Martha H. "Hannah Martha Craig, Mattie Craig" Craig 1) 2) 3) 4) 5), daughter of James Craig and Jane Brown. Born Apr 11, 1842 at Westmoreland Co. PA 1) 4) 6), baptized Jun 11, 1842 at Congruity, Westmoreland Co. PA 7), died Sep 19, 1929 at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA, 87 years 1) 4) 6), buried at St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA 4) 6) On the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Martha states that she has had no children. 8) 9) 10) Census ( 1850 at Unity Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA) Living with parents, sisters and maternal grandfather. 3) Census ( 1860 at Unity Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA) Living with mother, sisters Susan and Ellen, and with Henry Macoreton(? age 63, laborer, born PA). 11) Membership: ( Nov 16, 1865 at Congruity, Westmoreland Co. PA) Congruity Presbyterian Church. 7) Dismissed-Presbyteri ( 1868 at Congruity, Westmoreland Co. PA) No receiving church listed. 7) Census ( 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, twin sister Sue, and stepfather/uncle Hamlet Totten. 5) Census ( 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Seamstress. Living with mother and stepfather, Hamlet Totten. 12) Census ( 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband. 10) Moved: (after May 30, 1906 at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA) 1) Census ( 1910 at Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA) Widowed. Living in same house as niece Anna (Foster) Nowlin's family. Listed as "head" even though there is no separate dwelling/family number. 9) Robert Daugherty Bowser 1) Born 1842 at Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co. PA 1) 14), died May 30, 1906 at Baltimore Co. MD, 63 or 64 years 1) 15) 14), buried at St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA 14). Occupation: ( at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Owned 165 acres. 1) Robert Daugherty Bowser's parents were William and Mary (Bowser) Bowser.. William Bowser was born in Armstrong Co.; both William and Mary died there. They had nine children, all of whom lived to maturity. 1) Membership: ( at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Member and trustee of the Presbyterian Church. 1) Alt. Birth: ( Oct 1843 at PA) 10) Census ( 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with wife. 10) |
Sources
1) source: Old and New Westmoreland Volume 4, page: pp. 823-8242) source: Estate Papers of James Craig
3) source: 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co. PA, page: Page 368-B (Stamped), Dwelling 388, Family 389, James Craig Family
4) source: Death Certificate of Hannah Martha Bowser (Martha H. Craig)
5) source: 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: Page 118-A (Stamped), Dwelling 256, Family 258, Hamlet Totten Family
6) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Martha Hannah Craig Bowser (Memorial # 92624652)
7) source: The Families of Old Congruity - Genealogies 1827-1870
8) source: Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1808-1929, Westmoreland County, PA
9) source: 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Greensburg (Ward 1), Westmoreland Co. PA, page: ED 127, Sheet 10-A, Dwelling 176, Family 180 - Edward B. Nowlin Family
10) source: 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp. (South Division), Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 2, Sheet 8-B, Dwelling 160, Family 164, Robert D. Bowser Family
11) source: 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Unity Twp., Westmoreland Co. PA, page: Page 1191 (Stamped), Dwelling 625, Family 622, Jane Craig Family
12) source: 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA, page: ED 4, Sheet 87-B, Dwelling 95, Family 97, Hamlet Totten Family
13) source: Newspaper Accounts of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1808-1929, Westmoreland County, PA, extra text: "BROWN [sic], Robert, of near Rural Village and Miss Mattie H. CRAIG of Greensburg on March 27 by Rev. W. W. Moorehead." 1 April 1884, The Press., page: P. 35
14) source: Find-a-Grave, page: Memorial for Robert Daughterty Bowser (Memorial # 92624664)
15) source: Robert Bowser Dead
Citation for: Family Page
"Family Page: Martha H. Craig & Robert Daugherty Bowser." HuMo-genealogy - A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree (http://ruralvalleyhistory.com/family.php?tree_id=31&id=F1855&main_person=I651 : accessed 28 March 2024) Martha H. Craig #I5571, born 1842 at Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co. PA