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VI. General Isaac Bowman, fourth child of Joseph Bowman, born in New Braintree, De- cember 27. 1773, died in Wilkes-Barre, August I, 1851. Married, April 9, 1806, Mary Smith, daughter of Obadiah Smith and Sarah Blinn. In 1795, at the instigation of his uncles, Captain Samuel and Ebenezer Bowman, who were per- manently located in Wilkes-Barre, he settled there and engaged in the tannery business. He began his military experience in July, 1798, as a non-commissioned officer in the "Wyoming Blues," of Wilkes-Barre, Ebenezer Slocum, Cap- tain. In October, 1798, he became second lieu- tenant, and in this position served some time. In 1806 he was elected first lieutenant of the "Blues," and subsequently captain. September, 1814, he was elected colonel of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. This regiment became in 1815 the Second Regiment Pennsyl- vania Militia, and was commanded by Colonel Bowman until 1821, in June of which year he was elected brigade inspector of the same brig- ade, Eighth Division, Pennsylvania Militia, which position he held till 1828. In that year he was elected brigade inspector of the same brig- ade for seven years. In May, 1810, he was elected a member of the Wilkes-Barre borough council. He was a director of a branch of the Philadelphia Bank, established in Wilkes-Barre in 1810, the first bank in Luzerne county. No- vember 14, 1810, General Bowman was commis- sioned by Governor Snyder, coroner of Luzerne county for the term of three years. In 1814 he was appointed collector of taxes for Wilkes- Barre. October 19, 1819, he was commissioned by Governor Findley, sheriff of Luzerne county for three years, having been elected to that office as the candidate of the old Federal party, then in its decadence. He was appointed by Governor
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Wolf recorder of deeds and registrar of wills of Luzerne county for a term of three years, Feb- ruary 17, 1830 ; he was reappointed for a second term January 21, 1833 ; and by Governor Porter for a third term February 3. 1839. For thirty- three years he was a member of Lodge No. 61, Free Masons, serving as senior warden, junior warden, treasurer and worshipful master from the year 1804 till 1827 .- Authority Oscar Jewell Harvey, from "A History of Lodge No. 61, F. and A. M." ( Page 162.)
General Isaac Bowman had six children : Munroe, Horatio Blinn, Joseph, Francis Loring, Samuel, Mary Louise. Munroe graduated from the West Point Military Academy in 1832; he was first lieutenant in the First United States Dragoons, and died at Fort Wayne, Indian Ter- ritory, July, 1839. Horatio Blinn resided in Alton, Illinois, died there September 17. 1889. Joseph died in infancy. Francis Loring, born August 27. 1813, died September, 1856, in Oregon. "He was the organizer and first captain of the Wyo- ming Artillerists, organized at Wilkes-Barre in the spring of 1842. In the Mexican war he served as major of the First Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. From 1849 to 1855 was brig- adier-general of the Second Brigade, Ninth Division, Pennsylvania Militia, the position and rank formerly held by his father. In 1855, through the friendship of Jefferson Davis, then United States secretary of war, he was commis- sioned captain in the Ninth United States In- fantry."-Ref. "History Lodge No. 61."
VHl. Colonel Samuel Bowman, fifth son of Isaac Bowman, born in Wilkes-Barre, October 31, 1818, died April 19, 1889. Married, in Philadel- phia, by Rev. Mr. Claxton, May 19, 1845, Sarah Titus. They had the following children: Katha- rine Howell, Horatio, Francis Munroe, Ella Marian, Julia Miner, Sarah Titus. Samuel Bow- man was captain of the Wyoming Artillerists, was lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the three months' service in the war of the rebellion. In the be- ginning of the war, June 19, 1861, was taken prisoner by the Confederates on the heights oppo- site Williamsport, Maryland, was confined four- teen months at Salisbury and Raleigh. Through the influence of family friendship and connection of Jefferson Davis he was released in August, 1862. From December, 1867, to December, 1870, he was clerk of the courts of Luzerne county. Mary Louise, only daughter of Isaac Bowman, was born in Wilkes-Barre, December 31, 1821, died January 1I, 1901.
Captain Samuel Bowman, son of Captain
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Thaddeus and great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Bowman, was born in Lexington, December 2, 1753, died in Wilkes-Barre, June 25, 1818. Mar- ried, in Philadelphia, Eleanor Ledlie, November 3, 1784. Samuel Bowman was one of the min- ute-men on Lexington common 19th April, 1775. He enlisted in the Continental army January, 1776. He became an ensign in the Third Massa- chusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Greaton, and soon commissioned a lieutenant in the First Massachusetts Infantry, commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose. This position he held until the disbanding of the army on the conclusion of peace in 1783. In September, 1780, he was with his regiment in camp at Tappan, on the Hudson. September 28, Major Andre was brought into camp in charge of Major Benjamin Tallmadge. Lieutenant Bowman was one of the special guards of Major Andre during the last twenty- four hours of his life, and he and Captain Hughes supported him to the place of his execution at noon October 2d. Sammel Bowman became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati soon after its organization, May 3, 1783. At the close of the war he returned to Lexington, Massachu- setts, where he remained until the latter part of 1786, when he emigrated to the Wyoming Val- ley and settled north of the village of Wilkes- Barre on a tract of land covering what is now called "Bowman's Hill." He erected his house on the spot where the residence of the late Colonel A. H. Bowman now stands. In August, 1794, what is known in the history of Pennsylvania as the Whisky Insurrection was beginning to as- sume threatening and wide-spread proportions and the governor of the commonwealth issued his requisition for organizing and holding in readi- ness, to march at a moment's warning, a corps of the militia of Pennsylvania, amounting to 5,200 officers and privates. On the 23d of Sep- tember a meeting of the inhabitants of Luzerne county was held in the Court House at Wilkes- Barre, and a few days after this meeting Cap- tain Bowman marched from Wilkes-Barre, in command of a company of light infantry, to join the army. Order being restored, he returned to Wilkes-Barre in December. In 1799 Gen. Al- exander Hamilton had succeeded to the command in chief of the army, on the death of Washing- ton. Captain Bowman was detached from his company and assigned to duty as an aid on General Hamilton's staff. They became warm friends. He returned home in September, 1800. He was elected a member of the first borough council of Wilkes-Barre in 1806, and in 1810 was appointed commissioner of Luzerne county.
He had nine children. Samuel, the fifth child, born May 21, 1800, was admitted to the bar of Luzerne county, August 8, 1821. Very shortly after he began the study of theology under the direction of Rt. Rev. William White, D. D., bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was admitted to the holy orders of Deacons by Bishop White at Christ Church, Philadelphia, August 30, 1823, and ordained priest by the same, December 19. 1824. In September, 1823, he took charge of churches in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. In 1825 he became rector of Trin- ity Church, Easton, Pennsylvania. May 18. 1825, he married Susan, daughter of Samuel Sitgreaves, of Easton. In 1827 he returned to Lancaster county and became assistant rector of St. James' Church. The rector, Rev. Mr. Clark- son, having died in 1830, Mr. Bowman was elected rector of the parish. Hobart College con- ferred upon him the degree of S. T. D. In 1847 he declined the bishopric of the diocese of In- diana, to which he had been elected. In 1858 he was elected assistant bishop of Pennsylvania. He died August 3, 1861 .- From "History of Lodge 61, by Oscar Jewel Harvey."
Col. Alexander Hamilton Bowman, sixth child of Capt. Sammuel Bowman, was born at Wilkes-Barre, March 30, 1803. He was grad- uated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, July 1, 1825, third in a class of thirty-seven. He was immediately appointed as- sistant professor of geography, history and eth- ics, at West Point, which position he held until June, 1826. He was on duty at various points in the extreme South from the fall of 1826 until the spring of 1851. In this period he superin- tended the erection of Fort Sumter. Charleston harbor. In May he returned to West Point as instructor of Practical Military Engineering. From March, 1861, to July, 1864, he served as superintendent of the West Point Academy. He erected a number of public buildings at Wash- ington, D. C. He died at Wilkes-Barre, Novem- ber II, 1865, and at the time of his death ranked as lieutenant-colonel, corps of engineers, United States army.
Ellen Stuart Bowman, sister of Alexander Hamilton Bowman, married Rev. James May, D. D., January 8, 1829. His first parish was Wilkes-Barre, where he became rector of St. Stephen's Church in February, 1827 .- "History of Lodge No. 61, etc."
Ebenezer Bowman, brother of Capt. Samnel Bowman, and son of Capt. Thaddeus Bowman, served in the American army, taking part in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. He was
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graduated from Harvard College in 1782. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Mas- sachusetts. He was one of the first four attor- neys admitted to practice before the courts of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, upon their or- ganization at Wilkes-Barre, May 27, 1787, in fact. his name appears first on the list of attor- neys. For many years he was a prominent and active member of the Luzerne bar. He died at Wilkes-Barre, 1820 aged seventy-one years.
SHEPHERD FAMILY. Matthew Shep- herd, the head of the American branch of the family, was a native of England who came to Pennsylvania, during the latter part of the provin- cial period, but at what particular time is not known. He settled in Philadelphia, established himself in trade there, and was the founder of one of the respected pre-revolutionary families in the "City of Brotherly Love." Descendants of his were in service during the Revolution on the American side; and history records that they fought well, just as in the varied associations of domestic life those same patriots and their descen- dants wrought well, and established an honorable name in all generations from the time of Mat- thew Shepherd to the time of those of his sur- name who are a part of the life of the common- wealth of Pennsylvania at the beginning of the twentieth century. Extant records furnish rea- sonably complete information of the descendants of Matthew in each succeeding generation, but say little except in a general way of those who have been factors in the life of their respective communities, until within the last half century ; and the chronicler of family history finds greater satisfaction in noting individual achievement in succeeding generations rather than in mere ab- stract statement of names and dates of birth, mar- riage and death.
Matthew Shepherd, the linen weaver of Phila- delphia, married, March 13, 1773, Jane Johnson, and had children : James, John, Jacob S., Mat- thew, of whom later : George N., Thomas, Eliza- beth, Emeline, and Alamanthia. From these have descended the Shepherds now scattered and set- tled throughout the country. Many others of the same family have found their way into other states, but of those outside of the direct line under consideration, these annals are not intended to treat. Matthew Shepherd served in the revolu- tionary army, 1777-79, as private in Captain George Esterley's company, June 25, 1777, and Captain Ezekiel Lett's company, August 25, 1779, both companies in Colonel William Bradford's Battalion, Philadelphia Militia.
Matthew Shepherd, son of Matthew Shep- herd and his wife Jane Johnson, married, Jan- uary 4, 1830, Anna Yeager, and thus was joined with one of the old and highly respected German families of Pennsylvania. She was born Jan- mary 15, 1804, and died November 16, 1857, the ninth of eleven children of John Yeager and wife Catherine Pepperly, and twelfth of fourteen chil- dren of John Yeager, the issue of his two mar- riages. John Yeager, born in Philadelphia, 1754, was son of Caspar Yeager, the American ances- tor of this branch of the family. John Yeager served in the revolutionary armies, 1776-78, as private, Captain John Edwards' company, Colonel Jno. Bull's battalion, December 10, 1776, and pri- vate Lieutenant Henry Meyer's company, Colonel William Bradford's battalion, Philadelphia Mili- ita, September 25, 1778.
Matthew Shepherd and his wife Anna Yeager had four children : Albert Gallatin, born Novem- ber 8, 1830, died on board ship on way home from Florida, April 28, 1904: Harriet Yeager, born June 13, 1833, married William H. Cossart, died November 27, 1868; Edward Yeager, born No- vember 6, 1835, died July 6, 1837 ; and William Henry, born October 31. 1838, of whom later.
William Henry Shepherd, son of Matthew and Anna ( Yeager) Shepherd, was born in Phil- adelphia, and spent his young life in that city. He was a mechanic, accountant and school teacher. A practical workman at more than one trade, when he came to Wilkes-Barre in 1855, he was per- haps the first gas fitter having knowledge of that trade, in the then borough. He founded the busi- ness of W. H. Shepherd & Sons in 1870, and has continued actively engaged in development of the business to the present time, and in all these years has been an active factor in the industrial history of the city. His endeavors in life have been rewarded with gratifying and deserved suc- cess, and he is today the head and senior mem- ber of one of the largest and most reliable estab- lishments in the Wyoming valley. Prior to above he was senior member of the contracting and building firm of Shepherd & Dalley, but about one year later he became sole proprietor of the business, and continued it until November 1, 1891, when, with his sons, William C., and Harry C. Shepherd, was organized the firm of W. H. Shepherd & Sons, whose name and reputation in business circles is well known throughout the state. Mr. Shepherd is a Repub- lican in politics, and served in the common coun- cil two terms of three years each. He is a mem- ber and past master by service of Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Free and Accepted Masons,
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which he joined April 20, 1881 ; also a thirty- second degree member of Cauldwell Consistory, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He is also a mem- ber of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the Wilkes- Barre Board of Trade. During Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, he went out with Company E, First Regiment, Gray Reserves, of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, and was present at the battle of Antie- tam. William Henry Shepherd married. January 31, 1859, Lydia A. Ziegler, daughter of Amos Ziegler. of Zieglerville, Pennsylvania. Both of Lydia A. (Ziegler) Shepherd's grandfathers were revolutionary soldiers. They had children : I. Alice Harriet, born Philadelphia. February 4. 1860. 2. William Carver, born August 16, 1862, of whom later. 3. Harry Clayton, born April 6, 1864, of whom later. 4. Albert Dan- iel, died in infancy, April 6, 1868. 5. Edward Stanley, born June 19. 1871, of whom later. 6. George Elwood, born May 1. 1873, of whom /later. 7. Arthur Yeager, born November 10, 1874, died at Lehigh University, after graduation, May 29. 1896.
William Carver Shepherd, eldest son of Wil- liam Harrison Shepherd and his wife Lydia A. Ziegler, was born in Philadelphia. He was edu- cated in the Wilkes-Barre schools and Wyoming Seminary, and began his business career early. With his next younger brother, Harry C., he became a partner with his father in 1891 in the firm of W. H. Shepherd & Sons, and since that time the concern has had marked success, in a large measure the result of the earnest, energetic efforts of the younger members of the firm- William C. and Harry C. Shepherd. William C. Shepherd is variously identified with Wilkes- Barre interests and institutions. He is a director and second vice-president of the Luzerne County Trust Company, a director of the Matheson Motor Car Company, president of the Wilkes- Barre Employers' Association, and a member of the executive committee of the Citizens' Indus- trial Association of America, a national organiza- tion the object of which is to establish and main- tain honorable and equitable relations between capital and labor, enforcement of the laws of the land, and the preservement of individual lib- erty and citizenship. Ife is a member and past master by service of Landmark Lodge, No. 442, also a member of Shekinah Chapter, No. 182. Royal Arch Masons: Dieu Le Veut Comman- dery, No. 45, Knights Templar ; a member of the Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rite Masonry, Cauldwell Consistory, of Bloomsburg. Pennsyl- vania ; also a member of the Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of Mystic Shrine, Irem Temple. He is a member of the Westmoreland Club, the Franklin Club, the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, and Sons of the Revolution. Mr. Shepherd married, April 24, 1890, Alice M. Gibson, daughter of Dr. Maris and Ellen A. (Rhodes) Gibson. They have: Harold Maris, born January 13, 1891; Miriam Gertrude, born July 5, 1893: Alice Virginia, born March 16, 1903 ; and William C., Jr., born August 8, 1905.
Harry Clayton Shepherd, third child of Wil- liam H. and Lydia A. (Ziegler) Shepherd, was educated in the public schools of Wilkes-Barre. He learned the trade of his father, and other branches of the business, including architecture, becoming thoroughly familiar with all details, and was foreman and superintendent of the dif- ferent departments until 1891, when with his brother, William C., he was admitted a partner in the business. He possesses a mechanical abil- ity which has been of great assistance in the per- formance of his duties. He is also a member of the firm of McCollum & Shepherd, real estate brokers of Wilkes-Barre. (See McCollum.) Mr. Shepherd is also largely interested in the Doran Lace Works, one of the leading industries of Wilkes-Barre. He is a member of Landmark Lodge, No. 442, Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has filled many offices; of Shekinah Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Mount Horeb Council, Royal and Select Masters, and is a past thrice illustrious grand master ; member and past eminent commander of Dieu Le Veut Command- ery : member of Irem Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and has held a number of important offices in the same. He is also past grand marshal in the grand council of the Royal and Select Masters of the State of Pennsylvania, and is now district deputy grand master of the state of Pennsylvania, district No. 6. He is a member of Keystone Consistory of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and has held high offices in this body. He is also local president of the advisory board of the American Life and Annuity Society of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania : a member of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolu- tion, the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society of Wilkes-Barre, and the Wilkes-Barre Board of Trade. Mr. Shepherd married, Decem- ber 31, 1885. Mary W. Helker, daughter of Daniel G. and Mary Elizabeth ( Stoecker) Hel- ker, whose family consisted of four daughters and one son, all of whom are married. Daniel G. Helker was a stock raiser, farmer and lumber merchant when in Germany, but after coming to this country in 1865, he engaged in mercantile
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business in Carbon county, Pennsylvania. The children of Harry C. and Mary W. ( Helker ) Shepherd are: Clayton Harry, born April 9, 1887: Irene May, born October 27, 1889.
Edward S. Shepherd, fifth child of William H. and Lydia A. (Ziegler) Shepherd, was born Wilkes-Barre, June 19, 1871. He attended the Franklin grammar school of Wilkes-Barre until fifteen years of age, and then entered the Harry Hillman Academy, completing his studies there in 1889. He learned the trade of carpenter in his father's establishment. and followed the same for three and a half years, when he was taken into the office as confidential clerk and secretary, in which capacity he is serving at the present time, his performance of the duties assigned to him being marked by promptitude and fidelity. In religious belief he is a Presbyterian, and in polit- ical affairs he is an earnest Republican, giving his support to the nominees of that party. Mr. Shep- herd married, in Montrose, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1897. Helen Newton Aitken, born in New Milford, Pennsylvania, but residing in Montrose, a daughter of James and Fanny ( Stark) Aitken, who had six children, five of whom are living : John, of Montrose, Pennsylvania ; Helen New- ton, wife of Edward S. Shepherd: Louise, wife of J. W. Aitken, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania : Katherine S., wife of Peter Creter, manager of the J. S. Gillis china store of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania : William Watson. of Montrose, local editor of the Montrose Republican.
James Aitken, father of Mrs. Shepherd, was born April 23, 1833, in Clifford township, Sus- quehanna county, Pennsylvania, of Scotch origin, his ancestors among the early settlers in this see- tion of the state. He was a son of John Aitken, born in Scotland, December 4. 1794, died No- vember 19, 1878, and his wife, Helen ( Newton) Aitken, born May 3, 1795, in Scotland. John Aitken was a member of the Presbyterian Church, as were all the Aitkens. He was a Whig in politics. James Aitken was a jeweler by trade, which business he followed for many years in Pittston, being the leading jeweler in that place. Prior to his death, May 23. 1901, at the age of sixty-eight years, he retired from active pursuits and enjoyed the fruits of his many years of toil. His wife, Fanny ( Stark) AAitken, born 1840, was one of ten children born to Cornelius and Louise (Wagner) Stark, the former born January 29, 1812, at Wilkes-Barre. died January 11. 1880, and the latter born March 30. 1819. died October 5, 1873. Fanny (Stark) Aitken at the present time is residing in Montrose. Pennsylvania. She has three brothers: Edward Stark, in Denver,
Colorado; W. H. Stark, of Montrose, Pennsyl- vania ; and Charles M. Stark, of St. Louis, Mis- souri. A sister, Mrs. John R. MeLean, of South Franklin street. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and another sister, Miss Louise Stark, resides at Philipsburg, New Jersey.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have had four chil- dren : Ruth A., born February 23, 1898 ; Stanley, born June 7, 1900 : and two who have passed to the spirit world.
George E. Shepherd, sixth child of William H. and Lydia A. (Ziegler) Shepherd, was born May 1. 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, and at the Harry Hill- man Academy. from which he was graduated at the age of seventeen. He then entered the Le- high University, and was graduated from the same as an electrical engineer in June, 1894. He followed his profession in Wilkes-Barre until November. 1896, when in connection with H. N. Rust he organized the firm of Shepherd & Rust. electrical engineers and contractors, and rented a small store on North Franklin street, where was laid the foundation for the present large and prosperous business. Their trade constantly increased in volume and importance, and April I, 1902, they moved into their present quarters on West Market street, thus giving them ample facilities for the conduct of their large business. In March, 1904. in company with W. D. Me- Clain and H. N. Rust, Mr. Shepherd formed what is known as the Pennsylvania Armature Works, located on North Franklin street, where the rebuilding, repairing and manufacturing of electrical machinery and appliances of all kinds is carried on. This was organized to relieve the pressure in the repair department of their regu- lar plant. Shepherd & Rust conduct not only a large retail business, but also enjoy an extensive wholesale and jobbing trade throughout the state. Mr. Shepherd is a Republican in politics, and lends his voice and vote in its support. He is a Presbyterian in religious belief, and a willing and liberal contributor to the church. He is a mem- ber of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Rev- olution, the Franklin Club. and vice-president of the Lehigh University Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
He married. October 23, 1890, Kalista A. Reese, of Wilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania, daughter of Thomas and Sarah L. Reese. and they have three children : Dorothy, born December 9, 1901 : Marjory Helen, born October 9, 1903; and Martha, born August 24. 1905.
Mrs. Shepherd's brothers and sisters are: Helen A .. wife of Thomas A. Wright, superin-
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tendent of the Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Company ; Edward F., of Dorranceton, Pennsylvania ; Emma, wife of Don A. Gilbert, of Wilkes-Barre: George F., of Pritchard, Penn- sylvania ; Sadie C., of Gregory, Pennsylvania ; Sterling A., of Gregory, where the mother of these children also resides. H. E. H.
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