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     Onezime Daigneau was the daughter of Toussaint Daigneau and Madeleine Larreau. She married Isidore Catudal on 26 November 1839. As of 26 November 1839,her married name was Catudal.

     She married Isidore Catudal on 5 May 1846. As of 5 May 1846,her married name was Catudal.

     She married Isidore Catudal on 24 November 1879. As of 24 November 1879,her married name was Catudal.

     Levi was born at Tennessee, USA, in 1808.¹ He married Elizabeth unknown. Levi Neugen appeared on the census of 1840 at Adams Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA; Listed on the census were 1 male under 5, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 70-80 (Levi's father perhaps?), 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, and 1 female 20-30.² Levi was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at Adams Twp., Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA.¹ He bought property at N 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 11 Twp19 Rng, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, on 23 December 1851. He bought property at E 1/2, S 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 11 19, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, on 14 February 1852. Levi was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at Washington Twp., Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA. Levi died after 1860 at Indiana, USA.

     Elizabeth Maria Slider was born at Indiana, USA; Her birth place is from the 1880 census, where Rebecca must have told the census taker her mother's birth state. Her father's birthplace was blank.¹ As of 17 February 1848,her married name was Nugent.

     Cora was a midwife in the Carp, MN area. She also provided other medical care as there were few doctors and few could afford to go to one. She treated sick people and gave instructions on keeping homes clean and healthy. She instructed her husband, Ellis, in how to deliver Charlotte, their last child. She also delivered Charlotte's first two children. Dr. Brink, a long time physician in Baudette in the mid 1900's, told her daughter Chalotte that Cora "knew what she was doing". According to a history of Carp, MN, "Mrs. Cora Bowman can rememer walking the trails caring for the less fortunate, the elderly, and the ill, asking for little or nothing in return. She could be called and angel of mercy in disguise." Cora was born on 22 January 1877. She was the daughter of Elijah Pappy Rice and Pheobe Smith. She married Ellis Bowman at Buffalo, Wright Co., Minnesota, USA, in 1899. As of 1899,her married name was Bowman. Cora died on 3 August 1964 at age 87. Her body was interred on 8 August 1964 at Valcourt, Shefford Co., Quebec, Canada.

     He married Jane Smith. Thomas was born at Eagleton, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, on 29 June 1867. He was the son of William Bowman and Rebecca Neugen. Thomas J. Bowman appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of William Bowman at Middleville Township, Wright County, Indiana, USA; Homer's age is shown as 10 on this census, however the 1880 census has him as 25. There is a five year discepancy in age.¹ Thomas J. Bowman appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of William Bowman at Middleville, Wright County, Minnesota, USA; His occupation was farmer. Homer was listed as a farmer also and Lura (or Laura) was a school teacher.² Thomas died on 9 August 1959 at Howard Lake Village, Wright Co., Minnesota, USA, at age 92.

     She married Thomas J. Bowman. Her married name was Bowman.

     William was born at Stokes Co., North Carolina, USA, on 7 September 1796. He was the son of William Bowman and Anne Wortman. He married Sarah Hubbard at Deep River MM, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 4 December 1817. He married Elvira Hunt at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 11 August 1826. William moved from Guilford Co., North Carolina to Wayne County, Indiana in 1827. He moved to Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana in 1834. He moved to Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Indiana after 1850. William died in 1868 at Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA.

     Elvira was the fourth daugher.

They moved to Wayne County, Indiana in 1827 and to Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana in 1834. In 1861 they moved to Eagletown, Hamilton County, Indiana. Elvira was born at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, in 1805. She was the daughter of Isom Hunt and Margaret Bundy. She married William W. Bowman Jr. at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 11 August 1826. As of 11 August 1826,her married name was Bowman.

     Isom was born at Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA, in 1763. He was the son of Thomas J. Hunt and Mary Ann Beals. He married Ann Moon at New Garden MM, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 9 January 1781. He married Margaret Bundy at Back Creek MM, Randolph Co., North Carolina, USA, on 14 November 1793. Isom was the fourth son.

Isom was granted persmission to marry by the New Garden Monthly Meeting on September 18, 1793. He was disinherited by the Back Creek Monthly Meeting in Randolph County for living within that region for some time, but not transferring his membership from New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County on June 27, 1795.

Isom and Margaret returned to Guilford County in 1796 and Isom was reinstated in the Society on March 20, 1799. The family transferred to Springfield Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, in 1810. Isom was disinherited again by the Society on September 28, 1822 with no evidence of subsequent reinstatement. Isom died circa 1825 at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA.

     Her family was from Randolph County, North Carolina.

Margaret moved to Wayne County, Indiana in 1829 and to Henry County, Indiana in 1835. Margaret was born at Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, USA, on 3 April 1771. She was the daughter of Samuel Bundy and Huldah Hill. She married Isom Hunt at Back Creek MM, Randolph Co., North Carolina, USA, on 14 November 1793. As of 14 November 1793,her married name was Hunt. Margaret died on 30 April 1846 at Duck Creek MM, Henry Co., Indiana, USA, at age 75.

     Her common name was Sally Jane Bowman. Sarah died. Sarah was born at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 18 May 1827. She was the daughter of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt.

     Emeline died. Emeline was born at Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 10 October 1829. She was the daughter of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt.

     Calvin died. Calvin was born at Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 2 May 1831. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt.

     Beulah died. Beulah was born at Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 7 May 1833. She was the daughter of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt. She married unknown Burris at Indiana, USA, on 22 July 1852. As of 22 July 1852,her married name was Burris.

     Enlisted at Richmond, Indiana in Co. D, 36th Indiana Infantry on Aug 26, 1861. Discharged on September 21, 1864 at Indianapolis, Indiana. Jabez was five feet nine inches tall with blue eyes, dark hair and dark complexion. Jabez was born at Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 28 December 1837. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt. He married Sarah Elizabeth Howren at Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 3 November 1866. Jabez died on 24 June 1922 at Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana, USA, at age 84.

     Levi was born at Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana, USA, on 7 March 1841. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt. He married Almarinda Clementine Neugen at Eagleton, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, on 14 October 1865. Levi Reynolds Bowman appeared on the census of 1870 at Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA; His occupation was carpenter.¹ He married Kate Plomteau at Middleville, Wright Co., Minnesota, USA, on 26 September 1876. Levi Reynolds Bowman appeared on the census of 1880 at Middleville, Wright Co., Minnesota, USA; Levi (or Lee) was a farmer living with his sons Elmer 12 and Eitelbert 8. The other children, William abt 6 and Mary abt 2, were not found in the census. Also his wife Kate was not found either under Bowman or Plomteau.² Levi R. Bowman, the fourth son, moved with his family to Eagletown, Hamilton County, Indiana between 1850 and 1861. On September 18, 1861 he enlisted in Co. F of Captain Gregory's 10th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Major General Don Carlos Buell's Army of Ohio. He first saw action on January 19, 1862 at Logan's Cross Roads near Mill Springs, Kentucky. On October 24, 1862, the Army of Ohio was designated as the fourteenth Army Corps, better known as the Army of the Cumberland.

He participated in battles at Stone River, near Mufreesboro, Tennesee December 31, 1862, Middleton, Hoover's Gap, Beech Grove, Liberty Gap, and Guy's Cap, all fought between June 23 and July 7, 1863. On September 18 and 19, 1863 he fought at the famous engagement at Chickamauga Creek in Northern Georgia, where the 10th Indiana had twenty-one men killed in action, another one hundred and thirty-four wounded, including Levi R. Bowman, wounded in the left thigh.

On October 1, 1863 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and was back with the Fourteenth Corps when, on November 23, 1863, they advanced against the Confederate center to secure Orchard Knob between the Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge in Tennessee. The following day the 10th Indiana advanced across the mile-wide valley separating Ochard Knob from Missionary Ridge, and within an hour the ridge was secure and the Battle of Chattanooga was concluded.

In the spring of 1864, the Army of Cumberland, as well as the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio united and Levi Bowman found himself under the command of General William T. Sherman. They commenced their move through Georgia on May 6, 1864, Levi participating in engagements at Rocky Face Ridge May 6-9, 1864, Resaca May 13-16, 1864, and Dallas, George May 25-June 4, 1864. He likewise fought during the June 27, 1864 assault on the slopes of the Kenesaw Mountains and during Sherman's engagement of Confederate General John B. Hood at Peach Treet Creek on July 20, 1864.

On July 22, 1864, Levi R. Bowman became involved in the most historical action of the Western Campaign - the seige of Atlanta, abandoned to Sherman's forces on September 1, 1864. With the fall of Atlanta, Levi was released from duty and travelled to Indiana, where, on September 19, 1864, he was discharged at Indianapolis.

Returning to Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Indiana, Levi took up the carpentry profession as had his brother Jabez before him. He married, in Eagletown, Almarinda Clementine Nugent (Neugen), on October 14, 1865. The marriage was performed by his uncle. Cyrus Reynolds Bowman. "Allie" Nugent was the daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Nugent, of Eagletown, Indiana and the sister of Rebecca Nugent, wife of Levi's brother William.

In 1871, on account of ill-health and the need for a change of climate, Levi brought his wife and son Elmer to Middleville Township, Wright County, Minnesota and purchased the homestead interest of Fred Peasley to eighty acres located within section 4, Middleville Township. He subsequently cleared the land and acquired an additional forty acres on the east boundary of the farm. Here he practiced his building profession as well as farming.

The 1880 census for Middleville, Wright Township, Minnesota, shows Levi as Lee Bowman, age 39, a farmer living with his sons Elmer, 12, and Eitelbert, 8. Both sons are shown as "at school".

A birth-right Quaker, he was likely disinherited by the Society of Friends for his enlistment in the Union Army. He was a member of the Republican Party and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

He was five feet eleven inches tall with blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion.² Levi was separated from his wife, Kate Plomteau in March 1880. Levi died on 10 October 1923 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, USA, at age 82. His body was interred on 11 October 1923 at Howard Lake, Wright Co., Minnesota, USA, at Sylvan Cemetary.

     Thomas Chalkley Bowman married Martha J. (?). Thomas was born at Eagleton, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, on 3 May 1843. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Elvira Hunt. Thomas died on 9 July 1881 at Eagleton, Hamilton Co., Indiana, USA, at age 38.

     Sarah was born on 26 December 1798. She was the daughter of John Hubbard and Martha Sanders. She married William W. Bowman Jr. at Deep River MM, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 4 December 1817. As of 4 December 1817,her married name was Bowman. Sarah died on 10 September 1825 at age 26.

     Milton was born at Dover, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 19 September 1818. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Sarah Hubbard. Milton died before 1866.

     Martha died. Her married name was Tansey. She married (?) Tansey. Martha was born at Union, Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 14 August 1820. She was the daughter of William W. Bowman Jr. and Sarah Hubbard.

     Edmond was born at Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA, on 20 April 1823. He was the son of William W. Bowman Jr. and Sarah Hubbard. He married Nancy Boren at Henry Co., Indiana, USA, in 1843. Edmond died on 10 May 1894 at Kansas, USA, at age 71.

     He married Martha Sanders.

     She married John Hubbard. Her married name was Hubbard.

     William was born at New Jersey, USA, on 5 July 1767. He was the son of Edmond Bowman and Grace Reynolds. He married Anne Wortman at North Carolina, USA, circa 1789. He was a Quaker. He had joined the Society of Friends by 1800 and was ROC at the New Garden Meeting in Guilford County that year.

He moved from Stokes County to Guilford County, North Carolina in 1802. He moved back to Stokes County in 1824, selling his farm to his son, William W. Bowman Jr. He moved his family to Henry County, Indiana in 1834. William died on 29 January 1840 at Henry Co., Indiana, USA, at age 72. He was buried in 1840 at Duck Creek Cemetary, Greensboro, Henry Co., Indiana, USA.¹

     Anne died. Anne was born at New Jersey, USA, on 21 August 1771. She was the daughter of William Wortman and Grace Park. She married William Bowman at North Carolina, USA, circa 1789. Her married name was Bowman.

     Edmond was born at Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA, circa 1744. He was the son of Edmund Bowman. He married Grace Reynolds at New Jersey, USA, circa 1766. He married Margaret Watson at Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA, on 18 September 1781. Edmond Bowman served in the French Indian war as a sargeant in the 80th New York regiment under Colonel Montague Wilmot. He was discharged in New York. He applied for land in New York on March 16, 1765 as bounty for his service.

He moved with his children and second wife to North Carolina prior to 1787 and purchased 317 acres of land in Surry (later Stokes) county on November 2, 1787. He was enumerated in the Salisbury district in 1790 with three males over 16, two males under 16, and one female; Edmond, Margaret and four sons - William, Richard, George and Archilbald. An educated man and former school teacher (1761) in New Jersey, his will was drafted October 12, 1793 and probated in North Carolina in June of 1794. He mentions his wife Margaret and left his land on the south side of Belews Creek to his four sons.

Information from John D. Tanner, December 18, 1999, indicates that William Bowman was Edmond's father and the other Edmund his grandfather. This was based on information from William Bowman's great grand daughter, Miss Regina Bowman (1862-1947) of Colfax, North Carolina. Positive proof is lacking due to the destruction of the Somerset records in 1778 by Col. John Graves Simcoe's British soldiers who leveled the Somerset County Courthouse. William served in the French-Indian war, listed as Wilhelm Bauman, Corporal, in the lists of soldiers discharged from the 3rd Battalion Royal Americans on February 20, 1764 at New York.² Edmond died in 1794 at Stokes Co., North Carolina, USA.

     Grace was born at New Jersey, USA. She married Edmond Bowman at New Jersey, USA, circa 1766. As of circa 1766,her married name was Bowman. Grace died on 19 July 1829.

     He married Grace Park on 11 August 1770. William died on 29 November 1833.