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Roeback & Bowman Family
by Anthe Douglass Kammerer
        William Abner Roeback (the only grandpa I ever saw) was born in Mercer County, Ohio on May 17, 1836. He was the son of John Roeback and Ruth Bevington who had 12 children. He enlisted June 10, 1861 to serve in the Civil War. Mustered 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on June 18, 1861. He was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, January 3, 1863. Physical disability was cause of discharge.

        Jane Elizabeth Bowman was born in Jessimine County, Kentucky at Wilmore on September 2, 1836. She was the daughter of Isaac Bowman and Mary Eckert. Her brothers and sisters were Richard, David, Charlie, Sophia, Nancy and Sarah.

        On September 1, 1856 she married Stephen Perry Turpin who had eleven children. To them were born three children--Lovella, Bell and a baby boy. The latter two died in infancy. Mr. Turpin died in March, 1861.

        On July 31, 1866 she married William A. Roeback. They went to Amelia, Ohio to live. They had four children--Arena Elizabeth, George Washington and twins, Mary Edith and Louisa Emaline. Arena was my mother's mother. Mary Edith was the Great Aunt Mary who attended our reunion most of the time. Later they lived in Indiana.


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