The Holton Weekly Signal Jackson County Wednesday June 11, 1890 Death of Alfred Bowser. Alfred BOWSER, one of the earliest settlers of Jackson county, died at his home on Banner Creek, on Monday, June 9, and was interred in the Holton cemetery yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bowser pre-empted the land upon which he died. He was a good neighbor and an honorable citizen and reared a large family of children. He was sixty-three years of age.