BOWHALL, William A.

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Wm. A. Bowhall, miller, widower, ae.80, d. at Bigelow 7/24/1895. amiller. b. Denmark, Lewis C o.,NY to D.L. Bowhall & Harriet H.Abets."Inanation, LaGrippe, Heart. bur. Waddington. [DeKal b V.S.] He was buried in Waddington, St. Lawrence, New York.14 "Bowhall, William, Canton, was born in Denmark, Lewis county, N.Y., February 6, 1815. He commenced the trade of miller at eleven years of age, and has been engaged in the business sixty-seven years. He came to the town of Fowler in this county in 1823, and ran the mill at Hailesborough. He next went into the mill at Marshville in the town of Hermon. He next came to Canton and ran the mill at Morley, and from there to the mill at Madrid and ran that mill sixteen years. He then came to Canton and ran a grist-mill three years for Lucius Moody, leased a mill at Norfolk one year, then sold out and went to Waddington on the St. Lawrence and ran those two mills seventeen years for Proctor & Wood and then came to Canton, and has run this mill for eight years. He married Phoebe Kinney, and they have had four children: Harriet, Caroline, Juliette and Ralph D., who died Apri l 29,1893. [Curtis, 1893, p.16, Bowhall, New YorkSL007] Res. 1850 census Madrid, New York w/parents.

William — KINNE, Pheobe Minnie. Pheobe was born Abt 1820, New York; died 23 Aug 1882. [Group Sheet]

1. BOWHALL, Ralph Demarcus was born Abt 1838; died 29 Apr 1893, Waddington, Saint Lawrence County, New York.
2. BOWHALL, Harriet was born Abt 1840; died Yes, date unknown.
3. BOWHALL, Caroline was born Abt 1842; died Yes, date unknown.
4. BOWHALL, Juliet was born Abt 1845; died Yes, date unknown.
5. BOWHALL, Eva was born Abt 1859; died Yes, date unknown.

Notes:

Demarcus Bowhall was born on 7, Oct. 1788 in Schoharie, Schoharie Co., New York.
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Baptismal Date: 26 Nov 1788
Father: Caspar Buchal
Mother: Margaretha
Item Number: 1584
Child: Marcus
Sponsor: Michael Borst; Eliesabeht Borst
Birth Date: 07 Oct
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He appears to have been in Carpenter's 101 Regiment of the New York State Militia during the war of 1812. He applied for his pension from that war while living in Madrid, New York and he recieved $43.00 (file # 759). Military Records: New York in the Revolution & War of 1812
Index of Claims of Soldiers of the War of 1812, Surnames, A-B, Page 56.

Also this 1812 record:
Name: DEMARKES BOHALL
Company: 1 REGIMENT (NELLIS'), NEW YORK MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 19
Roll Exct: 602

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His residence in the 1850 census was Madrid, New York, he was shown as "Demark Bowhall" a miller by trade who was 62 years old. His wife Harriet was listed as 58 years old. A son, William age 34 was also living with them along with William's family.
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His residence in the 1860 census was Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., New York (p. 628). The family was listed as follows:
Demarkis Bowhall, 74, male, miller, $175 personal wealth, b. NY
Harriet ", 66, Female, house keeper, b. NY
Ralph ", 22, male, miller, b. NY (grandson by William)
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He died on 29, Apr. 1870 (or April 29, 1882) in Waddington, St. Lawrence Co., New York and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Waddington, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
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Variant spelling of Demarcus are; Demarkis, Demarquis, Marcus or Marquis.

Demarcus married OBITZ, Harriet Henrietta Abt 1812. Harriet (daughter of OBITZ, Johann Michael and BOZZARD, Margaret) was born Abt 1792, Of Lowville, Lewis County, New York; died 23 Mar 1870, Waddington, Saint Lawrence County, New York. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Harriet's original name may have been "Marcha Abitts" Martha (Obits).

Notes:

Casper was likely born in New York.
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Index to Upstate New York Source Records, 1685-1910, The Mohawk, 1788 Tax List - Canajoharie District, Vol:Page: 7: 66.
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He appears on the 1790 Montgomery Co., New York census as residing in Canajoharie. His family at that time was recorded as consisting of two males over 16 and one male under 16, there were also two females in the home.
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Caspar's name has also been alternately spelled Casper & Gaspar.
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Adam and Hooper appear on the same Canajoharie census.

Caspar married CONTREMAN, Margaretha 27 Jul 1784, Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. Margaretha (daughter of CONTREMAN, George and APOLINA) died , Painesville, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

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Obitts (Obits, Opits). - From Silesian German Opitz.
John Michael Opitz, or Opits, is said to have deserted the German army by swimming the Rhine, in company with one of his comrades. He then came to America and secured employment in Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., New York, in 1775, at which time he was about 20 years of age.
Married Nancy Boshart, who bore him four sons and six daughters.

SOURCE:
Johnston, Charles Ernest,
A genealogical record of the descendants of Peter Johnston who came to America from Lockerby, Scotland, in the year 1773, and settled in Wilton, N.Y. : also a short history of the clan of Johnston, of Annandale
Washington, D.C.: 1900, 118 pgs. (p. 49).
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Undocumented family lore indicates Michael may have been a Lutheran Minister who was born in Germany in 1755.
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1790 Census, Montgomery County, Caughnawaga Town, New York.
Obits, Michael
1-Free white males over 16 years,
1-Free white males under 16 years
3-Free white females
0-All other free persons
0-Slaves
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Boshart, Margaret (perhaps Martha's widowed? mother)
2-Free white males over 16 years,
0-Free white males under 16 years
2-Free white females
0-All other free persons
?-Slaves

Johann — BOZZARD, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of BOSHART, Jacob and KOCH, Margareta) was born Abt 1767, Of Swiss Ancestry; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION AS COLONY AND STATE
Heading: Tryon County Militia (Land Bounty Rights) -- First Regiment
Rank: Enlisted Men
Name: George Conterman
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CONTERMAN, GEORGE
State: NY
Year: 1800
County: Montgomery County
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: 221110-22010-01
Page: 336
Database: NY 1800 Federal Census Index

George — APOLINA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There was a Jacob Boshart shown on the Tryon Co., Militia Rolls for the Revolutionary War.
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A John Boshart was also shown on the Rolls.
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. . . Johannes Plantz was a member of Col. Klock's Second Regiment of Tryon County's Militia and later enrolled with the "Associated Exempts". In this organization were such men as Jacob Boshart, Jacob Coughnet, Jelles Fonda, Sampson Sammons, ad other patriots whose age limited their military service.

Jacob — KOCH, Margareta. [Group Sheet]