When Florence L Shimer was born on 2 November 1855, in Warren Township, Marion, Indiana, United States, her father, Asa N Shimer, was 23 and her mother, Margaret Smart, was 21. She married William Henry Bowser on 13 October 1880, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 8 October 1943, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.