Dr. William Alexander Bowser and Ann McDowell

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Husband Dr. William Alexander Bowser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1816 or 22 Feb 1822 - Armstrong Co, PA 3
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           Died: 29 Nov 1865 3
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         Father: Mathias Bowser (1773-1830/1832) 4 5
         Mother: Christianna Loy (1787-1855) 5

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       Marriage: 3 Apr 1845 6

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Eleanor Brandon (      -1905) 1 7

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Wife Ann McDowell ⁶

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            AKA: Anna MacDowell 8
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           Died: 21 May 1848 8
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Children

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1 F Emma Margaret Bowser ^{1 8}

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           Born: 23 Apr 1846 8
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           Died: Aft 1922
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         Spouse: Samuel Frampton Shields (1840-1919) 9 10

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2 F Christianna Loy Bowser ⁷

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            AKA: Anna Bowser 1
           Born: 17 May 1848 7
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         Spouse: James Montgomery Clugh (1843-1920) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. William Alexander Bowser

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Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA

He became an early resident of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Princeton, New Jersey, and Jefferson Medical College, and practiced medicine for many years. He was a strong Abolitionist, one of the first advocates of Republicanism in Clarion County, and was for many years an elder in the Lutheran Church.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 655.

2 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 133.

3 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 133, 134.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 374.

5 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 132.

6 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 26.

7 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 135.

8 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 134.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1463.

10 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63.