Sorry, don't have the info you requested,but will talk to some others I know who are doing research-willkeep a copy of your letter. Peg -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Helvey <nlh@rmci.net> To: IADAVIS-L@rootsweb.com <IADAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 3:19 PM Subject: [IADAVIS-L] John and Margaret Mowery//Brown,Stowers >Hello, > >I am seeking information on the following family: >John Mowery (Mollery/Mowary/Maurer) married Margaret _______ and lived >in Davis CO. Iowa. Their daughter was Martha Mowery who was born ca. >1861 in Davis CO. She died in October 1936 in Perry CO. Illinois. >Martha was married twice: Elsworth Brown and David A. Stowers--she >married him 1885 in Eldon, Iowa. Martha's Brown children were Flora (b. >May 18, 1885 in Davis CO. d. Sept. 27, 1972 in Keosauqua, Iowa. >husbands were Oscar Hootman and Henry McClure), Retta, Edd, and Clarence >Elmer (b. July 21, 1882 d. Feb. 15, 1920. wife was Julia Zachaw). The >Eldon, Iowa area was a place of early settlement as far as I can tell. >In Martha's obituary it says that her father and mother (John and >Margaret) helped to start the Christian Church there. > >Martha's Stowers children were William Albert (b. Oct. 24, 1887 d. May >14, 1907 in Carlin, NV), Mary Ruth (b. Oct. 5, 1893 in Piedmont, MO. d. >Dec. 31, 1995 in Mascoutah, Illinois. her husbands were Cyrus Helvey, >William Witte, Charlie Shepard, Aaron Emanuel, and Guy Batterson), and >Mark ( died in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1970. wife was Pearl______). >Martha and David Stowers spent years in the Lee CO. Iowa area. > >Thanks, >Nancy Helvey > > >==== IADAVIS Mailing List ==== >List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received >when you subscribed. Feel free to contact Yvonne James-Henderson, >list administrator with questions concerning this list! >mailto:hen1@idt.net > > > > > >