--part1_b4.843d9f.29060e06_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_b4.843d9f.29060e06_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <BRETHREN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ye01.mail.aol.com (rly-ye01.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.198]) by air-ye05.mail.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINYE52-1022194117; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:41:17 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-ye01.mail.aol.com (v82.14) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYE19-1022194045; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:40:45 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f9MNbLG31770; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:37:21 -0600 Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:37:21 -0600 X-Original-Sender: ebitting@bridgewater.edu Mon Oct 22 17:37:20 2001 From: "Emmert Bittinger" <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> Old-To: <BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Cc: <rsdmn@aurora.uaf.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:35:31 -0400 Message-ID: <MABBIJKMKNCKDDHOFFNBOEEICDAA.ebitting@bridgewater.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <v01540b00b7f997300def@[137.229.95.11]> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [BRE] RE: Val. Powers' marriages Resent-Message-ID: <9b0Sf.A.OwH.x2K17@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/20195 X-Loop: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: BRETHREN-L-request@rootsweb.com Diana, I forgot to comment on your question about Pfost vs. Powers names in my message yesterday. Pfost is a different name entirely. The Powers name was Anglicized on the south branch from its original Germanic name which was Bowers. Their baptisms are recorded in the Swatara region of eastern Penna, and Martin and Valentine's parents were John Michael and Anna Catherina Bauer. Their sons John Valentine were baptized Sept. 17, 1739 and Dec. 27, 1841 respectively. They were not Brethren until after 1749, and went to the South Branch sometime in the 1750s. Valentine married first Susannah (Lancisco) Hause, a widow, and after her death he married Mary Coberly, a widow of Dr. James Stell Coberly. Valentine Powers wrote his will in 1819 and it was probated Aug. 12, 1823. He had a son Valentine Powers and there was also a third generation Valentine Powers. There were also several Stump families in the South Branch area. Did you get my message of yesterday? If not, I will resend it. Emmert Bittinger -----Original Message----- From: Diana M. Nelson [mailto:rsdmn@aurora.uaf.edu] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:00 AM To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Could Valentine Powers/Pfost be a Pfautz? Dear Merle and List, Why I put that on the list about Valentine Power/Powers is because HE could be the link to the PA to VA connection of my Stump and Neff lines to Hardy Co. VA(WV). Martin and Valentine are both in the original land holders around Hardy(Grant Co.)-South Branch of Potomac, VA(WV). Also was the Michael Stump married to Catherine Neff and Leonard Neff married to Magdalene Feg. Valentine Pfost's death is recorded in the Old Mill Creek(Lutheran & Reformed) Church of 10/27/1800 as is the baptisms of my Sarah Neff and her brother Absalom Neff(George Neff's children) at Petersburg, Grant Co., WV on 1798. I see that Valentine Powers/Pfost line married into the Leonard Hyre, Hinkles & Crites in VA and they were also connected to the Brethren. I also have a Hinkle connection- Jesse Hinkle Wilson born 1807 in Hardy Co. but don't know where he fits in yet. But now I know he is 1/2 German, and his mother could have been Brethren from PA. There are Stumps who were baptized by Elder Michael Pfautz at Conestoga congregation. Hannes Stump and his wife, Elizabeth plus Margaret Stump in 1748. Does anyone else claim these Stumps or think they connect? I am still trying to divide the Johann George Stumpff line and the Johan Julian Stumpf line. I am wondering if there is a connected to each other back in Germany because of the Casper & Johan George names in both lines. Therefore it might help if both lines work together. I see other similarities of some of the lines going up into Canada, some staying in PA and others going to VA. "John Julian Stump, 1741, File # 211, Will Book F, pg. 236." STUMP, Johann Julian. Philadelphia County. Yeoman. March 12, 1741. August 17, 1741. F.236. Wife: Maria. Children: Jacob, George, Johann, Mary, wife of William Hoite, and Catharine, wife of John Keim. Exec: George and Jacob Stump. Wit: James Robbinson, Jacob Kroe (his mark), Robert Jones. "George Stump: 1774, File 2, Book Q, pg. 3" STUMP, Geo. Phila. Co. Yeoman. 17 Oct 1773. 19 April 1774. Q:3. Father: John Julian Stump. Daughter: Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Hegne, sole legatee, devisee and exec. It looks like Johan George Stump of the Julian line only had a daughter Elizabeth who married Jacob Hegne. Their line went to Canada. Then I see a Jacob Stump and Elizabeth Becker from the Julian Stump line, who were their children? Once we get the 3 sons pinpointed the other Stumps must be from other lines? Right? I have another question on the Johannes Stump who was the son of Julian Stump. I read he was at Ephrata. Did he have any children or a wife? If not then the Johannes Stump up by Bernville with also a Dunkard connection could be from the Johann Georg Stumpff line because he had a wife and children. Just thinking out loud. DEVLIN - PFOST - POST Trying to find the name of a spouse for Isaac PFOST/POST Sr. (born ? Feb.1, 1791 Hardy Co. Va) son of Valentine PFOST/POST & Barbara DEVLIN. Any information would be so greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Rose, E-mail: Rose@sydcom.net >From this query I see Valentine was married to Barbara DEVLIN does this connect with anyone in PA? 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Hi all, Just minutes ago I received word that I am now discussion coordinator for the SPAM list at Rootsweb. Everyone is encouraged (read, encouraged ... NOT required) to join the list since we family historians have our select share of SPAM problems. This will be my primary list now to discuss Family Discovery and their associate domains and any other of their ilk that comes along to plague us! :) Also, any SPAM-related issue is permitted for discussion. Since many of you send my Family Discovery messages out to your friends, relatives and lists, you might also want to let them know I'm cranking this group up. It's one that's been on Rootsweb's books but hasn't been used for years. I hope to make this list one that nobody wants to miss out on. To join, simply address a new email form to: SPAM-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) OR SPAM-D-request@rootsweb.com (for the digest) Put the word subscribe in the top line of the body and mail it. This list may be super quiet until Family Discovery (or anyone else) decides to begin their onslaughts, or it may be high-trafficked. We won't know until we all come together and see who's been receiving what. If you decide you don't want to join the SPAM list, don't worry. I won't leave you high and dry, and uninformed! I'll still notify everyone when a disreputable sort begins their deceptions. It'll just be an encapsulation of information like before, rather than discussions. I hope this finds each of you having a MAGNICICENT Monday! :) Colleen

I've been searching for the missing "Milton" link for some time... John BOWERS b. 5 Dec 1765, d. 25 Jan 1836 in Genesee, now Wyoming County, NY named his first child: Milton BOWERS b. 20 Sep 1788, d. 16 Mar 1814. Milton's brother John BOWERS named his second son: John Milton BOWERS b. 26 Apr 1822, d. 11 Feb 1919 First generation John BOWERS had possible brothers/cousins Orsamus and Philander in Pennsylvania by 1840. This John ALSO named a son Isaac..... Back to the sources... Kate Sugar Land, TX

--part1_15c.2c9ea7a.29048e08_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_15c.2c9ea7a.29048e08_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <BRETHREN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (rly-yc01.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.33]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILINYC23-1021142345; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:23:45 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-yc01.mx.aol.com (v81.9) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC15-1021142315; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:23:15 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f9LIKaB15529; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 12:20:36 -0600 Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 12:20:36 -0600 X-Original-Sender: ebitting@bridgewater.edu Sun Oct 21 12:20:35 2001 From: "Emmert Bittinger" <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> Old-To: <BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Cc: <[mailto:rsdmn@aurora.uaf.edu> Subject: RE: [BRE] Valentine Powers Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:18:46 -0400 Message-ID: <MABBIJKMKNCKDDHOFFNBAEEECDAA.ebitting@bridgewater.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <v01540b02b7f717debb2c@[137.229.95.11]> Resent-Message-ID: <JdBsIC.A.dyD.0Hx07@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/20185 X-Loop: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: BRETHREN-L-request@rootsweb.com REPLY FROM EMMERT: Diana, this is in response to your question about Valentine Powers. Valentine Powers was put out of the church because of his pro-military stance. First he was counseled by the Annual Meeting in 1785, but because he continued in "error" he was put out in the Annual Meeting of 1790. His brother, Martin Powers, apparently continued to serve the remnants of the South Branch Congregation, until his death in 1811. The congregation apparently split over the V. Power issue in 1790, and Valentine P. went to another congregation. The original spelling of the last name of Valentine and Martin was BOWERS, and they had come to the South Branch about 20 or 30 years earlier with a group of migrants from Pennsylvania. Incidentally, there is a lengthy history of the Brethren families that settled on the South Branch and made up this congregation in the 1770s and 1780s. It is found in Chapter 6 of Allegheny Passage. Also, the Powers Family history is included in that chapter, as well as in a more detailed article published in Brethren Life and Thought, Fall, 1989 (Vol. XXIV, No. 4.) Emmert Bittinger -----Original Message----- From: Diana M. Nelson ] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:12 AM To: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Valentine Powers Merle Rummel writes about the history of the church: http://www.cob-net.org/docs/brethrenlife_journal.htm 1772 "South Branch Church (Grant County, WV) Martin Power, minister -in 1785 this church is the center of a dispute over pacificism, Valentine Powers is Banned." Merle, Thank you giving us such access to the history of this church. I have just found out from the Hardy Co.(Grant Co) site on Rootsweb that Valentine Powers was a minister of the Brethren Church. Then when I read your information, I was wondering if you could tell me more about what was going on with the South Branch Church. The Hardy Co. site does have a lot of marriages done by Valentine Powers, but is there any records of the baptisms for the church or records of the membership. Was Martin Power related to Valentine Powers? I have also seen Valentine Powers named also spelled Pfost? Do you know who his parents were and where he was from? Thank you, Diana in AK ==== BRETHREN Mailing List ==== 5 ---------------------------------------------- This is the Brethren Genealogy and History Network we are sponsored by The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists You are invited to join the membership of FOBG For further information e-mail McAdams@udayton.edu ------------------------ ==== BRETHREN Mailing List ==== 3 ---------------------------------------------- This is the Brethren Genealogy and History Network we are sponsored by The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists You are invited to join the membership of FOBG For further information e-mail McAdams@udayton.edu ------------------------ --part1_15c.2c9ea7a.29048e08_boundary--

Oooohhhh... Jan, .... what you did! You've just sent all us brick-wallers running for our sources to see if our ancestors are hiding among the Power/s people! <g> THIS is VERY interesting! We have this name [Power/s] on our list of variants at the Homestead and Cottage, but this is the first case I've seen that openly declared the original spelling was Bowers. Now I get to (mutter...mutter) go check all the NY Power/s names to see if my Phineas, Joel and Isaac happen to be piddling around among them. Thanks for thinking of and sharing this with all of us. :) The BOWERS-L cousins are enjoying this little goodie, too. I hope you're all having a SUPER Sunday! :) Colleen -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWER] Valentine & Martin Powers, brothers, originally Bowers Resent-Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:46:08 -0600 Resent-From: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:46:00 EDT From: KTompk7744@aol.com Reply-To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com From: "Emmert Bittinger" <ebitting@bridgewater.edu> Subject: RE: [BRE] Valentine Powers Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 14:18:46 -0400 Resent-From: BRETHREN-L@rootsweb.com REPLY FROM EMMERT: <snipped> The original spelling of the last name of Valentine and Martin [Powers] was BOWERS, and they had come to the South Branch about 20 or 30 years earlier with a group of migrants from Pennsylvania. <snipped>

Dear Cousins; I am writing to give you notice that I have not forgotten that I am still trying to find us a secure and safe Retreat. I am also notifying you of a change of address. vichary@shaw.ca is my new address. Hugs to all Vicky

This was recently in a paper I was reading and I thought maybe if any of us have family who died in Vietnam we might want to put a face on the wall in DC. Virtual Vietnam Memorial More the 58,000 names are etched on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Through Nov. 11, family and friends can add a portrait to the name of the deceased at an online version of the memorial wall, sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Simply bring a photo to any Kinko's and ask for help with "Put a Face With a Name." (Each store has special software for the project). Photos also can be added at www.thevirtualwall.org via home computers with scanning and Internet capabilities. For details, call Kinko's at 1-800-254-6567 -- Surnames researching, Westbrooks, Hammel, Hawkins, Cook, Bauers, Snodgrass, Garrison, Tate, Mason, Robbins, Hite, Tyler

Thanks but it is not quite right and all of it is not there. You can use : http://indbow.crosswinds.net I think that is right. Someone suggested the server(?) would have a back-up, but guess what----Not unless you were a premium member, which I am now. No more pop-ups. goody! goody! I will get it all back up in the future, slowly and I will get good back-up of my own. Thanks again everyone for your help and your encouragement Wanda wmrobert@nalu.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Bower" <bbower@widomaker.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] Re: Ind. Continuum (2) > It's working for me! Thanks! You go girl!!! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wanda Roberts" <wmrobert@nalu.net> > To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:36 PM > Subject: [BOWER] Re: Ind. Continuum (2) > > > > Sorry Cousins > > the real addy is > > http://indbow.crosswinds.net/Index.html > > this should really work. > > Wanda > > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > >

Sure glad I didn't live 'back then' and have to get cured!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Pustola" <ladyaudris@earthlink.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 9:47 AM Subject: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > ) > ( ( > ) Good Morning Family! ( \ > .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) > \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. > \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| > | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | > \ / _|___|_ > ------ (_______) > > > Today's topics include: > > 1. Welcome to new cousins > 2. WHOPBOF site fight > 3. bowercommunity.com business > 4. Those were the days: medicine > 5. Did you know ...? > > TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ > > On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome > to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are > very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of > our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, > please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur lines so we can all see how > we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in > records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data > has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur ancestors or any of the > 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel > free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you > haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do > so. Our home is Bower Community, located at > <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: > > The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary > homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits > to join us all in welcoming you into the family at > <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. > > Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our > projects including an online GEDCOM fed by cousins from our research > groups. Find the Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. > > WHOPBOF SITE FIGHT > > Of the numbers of you who wrote in (73, to be exact) only one person > didn't believe we should participate in this final round. Since we're a > democracy here, :) ... we'll be going into "battle" one more time. As > before, I'll keep you updated as to anything new developments that get > passed on to me. > > Since it's going to be another close-to-Christmas round, I'd like to go > ahead and use the same display we used last year ~ unless someone else > has another idea. I still need to know if anyone knows what I need to > do to lay in an HTML hyperlink over an applet. If you happen to have > that knowledge, please contact me. > > BOWERCOMMUNITY.COM BUSINESS > > Our domain renewal came due yesterday. Our domain ISP has come up with > a new deal whereby if I paid an additional $35, we could get 300 megs > more of space, for a total of 500 megs. We haven't hit the 200-meg mark > yet, but I took the deal simply because I knew we'd use the space in the > future. > > Here's the final bill total: > > $70 domain renewal with the 300 additional megs > $10 extension renewal for .org > $10 extension renewal for .net > > I still had $35 left over from when we started our homesite. So, I used > that. We have a $100 credit from having the banner clicked on on the > bowercommunity.com front page and a new subscription begun. However, > before we can receive that credit, two more people have to click on the > banner and start new subscriptions with our ISP. So, if you have > friends who are thinking of beginning their own domains, please direct > them to our banner. > > The point of all this is ~ we're good for another year. :) > > **For our new cousins who joined us since last October: you don't know > this because it isn't in the welcome letter. Our homesite, Bower > Community, is one that the family voted on to acquire because of > problems we'd been having simply trying to access our data from free Web > hosts (specifically GeoCities and Crosswinds). The family voted on our > name; I had nothing to do with that. Cousins donated funds for us to > get this site started. Because our home is a family project, I brought > this annual report back to everyone. You should also know that I will > NEVER move our home without discussion from the family. Our site has > everyone's material and I don't consider it mine to just up and move it > anywhere without your knowing about it first. We are, after all, a > family ... and we work together as one. > > THOSE WERE THE DAYS: MEDICINE > > Before modern medicine ~ those days before antiseptics, anesthesia, and > antibiotics, it just wasn't a safe time to live in this world and get > sick or be injured. A doctor's education was informal. Most were > literate, but some were not. A man who wished to practice medicine > didn't need any type of certification. Most had a period of > apprenticeship with an established physician, but even this was not a > requirement. Physicians in the 18th century had no knowledge of > bacteria, germs, or viruses. They had no idea that disease was caused > by the spread of bacteria. The result meant the medical profession did > not practice the process of sterilization. Theories of medicine at the > time were based on the notion that disease was caused by an imbalance in > bodily "humors," or fluids. To treat an illness, you either added > fluids, or drained them away. Contained in a doctor's little black bag > were implements designed to purge, sweat and bleed infected fluids from > the body. There were emetics and diuretics, scalpels and leeches. > Steaming hot poultices were used to intentionally create infections on > scaled skin. The drainy pus that flowed afterward was thought to ooze > beneficially. In the 1830's health care included a variety of options, > from home nursing and herbal remedies to bleeding and dosing, > hydrotherapy, and treatments with static electricity. In addition, > purgings and high doses of toxic drugs like calomel constituted > treatment for nearly every condition. Bleedings were accomplished using > a surgical lancet and a bleeding bowl - usually a little pewter > porringer - that was marked off inside with the number of ounces. > > Since physicians at that time had more in common with a medieval barber > than a modern doctor, they were often consulted only after numerous home > remedies had been tried. An experienced mother or grandmother could > judge a fever or inspect a whitened tongue or bloodshot eye as well as > any physician. When the doctor was called upon, he went to the > patient's home and prescribed treatment that would be administered > there. Families were expected to provide medical care in every sort of > ailment from acute fevers to chronic ills such as cancer, tuberculosis, > and "dropsy" (a swelling of tissues often caused by kidney or heart > disease). > > Surgery was a last resort because it was often fatal and was always > painful. In the 19th century, opiates were used to alleviate pain and > quinine was known to be an effective treatment for malaria. However, > since surgery was done with no regard for cleanliness, infections like > septicemia or gangrene were common. > > Families called upon a well-understood repertoire of recipes and > knowledge, much of it incorporating and preserving a centuries-old > tradition of oftentimes botanic, information. Much of this lore was > passed on in the form of oral tradition or carefully preserved books of > manuscript "receipts" ~ formulas for everything from curing rheumatism > and how to dress when tending to the ill (the rustling noise of silk > dresses would not do!) to tanning leather and making soap. It is just > ten of these "receipts" that I bring you today: > > For a Stitch in the Side: Rub the part affected with unsalted butter and > make the sign of the cross seven times over the place. > > For Weak Eyes: A deconcoction of the flowers of daisies boiled down is > an excellent wash to be used constantly. > > For Water on the Brain: Cover the head well with wool then place oil > skin over and the water will be drawn up out of the head. When the wool > is quite saturated the brain will be free and the patient cured. > > For Consumption (consumption of the 1700's refers to tuberculosis, but > in colonial America it encompassed both lung cancer and tuberculosis): > Every morning cut up a little turf of fresh earth, and lying down, > breath into the hole for a quarter of an hour. > > For the Mumps: Wrap the child in a blanket,take it to the pigsty, rub > the child's head to the back of a pig. The mumps will pass from the > child to the animal. > > For an Earache: The smoke of tobacco blown into the ear is excellent. > > For a Stye on the Eyelid: Point a gooseberry thorn at it nine times > saying "away away away!" The stye will vanish presently and disappear. > > To Cure Warts: On meeting a funeral, take some of the clay from under > the feet of the men who bear the coffin and apply it to the wart, > wishing strongly at the same time that it may disappear and so it will > be. > > For the Bite of a Mad Dog, for either Man or Beast: Take six ounces of > Rue clean picked and bruised, four ounces of garlick peeled and bruised, > four ounces of Venice treacle, and four ounces of filed pewter, or > scraped tin. Boil these in two wuarts of the best ale, in a pan covered > close over a gentle fire, for the space of an hour, then strain the > ingredients from the liquor. Give eight or nine spoonfuls of it warm to > a man or a woman, three mornings fasting. Eight or nine spoonfuls is > sufficient for the strongest; a lesser quantity to those younger, or of > a weaker constitution, as you may judge of their strength. Ten or > twelve spoonfuls for a horse, or a bullock; three, four, or five to a > sheet, hog, or dog. This must be given within nine days after the bite; > it seldom fails in man or beast. If you can conveniently bind some of > the ingredients on the wound, it will be so much the better. > > For Toothache: Carry in your pocket the two jaw bones of a haddock, for > ever since the miracle of the loaves and fishes these bones are an > infallible remedy against toothache and the older they are the better as > nearer the time of the miracle. > > DID YOU KNOW ...? > > ... that a total of 80 ounces of blood had been drained from him in a > 12-hour period? Actually, George Washington didn't die from the > bloodletting at all, though you'd certainly have thought so after having > 35% of his blood removed. Documentation from the time points to acute > bacterial epiglottitis. This is an infection that causes throat tissue > to swell to the point that the person chokes to death. > > ... that both Washington and Lincoln had smallpox during their lives? > Washington caught it at about the age of 19 or 20, leaving his face > pockmarked. Lincoln was incubating a case of the disease when he gave > the Gettysburg Address in 1863. > > ... that the roughened skin of facial smallpox scars were a common sight > in Revolutionary America? Artists tended to render these blemishes as > rosier-than-normal cheeks in portraits of the time. > > It all makes one wonder just how any of us managed to be born! It also > causes me to appreciate even more the hard times our ancestors had. We > all know I haven't even scratched the surface of this subject here, but > I believe I may have done enough to have given you the same feeling of > appreciate and/or made you curious for more information on the subject. > > It's with this additional appreciation that I say ... > > Family ... it's what we're all about. > > I wish you all a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above > all ... filled with love and inner peace. > > > ) > ( > ) > _.-~~-. > (@\'--'/. Colleen > ('``.__.'`) > `..____.' > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com > >

) ( ( ) Good Morning Family! ( \ .-.,--^--. ( Come on in. . . \* ) \\|`----'| - The coffee pot's on. . . .=|=. \| |// ...and we even have decaf, |~'~| | |/ tea, and hot chocolate! | | \ / _|___|_ ------ (_______) Today's topics include: 1. Welcome to new cousins 2. WHOPBOF site fight 3. bowercommunity.com business 4. Those were the days: medicine 5. Did you know ...? TO OUR NEWEST COUSINS ~~ On behalf of the entire family, I'd like to extend a most hearty welcome to those cousins who came into the family fold this past week. We are very glad to have you with us and hope you'll stay and remain a part of our online family. As soon as you're comfortable with us and the list, please send in your Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur lines so we can all see how we're related to you. We do not have a fancy format for sending in records or queries to the list. Post as many as you wish! If the data has anything to do with Bower[s]/Bauer or Baur ancestors or any of the 81+ variant spellings we research that might help someone, please feel free to post it. Every scrap of information is appreciated. If you haven't visited the homesite of this list yet, you are encouraged to do so. Our home is Bower Community, located at <http://bowercommunity.com>. There, we currently have two sites: The Bower Family Homestead [a.k.a., the Homestead] is our primary homesite and the gathering place for much of our information. It waits to join us all in welcoming you into the family at <http://bowercommunity.com/homestead>. Smaller is our sister site, the Bower Cottage, which houses most of our projects including an online GEDCOM fed by cousins from our research groups. Find the Cottage is at <http://bowercommunity.com/cottage>. WHOPBOF SITE FIGHT Of the numbers of you who wrote in (73, to be exact) only one person didn't believe we should participate in this final round. Since we're a democracy here, :) ... we'll be going into "battle" one more time. As before, I'll keep you updated as to anything new developments that get passed on to me. Since it's going to be another close-to-Christmas round, I'd like to go ahead and use the same display we used last year ~ unless someone else has another idea. I still need to know if anyone knows what I need to do to lay in an HTML hyperlink over an applet. If you happen to have that knowledge, please contact me. BOWERCOMMUNITY.COM BUSINESS Our domain renewal came due yesterday. Our domain ISP has come up with a new deal whereby if I paid an additional $35, we could get 300 megs more of space, for a total of 500 megs. We haven't hit the 200-meg mark yet, but I took the deal simply because I knew we'd use the space in the future. Here's the final bill total: $70 domain renewal with the 300 additional megs $10 extension renewal for .org $10 extension renewal for .net I still had $35 left over from when we started our homesite. So, I used that. We have a $100 credit from having the banner clicked on on the bowercommunity.com front page and a new subscription begun. However, before we can receive that credit, two more people have to click on the banner and start new subscriptions with our ISP. So, if you have friends who are thinking of beginning their own domains, please direct them to our banner. The point of all this is ~ we're good for another year. :) **For our new cousins who joined us since last October: you don't know this because it isn't in the welcome letter. Our homesite, Bower Community, is one that the family voted on to acquire because of problems we'd been having simply trying to access our data from free Web hosts (specifically GeoCities and Crosswinds). The family voted on our name; I had nothing to do with that. Cousins donated funds for us to get this site started. Because our home is a family project, I brought this annual report back to everyone. You should also know that I will NEVER move our home without discussion from the family. Our site has everyone's material and I don't consider it mine to just up and move it anywhere without your knowing about it first. We are, after all, a family ... and we work together as one. THOSE WERE THE DAYS: MEDICINE Before modern medicine ~ those days before antiseptics, anesthesia, and antibiotics, it just wasn't a safe time to live in this world and get sick or be injured. A doctor's education was informal. Most were literate, but some were not. A man who wished to practice medicine didn't need any type of certification. Most had a period of apprenticeship with an established physician, but even this was not a requirement. Physicians in the 18th century had no knowledge of bacteria, germs, or viruses. They had no idea that disease was caused by the spread of bacteria. The result meant the medical profession did not practice the process of sterilization. Theories of medicine at the time were based on the notion that disease was caused by an imbalance in bodily "humors," or fluids. To treat an illness, you either added fluids, or drained them away. Contained in a doctor's little black bag were implements designed to purge, sweat and bleed infected fluids from the body. There were emetics and diuretics, scalpels and leeches. Steaming hot poultices were used to intentionally create infections on scaled skin. The drainy pus that flowed afterward was thought to ooze beneficially. In the 1830's health care included a variety of options, from home nursing and herbal remedies to bleeding and dosing, hydrotherapy, and treatments with static electricity. In addition, purgings and high doses of toxic drugs like calomel constituted treatment for nearly every condition. Bleedings were accomplished using a surgical lancet and a bleeding bowl - usually a little pewter porringer - that was marked off inside with the number of ounces. Since physicians at that time had more in common with a medieval barber than a modern doctor, they were often consulted only after numerous home remedies had been tried. An experienced mother or grandmother could judge a fever or inspect a whitened tongue or bloodshot eye as well as any physician. When the doctor was called upon, he went to the patient's home and prescribed treatment that would be administered there. Families were expected to provide medical care in every sort of ailment from acute fevers to chronic ills such as cancer, tuberculosis, and "dropsy" (a swelling of tissues often caused by kidney or heart disease). Surgery was a last resort because it was often fatal and was always painful. In the 19th century, opiates were used to alleviate pain and quinine was known to be an effective treatment for malaria. However, since surgery was done with no regard for cleanliness, infections like septicemia or gangrene were common. Families called upon a well-understood repertoire of recipes and knowledge, much of it incorporating and preserving a centuries-old tradition of oftentimes botanic, information. Much of this lore was passed on in the form of oral tradition or carefully preserved books of manuscript "receipts" ~ formulas for everything from curing rheumatism and how to dress when tending to the ill (the rustling noise of silk dresses would not do!) to tanning leather and making soap. It is just ten of these "receipts" that I bring you today: For a Stitch in the Side: Rub the part affected with unsalted butter and make the sign of the cross seven times over the place. For Weak Eyes: A deconcoction of the flowers of daisies boiled down is an excellent wash to be used constantly. For Water on the Brain: Cover the head well with wool then place oil skin over and the water will be drawn up out of the head. When the wool is quite saturated the brain will be free and the patient cured. For Consumption (consumption of the 1700's refers to tuberculosis, but in colonial America it encompassed both lung cancer and tuberculosis): Every morning cut up a little turf of fresh earth, and lying down, breath into the hole for a quarter of an hour. For the Mumps: Wrap the child in a blanket,take it to the pigsty, rub the child's head to the back of a pig. The mumps will pass from the child to the animal. For an Earache: The smoke of tobacco blown into the ear is excellent. For a Stye on the Eyelid: Point a gooseberry thorn at it nine times saying "away away away!" The stye will vanish presently and disappear. To Cure Warts: On meeting a funeral, take some of the clay from under the feet of the men who bear the coffin and apply it to the wart, wishing strongly at the same time that it may disappear and so it will be. For the Bite of a Mad Dog, for either Man or Beast: Take six ounces of Rue clean picked and bruised, four ounces of garlick peeled and bruised, four ounces of Venice treacle, and four ounces of filed pewter, or scraped tin. Boil these in two wuarts of the best ale, in a pan covered close over a gentle fire, for the space of an hour, then strain the ingredients from the liquor. Give eight or nine spoonfuls of it warm to a man or a woman, three mornings fasting. Eight or nine spoonfuls is sufficient for the strongest; a lesser quantity to those younger, or of a weaker constitution, as you may judge of their strength. Ten or twelve spoonfuls for a horse, or a bullock; three, four, or five to a sheet, hog, or dog. This must be given within nine days after the bite; it seldom fails in man or beast. If you can conveniently bind some of the ingredients on the wound, it will be so much the better. For Toothache: Carry in your pocket the two jaw bones of a haddock, for ever since the miracle of the loaves and fishes these bones are an infallible remedy against toothache and the older they are the better as nearer the time of the miracle. DID YOU KNOW ...? ... that a total of 80 ounces of blood had been drained from him in a 12-hour period? Actually, George Washington didn't die from the bloodletting at all, though you'd certainly have thought so after having 35% of his blood removed. Documentation from the time points to acute bacterial epiglottitis. This is an infection that causes throat tissue to swell to the point that the person chokes to death. ... that both Washington and Lincoln had smallpox during their lives? Washington caught it at about the age of 19 or 20, leaving his face pockmarked. Lincoln was incubating a case of the disease when he gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863. ... that the roughened skin of facial smallpox scars were a common sight in Revolutionary America? Artists tended to render these blemishes as rosier-than-normal cheeks in portraits of the time. It all makes one wonder just how any of us managed to be born! It also causes me to appreciate even more the hard times our ancestors had. We all know I haven't even scratched the surface of this subject here, but I believe I may have done enough to have given you the same feeling of appreciate and/or made you curious for more information on the subject. It's with this additional appreciation that I say ... Family ... it's what we're all about. I wish you all a week filled with health, productivity, fun, and above all ... filled with love and inner peace. ) ( ) _.-~~-. (@\'--'/. Colleen ('``.__.'`) `..____.'

It's working for me! Thanks! You go girl!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Roberts" <wmrobert@nalu.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 11:36 PM Subject: [BOWER] Re: Ind. Continuum (2) > Sorry Cousins > the real addy is > http://indbow.crosswinds.net/Index.html > this should really work. > Wanda > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage > >

Hope you see the new url. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lita" <lbower@pressenter.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] Re: Indiana Continuum > They all worked fine for me except Indiana Cousin Finder.htm . > > Lita > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wanda Roberts <wmrobert@nalu.net> > To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:14 AM > Subject: [BOWER] Re: Indiana Continuum > > > > Hi Cousins > > Part of the Indiana Continuum is up again at the following addy but it > > still has somethings missing (like most of it) > > http://indbow.crosswinds.net > > Please try it and let me know if there is any problems with what is up > > so far. > > Thank you > > Wanda > > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead > >

Sorry Cousins the real addy is http://indbow.crosswinds.net/Index.html this should really work. Wanda wmrobert@nalu.net

They all worked fine for me except Indiana Cousin Finder.htm . Lita ----- Original Message ----- From: Wanda Roberts <wmrobert@nalu.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:14 AM Subject: [BOWER] Re: Indiana Continuum > Hi Cousins > Part of the Indiana Continuum is up again at the following addy but it > still has somethings missing (like most of it) > http://indbow.crosswinds.net > Please try it and let me know if there is any problems with what is up > so far. > Thank you > Wanda > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > >

Hi Cousins Part of the Indiana Continuum is up again at the following addy but it still has somethings missing (like most of it) http://indbow.crosswinds.net Please try it and let me know if there is any problems with what is up so far. Thank you Wanda wmrobert@nalu.net

Thanks to everyone for your support.I will get it up again but not right now. It is too hard. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Teeter" <walmar35@hotmail.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [BOWER] RE: Indiana Continuum > Hi, Wanda, > I am so sorry to hear about your website; you had done a terrific job on it > and had lots of good information. I have had > lots of trouble with Crosswinds, too and that's why I moved one site off > from there, but still have another one on there and can't get to the file > manager to move it or make changes....very frustrating....I hope you will > try it again when you get time; even though you had a small number of > visitors, you had a good site and it was a great addition to the continuum. > Mary Teeter > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. > >

Wanda, Keep your disk and when you have a chance, check with several friends who have a computer and see if they are able to read the disk. Be sure to check it for viruses. My husband recently had an experience where they thought they lost a week's worth of presentations which they had not backed up on the network drive but had printed out a draft and also had it on a floppy disk. For some reason, the secretary's computer would not read the disk and neither would 2 other computers. They finally found one that was able to access the information. They still have not figured out why this happened. Computers can sometimes act like they have a mind of their own!

Hi Wanda, I'm so sorry. As one of your frequent visitor, I feel terrible for your lost. If you do decide to "rebuild", let me know. I have some of the data I had submitted in electronic form still. Enjoy your vacation! Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wanda Roberts" <wmrobert@nalu.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 10:30 PM Subject: [BOWER] RE: Indiana Continuum > > Hi Cousins > I am sorry to report that my Indiana Bower Continuum page is no longer > up and running. I thought I had backed up all my files but when the > site went down and I tried to reload, there was nothing on my disc. I > don't know how to find things in caches or where any of it could be > hiding, > So until sometime after New Years, unless I find it somehow, it is > gone. > At least I have most of it on hard copy and can retype all of it but > not right. I just can't face it right now. > Just wish I knew why it went down and took everything with it. > Maybe I won't do it at all. In the year and a half it was up, I only > had about 54 visitors, not many for over 400 hrs work. > Oh,well, at least I have a good business and a good family and a > vacation(one week after Christmas)(first in 21 years) and you all. > What more could anyone want?"""""MY WEB PAGES"""" Sorry, didn't mean > to yell. > Have a good life, give much love, receive more love and live for > today. > Wanda > wmrobert@nalu.net > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Bower Cottage, sister site to the Bower Family Homestead, homesites of > the Bower research group -- http://bowercommunity.com/cottage _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi, Wanda, I am so sorry to hear about your website; you had done a terrific job on it and had lots of good information. I have had lots of trouble with Crosswinds, too and that's why I moved one site off from there, but still have another one on there and can't get to the file manager to move it or make changes....very frustrating....I hope you will try it again when you get time; even though you had a small number of visitors, you had a good site and it was a great addition to the continuum. Mary Teeter _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, there's a Bower Bible on ebay. Description is: "Bower Family Bible, Berks Co, Pennsylvania This small Bible contains the family records of one William Bower. The Bible was published in 1883. The family records cover the years of 1834-1907. There are also two other papers here containing family records (some, but not all repeats on info in Bible). Some of the other names include: Theodore Augustus Bower, Kate Bower, and Emma Elizabeth Bower. It seems that William M. Bower b. 1 Dec 1834 married a Mary Weller in 1857? She was born 21 Sep 1836." There are six bidders so far. Current bid is $26.00 (8:40 PDT) and ends tomorrow Monday about 4:00pm PDT. I'll include the URL but it may not work: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1469714010 If not, do a search for "BOWER BIBLE" or search by item number 1469714010 If this belongs to one of our family, then they ought to own this!! I hope someone gets it! Barbara Bower Yorktown, Virginia