SAMUEL BOWDRE
Samuel Bowdre, born in Madison County, Ohio, is a son of one of the early pioneers of that county; he settled here about 1835, and married Nancy J. Green; has made a continued residence here for forty-seven years, and has a fine farm and home made by his own industry and labors. He had the following children: Benjamin F.; George W., now married and settled in Illinois; Mary Jane, who married Ira Brown, and resides in Paulding County, Ohio; Martha Ann, died in childhood; Lucinda; Emily; Almira, who married George Sullivan and resides in Urbana, Ohio; S. Preston; William; Alice; Sarah Bell, who married Chauncy Pyres and resides in Delaware County, Ohio.