Ephraim BROVONT
(son of Jacob BROVONT II and Anna MYERS),
b. 24-Dec-1818, d. 26-Mar-1885, Jackson Twp., Stark Co., OH,
m. 31-May-1846, to Elizabeth BOWSER,
(daughter of Daniel BOWSER and Anna EBY)
b. 23-Jan-1824, d. 24-Nov-1891.
I hereby certify that on the 31st day of May 1846 I solemnized
the marriage contract between Ephraim Browand and Elizabeth Bowser.
signed George Shively.
In the 1850 census for Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, M432, r709, p435, 1787/1793:
Prowand, Ephraim, 32y(1818), m, farmer, 1800, PA
next page:
Prowand, Elizabeth, 30y(1820), f, PA
Prowand, Jacob, 3y(1847), m, OH
Prowand, Anna, 80y(1770), f, PA (Ephraim's mother)
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next family:
Prowand, Jacob, 50y(1800), m, farmer, 1000, PA
(Ephraim's brother)
Prowand, Elizabeth, 45y, f, PA
Prowand, Tobias, 24y, m, shoemaker, PA
Prowand, Jacob, 17y, m, farmer, PA
Prowand, Simon, 14y, m, PA
Prowand, Aaron, 12y, m, PA
Prowand, Mary A., 7y, f, OH
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living before Ephraim Prowand was a
Simon Metzgar, 40
Susanna Metzgar, 35
(this could be Ephraim's sister Susan Brovont)
Rebecca Metzgar, 14
Elizabeth Metzgar, 13
Samuel Metzgar, 10
Isaac Metzgar, 8
William Metzgar, 6
John Metzgar, 4
Melinda Metzgar, 2
In the 1860 census for Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, p156, 1167/1157:
Brovant, E., 41y, m, farmer, 5915, 535, PA
Brovant, Elizabeth, 36y, f, PA
Brovant, Jacob, 12y, m, OH
Brovant, Anna, 10y, f, OH
Brovant, Daniel, 7y, m, OH
Brovant, Joseph, 5y, m, OH
Brovant, Ephraim, 2y, m, OH
Brovant, Benjamin, 7/12y, m, OH
listed on next page,
Brovant, Jacob, 28y, m, shoemaker, 1683, 144, PA
(Ephraim's nephew, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Browand)
Brovant, Mary, 20y, f, PA
Brovant, Simon, 1y, m, OH
Winter, Jas, 23y, m, shoemaker, England
In the 1870 census for Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, p419a lines 36-40
and p419b lines 1-4. Surname listed as Browand in the
1874 Everts Atlas of Medina Co., OH.
Brovoont, Ephraim, 52y, m, w, farmer, $10,000 $1,000 PA
Brovoont, Elizabeth, 47y, f, w, keeping house, can't write, OH
Brovoont, Anna, 19y, f, w, OH
Brovoont, Daniel, 16y, m, w, OH (this is our line)
Brovoont, Joseph, 14y, m, w, OH
Brovant, Ephraim, 12y, m, w, OH
Brovant, Benjamin, 10y, m, w, OH
Brovant, Sarah, 8y, f, w, OH
Brovant, Tobias, 5y, m, w, OH
An Elizabeth Lenord 95, f, w, PA Blind was listed as living with them.
This can't be Ephraim's mother as she died in 1860.
This can't be Elizabeth Bowser's mother, Anna Eby, as she died in 1877,
but having been born 1800. She could be a sister to Anna Myers,
or a sister to Anna Eby or even Anna Eby's mother remarried??
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In the 1870 census for Harrisville Twp., Medina Co., OH, p285a line 39:
Browand, Jacob, 21y, m, w, domestic, OH
(Ephraim Brovont's oldest child.),
listed in the household of Samuel Munson.
In the 1880 census for Homer Twp., Medina Co., OH:
Browant, Sarah, 18, servant, sing, housekeeper, OH, PA, MD
(Ephraim Brovont's daughter)
living with Gideon 62 and Rebecca Lynn 52
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this from Dianna J. Csikos, djcsikos@en.com,
who is descended from Daniel Bowser's son Daniel P. Bowser:
In the 1880 census for Jackson Twp., Stark Co., OH, 323:
Brovont, Ephram, 61y, PA, PA, PA, farmer
Brovont, Elizabeth, wife, 56y, PA, PA, PA
Brovont, Tobias, son, 14y, OH, PA, PA, farmer
Bouser, Daniel, father-in-law, 84y, PA, PA, PA, retired farmer, widowed (living with daughter)
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In the 1880 census for Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH:
Browand, Tobias, 54y, PA, PA, PA
(Ephraim's nephew, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Browand.)
Browand, Anna, 52y, OH, PA, PA
Browand, Fanny, 23y, OH, PA, OH
Browand, Milinda, 17y, OH, PA, OH
Browand, Jacob A., 15y, OH, PA, OH
Browand, Harvey E., 13y, OH, PA, OH
Browand, Rose Ann, 11y, OH, PA, OH twin
Browand, Sarah Ann, 11y, OH, PA, OH twin
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In the 1880 census for Homer Twp., Medina Co., OH:
Browent, Jacob, 48y, farmer
(Ephraim's nephew, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Browand.)
Browent, Mary, 41y
Browent, Simon B., 21y, farmhand
Browent, Sarah A., 18y
Browent, Daisy, 1y, adopted? (from son?)
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In the 1880 census for Homer Twp., Medina Co., OH:
Wolf, Phillip, 26y, farmer, MI, PA, PA
Wolf, Anna, 29y, OH, PA, OH (Ephraim's daughter)
Wolf, Sarah M., 4y, OH, MI, OH
Wolf, John E., 6/12y, OH, MI, OH
Brovont, Ephraim, 22y, boarder, farmer, OH, PA, OH (Ephraim's son, Anna's brother)
1874 plat in Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH.
In probate court for Stark Co., OH:
Case # 2426, full admin w/o will, opened 4/3/1885, closed 5/11/1888, roll-frame: ER886-115
Children by Elizabeth Bowser:
I. stillborn girl BROVONT,
b. 4-Apr-1847.
II. Jacob BROVONT,
b. 8-Jul-1848.
III. Anna BROVONT,
b. 25-Dec-1850.
IV. Daniel BROVONT,
b. 11-Apr-1853.
V. Joseph BROVONT,
b. 4-Dec-1855.
VI. Ephraim BROVONT,
b. 22-Jun-1858.
VII. Benjamin BROVONT,
b. 12-Oct-1859.
VIII. Sarah BROVONT,
b. 30-Apr-1862.
IX. Tobias BROVONT,
b. 6-Sep-1865.
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