Bowsher Log House

Daniel Bowsher Log House Catherine Bowsher pioneer home log cabin museum East Main Street Cridersville Ohio local history Cridersville Historical Society. Daniel Bowsher Log House Museum Daniel Bowsher, his wife Catherine, and their five children came to western Ohio in 1836. They built a new log home in the wilderness of Allen County—established in 1820. They were among the first pioneer families in Shawnee Township, arriving just four years after the Shawnee tribes were removed to the Kansas Territory. They built their log house near what is today the corner of Bowsher and Beeler Roads, 3 miles west of Cridersville. In 1982, Mr. and Mrs. James Harris, having purchased the Daniel Bowsher farm, decided to donate the log house to a group of Bowsher family members. Their goal was to relocate and restore the log house as a museum in Cridersville. A site for the new Daniel Bowsher Log House Museum on East Main Street was donated by John and Agnes Wolff. A local historical society was established to own and operate the museum. In July of 1988, the Bowsher family officially donated the restored log house to the Cridersville Historical Society. The Society operates and maintains it as a museum to tell the story of families like Daniel and Catherine Bowsher’s who pioneered our region of Ohio. Daniel Bowsher was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania on July 18, 1795. His father, William Bowsher, brought the family to Ross County, Ohio in 1804. Daniel was nine years old when they came to their new home 40 miles south of Columbus. Daniel married Catherine Weaver and they had six children. When they moved to Shawnee Township in 1836, Daniel was 41 years old and Catherine was 38. Their oldest son, Amos had died before they left Ross County. Charles was then 15, Hester 14, Sylvina 12, and Isaac 8. Their youngest child, Catherine, was born in the new home in 1839. The Daniel Bowsher Log House was moved from its original site on Beeler Road—approximately 3 miles northwest of Cridersville—to its new home at 603 E. Main Street in 1988. Catherine Weaver Bowsher Wife of Daniel Bowsher Born: 1798 Died: 1871...