Descendants of Henry Andreas BOWLUS 1722


Generation No. 1


1. HENRY ANDREAS1BOWLUS (J GEORGE PAUL BAULUS ) was born on March 9th 1722, in Nieder Linxweiler, Saarland, Germany - which was near the French border. His father was J George Paul BAULUS. His father was born in Wuett, Neckarkreis, Denkendorf, Evangelisch
Notes for HENRY ANDREAS BOWLUS:
Andreas Henry BOWLUS was born in Germany, on the 9th of March, 1722. He married Anna Maria(maiden name unknown) in Germany. Henry and Anna Maria came to America in about 1749. From a commemorative biographical record - marc wadsworth Henry Bowlus was the great ancestor from whom are descended the Bowlus families of Sandusky County, Ohio, was a native of Germany, who came to America in the Colonial period, about 1735(was actually 1750), and settled in the Middletown Valley, Frederick County, Maryland. It is believed they had four children when they arrived... Tradition speaks of the Bowlus family as being a prominent famliy from the Palatinate area that came to America in the early 1700's to esacpe the constant wars and to find religious freedom. Variant spellings of Bowlus include Paulus, Baulus, Bowlus, Bolis, Powlis, Ballus, etc. There has been research that shows that the Paulus/Baulus emigrated from Niederlinxweiler, in the Saarland Germany near the French Border. There is reference to a Paulus family in Niederlinxweiler in the early 1700's. 

	
Children of HENRY ANDREAS and ANNA MARIA BOWLUS are:
	i.	JACOB2 BOWLUS(POWLIS), b. Abt. 17?? Germany, d. 1770 MD, USA.
	ii.	GEORGE JOHANN BOWLUS, b. Abt. 1756 Germany.
	iii.	VALENTINE BOWLUS, b. Abt. 1763 in Middletown, MD; d. 1819 MD, USA.
	iv.	NICHOLAS BOWLUS, b. Abt. 1746 Germany  d.??.
        v.	MARY BOWLUS, b. ?? Germany.
        vi.	LOUISA BOWLUS, b. Feb 13th, 1751 in Middletown, MD, USA.
        vii.	ROSINA BOWLUS, b. Nov 4th, 1753 in Middletown, MD, USA.

Generation No. 2


2. NICHOLAS2 BOWLUS ( HENRY1 ) was born on abt. 1746, in Germany. He married Anna MULLER.
Notes for NICHOLAS BOWLUS:
Nicholas Bowlus was reared on a farm in Frederick County, Maryland, where he became the head of a family of eight children -- Jacob, John, Henry, Nicholas Jr., Mrs. Beckabach, Mrs. Floyd, Mrs. Haller and Mrs. Christ. Of these, Jacob, a distinguished pioneer minister of the United Brethern Chruch, and Henry, a farmer, came to Ohio., about the year 1828, and settled in Sandusky township, Sandusky County, Ohio. 
	
Children of NICHOLAS BOWLUS and ANNA Margaret MULLER are:


	i.	JOHN BOWLUS, b. Abt. 1768.
3.	ii.	HENRY3 BOWLUS, b. Jan 01, 1776,d. Oct 18, 1832, Ohio.
4.	iii.	JACOB BOWLUS, b. Abt. 1766.
	iv.	NICHOLAS BOWLUS, JR, b. Abt. 1772.

Generation No. 3


3. HENRY3 BOWLUS ( NICHOLAS2 , HENRY1 )was born January 01, 1776 in Middletown, Maryland, and died October 18, 1832 in Ohio. He married ELIZABETH ROUTZAHN April 26, 1798. She was born Abt. November 27, 1778, and died January 14, 1842. Notes for HENRY BOWLUS: Henry Bowlus located on a farm of 320 acres, which was then an unbroken forest, and helped clear up the far-famed "Black Swamp". He had a family of six children, namely: (1) Magdalene, wife of Daniel Young, who lived and died in Maryland she married DANIEL YOUNG, January 05, 1819, Frederick Co., Maryland. Daniel was born about 1795,in Frederick Co., Maryland; he died December 03, 1886, Ohio. (2) Adam, who married Elizabeth Krohn, and remained in Maryland. (3) Sophia, wife of Jacob Thomas; she died in 1895, at the age of eighty-eight years. They had nine children - John H., Richard, Joseph, Lizzie, Maggie, Amanda, Charles, Alice, Anna; of these, the eldest, John H. Thomas, a millionaire, was the competitor of Calvin S. Brice, for the U.S.Senator, in 1893. (4) Henry Bowlus, our subject comes next. (5) Nicholas, who married Margaret Donnell, and lived in Madison township, where he died in 1893. (6) Mahala, wife of Jesse Dorcas, living at Lisbon, Iowa. 
	
Children of HENRY BOWLUS and ELIZABETH ROUTZAHN are:
	i.	MARIA MAGDALENE BOWLUS, b. Feb 11,1799, d.Jul 05,1855. 
	ii.	ADAM BOWLUS, b. 1805; m. ELIZABETH KROHN.
5.	iii.	SOPHIA BOWLUS, b. 1807; d. 1895.
6.	iv.	HENRY BOWLUS, b. Sep 27, 1810.
	v.	MAHALA BOWLUS, b. 1812; m. JESSE DORCAS.
7.	vi.	NICHOLAS BOWLUS, b. 1814, Maryland; d. 1893.


4. JACOB BOWLUS (NICHOLAS2, HENRY1) born June 22nd, 1776. died October 18th 1832. burried - Bowlus Cemetery near Fremont, Ohio.

Notes for JACOB BOWLUS: He was born June 22nd, 1776 in maryland. died October 18th 1832 and is burried - Bowlus Cemetery near Fremont, Ohio.
The children of Rev. Jacob Bowlus were : Jacob, David, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Susannah, all of whom became heads of families in Sandusky county. Jacob Bowlus party of 23, left Middletown, Maryland in February of 1822. It took them over 35 days to cover 400 miles. They arrived in Lower Sandusky in the first of March of 1822. There is a journal of the trip that Rev. Jacob Bowlus made to Ohio. 

Territory        ( DEW)
	
Children of JACOB BOWLUS are:
	i.	JACOB4 BOWLUS.
	ii.	DAVID BOWLUS.
	iii.	MARY BOWLUS.
	iv.	ELIZABETH BOWLUS.
	v.	MARGARET BOWLUS.
	vi.	SUSANNAH BOWLUS.

Generation No. 4


6. HENRY4 BOWLUS ( HENRY3 , NICHOLAS2 , HENRY1 )was born September 27, 1810 in Frederick Co., Maryland, and died Aft. 1896 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. He married (1) CATHARINE KELLER November 20, 1833 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. She was born February 14, 1811 in Lancaster Co., Ohio, and died October 20, 1848 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. He married (2) REBECCA CATHARINE WILLIAMSON September 27, 1849 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. She was born July 04, 1824 in Maryland, and died January 28, 1891 in Ohio.

Notes for HENRY BOWLUS: Of Pennsylvania Dutch stock. When a boy he came to Ohio with his father, Henry Bowlus, who took up land from the general government. When advanced in life he was killed by a horse. Twice married.

From - "Commemorative Biographical Record" - by marc wadsworth
Henry Bowlus, our subject, one of the early pioneers of Sandusky county, was born in Maryland, September 27, 1810. On November 20, 1833, he married Miss Catharine Keller, of Lancaster, Ohio, who was born February 14, 1811, and died October 20, 1848; their children were - Hanson R., Mahala, Martha, Catharine, Elizabeth, and Caroline. These all became heads of families in Sandusky county. On September 27, 1849, our subject married Rebecca C. Williamson, of Maryland, born July 4, 1824, and died January 28, 1891; their children were - Warren, Anna, Henry F., and Robert, all of whom became heads of families and live in their native county. Henry Bowlus, our subject, has lived to see a mighty change in the valley of the Sandusky. When he first came here there were more Indians than white people. The Wyandots and Tawas lived here, and used to assemble in great numbers every year when they went to Malden to draw their annuity from the United States government. There was no end of squirrles and other wild game. Mr. Bowlus followed farming and stock raising. He still owns 160 acres of land on Muskallonge creek, two and a half miles west of Fremont. About the year 1868, in company with his son, Hanson R., he operated a sawmill, furniture shop and planing-mill, about sixteen years at Fremont. In politics he was a Whig, then an Abolitionist, and later a Republican. Before the Civil War he kept a station of the "Under-ground railroad," and assisted runaway slaves from the Southern States to excape to Canada. He has for many years been a member of the M.P. Church, at Fremont. Though now (1896) past eighty-five years of age, he enjoys life among his children and grandchildren, with a mind still active and a memory undimmed. 
	
Children of HENRY BOWLUS and CATHARINE KELLER are:
8.	i.	HANSON R BOWLUS.
	ii.	MARTHA BOWLUS, m. EDWARD DEEMER.
	iii.	CATHARINE BOWLUS, m. MARCENE (MATT) HOBART.
	iv.	ORIE ELIZABETH BOWLUS.
	v.	CAROLINE BOWLUS.
9.	vi.	MAHALA ANNE BOWLUS, b. April 21, 1839; d. 1936.
	
Children of HENRY BOWLUS and REBECCA WILLIAMSON are:
        vii.	ANNA BOWLUS, m. CYRUS SMITH.
10.	viii.	HENRY Freeman5  BOWLUS, b.Sep 18th 1855. m. MARY BALMER.
	ix.	ROBERT BOWLUS.
11.	x.	WARREN A BOWLUS, b. August 25, 1850, Sandusky Co., Ohio.

7. NICHOLAS4 BOWLUS (HENRY3, NICHOLAS2, HENRY1) was born 1814 in Maryland, and died 1893. He married MARGARET A DONNELL. She was born Bet. 1816 - 1817.

Notes for NICHOLAS BOWLUS:
Possibly have a 1850 Census of Nicholas's family. * Need to find if Henry, his father was in Maryland. Which he was. 
= = = = = =
1850 Census    National Archives,   Federal Center,   Denver, Colorado
Sandusky Co.,   Ohio
1372/1404   Nicholus Bowlus   37   m    Farmer      Maryland
            Margaret A        33   f                Pennsylvania
            Lewis H           11   m
            John N             9   m
            William A          7   m
            Benjamin F         5   m
            Rebecca E          2   f
            John W Bowlus      1   m
	
Children of NICHOLAS BOWLUS and MARGARET DONNELL are:
	i.	LEWIS H5 BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1838 - 1839.
	ii.	JOHN N BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1840 - 1841.
	iii.	WILLIAM A BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1842 - 1843.
	iv.	BENJAMIN F BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1844 - 1845.
	v.	REBECCA E BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1847 - 1848.
	vi.	JOHN W BOWLUS, b. Bet. 1848 - 1849.




Generation No. 5


10. HENRY F5 BOWLUS ( HENRY4 , HENRY3 , NICHOLAS2 , HENRY1 ) 
Children of HENRY FREEMAN BOWLUS and MARY BALMER are:
	i.	HARRY MARCUS BOWLUS, b. Oct 8th, 1881 d. 1973.
15.	ii.	EDITH6 BOWLUS, b. 1883; d. 1959. m. Arthur LeRoy LLoyd(Loy)
	iii.	ROYMANE BOWLUS, b. 1889; m. Dr. Ernest M. COLLIER.
	iv.	DOROTHY BOWLUS, b. Jun 10, 1898.

Notes for Henry Freeman BOWLUS:
Henry F BOWLUS was born Septmenber 18th, 1855 died 1940. Henry moved to Pemberville Ohio in the 1870s. He married Mary BALMER, on June 18th, 1879 in Toledo ,Ohio. Henry was an industrious citizen and contributed much to Pemberville. He was Mayor of Pemberville, from 1885-1887. Henry BOWLUS and Marcene(Matt) HOBART opened the HOBART-BOWLUS Department store in 1872. This was the first, most prosperous business in Pemberville, Ohio; operating for 102 years. The Citizens Bank of Pemberville was founded in 1897 by Matt HOBART (brother in-law) , SPITZER(a BOWLUS cousin) SIMON and SMITH. It was one of the first banks in Pemberville, Ohio - it merged with the Pemberville Savings Bank in 1908 and later became Citizens Savings. Harry HOBART married Catherine BOWLUS(Henry's sister) He was and engineer/surveyor and owned a company that put up some of the first telephone lines in Wood County. They put up some of the first telephone exchange and switchboards, in 1899; it was said to be one of the best at that time in the Nation. The company Harry HOBART owned was later purchased by the Bell Telephone Company. The Bowlus family also owned numerous oil wells in the area. Arthur Lloyd(Loy) who married Henry's daughter Edith BOWLUS, was also was owner of a similar company providing services in the Toledo, Ohio area. Arthur Lloyd's father was a prosperous businessman and at one time served as Mayor of Waterville, Ohio.

8. HANSON R5 BOWLUS (HENRY4, HENRY3, NICHOLAS2, HENRY1) He married REBECCA BLACK.

Child of HANSON BOWLUS and REBECCA BLACK is:
12. i. ELMER E6 BOWLUS, b. December 15, 1860. 9. MAHALA ANNE5 BOWLUS (HENRY4, HENRY3, NICHOLAS2, HENRY1) was born April 21, 1839, and died 1936. She married SOLOMON WOLFE January 16, 1862, son of MICHAEL WOLFE and MARGARET ENGELMAN. He was born February 08, 1838 in Pennsylvania, and died 1919 in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio.

Notes for SOLOMON WOLFE: From C.A.Poorman information about Solomon is as such: The fourth son of Michael Wolfe, Jr. and his wife Margaret, was Solomon Wolf, born Feb.8, 1838, was married Jan. 16, 1862 to Mahala Bowlus who was born Apr. 21, 1839, and they had 5 children; George, Rosa, Catherine, Jessiah (Jesse), and Howard. 
	
Children of MAHALA BOWLUS and SOLOMON WOLFE are:
	i.	GEORGE W6 WOLFE, b. Abt. 1863.

Notes for GEORGE W WOLFE:
Was killed by a traction engine when a young man

13.	ii.	ROSE WOLFE, b. Abt. 1864.
	iii.	CATHERINE WOLFE, b. Abt. 1865.
	iv.	JESSIAH WOLFE, b. Abt. 1866.

Notes for JESSIAH WOLFE:
On the 11 page scroll or family tree, Jessie is used for Jessiah.

14.	v.	HOWARD WOLFE, b. Abt. 1868.
11. WARREN A5 BOWLUS (HENRY4, HENRY3, NICHOLAS2, HENRY1) was born August 25, 1850 in Sandusky Co., Ohio. He married CAROLINE (CARRIE) ENGELMAN 1874, daughter of SAMUEL ENGELMAN and CATHARINE. She was born Abt. 1854.

Notes for WARREN A BOWLUS:
Leading agriculturist and was born on his present farm in Sandusky township, Sandusky county, Ohio. Warren A. Bowlus attended the district schools, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. At the age of twenty-four, in 1874, he was married to Miss Carrie Engelman, daughter of Samuel Engelman, and they have seven children, nambed respectively; Clarence L., Richard, Lloyd, Earl, Ross, Edna and Rebecca. After marriage our subject settled on the old homestead, and is now the owner of 160 acres of land. His occupation is that of general farming and stockraising, in which he has been successful. In politics he is a Republican, and in religious fairth a member of the M.P. Church. 
	
Children of WARREN BOWLUS and CAROLINE ENGELMAN are:
	i.	CLARENCE L6 BOWLUS.
	ii.	RICHARD BOWLUS.
	iii.	LLOYD BOWLUS.
	iv.	EARL BOWLUS.
	v.	ROSS BOWLUS.
	vi.	EDNA BOWLUS.
	vii.	REBECCA BOWLUS.





Generation No. 6


15. EDITH6 BOWLUS-LLOYD(Loy) ( HENRY F BOWLUS5 , HENRY4 , HENRY3 , NICHOLAS2 , HENRY1 )

Notes: This section is currently being updated...



Back to main page




Print this Page


Dee Elliott-Wakefield ~ Posted October 9th, 2004 ~ Updated October 13th, 2004


I thank the many individuals that have helped to compile this genealogical research. Much of he research done on this page was given to me by Albert Aaron Foxworthy. Albert is a great grandson of Levi Wolfe and is related to the Bowlus family through Henry Bowlus, born in 1776 in MD. If you have other information on this family or if you see something that is not correct, please contact me. THANK YOU Dee Elliott-Wakefield