Mary, I saw your response to Marilyn and I am wondering if you know who your Thomas's father was or if your Thomas had any brothers or sisters. My gggrandfather Joel Bower was born in 1794 in York Co. but now it would be Adams Co., Pa. Joel had a brother Thomas, a brother Michael, a sister Mary Ann and a sister Jane who married Moses Myers. Their father was Jonathan whose wife was Martha. I really don't know anything about Joel's sisters and brothers. The birth date of 1808 for Thomas would fit well with Joel's 1794. In Jonathan's will Thomas has a middle initial of R. I too am probably grasping at straws. Let me know if we have a match or not. Thanks! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary L. Moore <emlou@rainbowtel.net> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn Shields <AuntieM7@ameritech.net> > To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > > > > > > > Hello Bower Researchers - > > > > I just found another bit of information > > on the g-g-grandmother I've had so > > little success researching. > > > > She is Laura Bowers. (Anna Laura) > > She was born in Indiana about > > 1870. She married George Maddox > > in Delaware County, IN in 1892.On a > > recent court document I obtained, I have > > learned that her father's name is Thomas > > Bowers I still don't have her mother's > > name. > > > > Are any of you Indiana researchers > > working on a line that includes a > > Thomas born about 1850? > > > > ANY help would be appreciated. > > I have tried all the typical avenues > > for research and they haven't produced > > anything so far. > > > > Marilyn Shields > > > > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > > To post messages to the Bower discussion list, send them to > > BOWER-L@rootsweb.com > > Marilyn, maybe we can connect! I had given up all hope of finding Bower > relatives. > My Bower family was in Washington Cty, Ind in 1860 census. John W. Bower was > born in Berks Cty, PA ca 1830, married in Ind. on March 22, 1868 to Ann > Gorman. His father was Thomas b. ca 1808. on the 1860 census children listed > are Henry, Mary C. James, Elizabeth, and Homer (?) age 12, By 1870 census, > John's father is evidently dead as he and his wife and small child live next > residence from his Mother. If there were other children or grandchildren > (your Thomas?) it could have been from a brother of my John who moved > north? > Or am I grasping at straws again? > Mary Lou-KS > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > The Bower Family Homestead, homesite of the Bower mailing list -- > http://bowercommunity.com/homestead

----- Original Message ----- From: dkschmid <dkschmid@wcnet.org> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > Mary, > I saw your response to Marilyn and I am wondering if you know who your > Thomas's father was or if your Thomas had any brothers or sisters. My > gggrandfather Joel Bower was born in 1794 in York Co. but now it would be > Adams Co., Pa. Joel had a brother Thomas, a brother Michael, a sister Mary > Ann and a sister Jane who married Moses Myers. Their father was Jonathan > whose wife was Martha. I really don't know anything about Joel's sisters > and brothers. The birth date of 1808 for Thomas would fit well with Joel's > 1794. In Jonathan's will Thomas has a middle initial of R. > > I too am probably grasping at straws. Let me know if we have a match or > not. Thanks! > > Donna > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mary L. Moore <emlou@rainbowtel.net> > To Hi Donna: I haven't worked on this line for some time. When I had my other program, I subscribed to I think Ancestry or something similar and found Thomas on World Family Tree # 869, but I could never access where the information came from or who it came from. Since this was a g-grandfather and family was so poor not much of a paper trail to follow, I let it drop with what I could find on census reports. If this Thomas is truly my line, he married in Indiana, but John W. and Henry were both born in PA; so assume there was family both places? Sorry can't be of more help Mary Lou-KS

Keep in mind that the south part of Adams Co. at that time was considered to be a part of MD! We spent a lot of energy looking in PA records for folks who's every move was in the records in Frederick Co., MD. Gil mailto:gilcarrick@home.com web page: http://www.members.home.net/gilcarrick/ Gil Carrick, 1012 Portofino Dr., Arlington, TX, 76012 > -----Original Message----- > From: dkschmid [mailto:dkschmid@wcnet.org] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:40 PM > To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BOWER] SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE > > > Mary, > I saw your response to Marilyn and I am wondering if you know > who your Thomas's father was or if your Thomas had any > brothers or sisters. My gggrandfather Joel Bower was born in > 1794 in York Co. but now it would be Adams Co., Pa. Joel had > a brother Thomas, a brother Michael, a sister Mary Ann and a > sister Jane who married Moses Myers. Their father was > Jonathan whose wife was Martha. I really don't know anything > about Joel's sisters and brothers. The birth date of 1808 > for Thomas would fit well with Joel's 1794. In Jonathan's > will Thomas has a middle initial of R. > > I too am probably grasping at straws. Let me know if we have > a match or > not. Thanks! ...