Bowmanstown in Carbon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hans Dieterick Bauman
Photographed by William Pope, May 19, 2024
1. Hans Dieterick Bauman Marker
Hans Dieterick Bauman, his
wife Eve Elizabeth Weil,
and their four children
settled in this region in
1754, during the French
and Indian War. One of
the daughters, Anna Maria,
married Sergeant Sebastian
Seybert; the other, Sibilla,
married Colonel Christopher
Truby, a noted Pennsylvania
Patriot. The sons, Lieutenant
Bernhard Bauman and Captian
Heinrich Bauman, served in
the Revolutionary War; both
married into the Dreisbach
family.
Captian Heinrich Bauman's
children (John Dieter Bauman;
Heinrich Bauman, Jr.; Anna
Maria, wife of Jacob Snyder;
and Susanna, wife of
Christopher Kern) were born
and lived in this vicinity.
John Dieter Bauman was a
Major in the War of 1812.
Four hundred and fifty
feet to the west of this
marker stands the house
built in 1808 by Major John
Dieter Bauman, the founder
of Bowmanstown. In this
homestead he and his wife,
Marguerite Newhard, reared
a family of eight sons and
four daughters.
Erected 1940 by The Bowman Descendents.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812
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Location. 40° 48.021′ N, 75° 39.891′ W. Marker is in Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County. It is at the intersection of White Street and East White Street, on the right when traveling west on White Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 621 White St, Bowmanstown PA 18030, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region and in the Pocono Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Bowmanstown Soldiers of the World War (here, next to this marker); In Honor and in Memory of (here, next to this marker); In honor of the Veterans of (here, next to this marker); Dedicated to the Veterans of the (approx. 0.4 miles away); In Honor of the Veterans of West Bowmans (approx. 0.4 miles away); Parryville Historic District (approx. 1.2 miles away); Carl Wolter III Playground (approx. 1.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bowmanstown.
Photographed by William Pope, May 19, 2024
2. Hans Dieterick Bauman Marker
Photographed by William Pope, May 19, 2024
3. Hans Dieterick Bauman Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 298 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 26, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
