Bower Family History
This page is dedicated to the Bower family history.
Bower is my maternal lineage.
Christopher Bower Sr was born about 1785. He was married to Catherine Walters. Their son was Martin Bower.
Martin Bower was born 25 May 1821. He married Marie Emily Huff on 30 December 1841 in Floyd County, VA. Marie was born 8 January 1825.
Martin Bower 1821-1912.
Martin Bower was a Merchant and Farmer. He died on 12 December 1912 in Coal City, WV. He is buried there in the Bower Cemetery. Marie died 14 October 1904, also in Coal City, WV.
John Alexander Bower was born 27 April 1846 in Floyd County, VA. He married Rebecca Fleshman in 1866.
John A Bower and Rebecca Fleshman.
John A Bower was, according to the 1880 US Census record, the manager of the Floyd County Poor Farm. John and Rebecca had a son, John Lemuel Bower.
John L Bower and Effie Bennett.
John Lemuel Bower was born 23 September 1882. He married Effie Leona Bennett on 4 July 1907. Effie was born 17 January 1889.
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John L & Effie Bower with children - 1915 and 1940s
John L & Effie Bower
To John L and Effie were born 6 children. Earl Wetzel, Mary Clyde, Rosa Belle, John William, Charley Noah, and Bess Magdalene.
John L Bower was a farmer and lived in Summers County, WV. He lived to be 2 months shy of 90.
John L Bower in old age.
John L Bower and Robert B Cannon II.
John William Bower was born 1 September 1914.
He worked for the C&O Railroad as a brakeman.
John W Bower as a young man. Colorization of this 1940 photo by John Cannon
John W Bower married Bonnie Pack on 29 April 1944
John W and Bonnie Bower.
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John W and Bonnie Bower.
John and Bonnie had two children. Judith Irene Bower was born 1 January 1946. Rita Karen Bower was born in 1949.
John W Bower in later life.
John died 21 May 1980.
Bonnie in later life.
Bonnie died 18 March 1999.
4 Generations
Judy Bower Cannon, Robert B Cannon II, John W Bower, John L Bower
winter scene from Bower Family farm - Jumping Branch, WV
Bower Family farmhouse - Jumping Branch, WV
Marcellus Cannon will take you back to the Cannon Family History page.
