WILLIAM WELLING BOWERMAN
b. 15 September 1812, Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, to Silas and Anna (Welling) Bowerman
d. 19 September 1899, Decatur City, Decatur County, Iowa
m. 8 January 1931, Schenectady County, New York
Diadema Lester
b. 1815, Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, to Mordecai and Abigail (Rushmore?) Lester
d. 26 April 1901, Decatur City, Decatur County, Iowa
Children with Diadema Lester:
- Catherine “Kate” (b. ca. 1832) married [—?—] Farmhurst
- Esther (b. ca. 1834) married Josiah Long
- Mary (1836-1877) married Isaac Paden Fish
- Abigail “Abby” (b. ca. 1839) married O.J. Hyde
- Ann Eliza (1841-1905) married Lemuel D. Spaulding
- Diadema (b. ca. 1843) married [—?—] Brenning
- William W. (b. ca. 1845)
- Lunda L. “Lundy” (1847-1929) married (1) Darthula [–?–], (2) Emily M. “Emma” Bowerman, (3) Elizabeth M. “Lizzie” McGee
- Earnest W. (1848-1929) married Julia Stanley
- George “John” (b. ca. 1850)
- Elva R. (ca. 1852-1913) married (1) Charles Starkey, (2) Arthur B. Owen
- Selba (died young)
- Adeline E. (b. ca. 1854) married James Hannah
- Estella “Estie” (b. ca. 1856) married [—?—] Layton or Loncks
The family settled near Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana, by the 1860 census. They had come from Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. They moved briefly to Wisconsin, then to Taylor County, Iowa, where they were for the 1870 and 1880 censuses. William and Diadema next moved to Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, then back to Iowa around 1890.
Submitted by:
A. L. Bowerman
Howe IN