Bowker, Noah J

1835 - 1900  (65 years)

• Name	Bowker, Noah J  [1]
  Birth	1 May 1835	Allegany County, New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Civil War	Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	convalescing of rheumatism in Tennessee
  	From: Jeannette Buck [mailto:skyscribbler@zitomedia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: ,,, Subject: this week ,,, Several years ago I became cyber-acquainted with a lady named Julie who lives in Michigan and is a very distant cousin. My great-great grandmother Susan Ardrey Morley stayed in Potter County while her sister, Peggy Ardrey Bowker, moved to Michigan with her husband and family approximately 160 years ago. I descend from Susan and Julie descends from Peggy. I have letters that were written from the Michigan relatives to my Pennsylvania family dated as far back as 1858. The letters were few and far between and although the hope of seeing each other one more time this side of Heaven was expressed in each one, it never happened. Recently, Julie and I have been communicating again via the social network, sharing pictures and bits of information we have collected over the years. Peggy Bowker and her husband Silas had four children, the youngest of whom was Maggie. Maggie wrote to her Pennsylvania aunts now and then, sounding much like a young girl of the present day. In a letter, dated January 6, 1861; before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated; before Fort Sumter was attacked and the Civil War began, Maggie explained that the family had moved to a different house for the time being because “the Baptist Church wanted Father to preach to them and it is a good place for him to get all the carpenter work he wants.” Her mother was very homesick, she confided, and “It would be a great consolation to us to receive a letter real often from our relatives out there.” In September of 1862 Maggie added a letter to the one her father had written. “The war news appears to be all the excitement at the present time,” she wrote. “We have but a very few able-bodied men left in this place and they would be Secessionist if they durst show their colors.” By April of 1863 her brother Noah had joined the United States Service and was recovering from rheumatism in a convalescent camp in Tennessee. He had become, she wrote, much “stronger in favor of the Union.” She confided that she was corresponding with a Soldier Boy who “is a particular friend of mine.” The last letter from Miss Maggie, dated June, 1863 is short and sweet. She was clearly annoyed that she had not received any reply to her previous letter and she promised to “wait before writing again until I do.” Maggie Bowker would marry her “special Soldier Boy” whose name was Matthew Baird. According to her father’s letters, she lost three children of her own but adopted a boy of whom she was very fond. Sadly, Maggie Bowker Baird died at the age of 34. Fast forward to the present time. My friend Julie recently stumbled upon a blog containing the diary and letters of one Matthew Baird, Civil War veteran and husband of Maggie Bowker Baird of Michigan. And “much to my surprise,” Julie e-mailed, “the site also has a picture of Maggie!” I know there are many who will never understand, but for those who do, this is exactly what makes the searches worth while. A picture is always worth at least a thousand words. Maybe you didn’t hear from your relatives from the east as much as you wanted to, Maggie Bowker Baird. But some of us are still here and we still love you. Maggie Bowker Baird
  Name	Noah Bowker  [2]
  	From: Jeannette Buck [mailto:skyscribbler@zitomedia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: ,,, Subject: this week ,,, Several years ago I became cyber-acquainted with a lady named Julie who lives in Michigan and is a very distant cousin. My great-great grandmother Susan Ardrey Morley stayed in Potter County while her sister, Peggy Ardrey Bowker, moved to Michigan with her husband and family approximately 160 years ago. I descend from Susan and Julie descends from Peggy. I have letters that were written from the Michigan relatives to my Pennsylvania family dated as far back as 1858. The letters were few and far between and although the hope of seeing each other one more time this side of Heaven was expressed in each one, it never happened. Recently, Julie and I have been communicating again via the social network, sharing pictures and bits of information we have collected over the years. Peggy Bowker and her husband Silas had four children, the youngest of whom was Maggie. Maggie wrote to her Pennsylvania aunts now and then, sounding much like a young girl of the present day. In a letter, dated January 6, 1861; before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated; before Fort Sumter was attacked and the Civil War began, Maggie explained that the family had moved to a different house for the time being because “the Baptist Church wanted Father to preach to them and it is a good place for him to get all the carpenter work he wants.” Her mother was very homesick, she confided, and “It would be a great consolation to us to receive a letter real often from our relatives out there.” In September of 1862 Maggie added a letter to the one her father had written. “The war news appears to be all the excitement at the present time,” she wrote. “We have but a very few able-bodied men left in this place and they would be Secessionist if they durst show their colors.” By April of 1863 her brother Noah had joined the United States Service and was recovering from rheumatism in a convalescent camp in Tennessee. He had become, she wrote, much “stronger in favor of the Union.” She confided that she was corresponding with a Soldier Boy who “is a particular friend of mine.” The last letter from Miss Maggie, dated June, 1863 is short and sweet. She was clearly annoyed that she had not received any reply to her previous letter and she promised to “wait before writing again until I do.” Maggie Bowker would marry her “special Soldier Boy” whose name was Matthew Baird. According to her father’s letters, she lost three children of her own but adopted a boy of whom she was very fond. Sadly, Maggie Bowker Baird died at the age of 34. Fast forward to the present time. My friend Julie recently stumbled upon a blog containing the diary and letters of one Matthew Baird, Civil War veteran and husband of Maggie Bowker Baird of Michigan. And “much to my surprise,” Julie e-mailed, “the site also has a picture of Maggie!” I know there are many who will never understand, but for those who do, this is exactly what makes the searches worth while. A picture is always worth at least a thousand words. Maybe you didn’t hear from your relatives from the east as much as you wanted to, Maggie Bowker Baird. But some of us are still here and we still love you. Maggie Bowker Baird
  Residence	Between 1850 and 1860	Hope, Barry, Michigan, USA   [1]
  _MILT	1861  [1]
  Residence	5 Jul 1870	Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Residence	1880	Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Residence	Jun 1890	Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Residence	1900	Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA   [1]
  _MILT	Michigan, USA   [1]
  Death	3 Jul 1900	Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Burial	Aft 3 Jul 1900	Newaygo County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I36520	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Bowker, Silas Rev.,   b. 1 Apr 1808, Genoa, Cayuga, New York, USA d. 27 Sep 1888, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ardery, Margaret /Ardrey,   b. 20 Feb 1815, New York State, USA d. 21 Mar 1876, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Issue, jt	4. Peggy Bowker and her husband Silas had four children, the youngest of whom was Maggie.  [2]
  	From: Jeannette Buck [mailto:skyscribbler@zitomedia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: ,,, Subject: this week ,,, Several years ago I became cyber-acquainted with a lady named Julie who lives in Michigan and is a very distant cousin. My great-great grandmother Susan Ardrey Morley stayed in Potter County while her sister, Peggy Ardrey Bowker, moved to Michigan with her husband and family approximately 160 years ago. I descend from Susan and Julie descends from Peggy. I have letters that were written from the Michigan relatives to my Pennsylvania family dated as far back as 1858. The letters were few and far between and although the hope of seeing each other one more time this side of Heaven was expressed in each one, it never happened. Recently, Julie and I have been communicating again via the social network, sharing pictures and bits of information we have collected over the years. Peggy Bowker and her husband Silas had four children, the youngest of whom was Maggie. Maggie wrote to her Pennsylvania aunts now and then, sounding much like a young girl of the present day. In a letter, dated January 6, 1861; before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated; before Fort Sumter was attacked and the Civil War began, Maggie explained that the family had moved to a different house for the time being because “the Baptist Church wanted Father to preach to them and it is a good place for him to get all the carpenter work he wants.” Her mother was very homesick, she confided, and “It would be a great consolation to us to receive a letter real often from our relatives out there.” In September of 1862 Maggie added a letter to the one her father had written. “The war news appears to be all the excitement at the present time,” she wrote. “We have but a very few able-bodied men left in this place and they would be Secessionist if they durst show their colors.” By April of 1863 her brother Noah had joined the United States Service and was recovering from rheumatism in a convalescent camp in Tennessee. He had become, she wrote, much “stronger in favor of the Union.” She confided that she was corresponding with a Soldier Boy who “is a particular friend of mine.” The last letter from Miss Maggie, dated June, 1863 is short and sweet. She was clearly annoyed that she had not received any reply to her previous letter and she promised to “wait before writing again until I do.” Maggie Bowker would marry her “special Soldier Boy” whose name was Matthew Baird. According to her father’s letters, she lost three children of her own but adopted a boy of whom she was very fond. Sadly, Maggie Bowker Baird died at the age of 34. Fast forward to the present time. My friend Julie recently stumbled upon a blog containing the diary and letters of one Matthew Baird, Civil War veteran and husband of Maggie Bowker Baird of Michigan. And “much to my surprise,” Julie e-mailed, “the site also has a picture of Maggie!” I know there are many who will never understand, but for those who do, this is exactly what makes the searches worth while. A picture is always worth at least a thousand words. Maybe you didn’t hear from your relatives from the east as much as you wanted to, Maggie Bowker Baird. But some of us are still here and we still love you. Maggie Bowker Baird
  Family ID	F10856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ardery, Aschah Mary Jane /Ardrey,   b. 18 Jun 1849, Eulalia Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Aug 1880, Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, USA (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1868	Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Bowker, Ida May,   b. 25 Mar 1869, Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA d. 15 Jul 1959, Morley, Mecosta, Michigan, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bowker, Alma Eugenia,   b. 12 Aug 1870, Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA d. 20 Mar 1955, Michigan, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Bowker, Silas Elijah,   b. 25 Oct 1880, Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA d. 21 Jan 1881, Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Bowker, Newton Franklin,   b. 24 Jan 1878, Newaygo, Michigan, USA d. 3 Oct 1878, Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Bowker, James Addison,   b. 2 Aug 1873, Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA d. 24 Oct 1874, Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F52439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1 May 1835 - Allegany County, New York, USA Civil War - convalescing of rheumatism in Tennessee - - Tennessee, USA Residence - Between 1850 and 1860 - Hope, Barry, Michigan, USA Marriage - 24 May 1868 - Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA Residence - 5 Jul 1870 - Ganges, Allegan, Michigan, USA Residence - 1880 - Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA Residence - Jun 1890 - Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, USA Residence - 1900 - Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA _MILT - - Michigan, USA Death - 3 Jul 1900 - Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA Burial - Aft 3 Jul 1900 - Newaygo County, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S2519] Public Member Trees 2021, PERRY Family - willperry1 / Noah J Bowker (80) facts 20210331HAv- /sse.dll?db=1030&h=27558836484&indiv=try. Record for Noah J Bowker (80) facts 20210331HAv- PERRY Family - willperry1 / Noah J Bowker Noah J Bowker 1835-1900 BIRTH 1 MAY 1835 • Allegany County, New York DEATH 3 JUL 1900 • Croton, Newaygo County, Michigan /sse.dll?db=1030&h=27558836484&indiv=try Record for Noah J Bowker (80) facts 20210331HAv- PERRY Family - willperry1 / Noah J Bowker Noah J Bowker 1835-1900 BIRTH 1 MAY 1835 • Allegany County, New York DEATH 3 JUL 1900 • Croton, Newaygo County, Michigan /sse.dll?db=1030&h=27558836484&indiv=try [S986] This Week, by J.M.Buck, family split, Ardreys in Michigan. Maggie Bowker Baird From: Jeannette Buck [mailto:skyscribbler@zitomedia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: Teri McDowell; Pat; nathanwatkins@cox.net; Annie; Wesley Chick; Caroline and Bill Powers; Lynne Simcox; Gloria Anderson; Merrily Williams; Eileen Smith; Jim Lehman; Rhea; Kathy; dick Montgomery; Janet Hale; MGWflorida@aol.com; verena monagle; neatokean@aol.com; christyphillips@hotmail.com; donna_m46a@yahoo.com; beckyboyd@hotmail.com; baj2heimel@yahoo.com; Starla Carleton Cairns; Dina Thorne; Donald Gilliland; Lisa Roemer; Karlene Peet; Leah Kear Dibble; Joyce Smith fisher; Kathy Soule; Bev Cook Stockman; Tom Gross; Hilma Cooper; Caleb Knowlton; Carol Cacchione; Marcia Carey Streb; Michelle von Ruden; Bev Kehs; Cindy Alackness; Deanna; Tami Sevinsky; Tom Maynard; Thelma Davidson; Greg Wright; Julie Zenk; wilford lampman; Amanda Butler; n2kgl@frontiernet.net; Doug Young; Karen Kerezman; Ginny Hawks; Jeff Aufderheide; Jane Metzger; Wanda Rader; John Baker; sallyannsmith@frontier.com; bettypchatch@gmail.com; Gerri Miller; Vera Walker; Elaine Russell; Deb Plummer; Bobbi Watkins Palmer; Barbara Biddison; carolyn.barrett25@yahoo.com; Dan and Stacey Howe; Pauline Goochee; Dale Jeffers; John Wetzel; Erin Buck; Glenn Jordan; Gary n' Karen Montgomery; smorley@stny.rr.com; John n' Linda Knapp; jma135@nycap.rr.com; Sheila Simmons; Larry Biddison; Janet; eldineargyle517@hotmail.com; WNWindus@aol.com; Marge & BELL; Dr. & Mrs Howe; Doris Nichols; NOSHDICK@aol.com; Bob & Sally Ferguson; gerrimiller@pennswoods.net; Amy Quimby; Marjory Blass; Jane n' Sam; jparshall2@stny.rr.com; Henry & Winona; paula Mitchell; Curt & Brenda Silsby; neatokean@aol.com Subject: this week Everyone knows I am a confirmed genealogy nut. My fascination with family history began, I believe, at the supper table when I was in grade school. “There was a new kid in school today,” one of us would say over Mom’s chicken and biscuits. “His name was ------”. And Dad or Gram or Mom would look up with a grin. “He’s some of your relation!” And off they would go for the rest of the meal, outlining and sorting out just how that new kid fit in to our family tree. I’m still at it, after all these years. I have pictures and stories and scrapbooks and “stuff” overflowing the shelves in the room I used to call my nest. They are sorted to some degree, but I usually have to hunt for a while if I am looking for a particular item. Computers, with their ability to connect us with anyone, anywhere, anytime have made the whole thing more fun- and in some ways, more complicated. Several years ago I became cyber-acquainted with a lady named Julie who lives in Michigan and is a very distant cousin. My great-great grandmother Susan Ardrey Morley stayed in Potter County while her sister, Peggy Ardrey Bowker, moved to Michigan with her husband and family approximately 160 years ago. I descend from Susan and Julie descends from Peggy. I have letters that were written from the Michigan relatives to my Pennsylvania family dated as far back as 1858. The letters were few and far between and although the hope of seeing each other one more time this side of Heaven was expressed in each one, it never happened. Recently, Julie and I have been communicating again via the social network, sharing pictures and bits of information we have collected over the years. Peggy Bowker and her husband Silas had four children, the youngest of whom was Maggie. Maggie wrote to her Pennsylvania aunts now and then, sounding much like a young girl of the present day. In a letter, dated January 6, 1861; before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated; before Fort Sumter was attacked and the Civil War began, Maggie explained that the family had moved to a different house for the time being because “the Baptist Church wanted Father to preach to them and it is a good place for him to get all the carpenter work he wants.” Her mother was very homesick, she confided, and “It would be a great consolation to us to receive a letter real often from our relatives out there.” In September of 1862 Maggie added a letter to the one her father had written. “The war news appears to be all the excitement at the present time,” she wrote. “We have but a very few able-bodied men left in this place and they would be Secessionist if they durst show their colors.” By April of 1863 her brother Noah had joined the United States Service and was recovering from rheumatism in a convalescent camp in Tennessee. He had become, she wrote, much “stronger in favor of the Union.” She confided that she was corresponding with a Soldier Boy who “is a particular friend of mine.” The last letter from Miss Maggie, dated June, 1863 is short and sweet. She was clearly annoyed that she had not received any reply to her previous letter and she promised to “wait before writing again until I do.” Maggie Bowker would marry her “special Soldier Boy” whose name was Matthew Baird. According to her father’s letters, she lost three children of her own but adopted a boy of whom she was very fond. Sadly, Maggie Bowker Baird died at the age of 34. Fast forward to the present time. My friend Julie recently stumbled upon a blog containing the diary and letters of one Matthew Baird, Civil War veteran and husband of Maggie Bowker Baird of Michigan. And “much to my surprise,” Julie e-mailed, “the site also has a picture of Maggie!” I know there are many who will never understand, but for those who do, this is exactly what makes the searches worth while. A picture is always worth at least a thousand words. Maybe you didn’t hear from your relatives from the east as much as you wanted to, Maggie Bowker Baird. But some of us are still here and we still love you. Maggie Bowker Baird Bowker Baird, Maggie fr JMBuck This Week From: Jeannette Buck [mailto:skyscribbler@zitomedia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:53 PM To: ,,, Subject: this week ,,, Several years ago I became cyber-acquainted with a lady named Julie who lives in Michigan and is a very distant cousin. My great-great grandmother Susan Ardrey Morley stayed in Potter County while her sister, Peggy…

  
  

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