I have several miscellaneous records of Bower's and variants from Missouri. These were all taken from records available on-line. Barbara Bower Yorktown, VA 1850 Atchison County, Missouri Federal Census NOTE: The only surname variant in the Surname Index was Bowen. Not all pages are up, but the indexed page for Bowen was, so I copied it here. Page 300, Household 259, Bowen, S. G. 20 yrs old, born Virginia ***************************************************** CAPE GIRARDEAU CO. MISSOURI 1890 SPECIAL ENUMERATION-VETERANS CENSUS - National Archives Microfilm No. M123-28 Bauer, Henry, 2nd Independent Mtd. Inf Henry Bowers, No Unit Given ******************************************************* 1850 CARROLL COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS NOTE: The all name surname index is up, but there are no Bower variations listed. ************************************************** 1850 CHARITON COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS 191B 22 Bowers George 31 NY 232A 17 Bowers James 29 Tenn. 232A 18 Bowers Julia 33 VA 191B 23 Bowers Mary 17 VA 230A 42 Bowersmith Artemace 3 MO 230B 1 Bowersmith Edwin 1 MO 230A 41 Bowersmith Emeline 33 KY 230A 40 Bowersmith Levi 28 OH *************************************************** 1850 GRUNDY COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS No Bower variation surnames listed in all surname index. *************************************************** 1850 HOLT COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS Page 233, Household 603, COCKS JAMES age 33 Male FARMER born SC COCKS EVY age 30 Female born MO BOWER CATHARENE age 16 Female born MO ***************************************************** 1840 JOHNSON COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS: No Bauer/Bower or Bowers listed. *************************************************** 1850 LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSOURI FEDERAL CENSUS page 307B LN HH FM NAME AGE SEX OCC VALUE BIRTHPLACE 7 539 543 BOWERS Mary 59 F 1,000 DELAWARE 8 539 543 BOWERS John 33 M Farmer OHIO 9 539 543 BOWERS Caroline 25 F OHIO 10 539 543 BOWERS George 23 M Farmer OHIO 11 539 543 BOWERS Margaret 18 F OHIO 12 540 544 BOWERS William 25 M Farmer OHIO 13 540 544 BOWERS Sarah 21 F VA 14 540 544 BOWERS Winfield 3 M MO *******************************************************