David F. Bowersox and Margaret A. Swanger

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Husband David F. Bowersox ¹

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           Born: 21 Dec 1849 - Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Bowersox (1825-Aft 1898) 1
         Mother: Mary Frederick (1823-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 11 Mar 1872 - Aaronsburg, Haines Twp, Centre Co, PA 2

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Wife Margaret A. Swanger ²

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           Born: 19 Dec 1852 - Penn Twp, Centre Co, PA 2
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         Father: Philip Swanger (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah Womer (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Sarah Bowersox ²

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2 M John F. D. Bowersox ²

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General Notes: Husband - David F. Bowersox

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The district schools of the time furnished him his elementary instruction. Between the farm and the tannery there was plenty of work for him to do, and forty days of schooling in winter was considered a liberal amount for him. Every opportunity for study was eagerly seized by the bright boy, and as his parents permitted him to sit up late at night he was able to lay the foundation for a good practical education. Throughout his life he was a warm friend of good public schools, his own experience em­phasizing their value.
For twelve years after his marriage, he rented the home farm from his father, and although he then removed to another rented farm he returned later to the old place. In Feb­ruary, 1885, he purchased a farm of twenty acres, going in debt for it, and to this he later added some mountain land, making a fine estate. Under his careful man­agement the farm was greatly improved, the barn was remodeled and some new buildings put up. His extensive veterinary prac­tice began in November, 1872, when the epizootic was prevalent, and his attention being once turned in that direction, his success in treating horses and other live stock was so great as to create a constant call for his services. While he never graduated from a school in which this science was a specialty, he read all the authorities on the subject, and with his wide ex­perience in practical treatment was an author­ity himself.
He and his wife were leading mem­bers of the Lutheran Church, in which he held the office of deacon. He also took an active part in Sunday-school work. Politically he was a Democrat until a constitutional amendment upon the temperance issue was called for, when, having long been a foe to intoxicants, he became a pronounced Pro­hibitionist. While deeply interested in political questions, he was not an office seeker, but served as a judge of elections.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 289.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 290.