Which John Bowman would this be? Is there anything printed on Levi Abraham Bowman, Brethren minister? He was my great grandfather. I know that he preached in Martinsville at Jones Chapel at the end of his life. He lived to be 101. He died when I was 25 years old. Gail Bowman Longton -------------- Original message from <cdossok@cox.net>: -------------- > To Andy Doss, > Would there be baptism records for this church or any other Brethren > churches specifically 'Dunkard' with records going back to mid 1860's? What is > your Doss line? Email soon. It's always nice to find a new Doss. > > Carl in OKC > > > > ---- "Doss wrote: > > In the 1840's, there was a Brethren (Church of the Brethren is the modern > Dunkard church) preacher named John Bowman who served many different churches. > You have to keep in mind preachers weren't usually stationed at one church in > those days. This John served some at what is now called the Germantown Brick > Church of the Brethren (close to Bonbrook). It is probably a misstep to say he > served in the Bonbrook area - he in fact served all over the place in Southern > Franklin County. > > > > Other facts - he could speak both German and English fluently. > > > > Source: The Brethren in Virginia, Roger E. Sappington 1973 > > > > Andy Doss > > (Former member of the Church of the Brethren, for 32 years) > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: vafrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of S Rigney > > Sent: Tue 4/15/2008 11:00 PM > > To: VAFRANKL@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [VAFRANKL] John Bowman, Dunkard Clergyman > > > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > I was wondering if anyone would have any information about a Dunkard Preacher > names John Bowman, ca. 1825-1860 in Bonbrook area of Franklin County. Curious > if anyone knows the church that he pastored, etc. > > Thanks so much for any help that you can offer. > > Sheila Rigney Harris > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something > about your Brick Wall person. > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something > about your Brick Wall person. > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The SECOND Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll Call. > Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us something > about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message