Bowers Cemetery
Near Sulphur Springs, Henry County, Indiana

The Bowers Cemetery is located about five miles northwest of the town of Sulphur Springs, IN on the northeast corner of the intersection of county Roads 500 West & 950 North on section twenty-six of Jefferson Township Henry County, IN. It served as the burial place for the Jacob Bowers, Sr. family and their neighbors from 1844 to 1882. This is located on the original farm which Jacob & Susanah (Andes) purchased in 1842.
Most of burials here took place in the 1840's and 1850's, the only ones after 1870 being members of the Bowers family. The later generations of these families are, for the most part, buried in the Miller-Bowers and Painter Cemeteries in Fall Creek Township, Henry County, Indiana.
Susanah (Andes) Bowers - b. 9-6-1794; d.8-10-1873. Wife of Jacob Bowers, Sr. Daughter of Andrew Andes & Barbary Bear.
Jacob Bowers, Sr. - b. 12-6-1794; d. 6-22-1856. Husband of Susanah (Andes). Son of Hennery & Dorothy (Astherline) Bowers
Infant - b. 7-6-1845; d.7-6-1845. Daughter of Andrew & Mary (Shafer) Bowers
Benjamin F.Bowers - b. 3-6-1850; d.8-31-1851. Son of Andrew & Mary (Shafer) Bowers
Andrew Bowers - b.1-15-1817; d.10-16-1882. Husband of Mary (Shafer) Bowers. Son of Jacob & Susanah (Andes) Bowers
Mary (Shafer) Bowers - b.2-26-1815; d.12-26-1864. Wife of Andrew Bowers; Daughter of ?
David S. Bowers - b.1-30-1849; d.2-15-1870. Son of Andrew & Mary (Shafer) Bowers
Sarah M. Bowers - b.2-20-1859; d.2-24-1873. Daughter of Andrew & Mary (Shafer) Bowers
William Bowers - b.2-12-1842; d.9-11-1859. Son of David M. & Sarah (Andes) Bowers
Susannah Bowers - b. 12-17-1837; d. 9-11-1853. Daughter of David M. & Sarah (Andes) Bowers
Mary Ann Bowers - b. 4-28-1845; d.9-3-1846. Daughter of David M. & Sarah (Andes) Bowers
Shem Bowers - b.5-12-1849; d.9-20-1851. Son of David M. & Sarah (Andes) Bowers
David M. Bowers - b.3-17-1812; d.9-8-1859. Husband of Sarah (Andes) Bowers
Submitted by
Bonnie Ater - 5Aug99