-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [BOWERS] ROLL CALL: James C. Bowers Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 09:57:16 -0700 Resent-From: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:57:15 -0500 From: "William R. Hurst" <WRHurst@webtv.net> Reply-To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com To: BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com This is my first posting. Most of the following information is from a couple of cousins. James C. Bowers is my Bowers brick wall. First Generation 1. James C. Bowers b. on 14 Jun 1811, d. 12 Jul 1875, married Rachel Eliza Moody 17 Sep 1838 in Grainger Co. TN. Rachel b. 4 Jan 1812, d. Jan 1867. Both buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hamblen Co. TN. Children: i. William Alexander Bowers b. 12 Aug 1839 in TN, d. 12 Aug 1905. ii. Amelia Jane Bowers b. 20 Aug 1845 in TN, d. 25 Jul 1854. iii. George J. Bowers b. in 1847 in TN, married Mary Edgar. iv. James G. Bowers b. in 1848 in TN. v. Charlotte E. Bowers b. 29 May 1848 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 25 Mar 1924 in Anthony, Harper Co. KS. vi. Samuel Henry Dick Bowers b. on 26 Jul 1852 in TN and d. on 19 Jul 1854. Second Generation (Children) 2. William Alexander Bowers married Margaret Emily Thornhill, daughter of Joseph Thornhill and Mary Gass, on 10 Oct 1861. Margaret b. 1 May 1842, d. 11 Oct 1899 in Hamblen Co. TN. Both buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hamblen Co. TN. Children: i. Elizabeth M. Bowers b. Aug 1862 in TN, married George S. Newman in 1877. George b. 28 Mar 1857 in Talbotts Station, TN, d. in 1934, Knoxville, TN. ii. Franklin W. Bowers b. Jun 1864 in TN, married Edith Derreberry. Edith d. in PA. iii. John T. Bowers b. 13 Jan 1867 in TN, d. 27 Dec 1949 in Jefferson Co. TN, married Alice Jones. Alice b. 1 Apr 1867 in TN, d. on 4 May 1938. iv. Joseph L. Bowers b. 25 Apr 1869, d. 29 Dec 1869. v. Wiley Bowers b. in 1869 in TN, married Andrew J. North on 11 Feb 1891. vi. Anna Lee Bowers b. 4 Nov 1871 in Hamblen Co. TN, d. 16 Mar 1965 in Morristown, TN, married William Brownlow Spoone, son of Peter Anderson Spoon and Delila Elizabeth Underwood, on 1 Feb 1897. William b. 25 Jan 1865 in Hamblen Co. TN, d. 27 May 1934 in Hamblen Co. TN. vii. Sidney A. Bowers b. 1874 in TN, d. 13 Dec 1960 in Washington Co. TN, married Louisa J. Moore in 1897. Louisa b. 27 Mar 1877 in TN, d. 4 Dec 1959. viii. Jane Bowers married ? Hickey. ix. Lou T. Bowers b. 15 Aug 1876, d. 27 Dec 1880. x. James H. Bowers was born in Jul 1879 in TN. xi. Zuella Bowers b. 27 Sep 1881 in TN, d. 7 Mar 1969 in Hamblen Co. TN, married James Walter Hickey. James b. 5 Aug 1881 in TN, d. 1 Apr 1960 in Hamblen Co. TN. xii. Nell Crocket Bowers b. 19 Mar 1884 in Alpha, Hamblen Co. TN, d. 12 Dec 1920 in Jefferson Co. TN, married James Walter Hill on 4 Aug 1907. James b. 12 Dec 1882 in Talbott, TN, d. 26 Mar 1951 in Jefferson Co. TN. xiii. Tip Richard Bowers b. Sep 1886 in TN, married Stella Swafford. Stella Swafford d. Mar 1969 in Johnson City, TN. 3. James G. Bowers b. 1848 in TN, married Mary ?. Children: i. Henrietta Bowers was born in 1873. ii. Edward Bowers b. 1874. iii. Birdie Bowers b. 1877. iv. Margaret C. Bowers b. 1879. 4. Charlotte E. Bowers b. 29 May 1848 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 25 Mar 1924 in Anthony, Harper Co. KS, married Daniel Paten Gass, son of Samuel Greenbury Madison Gass and Basney Bailey, on 27 Feb 1866, in Jefferson Co. TN. Daniel b. 27 Mar 1847 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 22 Nov 1932 in Tacoma, Pierce Co. WA. Children: i. Maggie Lu Gass b. 11 Nov 1866 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 10 Oct 1962 in Anthony, Harper Co. KS, married Frederick Doyal Gass. Frederick b. 1858 in TN. ii. George Arthur Gass b. 11 May 1868 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 22 Feb 1922 in Anthony, Harper Co. KS, married Ada Mae Seth on 1 Sep 1897. iii. Daniel William Gass b. 1869 in Jefferson Co. TN. iv. Mary Lou Gass b. Jefferson Co. TN. v. Joannah A. Gass b. 11 Dec 1871 in Jefferson Co. TN, 15 May 1952 in Helena, Alfalfa Co. OK, married John Zimmerman on 25 May 1896. vi. Martha Lee Gass b. 15 Aug 1873 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 4 Sep 1963 in Helena, Alfalfa Co. OK, married Harry B. Robertson in 1949. vii. Jennie Roe Gass b. 28 Sep 1875 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 12 Mar 1970 in Wakita, Grant Co. OK, married Joseph Flinn on 8 May 1898. viii. Hugh Cox Gass b. 1 Nov 1877 in Jefferson Co. TN, d. 26 Nov 1965 in Hutchinson, Reno Co. KS, married Sarah Alice Willows on 30 Apr 1898. Hugh next married Neva Hollowell. ==== BOWERS Mailing List ==== Please do not send messages with attachments, HTML, MIME, or any other enhanced text to the list. RootsWeb does not allow messages with those settings through their servers and will only return them to you. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237