Brenda advises that anyone believing they connect to this Bowers line should directly contact two individuals for whom she has the addresses.

1. JOHANN ADAM BOWER, born 1725, Rotterdam, Holland. Johann and wife [__?__] and their son Jacob sailed from Rotterdam in 1751 on the ship Phoenix headed by Captain Spurrier. They landed in Baltimore, Maryland. Johann purchased a quarter section of land in Washington County, Maryland near the town of Leitersburg. Their son,

2. JACOB BOWER, moved his family near Osnaburg [now East Canton], Ohio in 1804. His son,

3. JOHN BOWER, born 1770 in Leitersburg, Maryland, lived on a farm in Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio and is buried in Osnaburg. John had several children when he moved to Ohio, one of them being

4. MATHIAS BOWER, born 1790 in Leitersburg, Maryland; moved to Ohio with his father in 1804 at the age of 14. One of his sons was,

5. WILLIAM BOWER, born 1812 at Osnaburg, Ohio. He married Sarah Jane Grogg. They moved to Hartsville, Ohio about 1831 and from there to New Stark, Ohio in 1859. Their son,

6. ADAM MONROE BOWERS, was the first of this line to add an 's' to the Bower name. Adam was born 1832 in Hartsville, Ohio.

Adam, pictured above, married Catherine Kauffman [1832-1881], the daughter of Peter [who was the son of Peter Kauffman and Mary Pontius] and Catherine Kauffman of Uniontown, Ohio. Adam moved his family to Dunkirk, Ohio in 1856. He and Catherine had eleven children, five of which died in infancy. The six who survived were Marion Franklin, Esther, David Monroe, James Edward, Darius Mervin, and Alice Jane. Their son,

7. JAMES EDWARD BOWERS, was born 1866 and died 1923. He married Effie Ann Gilbert [1868-1947]. Their son,

8. JAMES KAUFFMAN BOWERS, was born 21 June 1904 in New Stark, Hancock County, Ohio. He died in Illinois October, 1978. James married Ruth Irene Lorenson on 6 October 1924 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio with Reverend E.S. Smith officiating. James was an engineer at Koppers Company.