More about JONATHAN BOWER:
Fact 1: 1832, Made his will

Children of JONATHAN BOWER and MARTHA ROBISON are:

2. JOEL3 BOWER (JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born 1794 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died April 08, 1866 in Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa. He married SARAH LOBAUGH in Pennsylvania, daughter of ABRAHAM LOBACH and CATHERINE SHULTZ. She was born 1803 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died August 27, 1872 in Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa.

Notes for JOEL BOWER:
Brothers and Sisters of Joel Bower:
Michael Bower
Thomas R. Bower
Jane Bower Meyers
Mary Ann
1846-- Sold farm located 2 1/2 miles west of Petersburg (York Springs), Pa.

More about JOEL BOWER:
Fact 1: 1866, buried at Asbury Township, Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa
Fact 2: 1846, Sold farm near Petersburg, Pa. (York Springs)

Notes for SARAH LOBAUGH:
Brothers and sisters of Sarah Lobaugh:
Elizabeth Lobaugh Ernst
Mary L. Miller
? L. Garrett
Rebecca L. Knoply
Lucy L. Solander
Catherine Lobaugh
Benjamin F. Lobaugh
John Lobaugh

More about SARAH LOBAUGH:
Fact 1: 1872, Buried at Asbury Township, Cemetery, Henry County, IA

Children of JOEL BOWER and SARAH LOBAUGH are:

3. HIRAM LOBAUGH4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born 1825 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Louisiana. He married SUSANNAH GROUP (GRUPE) May 28, 1846, daughter of LUDWICK GRUPE and JULIA ANN. She was born January 26, 1825 in Pennsylvania, and died June 23, 1903 in Russell, Lucas County, Iowa.

More about SUSANNAH GROUP (GRUPE):
Fact 1: Also called Susannah

Children of HIRAM BOWER and SUSANNAH (GRUPE) are:

4. MARTHA JANE4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born 1828 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. She married JAMES KIRKPATRICK December 14, 1856.

Children of MARTHA BOWER and JAMES KIRKPATRICK are:

5. REBECCA4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born 1831 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. She married CALVIN CAREY.

Child of REBECCA BOWER and CALVIN CAREY is:

6. MARY ANN4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born 1832 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died in Henry County, Iowa. She married CORNELIUS W. MORFORD June 15, 1854. He was born about 1834 in Ohio, and died in Henry County, Iowa.

Children of MARY BOWER and CORNELIUS MORFORD are:

7. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born August 17, 1835 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died April 15, 1902 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married RUTH ANN CLINE January 28, 1869 in M.E. Church--Glasgow, Iowa, daughter of WILLIAM CLINE and RACHEL LEONARD. She was born June 21, 1848 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died April 14, 1917 in Glasgow, Iowa.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOWER:
B. F. Bower homesteaded land in Colorado and Federal records show his address as "town of Alamosa, County Costilla, Colorado" 1889. After "proving up" they decided the land wasn't worthwhile and let it go back for taxes.

B. F. married Ruth Ann Cline January 28, 1869, by Rev. Abner Orr, minister of M. E. church. Recorded in Book E, pg. 343, Jefferson County, Iowa.

In the 1879 edition of the History of Jefferson County, Iowa, pg. 528, B. F. Bower is listed as farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 27, P. O. Glasgow; born in Adams County, Pa., in 1836; in 1847, moved to Holmes County, Ohio, and engaged in farming and stock-raising; came to Henry County, Iowa, in 1850; to Jefferson County, in 1869; since been farming and stock-raising. Married Ruth Cline Jan. 28, 1869; she was born in Jefferson County, June 21, 1848; had five children--Delia C., born Feb. 20, 1870; Clinton T., born May 15, 1871, died Jan. 30, 1874; Mary E., born May 18, 1873; John L., born April 5, 1875; Annie M., born Jan. 13, 1877. Owns 640 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Enlisted, in 1861, in Co. G, 11th I.V.I.; mustered out in 1865; was in the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Bolivar, and Atlanta; captured at the battle of Atlanta and held prisoner for seven months; in Andersonville prison two months; at Florence, S. C., five months. Liberal.

In the 1879 edition of the History of Jefferson County, pp. 370-371, the following appears: A PRIMITIVE SCHOOLHOUSE--"TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA HOW TO SHOOT."

When the settlers came to the wilds of the "Forty-Mile Strip," they brought with them that love of education which seems to be a part of every true American; and as early as the spring of 1837, they made arrangements for a school for the summer and winter of that year. There was no schoolhouse, as a matter of course, nor school districts, nor school money. Educational affairs were in chaos--without form or organization--and the pioneer fathers were left to their own resources and management.

A central location, as to the convenience of the neighborhood, was selected out on the Prairie, now included in the farm of B. F. Bower, where a log building was erected for a schoolhouse. Each settler who had children large enough to "go to school," volunteered a certain amount of work toward its erection. It was neither large nor pretentious. There was one window in each side of the structure, and a door in one end. The furniture was of the most primitive kind. The floor was made from puncheons--at least, it was commenced with puncheons, but school "took up" before it was finished. The seats were made of the same kind of stuff, or, may be, from a suitably-sized tree cut in suitable lengths, and then "halved," i.e. split in two. The split sides were dressed down with a broad-ax. Holes were bored near the ends of the rounded sides, with an inch-and-a-half or two-inch auger, and pins driven in for supports. Writing "benches" or desks were made by boring slanting holes in the logs, in which supports or arms were driven, and on which a wide plank or puncheon, with the upper side dressed smooth, was laid, and held in place by a shoulder that was cut on the lower ends of the supports. This completed the furniture, unless, perhaps, an old splint-bottomed chair was added as a seat for the teacher.

The school was attended by about eighteen scholars, and was continued three months. The teacher was not very particular about the kind of books, other than as to the character of their contents; and, even if he had been somewhat imperious and exacting in this regard, it would have been a waste of desire to arrange his scholars in classes to economize time and labor, for there is a probability that the parents had not the means to buy such books as were necessary to the formation of classes. They used such books as they had, teachers, pupils and parents bowing in submission to circumstances and exigencies that surrounded them, and glad to have a school if every individual scholar had a different book. The principal books used in that first school were the English Reader (the best reader ever used in American schools), Daboll's arithmetic, Kirkham's grammar (the author of which fell a victim to intemperance and died in a state of intoxication in a Cincinnati still-house), Olney's geography and Webster's elementary spelling-book; hence, the course of study was orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar and geography.

More about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOWER:
Fact 1: 1889, Homesteaded land in Colorado. Federal records show his address as "town of Alam

Fact 2: County Costilla, Colorado". After "proving up" let land go back for taxes.

Children of BENJAMIN BOWER and RUTH CLINE are:

8. THADDEUS STEVENS4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born September 13, 1837 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died January 19, 1909 in Chariton, Iowa. He married LUCINDA S. BOWERS February 23, 1860.

Children of THADDEUS BOWER and LUCINDA BOWERS are:

9. SARAH4 BOWER (JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born April 23, 1841 in near Petersburg, Pennsylvania, and died April 25, 1917 in Henry County, Iowa. She married BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FENTON, son of JOHN FENTON and MARY STEER. He was born September 10, 1828, and died June 03, 1925 in Henry County, Iowa.

More about SARAH BOWER:
Fact 1: Buried at Friends Cemetery north of Olds, Iowa
More about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FENTON:
Fact 1: Buried at Friends Cemetery north of Olds, Iowa

Children of SARAH BOWER and BENJAMIN FENTON are:

10. REBECCA JANE5 BOWER (HIRAM LOBAUGH4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married JAMES HIRAM HOLDER.

Children of REBECCA BOWER and JAMES HOLDER are:

11. CALVIN CAREY5 BOWER (HIRAM LOBAUGH4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born February 14, 1855 in Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa, and died November 24, 1893 in Russell, Lucas County, Iowa. He married VIRGINIA WEST WALKER February 28, 1886, daughter of JOSEPH WALKER and CHARLOTTE SWANGER. She was born March 19, 1864 in Wright Township, Wayne County, Iowa, and died January 18, 1944 in Baker Nursing Home, Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa.
More about CALVIN CAREY BOWER:
Fact 1: Buried at Russell Cemetery, Russell, Lucas County, Iowa
More about VIRGINIA WEST WALKER:
Fact 1: Buried at Russell Cemetery, Russell, Lucas County, Iowa

Children of CALVIN BOWER and VIRGINIA WALKER are:

12. EMMA5 BOWER (HIRAM LOBAUGH4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married BARZILLA RISSLER.

Notes for EMMA BOWER:
She had 10 children including George and Harry.

Children of EMMA BOWER and BARZILLA RISSLER are:

13. VIVIA5 KIRKPATRICK (MARTHA JANE4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married CHARLES CLEVELAND.

Children of VIVIA KIRKPATRICK and CHARLES CLEVELAND are:

14. CORNELIUS5 MORFORD, JR. (MARY ANN4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) He married ALICE.

Child of CORNELIUS MORFORD and ALICE is:

15. SARAH5 MORFORD (MARY ANN4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married ISAAC GROUP.

Children of SARAH MORFORD and ISAAC GROUP are:

16. NEVADA5 MORFORD (MARY ANN4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born about 1855. She married LESLIE IRVIN.

Children of NEVADA MORFORD and LESLIE IRVIN are:

17. JOHN LEONARD5 BOWER (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born April 05, 1875 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died January 14, 1953 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married MARTHA ANN BILLINGSLEY February 26, 1902 in Hillsboro, Iowa, daughter of ELIJAH BILLINGSLEY and PENINA TURNER. She was born March 07, 1879 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died August 14, 1957 in Glasgow, Iowa.

More about JOHN LEONARD BOWER:
Cause of Death: Stomach cancer
Fact 1: Lived on farm given to him by his parents.
Fact 2: Built house 1906.
Fact 3: Farmer all his life.
Fact 4: Bet. 1902 - 1906, Lived with his mother at family homestead.
Fact 5: Raised livestock and farmed corn, beans, oats, hay.

Children of JOHN BOWER and MARTHA BILLINGSLEY are:

18. CORA BELLE5 BOWER (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born November 29, 1880 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died April 27, 1978 in Fairfield, Iowa. She met WALTER STRONG BILLINGSLEY March 21, 1906 in Bower Homestead--Round Prairie Township, son of SAMUEL BILLINGSLEY and MARY HULSE. He was born January 19, 1877 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died November 14, 1959 in Glasgow, Iowa.

More about WALTER STRONG BILLINGSLEY:
Fact 1: Lived in Montana several years
Fact 2: Then came back to Round Prairie, Iowa and farmed

Children of CORA BOWER and WALTER BILLINGSLEY are:

19. WILLIAM CLARENCE5 BOWER (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born July 30, 1882 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died June 1953 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married EDITH REBECCA BALL, daughter of FRANK BALL. She was born January 13, 1883 in Fairfield, Iowa, and died February 22, 1963 in Fairfield, Iowa.

Children of WILLIAM BOWER and EDITH BALL are:

20. WALTER MARION5 BOWER (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born August 22, 1884 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died May 19, 1955 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married MINNIE E. STEWART. She was born December 02, 1885, and died December 25, 1965 in Glasgow, Iowa.

Children of WALTER BOWER and MINNIE STEWART are:

21. FRANK LESLIE ALLAN5 BOWER (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born January 27, 1887 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died April 05, 1938 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married VERA GRACE BURNETT August 30, 1913 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. She was born April 18, 1893 in New London, Iowa, and died June 20, 1957 in Glasgow, Iowa.

Children of FRANK BOWER and VERA BURNETT are:

22. DELLA5 BOWER (THADDEUS STEVENS4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married (1) JAMES GIBSON. She married (2) WEAVER.

Children of DELLA BOWER and WEAVER are:

23. HOMER CARY5 BOWER (THADDEUS STEVENS4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) He married JESSIE PERSHIN.

Children of HOMER BOWER and JESSIE PERSHIN are:

24. LULU CORA5 BOWER (THADDEUS STEVENS4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married ALONZO WILLIAMS. He was born July 16, 1857.

Child of LULU BOWER and ALONZO WILLIAMS is:

25. NINA5 BOWER (THADDEUS STEVENS4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married EDGAR HECKER. He was born August 12, 1876.

Children of NINA BOWER and EDGAR HECKER are:

26. LISHEY A.5 BOWER (THADDEUS STEVENS4, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born May 03, 1869. He married MINNIE.

Child of LISHEY BOWER and MINNIE is:

27. LAURA5 FENTON (SARAH4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) She married FRANK FOREMAN.

Children of LAURA FENTON and FRANK FOREMAN are:

28. HOWARD5 FENTON (SARAH4 BOWER, JOEL3, JONATHAN2, MICHAEL1) was born April 22, 1869, and died November 11, 1934 in Henry County, Iowa. He married LEILA SIEBERTS. She was born October 10, 1868, and died October 26, 1949 in Henry County, Iowa.

Children of HOWARD FENTON and LEILA SIEBERTS are:

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