Person:Peter Bowyer (1)

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Peter Bowyer
b.10 Oct 1760 Germany
d.10 Oct 1850 Cass County, Indiana
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Name Peter Bowyer
Alt Name Peter Beier
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Oct 1760 Germany
Marriage to Catherine Shellman
Death[1] 10 Oct 1850 Cass County, Indiana
Burial[1] 1850 Mays Cemetery, Onward, Cass, Indiana, United States
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    Peter Beier Bowyer
    Birth: Oct. 10, 1760, Germany
    Death: Oct. 10, 1850
    Cass County
    Indiana, USA

    Was matross in Revolutionary War and is person most of my own family members in DAR/SAR have joined through.

    Family name was originally spelled Beier in Germany & Pennsylvania, but changed when family went to live among English in Virginia; son of John Jacob & Elizabeth Lesh Beier/Bowyer.

    Died on his own 90th birthday. Buried in Mays Cemetery, Cass County, Indiana of which he donated* the larger portion that was Bowyer land in Miami County; the cemetery straddles the dividing line.

    *data from "History of Cass County, Indiana: from its earliest settlement to the present time, with biographical sketches"; page 687.

    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Catherine Shellman Bowyer (1773 - 1853)*

    Children:
    John Bowyer (1793 - 1878)*
    Lewis Bowyer (1801 - 1855)*
    Susanah Bowyer (1816 - 1878)*

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