Joseph Bowers and Susanna Klingensmith
Husband Joseph Bowers 1
Born: Christened: Died: - Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, PA Buried: - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PAMarriage:
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Highfield ( - ) 2
Other Spouse: Lydia Shull ( - ) 2
Wife Susanna Klingensmith 1
Born: Christened: Died: - Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, PA Buried: - Leechburg, Armstrong Co, PA
Father: John Klingensmith ( - ) 2 Mother: Susan Myers ( - ) 2
Children
1 M Lewis Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Note: He was a soldier for three years in the Civil war.
2 M David Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M John Bowers 2
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Born: 17 Apr 1842 - near Leechburg, Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Fannie Klingensmith ( - ) 3
4 M Henry Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Mahala Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M Joseph Bowers 1 4
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Born: 1846 - near Leechburg, Allegheny Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: 1914 6 Buried: - Rynd Farm Cemetery, Rouseville, Venango Co, PASpouse: Margaret Elizabeth Wanamaker (1851- ) 4 6 7
7 M Peter Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
8 M Frank Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 M Matthew Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M Thomas J. Bowers 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Bowers
He settled in Armstrong County, PA, when only a boy, making his permanent home in Allegheny Township. His father died east of the mountains in Pennsylvania.
He was a plasterer and stonemason, and followed his trade for many years, spending the latter part of his life at farming.
1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 808, 816.
2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 816.
3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 693.
4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 464.
5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 808.
6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 809.
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Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 618.
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