Husband John Bowers 1
Born: 17 Apr 1842 - near Leechburg, Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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Father: Joseph Bowers ( - ) 2
Mother: Susanna Klingensmith ( - ) 2
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Wife Fannie Klingensmith 3
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Father: Henry Klingensmith (Abt 1809-1881) 3
Mother: Elizabeth Heckman (Abt 1810-1860) 3
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1 M Bradley E. Bowers 4
Born: 26 Oct 1871 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
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Spouse: Donna A. Minium ( - ) 6
2 F Clara Bowers 1
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3 F Carrie Bowers 1
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4 M Frank H. Bowers 1
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5 M John Bowers 1
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6 F Anna Pearl Bowers 1
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7 M Charles O. Bowers 1
Born: Abt 1888
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Spouse: Cleva Ellis (1892-1977)
Marr: 8 Oct 1912 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 7
General Notes: Husband - John Bowers
He was born near Leechburg, Allegheny township, Armstrong County, PA, and was reared in that section. He had the ordinary advantages for education obtainable in the locality, and his practical training was in the line of agriculture, which he followed until moving to Rouseville, Venango County, in the spring of 1865. There he found employment at the oil wells. In the spring of 1866 he returned to Allegheny Township, where he remained until the fall of 1868, when he came back to Rouseville and resumed work at the oil wells. From 1892 to 1902 he had a dairy route to Oil City, giving his principal attention to that business until he and his sons bought forty-seven acres of land in Cornplanter Township and undertook the production of oil. They prosecuted the development work vigorously and profitably, until they had fifty-eight producing wells. He had his wife and sons Bradley E. and F. H. in partnership with him, and the sons later handled the business almost entirely, he having withdrawn from most of his active obligations. About 1907 he removed from his home in Cornplanter Township to the borough of Rouseville, where he thereafter resided. He was well and favorably known among all his old-time associates, having made his own way in the world by the most commendable methods, thoroughly consistent with his reputation for integrity and honorable dealings. His ventures in oil yielded well, and he enjoyed his leisure years in the comfort of an ample competence. He and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church. [CAB, 816]