Bowman, Burns, Clingenpeel, Newcomer & Related Families

Carl Otto FERGUSON^204,2317 was born on 22 Jun 1888 in Carrollton, , IN. He died on 16 May 1966 in Detroit, Wayne, MI.²³¹⁸ Parents: Isaac Milton FERGUSON and Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL.

Spouse: Elizabeth Ann WISE. Carl Otto FERGUSON and Elizabeth Ann WISE were married on 3 Oct 1931 in , Lucas, OH. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Carrie FERGUSON.⁷²⁰

Spouse: Jesse GRISSO. Children were: Carl GRISSO, Eugene GRISSO, Ernest GRISSO.

Daniel FERGUSON.²⁰⁴ Parents: Steve FERGUSON.

Earl FERGUSON.²³¹⁷ Parents: Isaac Milton FERGUSON and Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL.

Elizabeth FERGUSON.¹¹¹

Spouse: William ROBBINS. Children were: William Riley ROBBINS.

George Benjamin FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Ida Elizabeth FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Spouse: Hale WEST.

Isaac Milton FERGUSON^204,812 was born in 1855. He died in 1938.

Spouse: Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL. Isaac Milton FERGUSON and Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL were married on 4 Mar 1883. Children were: Raymond FERGUSON, Earl FERGUSON, Carl Otto FERGUSON, Neva FERGUSON.

John FERGUSON.³²⁵

Spouse: Mary HILL. Children were: Parizade FERGUSON, Sophia Hill FERGUSON.

John Tyler FERGUSON.⁶²¹

Spouse: Susan Catherine KESLER. John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER were married on 26 Dec 1876 in , Franklin, VA. Children were: Ida Elizabeth FERGUSON, Nancy Mary "Mollie" FERGUSON, William Alonzo FERGUSON, Sophie Jane FERGUSON, Margaretta Ann "Maggie" FERGUSON, George Benjamin FERGUSON, Julia Catharine FERGUSON, Mattie Belle FERGUSON, Andrew Stephen FERGUSON.

Julia Catharine FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Kim FERGUSON.²⁰⁴
Kim Ferguson was living in Huntsville, Texas in 1997. Parents: Living and Ms.

Spouse: Kyle JAMISON. Children were: Angel JAMISON, Kyrie JAMISON, Chelsea JAMISON.

Lonnie FERGUSON.²⁰⁴ Parents: Living and Ms.

Margaretta Ann "Maggie" FERGUSON⁶²¹ was born Ann ". Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Spouse: J. R. PETERS.

Mattie FERGUSON.⁹⁵⁸

Spouse: Wilcie BARNHART. Children were: Clarence BARNHART, Delma BARNHART, Gladys BARNHART, Sylvia BARNHART.

Mattie Belle FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Spouse: W. BARNHART.

Michelle FERGUSON.²⁰⁴ Parents: Steve FERGUSON.

Nancy Mary "Mollie" FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Spouse: Stoel DODSON.

Neva FERGUSON.²³¹⁷ Parents: Isaac Milton FERGUSON and Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL.

Parizade FERGUSON^123,1362 was born on 24 Sep 1790 in , Franklin, VA. She died on 5 Mar 1869 in , Franklin, VA.³²⁵ She was buried in Bowman Cemetery, , Franklin, VA.³²⁵ Parents: John FERGUSON and Mary HILL.

Spouse: John BOWMAN Junior. John BOWMAN Junior and Parizade FERGUSON were married on 11 Feb 1813. Children were: Leroy H. BOWMAN, Joel I. BOWMAN, John F. "Jack" BOWMAN, Martha A. BOWMAN.

Raymond FERGUSON.²³¹⁷ Parents: Isaac Milton FERGUSON and Elizabeth CLINGENPEEL.

S. Margaret FERGUSON⁹⁷⁹ was born in Feb 1872 in , , IA. She died in 1948. She was buried in City Cemetery, Marshalltown, Marshall, IA.

Spouse: Charles H. SCHECHTER.

Sophia Hill FERGUSON⁵⁴⁷ was born on 7 May 1805 in , Franklin, VA. She died on 6 Apr 1896 in Marble Hill, Bollinger, MO. She was buried in Marble Hill Cemetery by Baptist Church, Marble Hill, Bollinger, MO. "Genealogy of a Bowman Family," by Byron Whitener Bowman, 1956:

Biography of Sophia Bowman, 1805-1896

Sophia Hill Ferguson Bowman, beloved wife of Benjamin Bowman, was a woman of
strong, sturdy character, with Scotch, Irish, French, and Spanish blood in her
veins, and was the best mother ever a boy had. Her positive religious
character impressed her children more than any other religious factor. Many a
time she sat and read her Bible with tears coursing down her cheeks, that would
make one feel as though she had something they did not have. She taught her
children to fear God and keep His commandments. In her old and declining
years, she would often express the wish to go and be with her Lord, and when
the summons came in her 91st year, she fell asleep as peacefully as a babe
falls to sleep in its mother's arms. She died of old age, without a pain or a
struggle. Her son, Thomas A. has said often the joy he shall have some day
when he can join that sainted mother in the City of God.

Her religious experience was rather remarkable. Her conviction of sin was
rather the result of her own thoughts and reading the Word of God, and for a
long period she prayed and fasted one day each week, hoping thereby to get
peace of mind, during which time she read the New Testament through several
times. Finally coming to the end of her own strivings, she laid the book down,
exclaiming: "If I am ever saved, the Lord will just have to save me, for I can
do nothing more." Then all at once her burden was gone and she had rest of
soul. This state continued, and she began to fear it was an indication that
the Holy Spirit had left her, and she began to pray as earnestly for her old
burden to return, that she might feel that she hated sin as before. This
experience she had often been heard to relate, alas, for someone to instruct
her in the way of the Lord more perfectly.

In the vicinity, there was no church except a Presbyterian Church to which she
went to tell of her newfound joy. The minister called the session together to
receive her into membership, but she said: "You do not baptize people, you
only sprinkle them, and my Bible teaches me to be baptized." "Very well," said
the pastor, "I will have a talk with you and explain all that to your
satisfaction." Well, he and his elders had many talks with her but not to the
satisfaction of her mind in the least.

One day some two years later, a stranger appeared at the door and asked for a
night's lodging, saying he was a traveling minister of the Gospel. He was
welcomed, and in the course of the conversation said he was a Baptist. So she
at once asked him if he would preach to a few neighbors in her house and
baptize her and a neighbor woman whose experience was similar to her own. He
gladly complied with the request, the neighbors having been informed of the
service that evening, and the baptism followed the next day, the minister
giving the two thus baptized a certificate of baptism. He proved to be an
old-school Baptist and later organized a church in that community.

It is not known for sure whether great-great grandmother Ferguson was a member
of any church or not, but from the correspondence that Thomas A. Bowman had
with some of his Ferguson cousins who were in Texas many years ago, he found
them to be very decidedly Methodist, but evidently our great-great grandmother
Bowman got her religious ideals from the Bible, which she always loved and read
till the day of her death. She was born May 7, 1805, and died Apri 6, 1896..

It has been related that once while the family lived on the Daugherty place the
following incident occurred: The Daugherty brothers were very offensive to the
Federalists, and frequent raids were made on the home to try to catch them, for
they frequently visited their home. Once a company of Union soldiers dashed
up, surrounded the house, and asked my great-grandmother Sophia if Fred
Daugherty was in. She answered them truthfully that he had been there but had
left the day before, whereupon they called her a damn liar and proceeded to
search the house, but not finding Mr. Daugherty, they went away. Another time
they came suddenly again and made the same demand, though this time Mr.
Daugherty was hiding in a closet upstairs. She answered them thus: "Once
before you came and asked me, and I told you the truth, and you called me an
ugly liar; if I tell you the truth again, you will not believe me, so you will
just have to find out for yourselves." They turned and rode away without
searching the house, and Mr. Daugherty was not captured.

Thomas Anderson, her baby son, and she were never separated, he living at home
except when away at school till the father's death, after which he was married
and she made her home with him until her death, April 6, 1896, which occurred
at Marble Hill, Mo., while on a visit to her oldest living son, Rev. B. L.
Bowman, and at her own request, she was buried in the cemetery at that place.
Her age was 90 years, 10 months, and 29 days.

This one more incident which her son Thomas A. related during his lifetime, and
which he said was a source of consolation to him during his life: When he was
just a child, he was stricken with a severe case of flux such that the family
physician gave him no hope of recovery and, on the contrary, said that a few
hours would decide the issue, which he feared would be unfavorable. This was
early in the evening. He said he would return at midnight and see what the
result would be, for he thought by that hour the case would be decided.
Great-grandmother Sophia retired to her room and prayed most earnestly that her
son might recover, provided he would be a good man when he grew up, and that if
he would not be such, that he might go then as five of her children had already
gone. Then she returned to his couch to watch, and when the physician returned
at midnight as he promised, he was greatly surprised to find the turn had come
for the better, and from that hour his recovery was rapid. He said then and
there he wished that all her descendants may meet her some day on the other
shore.

She was always an industrious, hard-working woman, a model housekeeper and a
fine cook, all of which she taught her daughters. She never was known to speak
disparingly of one of her neighbors in her life, as anyone knew, but she was
always on the most intimate terms with her neighbors. She seemed to enjoy the
most intimate confidence and love of them all. Parents: John FERGUSON and Mary HILL.

Spouse: Benjamin BOWMAN. Benjamin BOWMAN and Sophia Hill FERGUSON were married on 15 Jul 1826 in , Franklin, VA. Benjamin Bowman and Sophia Ferguson were wed on the 10th according to James Denlinger. Children were: Lucy Ann BOWMAN, Elizabeth Mary (Betsy) BOWMAN, Charles Chisholm BOWMAN, John Otea BOWMAN, William Edwin BOWMAN, Benjamin Leroy (Lee) BOWMAN, James Orin BOWMAN, Columbus Carroll BOWMAN, Samuel Sterling BOWMAN, Sophia Perizade BOWMAN, Thomas Anderson BOWMAN.

Sophie Jane FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Spouse: C. PETERS.

Steve FERGUSON.²⁰⁴
Steve Ferguson was living in Big Piney, Wyoming in 1997. Parents: Living and Ms.

Children were: Michelle FERGUSON, Daniel FERGUSON.

Susan FERGUSON.²⁰⁴
Susan Ferguson was living in Huntsville, Texas in 1997. Parents: Living and Ms.

Spouse: Bubba WALKER. Children were: Jennifer WALKER.

William Alonzo FERGUSON.⁶²¹ Parents: John Tyler FERGUSON and Susan Catherine KESLER.

Adam FERNER¹² was born in 1687. Parents: Hans Jacob FERNER and Veronica KELLER.

Spouse: Sara Margreth MOSCHERSHIN. Children were: Johannes Henricus FERNER.

Alexander FERNER¹² was born in 1534. Parents: Andreas FERNER and Anna WINDLER.

Spouse: Kuenglod MURER. Children were: Joss FERNER.

Alexander FERNER¹² was born in 1621. Parents: Joss FERNER and Magdalena KELLER.

Spouse: Elsabet FREI. Children were: Hans Jacob FERNER.

Andreas FERNER¹² was born abr 1507.

Spouse: Anna WINDLER. Children were: Alexander FERNER.

Hans Jacob FERNER¹² was born in 1658. Parents: Alexander FERNER and Elsabet FREI.

Spouse: Veronica KELLER. Children were: Adam FERNER.

Johannes Henricus FERNER¹² was born in 1728. He died about 1789. Parents: Adam FERNER and Sara Margreth MOSCHERSHIN.

Children were: Conrad FARNER.