I am new to genealogy. I don't think this family ties into my line, but I found it, so I thought I would see if anyone else could use the information. This information was in a public file folder in my public library (Clark County, IN), so I cannot speak for how correct it is. The librarian said it was donated to the library by a family member of Henry Bower, Jr. I copied it as it reads, so the comments in the genealogy is from the original author, which was not listed. I don't know any more about the data or the people than what is included below. I hope it helps someone. (By the way, I am researching the line of Joel Bower (Sr and especially Jr.) from Ripley county, IN., so if someone can tie this person to Joel or has other information about Joel Bower, feel free to email me!) Lisa --- information starts here --- I. Henry Bower Jr. was born 1779 in the state of Pennsylvania and died in 1840 in Indiana. He married Margaret Thomas of Rowan County, NC. They went to Indiana with his brother Andrew Bower and sister Catherine "Katy" Bower in 1815. Henry Bower Jr. and Margaret Thomas Bower were the parents of five children. IA. Catherine "Katy" Bower IB. Phoebe Bower IC. Jane Bower ID. Jacob Bower IE. Henry Alex Bower (1822-1909) IA. Catherine "Katy" Bower married Jacob Fisher. They were the parents of: IA1. Henry Fisher IA2. John Fisher IA3. William Fisher IA4. Emma Christine "Tina" Fisher IA5. Mollie Fisher IA6. Phoebe Fisher IB. Phoebe Bower married William Stricker. Their children are: IB1. Henry M. Stricker (1834) IB2. Unnamed infant (1836) IIB3. James M. Stricker (1837) IIB4. William T. Stricker (1839) IIB5. Joseph Stricker (1842) IIB6. Zack Stricker (1848) married Arrie Allhands. IIB7. Sally Stricker married James Charles Carr. IIB8. Samatha Stricker married Robert Hughes. IIB9. Phoebe Catherine Stricker married Silas Giltner. IC. Jane Bower married George Fifer. They were the parents of: IC1. William Fifer IC2. Wimmer "Wim" Fifer ID. Jacob Bower married Minerva Everman. They were the parents of fourteen children. I have no information on the twelve sons. The two daughters are: ID1. Linda Bower married a Mr. Garrison. No further information was available. ID2. Alice Bower married William Smiley. They were the parents of: ID2a. Catherine "Kate" Smiley lived to be 95 years old. ID2b. Bartha Smiley (1883-1971). ID2c. Jacob Smiley was never married. ID2d. Albert Smiley married Lola Austin. ID2e. Clarence Smiley married Margaret Best. They had a son, Frank Best Smiley. Note: Margaret Best was a daughter of Rachel Padgett and Frank Best. Rachel's mother, Mary Bower, was a daughter of Michael Bower and Elizabeth Heiner Bower. Some members of these families lived in Indianapolis, IN. IE. Henry Alex Bower (1822-1909) married Eliza Jane Bower (1824-1906), daughter of Squire John Bower, son of Andrew Bower. They were the parents of: IE1. William Thomas Bower (1843) married Mary A. Perry IE2. Mary Ann Bower (1845-1848) IE3. Minerva Jane Bower (1848) married J. H. Perry IE4. Erasmus Manford Bower (1850) married twice. His first wife was Rebecca Burris; his second wife was Senora Bower, daughter of James and Margaret Bower. IE5. Jacob Andrew Bower (1852-1928) married Georgianna Ogle in 1871. IE6. Phoebe Bower (1855-1931) married Thomas William (Note from Lisa: The last name is typed in as Henry, but then marked out and handwritten in as Stricker, then that name is marked out also.) IE7. Henry Cassie Bower (1857-1860) IE8. Ira Walton Bower was born in 1860 and died four months later. IE9. Alice Almyra Bower (1861) married George Manlove. IE10. Ethel May Bower (1864-1940) married Emory Dickey. IE11. Erminnie Cora Bower (1868-1921) IE5. Jacob Andrew Bower and Georgianna Ogle Bower were the parents of: IE5a. Oscar Bower married Gertrude Burton. They were the parents of Lorenzo, Douglas, and Stanley Bower. IE5b. Claude Otta Bower (1883-1931) married Velta Griffith. They were the parents of Robert, Katherine, and Phillip Bower. The second wife of Claude Otta Bower was Audrey C. Guillion, who died in 1966. Their daughter, Martha Ann Bower, (1921) married J. P. Connor, who died in 1981. IE5c. Ova C. Bower (1883-1962) married Edith Boyer, who died in 1967. They were the parents of Edwin and Mary Bower, who married a Griffin. IE5d. Henry D. Bower (1894) married Fairie A. Baker(1897-1982). They were the parents of: IE5d(1). Dana Louise Bower (1913) married R. Thatcher. IE5d(2). Hilda Ruth Bower (1916) married C. Palmer. They had four children. IE5d(3). Doris Violet Bower (1921) married J. J. Gerald. They had two children. IE5d(4). Wanda Pauline Bower (1924) married D. D. Wilcox. The had five children. IE5d(5). Maudena Jonda Bower (1927) married N. Byme. They had two children. IE5d(6). Warren Henry Bower (1932) married Sue Henshaw. They had a son: IE5d(6)a. Michael W. Bower, who lives at Grennell, ID. Relatives thinks that Henry Alex Bower family went to Johnson County, IN; and in 1849 they moved to Hamilton County, IN, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. In 1850 he built a water-powered sawmill in, or near, the creek near his home, south of Ekin, IN. A few years later he built a water-powered grist-mill. Both mills were the first of their kind in that part of Indiana. After Henry Alex Bower started sawing logs into lumber, the people from miles away brought their logs in to his mill on wagons to have them sawed into lumber from which they built their homes. That was the first lumber in the area. The farmers brought corn and wheat in on horseback from many miles away to have them ground into meal and flour for bread for their food. They were not growing wheat until after he built his mill, and then they started raising wheat; and Henry would grind it into flour for them. Henry Alex Bower was an important man in Indiana. He furnished the people with the first lumber of that area, which made it possible for them to live in a house made from lumber. He also furnished them with fresh meal and flour ground from grain they brought from their farms. There should be a monument built for Henry Alex Bower in Hamilton County, IN. II. Catherine "Katy" Bower married George Fisher. IIA. Margaret Fisher married Brookie Mathews. They were the parents of: IIA(1). Jacob Mathews. IIA(2). Millie Mathews married a Mr. Pope. They were the parents of Herbert Pope. IIA(3). John W. Mathews married Mary Parks. They were the parents of: IIA(3)a. Maggie Mathews married George Bower, son of Silas Bower who was the son of Tobias Bower. IIA(3)b. Katie Mathews married Henry Robinson. They were the parents of: IIA(3)b1. Lavena Robinson married Orie McCormick. IIA(3)b2. Clarence Robinson married Violet Turner IIA(3)b3. Malen Robinson married Oliver Turner. IIA(3)b4. Elsie Robinson married Charles Bressler. IIA(3)b5. Lawrence Robinson married Emma Selmire. IIA(3)c. Stella Mathews married John Milton Vest. They were the parents of Justin West. IIA(3)d. Jessie Mathews married Bina Berry. IIA(3)e. Ira Mathews was never married. IIA(3)f. Arnie Mathews married Grace Monroe who died (1972). They were the parents of Gilbert Mathews who married Elizabeth Garnier and Ruth Mathews who married Robert Cron. They were the parents of Phyllis Cron. IIB. Jacob Fisher son of George Fisher married Catherine "Katie" Bower, daughter of Henry Bower, Jr. They were the parents of: IIB(1). William Fisher married Jane Bonner. They were the parents of Evie and Ola Fisher. IIB(2). Henry Fisher married Nancy Jane Fisher. IIB(3). John Fisher married Ellen J. McLean. Their children were Ira, Elnor, and Alma Fisher. IIB(4). Tina Emma Fisher married Sanford Gross. They were the parents of Mollie, Jane, and Phoebe Gross. IIC. John Fisher (1802-1883) married Elizabeth "Betsy" Fouts. They were the parents of: IIC(1). Allen Fisher (1841-1916). IIC(2). Andrew Martin Fisher (1841-1914) married Louella Taff. They were the parents of Emory Fisher (1893) who died young, and Frank Fisher who married Marguerite Smith. Their son was Frank Martin Fisher. IIC(3). Jacob Fisher (1857-1910) married Sally Hardy. Their children are Orrie, Wert, Eugene, Will, Pearl, and Morris Fisher who married Flora Boles. IIC(4). James L. Fisher never married. IIC(5). Mary C. Fisher (1844-1927) married J. W. Blackford. Their children are Leora, Wilton, Cope, and Hope Blackford who married G. Pink Swan. Their children are Lucille Swan who married John McCullough. Jeannette Swan who married Joe D. Brown, and Lee Swan. IIC(6). William "Will" Fisher married Alice Boles. They had a daughter Jennie who married Jess Pierce. IIC(7). Sarah J. Fisher married Campbell Work Jr. IIC(8). Isabelle A. Fisher. IID. Sarah Fisher married Campbell Work, Sr. They were the parents of nine children. IIE. Isabelle Fisher (1835-1852) IIF. Lydia Fisher married John Hutchings. IIG. Millie Fisher married a Mr. Owenn. IIH. Polly Fisher III. William "Will" Fisher IIJ. Michael Fisher was a soldier in the Civil War 49th Infantry Co. C. IIK. Charles Fisher IIL. Martin Fisher married Rebecca Parks. --- End of information ----