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Benjamin Bowsher Sr.

Birth: 8 Oct 1803
Windsor Castle, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 30 Dec 1873 (aged 70)
Cridersville, Auglaize County, Ohio, USA
Burial: Saint Matthew Cemetery

Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot: Section D, Row 9
Memorial ID: 13636136 View Source

Behind his large head stone is a piece of sand stone laying flat with the folowing inscription, "Grandfather Benjamin Bowsher in the year 1831 at the age of 28 yrs carried this stone on his shoulder up a ladder and placed it over the church door in Pickaway Co, Weight 323 Lbs"

Behind his large head stone is a piece of sand stone laying flat with the folowing inscription, "Grandfather Benjamin Bowsher in the year 1831 at the age of 28 yrs carried this stone on his shoulder up a ladder and placed it over the church door in Pickaway Co, Weight 323 Lbs"

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1809–1888

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Maintained by: Corgilover
Originally Created by: DUVCW
Added: Mar 16, 2006
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13636136/benjamin-bowsher: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Bowsher Sr. (8 Oct 1803–30 Dec 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13636136, citing Saint Matthew Cemetery, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Corgilover (contributor 46859310).

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