C. Morris Showers and Savilla Walter

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Husband C. Morris Showers ¹

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           Born: 25 Sep 1854 - Centerville, Snyder Co, PA 2
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         Father: George W. Showers (1831-1878) 1
         Mother: Mary Yerger (1830-1868) 2

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       Marriage: 24 Feb 1881 2

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Wife Savilla Walter ²

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            AKA: Sevilla Walter 3
           Born: 11 Jul 1860 - Limestone Twp, Union Co, PA 2
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         Father: Valentine Walter (1834-Aft 1898) 4
         Mother: Susannah Shaffer (1832-      ) 5

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Children

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1 M John C. Showers ²

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2 M Ralph W. Showers ²

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General Notes: Husband - C. Morris Showers

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After availing himself of the somewhat limited privileges of the local schools, he entered Freeburg Academy in 1871, and pursued his studies there for three months. When but thirteen years old he began clerking for Walter & Hartman, general merchants of Centerville, Pennsylvania, his salary being only seventy-five dollars per year, without board. His school days ended in 1871, and he resumed clerking, which he had followed irregularly during boyhood. For some years he was employed by Walter & Hartman, by Walter & Showers, the firm of which his father was a member, and by Simonton & Showers, and in 1880 he became a partner of Valentine Walter, in the same establishment. In 1882 he became the sole owner of the store, but in 1890 was joined by his brother-in-law, James M. Miller, as a partner. The death of the latter in 1892 caused Mr. Showers to become the sole proprietor again, and he thereafter continued the business alone. He bought and sold produce, and carried a large stock of merchandise, being the leader in his line in the locality.
He and his wife were both active members of the Lutheran Church, in which he held the office of deacon. In politics he adhered in general to the principles of the Democratic party. He was not an office-seeker, did serve as a member of the school board. Socially, he was a member of the Masonic order at Selinsgrove.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1050.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1051.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1128.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 885, 899, 1127.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 899, 1127.