Dr. William Alexander Bowser and Nancy Eleanor Brandon

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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
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Nov 1865 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Mathias Bowser (1773-1830/1832) 4 5
         Mother: Christianna Loy (1787-1855) 5

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Ann McDowell (      -1848) 6 - 3 Apr 1845 6

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Wife Nancy Eleanor Brandon ^{1 7}

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           Born:  - Pine Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: Nov 1905 7
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Brandon (      -Bef 1888) 8
         Mother: Nancy McDowell (      -      ) 9

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Children

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1 F Mary Bowser ^{1 7}

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           Born: Apr 1852 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William English (      -      ) 7

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2 M Heber B. Bowser ^{1 10}

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           Born: 16 Nov 1853 or 1854 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1895 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary M. Mason (      -      ) 11

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3 F Nancy Ellen Bowser ⁷

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            AKA: Ella Bowser 1
           Born: May 1858 7
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           Died: Sep 1886 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David A. Moore (      -      ) 1 7

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4 F Alice Bowser ^{1 7}

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           Born: Jul 1864 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: David A. Moore (      -      ) 1 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 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 938, 1011.

9 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 938.

10 Addison B. Bowser, A.M, The Bowser Family History (Chicago, IL: Excelsior Printing Co., 1922), Pg 133, 135.

11 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 656, 678.