My Bower line is as follows 1. John Ludwig Bower Sr. and his first wife Born Nov 1763 in Lancaster Co PA., Died dec 1851 in Ohio 2. Bower - female 2. Daniel Bower 2. Jacob Bower -married Nancy Ash Dec 1807 in KY (born Sep 26, 1786 Lancaster Co. PA- Died April 26 1874 in Macon Co IL) (all Jacob¹s and Nancy¹s children were born in KY) 3. James Bower - Elizabeth Carrico 3. Elizabeth Bower - John Humphrey (born 1809) 3. John Russell Bower - Olevia Shuey, Sarah Elizabeth Clark (born Oct 10, 1810) 3. William Bell Bower - Nancy Armstrong (born May 24, 1812) 3. Rachel Worden Bower - Samuel Chenoweth (born June 27, 1815) 3. Samuel Bower - Mary Selby 3. Nancy Ann Bower-Willis Barrow 3. Jane Bower - Samuel Truesdale 3. Willis Dudley Bower - Sarah Jane Carrico (sister of Elizabeth) (born April 23, 1823) all children born in IL 4. Laura Bower - Samuel Barrett (1850-1930) 4. Jay G.Bower - Caroline May Shotwell (1851-1921) 4. Elizabeth Bower - William Cooper (!855-1907) 4. Perry Bower - Margaret Fitzgerald (1857-1918) 4. Mary Bower -Clinton Campbell (1860-1922) 4. Fanny Bower - Henry Bartn Plew (1865-1955) 4. William Alvin- Grace Mabel Griffith (1870-1935) my grandparents 3. Eliza V. Bower - Rholdophus P. Shanklin (born 1824) 3. Martha Edith Bower - Joseph T. Stearns (born 1827) Second wife 1. John Ludwig Bower - Christiana Freece married in July 1793 in PA 2. Mary Bower (born 1796 in PA) 2. John Ludwig Bower - Elizabeth Root (born 1800 in KY) 2. Sarah Bower - (born 1802 in KY) 2. Rachel Bower (born 1807 in KY) 2. Nancy Bower - Jacob Arnold (born Sep 2, 1809 in Ohio) 2. Elizabeth Bower (aka- Betsy) (born 1810 in Ohio) 2. Henry Bower (born May 16, 1815 in Ohio)