BOWHALL, John

1798 - 1884  (86 years)

• Name	BOWHALL, John
  Nickname	Johannes
  Born	29 Mar 1798	Schohaire County, New York
  Christened	25 Jul 1798	First Lutheran, Albany, New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Dec 1884	Painesville, Lake County, Ohio
  Person ID	I6012	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	BOHALL, Caspar,   b. Abt 1760, Canojaharie, Montgomery, New York, Unites States ,   d. Aft 1800, New York  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	CONTREMAN, Margaretha,   d. Painesville, Lake County, Ohio
  Married	27 Jul 1784	Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York
  Family ID	F2284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KLUMPH, Margaret
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret KLUMPH Death: 1868 in Painesville, Ohio married John BOWHALL HISTORICAL SKETCHES of the TOWN OF PORTLAND. BOWHALL, John (122) Was the son of Casper and Margaret Countryman Bowhall, and was b. in Schoharie county, N.Y., March 29, 1798. He came to Plainsville, Ohio in March 1818, his mother, a widow coming soon after. He settled on part of lot 39, T. 4, then supposed to be the highest point of land in town, now owned by J. Kelsey and others. Oct. 11 of that year he m. Margaret Klumph, dau. of Jeremiah Klumph. They lived upon this farm eleven years, then removing to Fredonia, this county, and after eight years, then removing to Springfield, Pa., afterward to Detroit, Michigan, and in 1851 to Painesville, Ohio where Mr. B. still lives. Mrs. B. d. there May 8, 1868. A dau. of Mr. B. gives a graphic description of the privations and hardships of many early settlers. "It was almost impossible to get work of any kind. Father worked one month for a Mr. Ellsworth for thirteen dollars and board. Money was scarce and hard to get. One year his taxes were seventy- five cents and he worked three days splitting rails for the money to pay them. At that time he had wheat and corn to sell and paid three bushels of wheat for jumping his ax to split rails with. Salt was six cents per pound, and not always to be had at that; other things in proportion. Every one wanted to buy but few had anything to sell, but in a few years every one had plenty of produce to sell but few wanted to buy. A bushel of corn was worth just two pounds of salt, and five bushels of wheat a pound of tea. Pork was plenty for it could be fattened in the woods, and maple sugar was made in abundance. Sugar parties in their season were a great institution. They would go miles through the woods with ox teams to such gatherings and eat their sugar with wooden spoons made for the occasion." Mr. B. was a cabinetmaker. In politics he is a republican. Family of Mr. and Mrs. Bowhall - HIRAM MARGARET CORDELIA JOHN ETTA NELLIE EMMA MYRA HENRY AMANDA All but the last three married. - SOURCE: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/Families/Klumph.htm