BOZEMAN

As I study our Bozeman family ancestry, I am meeting relatives that I never knew about and am so overwhelmed!

My great granny Lorena Bozeman had a sister, Ethel Mae and I have had the pleasure of talking with Ruby age 90, daughter of Ethel.

I have been to their own home place built around 1910 or so, where Ruby remembers they all lived in a tent while the family built their home. The above picture taken 11/2003 shows the house with tin roof, is still standing and Ethel's granddaughter Peggy lives behind it.

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From Granddaughter of

Ethel Mae Bozeman

Daughter of John Thomas Bozeman & Alice Emma Stephens who had 40 acres of land in Ramer Alabama

I talked to Mother Ruby today and she said when the boys were young

she remembered coming and spending the night with Aunt LoRena. My Dad was going to be in some type of parade downtown(National guard) and she spent the night and was suppose to go see parade......somehow some of her children were there and she missed the parade. (Governors Inauguration )She remembered that Lorena's Alice McClain was married to a Carter. She Aunt Rena always dressed up where Grandma Ethel didn't.

{Kathy notes that we used to shop at the Salvation Army off Columbus Street in Montgomery where one could find really nice dresses for a nickel and remembers that Lorena *born 1892* only wore long dresses and her hand sewn bonnets, & home made aprons, during this generation of fresh churned butter and hand made quilts, and Lorena always had a small garden she tended daily.}

I have a copy of a card given to her students from 1906(teacherOC McNeill) school was Hill's Chapel in Hill's chapel, District dated October 9, 1905 -May 4, 1906

Steiner Campbell Euliee Campbell

Ralph Sullivan Joe Jack Smilie

Leon Bozman Charley Money

Jeff Money Connie Money

Rollie Bozman Bryan Reynolds

Willie Reynolds Ike Money

Clara Sullivan Mattie Sullivan

Minnie Lee Smilie Ina Pearl Smilie

Mary Lou Smilie Ola Campbell

Leila Camsbell Clara Harwell

Bertie Harwell Buford McNeill

Myrtle Reynolds Ethel Money

Bertha Money Lorena Bozman

Ethel Bozeman Nancy Bozman

Annie Lee Dickey Finnie Bozman

Chester Sullivan

C B Smilie trustee

H H Sullivan chairman

J C Sullivan secretary

G W Covington Co. Superintendent

Story published in Montgomery Advertiser December 24,1971 written by Ethel Bozeman

In the year of 1906 my stepmother died in December. We were farmers and poor at that, but honest.

My Daddy had three children by his first wife, Alice, who was my mother and had four children by his second wife. She had been sick since the last baby was born and he was six or seven months old at her death.

She died a few days before christmas and we were all small, but Papa had to trust my sister and myself to try to cook and attend to the baby. We didn't know anything much about cooking ,but we did the best we could.

So it was christmas and our Papa called us to come sit down. He wanted to tell us about Santa Claus. Well, we all sat down and he said"Children, I hate to tell you all that Santa Claus won't come to see you this year. I don't have any money to pay him and he don't come if you can't pay him". We all looked at each other and didn't know

what to say. So we didn't fix anything for Santa to leave us things in.

We had a real good neighbor close by who knew of the shape we were in so he and his wife went to the store and bought for us like they did for their own three children. She baked a cake and sent it and a long string of homemade sausage in a big box ,her husband brought it over. When we woke up the next monring we were the happiest children you ever saw.

Those good neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Will Harwell and they were so good to us children that I hope if you print this and people read it, they will be good neighbors too and make little children happy at christmastime that couldn't be happy without their help.

NOTE: Hills Chapel has a cemetery where the Bozemans are buried in Dublin AL, just down the road from Ramer AL in south Montgomery County off Hwy 231, Warrior Hill area

Driving thru this area one can see headstones off in the woods on private property or sometimes in a family's yard

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My search thru the web accessed areas have come up with some of John Bozeman's relatives applying to the Cherokee Rolls and being rejected. The Indian blood has been suspected for many years but never proven.

John's wife Alice Stephens also came from a long line of Indian relatives where the Stephens/Andersons/Sellers all came together to create this beautiful dark featured lady as she was described.

The census records in this area were full of Mulattos but the Bozemans were always listed as white.

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READ ABOUT John's cousins!!!!!

http://genforum.genealogy.com/bozeman/messages/338.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/oct00/bozeman.html

http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/1999-07/bozeman.html

http://www.mineratec.com/bozehist.htm

The oldest son of William and Delilah, John Merwin Bozeman (December 1 1836-1867) married Lucinda Ingram Jan 10, 1856 Cherokee Co, GA. At the outbreak of the War he left Pickens Co. and migrated to the west. The Gallatin Co. MT GenWeb site states that he brought the first cattle train to SW MT, establishing the Bozeman Trail. He was killed in a skirmish with Blackfeet Indians and the town on Bozeman, Montana was named for him. His trail remained closed for nine years due to Indian attacks. Lucinda and children may have moved to FL. The MT Archivist has been researching John's family and a booklet has been published.

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Name: Howell BOZEMAN

Birth: 1780 in North Carolina

Death: 1812 in Pensacola,Ascambia Co.,FL

Howell Bozeman, born 1780, moved to Georgia, south-east part, and married Miss Nancy Cook, say in the year 1803, and lived not far from Savannah, and afterwards in Milledgeville until 1810, when he moved to Mississippi, Amite or Pike county. He was a brave soldier in the war of 1812, and was mortally wounded in Pensacola, Florida. His name is on the Pension list at Washington City.

"Sketches of the Bozeman Family, Rev. Joseph Woodruff Bozeman, 1885. Page 94-95.

Company: 1 Regiment US Volunteers ( 1 Regiment MS Territorial Volunteers) Rank: Private. War of 1812 Muster Rolls, Box 20; Roll 2016.

Change Date: 27 AUG 2002 at 20:39:34

Father: Meady BOZEMAN b: 1745 in Bladen Co.,NC

Mother: Chloe NELSON b: 1769 in North Carolina

Marriage 1 Nancy COOK b: 27 JUL 1780 in Georgia

Married: Abt 1803 in GeorgiaChildren

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Doctor Bozeman, I presume?

From: Who Was Who In America

BOZEMAN, NATHAN (b.Mar. 25, 1825 d.Dec 16, 1905), physician, the son of Nathan and Harriet (Knotts) Bozeman, was of Dutch descent. He was born in Butler County, Ala., studied medicine at the University of Louisville, graduating in 1848, and began practice in Montgomery, Ala., where he became intimately acquainted with Marion Sims and his work. It was at that time that Sims first succeeded in curing vesico-vaginal fistula, a problem on which the gynecologists of Europe and America had worked for many years without arriving at a solution. Bozeman took great interest in this question. He improved Sims's method by substituting the "button" or "shot" suture for Sims's clamp suture; this was a great advance as the new suture practically eliminated failures. In 1859 Bozeman for the first time performed kolpokleisis as a means of treating vestico-vaginal fistula. In the same year he made a trip to Europe demonstrating his methods. On his return he settled in New Orleans but soon the Civil War broke out and Bozeman served during the whole four years as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. After the war he settled in New York, where he established a private hospital for women. In 1868 he was attacked by Prof. Simon of Heidelberg on a question of priority concerning the operation of kolpokleisis.

He at once crossed the Atlantic to defend his position by demonstrating his own method before the medical faculty of Heidelberg. In 1878 he was appointed surgeon to the New York State Women's Hospital. The work being too heavy, he resigned this position in 1888 and established a private sanitarium. He was a masterful surgeon, most skillful in adapting established methods to individual cases. He was remarkably successful in operations for vesical and faecal fistulae in women, particularly one complication of pyelitis, which he treated by catheterizing the ureter through a vesico-vaginal opening (1887-88). He invented a self-retaining vaginal speculum and an operating chair for the knee-check position. His most important writings are: Remarks on Vesico-Vaginal Fistula with an Account of a New Mode of Suture (1865); Application of the Button Suture to the Treatment of Varicose Dialation of Veins (1860); The Gradual Preparatory Treatment of the Complications of Urinary and Faecal Fistulae in Women (1887); Chronic Pyelitis Successfully Treated by Kolpo-Uretero-Cystotomy (1888). He was twice married: first, to Fannie Lamar of Macon, Ga., and, second, to Mrs. Amelia (Lamar) Ralston of the same city. He died of apoplexy, Dec. 16, 1905.

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Rejected Cherokee

Name: James Cicero BOZEMAN

Birth: 23 NOV 1858 in Pickens Co.,GA

Death: 28 MAR 1944 in Cherokee Co.,GA

Burial: Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery,Pickens Co.,GA

1880 US Census, Dug Road, Pickens Co., Georgia; Page 533C

1900 US Census, Talking Rock, Pickens Co., GA; Page 150.

On the list of Eastern Cherokee Enrollees-Rejected, James Bozeman, born 1858, lists his wife as Delphia Bozeman, parents as John Bozeman and Sarah Darby. His paternal grandparents are listed as Amos and Nancy Bozeman. Maternal grandparents are Charles and Nancy Darby.

Name: John Lincoln BOZEMAN

Birth: MAY 1864 in Pickens Co.,GA

Death: 5 APR 1934

1900 US Census, Pickins Co., GA; Page 179.

On the list of Eastern Cherokee Enrollees-Rejected, Lincoln Bozeman, born 1864, lists his wife as Nancy Bozeman, parents as John Bozeman and Sarah Darby. His paternal grandparents are listed as Amos and Nancy Bozeman. Maternal grandparents are Charles and Nancy Darby.

Name: John K. BOZEMAN

Birth: 5 JUL 1831 in Pickens Co.,GA

Death: 9 AUG 1904 in Pickens Co.,GA

Burial: Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery,Pickens Co.,GA

Private Co., E, 36th GA Regiment. Enlised as Private April 5, 1862. AOL October 31, 1863.

Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865.

1880 US Census, Dug Road, Pickens Co., GA; Page 532B

1900 US Census, Pickins Co., GA; Page 179.

Name: Amos BOZEMAN

Birth: 10 DEC 1799 in Richmond Co.,NC

Death: 20 NOV 1890 in Pickens Co.,GA

Burial: Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery,Pickens Co.,GA

Information on the family of Amos Bozeman courtesy of Hoyt Bozeman, Jr.

1870 US Census, Cherokee Co., GA, Page 288:

BOZEMAN, Amos, 69, M, W, SC, Cons Crk Dist

Change Date: 1 SEP 2002 at 08:52:05

Father: Samuel BOZEMAN b: 1758 in Bladen Co.,NC

Mother: Rachel b: 1755 in Bladen Co.,NC

Name: Samuel BOZEMAN

Birth: 1730 in Bladen Co.,NC

"North Carolina Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots and Descendants, Vol. 1":

Samuel Bozeman, Revolutionary War Soldier, Private, North Carolina; 1730-1795; m: Ann Richardson.

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Name: Silas Newton BOZEMAN

Birth: 28 JAN 1836 in Pickens Co.,GA

Death: 8 MAR 1877 in Pickens Co.,GA

A longstanding grudge between Silas Newton and Joseph Pinkney Arwood precipitated the incident. S.N. felt that a plowshare used by Arwood was his and Arwood said he would return it for a bushel of corn he was owed. The argument began early in the day and some time later S.N. returned to the field with a gun where Arwood was working. The newspaper stated that S.N. had also had a few drinks of liquor. Arwood hit S.N. with a pitchfork as S.N.'s gun went off, shooting Arwood in the hip. Arwood hit S.N. again in the head, fracturing his skull. S.N. died the following day - March 8, 1877. The paper also stated that Arwood was recovering from his wound.

March 23 1877 (Signal & Advertiser)

Source: Deaths, Murders and Lynchings from the Dahlonega, Georgia Newspapers 1873-1900, Jimmy E. Anderson

Pickens County Superior Court (Grand Jury Minutes 1854 - 1885, RHS 4097, Pickens County Library Microfilm) recorded the account of the April Term of the Superior Court, 1877, The State vs. Joseph Pinkey Arwood. He was indicted for murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. The 23 members of the jury were: William L. Howard, foreman; Manderson V. Bruce, James W. Turner, Daniel W. Burlison, James Swafford, John W. Tatum, James Eaton, William J. Sharyer, Wm. A. Fowler, W.J. Goble, Henry T. Fitts, John Stegall,Joseph Simmons, Isaac J. Timbs, John A. Hrine, James J. Harris, Josiah Bagwell, Josiah Johnson, John R. Gartrell, Josiah Haley, David L. Stewart, Hiram Ried and Bethel Q. Disharoon. Arwood was sentenced to two years.

Change Date: 2 SEP 2002 at 08:42:03

Father: Amos BOZEMAN b: 10 DEC 1799 in Richmond Co.,NC

Mother: Nancy TARBURTTON b: 18 JAN 1801 in Richmond Co.,NC

Marriage 1 Louisa Eliza PARRISH b: Abt 1836 in Georgia Children

Mary Josephine BOZEMAN b: Abt 1854 in Pickens Co.,Georgia

John Samuel BOZEMAN b: 31 JAN 1860 in Pickens Co.,GA

Thomas BOZEMAN b: Abt 1866 in Pickens Co.,GA

Martha M. BOZEMAN b: Abt 1868 in Georgia

D. F. BOZEMAN b: Abt 1870 in Georgia

Alexander BOZEMAN b: Abt 1874 in Georgia

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Kathy Lorena Cochran ( great granddaughter of Emma Lorena Bozeman )

http://www.genealogy.com/users/b/r/o/Kathy-Lorena-Brooks/

searching Cochran, Parker, Coonfield, Little, Carter, Fenn, Bozeman, McClain, Miller, Moon

A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots -