Hi, I'm new to submitting information, but here goes. I found this on a site about Coffey County Kansas. This is his Biographical Sketch, which was in a book called, "History of the State of Kansas" written by William G. Cutler. "S.W. Bowers was born in Pennsylvania in 1828, and lived in his native State seven years, and moved to Clark County, Ohio, and remained in the State thirteen years, and moved to Champaign County, Illinois, and lived there ten years, and moved to Kansas in the spring of 1870 and located in Burlington, and has been engaged in house and sign painting. Mr. Bowers was married in Champaign County, Illinois, in 1854, to Miss Lora Orme, a native of Ohio, and have two children, Charley and Grace. Mr. Bowers was married again in Burlington, in 1872, to Miss Nellie Laughton, a native of Vermont, and have four children, George, Gerty, Glenn and May." I hope this helps someone out there. Denise