THIS MESSAGE IS FORWARDED FROM THE BOWER-L. PLEASE DO NOT HIT REPLY TO RESPOND TO IT. Instead, please direct your response to "C. H." <spotmom@alaska.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWER] Roll Call Resent-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 06:39:22 -0800 From: "C. H." <spotmom@alaska.net> To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com My BOWER line came from Baden-Baden, Germany in 1833. Original name BAUER, changed after immigration. Benedict BOWER b. 13 Mar 1783 Baden-Baden, d. Smithland Iowa Married Elizabeth KELL b. 01 Sept., 1786. M. in Germany Children of Benedict and Elizabeth: *Joseph b. 04 May 1813, Baden-Baden, d.15 Jan, 1892, Smithland, Iowa **Thomas b 26 Sept., 1825, Baden-Baden, d. 1906, Smithland Iowa ***Genevieve b. Unknown, Baden-Baden, d. 01 July, 1868, Smithland, Iowa ****Teresa b. Unknown, Baden-Baden, d. Unknown, Possibly Smithland, Iowa - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------- *Joseph Bower married Mary MURRIE abt 1830 in New York, daughter of Dave MURRIE I. and Mary BROWN. She was born 1814 in Perth, Scotland Only child of Joseph and Mary was : Helen Louise Elizabeth BOWER b. 03 Dec., 1852, Waukegan, Illinois, Smithland Co., Little Sioux Twp. d. 23 Dec., 1928, Sioux City, Iowa. She married Isaac VAN VALKINBURGH (Van Valkenburg) in 1869. They had 13 children. **Thomas BOWER married Elizabeth EDGAR in 1848, Lockport, New York. She was born 12 Feb., 1826 in Pennsylvania. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth: Mary Elizabeth b. 02 April, 1849, NY, d. 1944. Married ? YOCKEY George b. 31 Aug., 1850, NY, d. 1939. Married Minnie WATSON John Joseph b. 15 Oct., 1853, NY, d. Unknown. Married Lettie EWING William H.S. b. 1855, d. Unknown Edgar Eli b. 12 Aug., 1858, NY, d. ? Married Ida COX. Reubin Franklyn b. 01 Aug., 1862, d. 1935, Sioux City, Iowa. Fred Lewis b. 22 May, 1864 Married Cara RUTHROFF, b. 10 Mar, Smithland Iowa. ***Genevieve BOWER married Orrin B. SMITH (founder of Smithland, Iowa) b.10 Oct., 1818 in Cattaragus Co, NY, d 11 Nov, 1898 in or near Tampa Florida. Children of Genevieve and Orrin: Helen J. Smith b. 20 Mar., 1848; d. ? m. William ADAMS Chloe T. Smith b. 24 Nov., 1849; d? Orrin E. Smith b. 29 Aug., 1851 Celia Smith b. 1853; d. 1853 Frank T. Smith b. 1857; d. ? Patience Smith b. 24 Mar., 1859; d. 02 Jan., 1892 Hugh Smith b.?; d? Washington Smith b. ?; d.? ****Teresa BOWER married #1 ? MC CAULEY (MC CALL); #2 ? BURKETT. The child of Teresa and ? BURKETT was: Mary BURKETT. She married a ? MC CALL. (This last couple confuses me a bit with the names, but this is what I read from letters on genealogy from a relative. CH Palmer, Alaska.