Bauman is also spelled Baughman, Baumann, Boman, and Bowman.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania was created in 1843 from parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties.
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania was first settled about 1730 and officially constituted in 1812 with the division of Northampton County.
Henry (Heinrich) Bauman (Bowman) was born September 13, 1781 in Towamensing, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. His parents ere Heinrich Bauman and Catherine Dreisbach.
He married Susannah Eberhard. Susanah was born June 5, 1788 in Towamensing Township.
Henry and Susannah's children included:
Daniel Bauman (1806),
Sarah Bauman Hagenbuch (1808, married Reuben Hagenbuch),
Adam Bauman,
Rebecca Bauman Yarrington (1810, married Zebulon B. Yarrington),
Rachel Bauman Haintz (1815, married Jonathan Haintz),
Susanna Bauman Berlin (1817),
Mary Ann Bauman Lehr (1819, married August Lehr),
Joseph Bauman (1821),
William Bauman (1829) and
an Unknown Daughter Butler.
Henry received a pension for his service in the War of 1812. His 1866 application said:
Henry Bauman was first Lieutenant and was mustered in under Colonel Neighley and was mustered out under colonel Hutter and Spearing was his General. John Zieginfus was a substitute for Andred Ziegenfus his brother in the same company and Peter Solt was out for himself also in the same company and John Shafer was their captain.
In 1850 the household was in Lower Towamensing Township and consisted of Henry Bowman age 69, Susannah age 62, William age 20 and 31 year old Thomas Hontz.
About 1855, Dennis Parry and Henry Bauman built an anthracite blast furnace in Parryville run by water power from the Pohopoco Creek.
In 1860 Henry and Susannah were both 72 and the post office was Parryville.
Henry died on January 3, 1873. He is buried at St John's Towamensing Church Cemetery in Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
In the War of 1812 (1812-1815) the United States declared war on England because of trade restrictions, impressment, and British support for Indian attacks. They signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814 after reaching a stalemate.
