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Chapter 4 - Wife's Grandfather, his brothers and sisters and their children

Clayson Lee Bowman who was born on January 8, 1899 in Columbiana County, Ohio. He went to Lisbon High School in Lisbon, Ohio.

In April of 1917 Clayson Lee Bowman Joined the United States Marine Corps, H D Q Co. 10 Regt. He married Winnie Grace Grornley on March 27, 1919. Rev. B. W. married them at the St. Jacobs Ref. Church in Lisbon,
Ohio. She was born on November 14, 1898 in Hillsdale, Pennsylvania. Her father's name is George Washington Gromley and he was born on March 6, 1863. Her mother's name is Emma Ida Dickson and she was born on August 1, 1860.

In 1929 Clayson Lee Bowman's father Frank Gastin Bowman and his mother Anna Eliza Peters bought a 116 acre farm west of Lisbon, Ohio on State Route 30 and gave it to them as a wedding present.

Their children are: Fred Leland Bowman, Franklin George Bowman, Lee Edward Bowman, Naomi Pauline Bowman, Dale Wayne Bowman, Anna Ruth Bowman and Willis Christian Bowman. Clayson and Winnie made their farm into a dairy farm. They had a business there that they called C. L. Bowman and Sons Jersey Cream Line Dairy.

Photo above: A copy of a Christmas Calendar from the year of 1946

Photo above: A page from a book of tickets that were given to customers.

Clayson decided to do this because customers would leave their empty milk bottles on their porches with money in them and a note tellmg what they wanted the next time. The money in the bottles started disappearing before Clayson could get there. The customers put the tickets in their empty bottles telling what they wanted and no more money was stolen.

Clayson Lee Bowman also worked for the E. W. Bliss Mfg. Co. of Salem, Ohio as a machinist.

Clayson Lee Bowman died at home on November 8, 1967. Winnie Grace Gromley died at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, January 12, 1993, in the Salem Community Hospital, in Salem, Ohio, after a brief illness. Clayson Lee and Winnie Grace are laid to rest at-the Clarkson Cemetery in Columbiana County, Ohio.

Clayson Lee Bowman as a freshman at Lisbon School, 1915.

Winnie Grace Gromley as a freshman at Lisbon School, 1916.

Winnie Grace Gromley in the Girls Glee Club at Lisbon School, 1917.

During World War I, a lot of our men from Columbiana County, Ohio went to war to fight for their country and I found this list of men (above) in The Historical Sketch Compiled For the Sesquicentenial Celebration - Lisbon, Ohio; July 18 to 26, 1953 by Mrs. Ross W. Firestone.

This is the back of the house. The door is boarded up.

This is the front of Grandma and Granddad's home.

Ricky took this picture from inside of Grandma and Granddad's house of the barn.

This is the picture Ricky took after the barn was torn down.

This is a picture that Ricky took of the Milk House down by the barn. That is where their well was.

Ricky took this picture of the Corn Crib that sits across from the Milk House. There is a lane in between them.

Winnie and Clayson Bowman; May 22, 1960.

Winnie Grace Gromley's Brothers and Sisters

1. Nancy Dixon Gromley
2. Florence Gromley
3. James Madison Gromley
4. Salem Elmer Gromley
5. Minnie Mae Gromley
6. Wilda Irene Gromley
7. Martha Gromley
8. Clarke Michael Gromley

Winnie Grace Gromley

2. Etta Evelyn Bowman who was born on May 28, 1897 in Ellarun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. She died from the Measles on January 26, 1898.

3. Harry Willis Bowman who was born on July 12, 1908. He married Kathryn Freeman on December 27, 1931. She was born on July 20, 1914. They lived on Road 419, RD#3, Lisbon, Ohio which is the homestead. The homestead was passed down to Hany from his father and Hany passed the homestead down to his son Dean E. Bowman. In 1952 they had 181 acres and it was a dairy farm. Their children are:

a.) Keith A. Bowman who was born on September 9,1940. He married Jean Ann Ward. She was born in 1941. Their children are:

1 .) Penelope Lee Bowman who was born in 1960.
2.) Christian Dean Bowman who was born in 1961. He Sheri Allen on October 15, 1982. They live at 4516 Middle Beaver Road, Lisbon, Ohio. Their children are:

a.) Nicole Lynn Bowman who was born on December 13, 1985.
b.) Andrew Christian Bowman who was born on September 24, 1987.

3.) Craig Scott Bowman who was born in 1962.
4.) Keith A. Bowman, Jr. who was born in 1969.

b.) Dean E. Bowman who was born on October 3, 1942. He married Mary Ann Zaplata. She was born on February 1, 1943. They live at 44473 Middle Beaver Road, Lisbon, Ohio. They own 11 properties:

1 .) 38 acres of vacant land on Scroggs Road, Lisbon, Ohio.
2.) a general farm with 23.610 acres. The house was built in 1867. It has two stories.
3.) is 5.260 acres of vacant land.
4.) is 0.370 acres. The house was built in 1997 and is a two story. The address is 443 Terra Verde Ave., Columbiana, Ohio. I am not sure but I believe that Dean's mother Catherine A. Bowman lives there.
5.) is 77.1 10 acres of Agriculture Land with a house that was built in 1993 and is one story.
6.) is 19.900 acres of vacant land.
7.) is a Grain or General Farm with 115.400 acres. The house was built in 1831 and is a two story. I that this is the homestead.
8.) is 5.050 acres of vacant land.
9.) a general farm with 123.20 acres. The house was built in 1860 and is a two story.
10.) address is Scroggs Road, Lisbon, Ohio. There are 83.050 acres of vacant land.
11.) address is Scroggs Road, Lisbon, Ohio. There is 0.250 acres of vacant land.

The Bowman Dairy Farm has been owned and operated by the Bowman family since 1811, presently being famed by the Dean Bowman family with the help of his retired father, Hany, and Rick Morlan. This dairy operation includes 85 Holstein Cows which are housed in a free stall barn milked in a double 4 herringbone parlor. The milk is cooled in a 12,000 gallon bulk headed mik tank. Dairy heifers and steers are raised on another farm. Acres owned and rented included 25 acres of splits, 125 acres of hay, and 150 acres of corn, of which 40 acres will be chopped for silage. Milking time is 5 p.m. This Guide, October 11,12, 1975 paper.

Dean E. and Mary Ann Bowman's children are:

1.) Gretchen Louise Bowman who was born in 1962.
2.) Rebecca Ann Bowman who was born in 1964.
3.) Mary Kathryn Bowman who was born in 1968.
4.) Jenny Lynn Bowman who was born on December 18, 1976.

c.) Jewel K. Bowman who was born on October 13, 1944. She married Charles E. Stauffer. He was born on December 31, 1943. Their children are: Suzanne Laraine Stauffer who was born in 1966 and Charles E. Shauffer, Jr. who was born in 1970.

Harry Willis Bowman died on January 5,1979. He is buried in the Clarkson Cemetery, in Middleton Township, Coltmbiana County, Ohio. Kathryn Bowman lives at 44434 Middle Beaver Road, Lisbon, Ohio, which is right across the street from the Homestead.

Kathryn Freeman's parents are Clyde J. and Gertrude Freeman. They had two children. They lived on Route 7, Lisbon, Ohio. Clyde was a farmer and he owned 138 acres. He had three horses and eight cows.

Below: Clyde J. Freeman in the Farmers' Directory, 1915.

Below are some newspaper clippings on Dean Bowman fighting against a Federal Prison being built on part of his land. He didn't win. They ended up building the Federal Prison.

Below is a 1948-1949-1950 Columbiana County, Ohio Rural Directory with Harry W. and Cathryn Bowman in it and a 1952 Columbiana County, Ohio Rural Directory with Harry, Clayson, Franklin, Fred, Galen and Kenneth Bowman in it.

Below 7 photos: The Bowman Homestead, July 10, 1982 and the Bowman Cemetery near Elkton, with Sandy Bowman, my sister and Richard Henry Mendenhall (my son) on the same day.

Below: Kathryn Freeman, Harry Willis Bowman's wife, at the Bowman Reunion, August 16, 1981.