* CIVIL WAR *


* CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY *


* PVT HOSEA BOWMAN *


* I am not sure if the above death date (Aug. 1862) is correct for this Hosea Bowman. This date was provided by Military, but this Hosea Bowman is showing up in later census than this death year; he and his wife were still living in the 1880 census. (there was another Hosea Bowman born about 1828, so possibly could have been a mixup of the two and dates, or perhaps, this Hosea Bowman, as this Memorial Page, did not serve in the Civil War?)

-Hosea Bowman was the son of Jonas and Elizabeth Bowman.

-He was the brother of Pvt. Alonzo Bowman and Pvt. Daniel Bowman.

- 1850 Census Alexander County, N.C.

- The below census shows Hosea's family as before his marriage; his parents were Jonas and Elizabeth Bowman.

Name: Hosea Bowman
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Alexander, North Carolina
Household Members: Name Age
Jonas Bowman 43 *
Elizabeth Bowman 42 *
Hosea Bowman 17 *
Susan Bowman 16
Lavina Bowman 11
Alonzo Bowman 8
Martha Bowman 4
Daniel Bowman 2

- Family 1860 Census Puetts, Caldwell Co., N.C.

The below census shows that he was married to Mary Bowman. This census would have been just before he enlisted in the Civil War.

Name: Hosea Bowman
Age in 1860: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Puetts, Caldwell, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Collettsville
Household Members: Name Age
Hosea Bowman 30 *
Mary Bowman 22 *
John Bowman 7
William Bowman 5
Henry Bowman 3
Julius Bowman 9.12

* Civil War

Name: Hosea Bowman

Residence: Caldwell County, North Carolina

Age at Enlistment: 40

Enlistment Date: 20 Mar 1862

Rank at enlistment: Private

Enlistment Place: Caldwell County, NC

State Served: North Carolina

Survived the War?: Yes

Service Record: Enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 26th

Infantry Regiment on 20 Mar 1862.

Mustered out on 01 May 1862.

Birth Date: abt 1822

Name: Hosea Bowman
Residence: Caldwell County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 20 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Caldwell County, North Carolina
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 March 1862 at the age of 40.
Enlisted in Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 20 Mar 1862.
* Received a disability discharge from Company F, 26th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 1 May 1862.

-Burial-

Friendship Lutheran Church Cemetery
Taylorsville, NC 28681
∼Parents: Jonas Bowman (1809-1886) and Elizabeth Little (1809-1880)

Spouse: Hosea married Minerva Caroline Price (1833-1907) in about 1848. After his death, his wife Caroline Price Bowman lived with her son, Jonas Lafayette Bowman.

Children: Hosea Bowman only had one child, Jonas Lafayette Bowman (1861-1935).

Hosea was born in Alexander County, North Carolina. He was Christened in the Friendship Lutheran Church on 16 October 1852. He served as a private in the Confederate States of America 37th North Carolina Infantry

Siblings: Susan Bowman Lippard(1834-1901), who married Aaron Levi Lippard (1830-1904) and moved to Scott County, Arkansas; Polly Bowman (1836-1846); Hinchea Bowman (1838-1842); Eva Lavina Bowman Gobble (1839-1883), who married Jacob L. Goble (1845-1883) and moved to Scott County, Arkansas; Alonzo Bowman (1845-1863), who died at the Battle of Gettysburg; Martha Elizabeth Bowman White (1846-1934), who married Tilford J. White (1838-1923); Daniel Leander Bowman (1848-1940), who married Alice Mary "Polly" Simmons (1839-1938); Jonas Socrates Bowman (1850-1939), who married Harriet P. Miller (1851-1886); and Lewis Cephas Bowman (1853-1880), who married Amy Minerva White (1855-1880).

Notes: Hosea, Caroline, and Jonas Lafayette are mentioned in the 1905 pamphlet "Historical Sketches of Alexander County, North Carolina" (on page 103) authored by Rev. A.L. Crouse. Hosea's Certificate of Confirmation was passed down to his son Jonas Lafayette Bowman, who gave it to his son Charles Ralph Bowman. Hosea is also named as Jonas Lafayette's father in Jonas's marriage certificate. Hosea is mentioned in the 1950 U.S. Census in the household of Jonas and Elizabeth Bowman, along with Susan, Lavina, Alonzo, Martha, and Daniel.