We know very little about Emerson Bowerman, father of my great-great-grandmother Ella Bowerman Southmayd.
The son of Stephen and Phoebe (Garratt) Bowerman, Emerson was born Jan. 13, 1820, in Wellington, Hillier Township, Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada. He married Fanny Chope on Jan. 13, 1848 and worked, at least for a time, as a carpenter.
Emerson and Fanny had three children: Orilla Agnes, born Oct. 29, 1848 - died Nov. 18, 1848; Ella Augusta, born July 26, 1850 - died Jan. 9, 1916; and William Emerson, born Oct. 21, 1854 - died Aug. 15, 1855.
Emerson died Aug. 12, 1855, in Detroit, Mich. His ten-month-old son followed him in death just three days later.
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