has been director of the public schools of his district, and is at present the school inspector of Oakfield. In 1895 he was elected treasurer of his township and reelected in 1896 and 1899, which facts show that he has the utmost confidence of the people. He is a member of the Methodist church, while his wife prefers the Baptist. His wife has been a Sunday-school teacher for three years, and both contribute liberally to the support of their church and to all worth benevolences. It might be added or concluded from the above facts that Mr. Bowman is a man true to every principle in which he believes, earnest in support of his honest convictions, industrious and energetic in the practical affairs of life, cordial and genial among his many friends, and at all times a gentlman whom to know is to respect.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4151 Message Board Post: Frank S. Bowman.--"The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation; that away, men are but gilded loam or painted clay." Thus said Shakespeare, and this all may truly say. Reputation is indeed the greates treasure one can have in this world. The life and career of the gentlman whose name opens this paragraph constitute a practical illustration of this maxim, but back of all this is the native carefulness which leads to self-discipline and good reputation. Frank S. Bowman, the properous agriculturist and prominet official of Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich., has been a resident here for over thirty years. He comes of German ancestry and was born in Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, on the 9th of October 1850. He is the fourth in order of birth in a family of seven children, born to Gabriel W. and Louisa (Bowers) Bowman, five of whom are living, viz: Albert B., the eldest, who is employed as a salesman at St. Louis, Mo.; Harriet, wife of John Peterson, an agriculturist of Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich.; Lydia, the widow of Champie Satterlee, of Belding, Mich., and Louisa, wife of J. Cooley, a farmer living at Otisco, Ionia county, Mich. Gabriel W., the father of Frank S. Bowman, was born in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada March 1, 1817. The educational advantages he possessed in his youth were meager, and he was obliged to toil deligently for all he obtained in life. He learned the trade of a carpenter, and in the year 1866 brought his family to Oakfield township, Kent county, Mich., and here for some years he plied his trade and purchased forty acres of improved farm land, which he subsequently sold and bought 110 acres, which is the present home of Frank S. Bowman. In politics he was known as a stanch adherer to republican principles, and both he and his wife were greatly esteemed members of the White Swan Methodist church. Louisa (Bowers) Bowman, the mother, was born in Lancaster, Pa., on the 7th of December, 1822. She is known for her devout religious views and is still living at Belding, Mich., remarkable preserved both mentally and physically. Frank S. Bowman was a lad of sixteen years when he came to Michigan. He received his education in his native country, continued to live with his parents until twenty-six years of age, and, although by nature an excellent mechanic, has devoted the greater part of his attention to the pursuit of agriculture. March 16, 1876, his marriage was celebrated with Miss Ada F. Green, who has borne him three chldren, viz: Miles Henry, Matie and Albert B. The first resides at Towner, N. Dak. He was educated in the common schools and also took a business course in the Ferris institute at Big Rapids, Mich. Matie L. has just completed the eighth grade at school and has received instruction in instrumental music. Socially, she is identified with the Eastern Star lodge, No. 108, at Grattan, Mich. Mrs. Bowman was born in Grattan township, Kent county,Mich., April 12, 1852, a daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Demorest) Green. Of a family of six children, four are living, viz: Henry W., who was educated in the Greenville graded schoos, resides in the city of Grand Rapids, and is agent for the Monumental Bronze Co., of Bridgeport, Conn.; Mrs. Bowman; Clinton , an agriculturist residing on the old homestead in Grattan township, and Gertie, the wife of George Stevens, a ranchman of Towner, N. D! ak. Henry Green was a native of Massachusetts and was born at Williamsport, March 1, 1820. He departed the life of this earth October 4, 1897, and a magnificent bronze monument has been erected to his memory in the Ashley cemetery. He had received a good education and by trade and occupation was a miller. In religious connections he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. Mary A. Green, his wife, was a native of New York born February 28, 1828, and is now living on the old homestead in Grattan at seventy-one years of age and is a member of the Baptist church. Her father, Samuel Demorest, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman began life with little or no capital, and for ten or twelve years were renters. They then went in debt $2,500 to purchase the old homestead of 110 acres. This transaction was made in 1887, and since that time they have, by industry, prerserverance and economy, made themselves free from all debt and owners of valuable property. As to politics Mr. Bowman is a true republican, and cast his first vote for U.S. Grant. For many years he has been director of the public schools of his district, and is at present the school inspector of Oakfield. In 1895 he was elected treasurer of his township and reelected in 1896 and 1899, which facts show that he has the utmost confidence of the people. He is a member of the Methodist church, while his wife prefers the Baptist. His wife has been a Sunday-school teacher for three years, and both contribute liberally to the support of their church and to all worth benevolences. It might be added or concluded from the above facts that Mr. Bowman is a man true to every principle in which he believes, earnest in support of his honest convictions, industrious and energetic in the practical affairs of life, cordial and genial among his many friends, and at all times a gentlman whom to know is to respect.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4150 Message Board Post: Philander Collins, well-known in Byron township, Kent county, Mich., for the past quarter of a century as a man of integrity and as a prosperous farmer and dairyman, is a native of Wayne county, was born April 17, 1856, about eight miles from the city of Detroit, and is the second in a family of nine children--seven sons and two daughters--born to John and Nancy (Williams) Collins, of which family there are three known still as surviving, viz: Philander, the subject of this sketch; James, and Lucretia, the latter the wife of Owen Blain, a farmer of Gaines township, Kent county. Mr Collins can trace his paternal ancestry in America for 265 years back, the first John Collins having arrived in Boston only five years after the landing of the Mayflower. From Massachusetts John Collins went to Connecticut, became a major in the Continental army, and from him descends the subject of this sketch. John Collins, father of Philander of the ninth generation and ninth in name from the original John, was born in Windsor, Canada, September 26, 1830, and was a ship-carpenter by trade; he had come to Michigan while it was yet a territory, and was here educated in the common schools and learned his trade. His father, also John, was a wealthy man at one time, located in Detroit when there were very few buildings in that city, and once owned the land on which its city-hall now stands. He was a hero of the war of 1812, under the then Capt. William Henry Harrison, still later president of the United States. In January, 1872, John Collins, father of Philander, visited Grand Rapids, remained there until the following summer, and then settled on 240 acres of dense forest land in Byron township. He erected a little frame shanty 14 x 18 feet, with but one room, which served the purpose of living -room and sleeping-room. Indians frequently passed by the shanty and deer were to be seen from the doorway. Besides his 240 acres, Mr. Collins owned some city property, all of which had been earned by his own industry. In polictics Mr. Collins was first a whig, but became a republican and voted for the first nominee of the latter party for the presidency--John Charles Fremont. In religion Mr. Collins was a faithful Methodist, and in this faith he passed away August 7, 1894, highly esteemed by all who knew him, and in his death the township lost a good citizen, the wife an affectionate husband, and the children a loving father. Mrs. Nancy Collins was born in Wales, near the English line, December 15, 1832, a daughter of Timothy and Dorothy Williams. At the age of twelve yars she embarked with her parents on board a sailing vessel at Liverpool, and after a stormy voyage of three months landed in New York city, whence they came, via the Erie canal and Buffalo, to Wayne county, Mich. She now resides with her son, is in good health and of sound mentality, and is a devoted member of the Division street Methodist Episcopal church at Grand Rapids. Philander Collins was a lad of sixteen years when he came with his parents to Kent county. He had received a good common-school education, and in his earlier manhood was a member of the Grand Rapids city fire department, yet spent a part of his time as a brickmason, or at anything by which he could earn an honest dollar, but his later years have been passed in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Collins was united in marriage, November 6, 1879, with Miss Cecelia Curran, and this union has been crowned with eight children, born in the following order: Margaret, wife of F. Baker, a farmer of Byron township; Benjamin J., who has completed the eighth grade in school and still resides with his parents; Matthew C., who has also passed the eighth grade; John H., in the seventh grade; Frank, in the sixth; Mary, Owen and Daniel P., also attending school. Mrs. Cecelia Collins was born in Amsterdam, N.Y., April 15, 1855, is a daughter of John and Margaret (Hays) Curran, and was a child when brought by her parents to Grand Rapids, which was then a small own and Monroe street lined with wooden structures and the only railroad the D.&M. Her parents purchased fifty acres of land in Walker township and there and in the city her school days were passed. She was confirmed in the Catholic faith by Bishop LeFevre, at Grand Rapids, and in the faith her parents were called away. In the fall of 1881, Mr. and Mrs. Philander Collins settled on their farm of 100 acres in Byron township, and all the improvements on the place have been made by Mr. Collins and his estimable wife. His comfortable dwelling was completed in 1882, his farm has been well drained, and by hard work and intelligent direction of his energies he has made it one of the most productive in Byron township, the soil being a mixture of clay, muck and sand loam. He has added dairying to farming, and of this he has made a success, being recognized as one of the industrioous, enterprising and upright citizens of the township. Mr. Collins is a stanch republican, has served as justice of the peace four years--having been elcted in 1895--has been an official on the district school board three years, and has several times been selected as delegate to republican county and senatorial conventions. With his wife, he is an ardent friend of the public-school system and of the best grade of schools and teachers, and as a party man has the implicit confidence of his people in his ability and integrity. Mr. and Mrs. Collins began their married life with but little capital, but to-day own a handsome homestead, free from incumbrance, and have afforded an example of enterprise and industry well worthy the imitation of their juniors. They are kind to the poor and benevolent in their contributions to those projects which are designed to promote the public welfare; they have aided financially in the erection of the Congregational church-building in southest Byron, as well as in many other benevolences, and have well earned the high esteem in which they are held by all the residents of Byron township.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4149 Message Board Post: I have a beautiful photo of these ladies found at a flea market.If they are your family please email jroark1@indy.tds.net.Pearl in braids about 10-12 years old.Lady that looks a lot like Pearl named Edith could be her mother and another lady Mildred older than Edith.Taken at John Goossen photographer 100 Monroe St.Grand Rapids,Michigan probably early 1900's.

Could you please send the one on George L. Patten? Thank You.

Is anyone that is related to this Bowman firmiliar with Hannah (Wilson) Bowman (listed as Anna in some places). Hanna married a Bowman and lived in Grand Rapids but i do not know which Bowman she married. This is from her Father's Obit: WILSON- James Wilson aged 75 passed away very suddenly Monday morning at his home 312 Graham st. S.W. Surviving are his widow Rosetta: four daughters; Mrs. Leora Pickard of Constantine, Mrs. Mary Whiting and Mrs. Hazel Whiting, both of Alpine and Mrs. Hanna Bowman of Grand Rapids, two sons Evert and Eugene Wilson of Grand Rapids, twenty grandchildren four great grandchildren and one brother , Joseph Wilson of Grand Rapids. The Body was removed to Jolderama & Sons Funeral Home 833 Grandville-av S.W. where funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Thanks, Scott California ----- Original Message ----- From: <dtsabo@aol.com> To: <MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 5:28 AM Subject: [MIKENT] E.W. Bowman Biographical Sketches A.W. Bowen & Co. 1900 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4148 > > Message Board Post: > > E.W. Bowman for nearly thirty years has been a citizen of Kent county and is a man of sterling integrity, enjoying the highest esteem and respect of all acquaintances in Tyrone townhsip. > He is a native of Lucas county, Ohio, and was born on the 31st of January, 1857, and eighth child in a family of four sons and five daughters born to Lambert and Mary N. (Stinson) Bowman, of whom the following still survive, viz: Mima, wife of E.F. Smith, and argriculturist residing at Casnovia, Mich.; Jennie, wife of L.B. Schram, a veteran of the Civil war and a resident of Grand Rapids; Mary G., wife of J.Q. Files, attorney at law living at Wauseon, Ohio; Mr. Bowman of this sketch and W.L., an agriculturist, married and residing in Bridgetown, Newaygo county, Mich. > The father of E.W. Bowman was born in the state of New Jersey in 1814 and is still living. He emigrated from his native state to Columbiana county, Ohio, thence to Crawford county, from there to Lucas county and finally settled in Kent county, Mich. He spent his life as an agriculturist. In politics he is a republican, but formerly was a follower of the whig party. Religiously he has always favored the Methodist society. > The mother was born on the Emerald isle and died in Kent county, Mich., July 7, 1887, at the age of sixty-five years, ten months and twenty-three days. > E.W.Bowman remained at home until he arrrived at the age of twenty-two and was reared and educated in his native state. In his youthful days he gave his services to his parents and has cared for them in their declining years. His life has been spent as a tiller of the soil. At the age of twenty-two he came with his parents to Kent county, the first purchase of land being their present homestead, which, at first only little improved, has been since "stumped" and prepared for the plow by Mr. Bowman. > On January 30, 1886, he was married to Miss Fannie Guernsey, and on litle daughter, Lettie, has graced this union. She is a student in the Casnovia public schools, in the fourth grade, and is diligent and bright in her school work. Mrs. Bowman was born in New York, April 5, 1868, and was a daughter of Ira and Antoinette (Knapp) Guernsey. Her education was of such a character as might be secured in the city schools of Elmira, N.Y. She was a lady of many graces, filling the home circle with good cheer and with her wifely and motherly traits was loved and revered by all her friends. Her many womanly qualities and virtues made her character superlative in the love of her husband. She died October 19, 1895, and the beautiful and cheerful countenance of wife and mother is in sadness missed by the family circle. The following memorial of the death of Mrs. E.W. Bowman is taken from the Casnovia Herald of October 25, 1895. > > Mrs. Bowman was a woman capable of the strongest and deepest affections and had the poer of making and keeping friends. She was an earnest and confinding woman and a devoted wife and mother. Her nature was grand and ennobling, perfectly devoid of suspicion. Condemnation of others was foreign to her. She was keely sensitive and intelligent. In a word she was born to love and be loved. Tuesday p.m. the M.E. church as Casnovia, Mich., was filled with friends who had gathered to pay their last respects to her whom they had loved in life. The casket was beautifully decorated with flowers, amond which were a large floral pillow bearing the word, "sister," from the husband, sister and Mrs. Jennie Schram of Grand Rapids. Mrs Schram also furnished a floral piece of cut roses and carnations; another beautiful pillow was presented by her friends in town. The Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a member, gave a cluster of carnation; Mrs. E.F. Smith furnished the flowers whi! > ch decorated the inside of the casket. The church was beautifully decorated and Rev. H.C. Chamberlin gave an excellent address to the large circle of friends gathered there. > > > In his political affiliations Mr. Bowman is a stanch republican, and cast his first presidential vote for the lamented Garfield, and has ever strongly supported this party. > The public schools find in him an ardent and enthusiastic supporter and one who strongly advocates procuring the best instructors. He is at present the school inspector of Tyrone township. He is a citizen whom the people revere as a gentleman of integrity and worth. He lives the life of a devout Christian and thoroughly believes that the motto--"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" is a principle worth sustaining. > His aged father, a sole care, resides with him, and is to him a sun of life fast sinking beneath the horizon. > Mr. Bowman's farm of fifty-five acres lies three-fourths of a mile from Casnovia and two miles from Kent City. The owner justly merits the success and enjoyment he has achieved, in that he has been a worker and a Christian. > > > > ==== MIKENT Mailing List ==== > To post a message or query to this list: Send your message to: MIKENT-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi, Please look up in the 1900 Kent County Bio Directory: Boulet Thornton LeSarge LaSarge Pendergast Otto Merz LeSage Thank You Garry

Would there be any Cooley families in the 1900 Kent County Bio.? Thanks M. Gompert

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benoit Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/3995.1.1 Message Board Post: Mike, Please do check into it for me. Would love to get any info I can. Just found out there is a chance my Benoits were in OHIO prior to 1820. In 1820 Charles was in Malden or Amherstburg Ontario. Thanks, Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4148 Message Board Post: E.W. Bowman for nearly thirty years has been a citizen of Kent county and is a man of sterling integrity, enjoying the highest esteem and respect of all acquaintances in Tyrone townhsip. He is a native of Lucas county, Ohio, and was born on the 31st of January, 1857, and eighth child in a family of four sons and five daughters born to Lambert and Mary N. (Stinson) Bowman, of whom the following still survive, viz: Mima, wife of E.F. Smith, and argriculturist residing at Casnovia, Mich.; Jennie, wife of L.B. Schram, a veteran of the Civil war and a resident of Grand Rapids; Mary G., wife of J.Q. Files, attorney at law living at Wauseon, Ohio; Mr. Bowman of this sketch and W.L., an agriculturist, married and residing in Bridgetown, Newaygo county, Mich. The father of E.W. Bowman was born in the state of New Jersey in 1814 and is still living. He emigrated from his native state to Columbiana county, Ohio, thence to Crawford county, from there to Lucas county and finally settled in Kent county, Mich. He spent his life as an agriculturist. In politics he is a republican, but formerly was a follower of the whig party. Religiously he has always favored the Methodist society. The mother was born on the Emerald isle and died in Kent county, Mich., July 7, 1887, at the age of sixty-five years, ten months and twenty-three days. E.W.Bowman remained at home until he arrrived at the age of twenty-two and was reared and educated in his native state. In his youthful days he gave his services to his parents and has cared for them in their declining years. His life has been spent as a tiller of the soil. At the age of twenty-two he came with his parents to Kent county, the first purchase of land being their present homestead, which, at first only little improved, has been since "stumped" and prepared for the plow by Mr. Bowman. On January 30, 1886, he was married to Miss Fannie Guernsey, and on litle daughter, Lettie, has graced this union. She is a student in the Casnovia public schools, in the fourth grade, and is diligent and bright in her school work. Mrs. Bowman was born in New York, April 5, 1868, and was a daughter of Ira and Antoinette (Knapp) Guernsey. Her education was of such a character as might be secured in the city schools of Elmira, N.Y. She was a lady of many graces, filling the home circle with good cheer and with her wifely and motherly traits was loved and revered by all her friends. Her many womanly qualities and virtues made her character superlative in the love of her husband. She died October 19, 1895, and the beautiful and cheerful countenance of wife and mother is in sadness missed by the family circle. The following memorial of the death of Mrs. E.W. Bowman is taken from the Casnovia Herald of October 25, 1895. Mrs. Bowman was a woman capable of the strongest and deepest affections and had the poer of making and keeping friends. She was an earnest and confinding woman and a devoted wife and mother. Her nature was grand and ennobling, perfectly devoid of suspicion. Condemnation of others was foreign to her. She was keely sensitive and intelligent. In a word she was born to love and be loved. Tuesday p.m. the M.E. church as Casnovia, Mich., was filled with friends who had gathered to pay their last respects to her whom they had loved in life. The casket was beautifully decorated with flowers, amond which were a large floral pillow bearing the word, "sister," from the husband, sister and Mrs. Jennie Schram of Grand Rapids. Mrs Schram also furnished a floral piece of cut roses and carnations; another beautiful pillow was presented by her friends in town. The Ladies' Aid Society, of which she was a member, gave a cluster of carnation; Mrs. E.F. Smith furnished the flowers whi! ch decorated the inside of the casket. The church was beautifully decorated and Rev. H.C. Chamberlin gave an excellent address to the large circle of friends gathered there. In his political affiliations Mr. Bowman is a stanch republican, and cast his first presidential vote for the lamented Garfield, and has ever strongly supported this party. The public schools find in him an ardent and enthusiastic supporter and one who strongly advocates procuring the best instructors. He is at present the school inspector of Tyrone township. He is a citizen whom the people revere as a gentleman of integrity and worth. He lives the life of a devout Christian and thoroughly believes that the motto--"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" is a principle worth sustaining. His aged father, a sole care, resides with him, and is to him a sun of life fast sinking beneath the horizon. Mr. Bowman's farm of fifty-five acres lies three-fourths of a mile from Casnovia and two miles from Kent City. The owner justly merits the success and enjoyment he has achieved, in that he has been a worker and a Christian.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4129.13 Message Board Post: Could you send info on the following 2 people. Many thanks. Bowman, E.W., 31 Jan 1857, Lucas Co., OH Bowman, Frank S., 9 Oct 1850, Waterloo Co., Ontario, Canada Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4129.11.1 Message Board Post: Hi Janet, You can go here to see the list, as there are several Smith's, if you see the exact one you want, let me know. http://www.chrispenning.com/genealogy/KTport.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/3995.1 Message Board Post: Hi Kathy. May or may not mean anything but I work with a man here in NY named Charlie Benoit. I believe his family came from Canada. If ya want I will check with him and if he has a computer I will get ya his e-mail address. Have a good-one, Mike bigus7@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4129.12 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on a George Platt married to Olive? They lived in Ludington. Any help will be appreciated. Mike bigus7@aol,com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Benham, Troxel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4147 Message Board Post: I am looking for descencdants and info about Barbara Benham (1907-1986) that married Shannon J. Troxel (1906-1990) They lived in Grand Rapids and I think own a millwork company. Barbara's family came from Jackson, Michigan.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Joyce/Wolfe/Smith/Perry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4129.11 Message Board Post: Do you have anything on the Joyce family? I am also interested in the Perry, Wolfe, and Smith families. Thanks, Janet

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/255.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Marien. This is my family, I will send you a full list of names by e mail. If I can be of any help, please contact me. Margaret

Please look-up in the 1900 Grand Rapids, Kent County Biography: BOOT HEGEMAN HEIMER HOONDERT MAY Thank you, Denise

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4130.3.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, if William had a brother named Thomas, then we have a connection between between the Youngbloods. My great grand mother, Luella Youngblood's father was Thomas. If Ernest is a cousin to my great aunt, Ruth Austin, then we have a connection between the Austins. My mom's mom was Lodema Esther O'Connor Black. Her Mom was Luella and her dad was Michael O' connor. I live north of Rrand Rapids Mi., and the next time I go to G.R. I'll stop into the Library and do some research on the Austins and the Youngbloods. I will let you know what I find out. That will be next week. I will stay in touch. Linda.