Brief Life History of Reese Bayles
When Reese Bayles Bowers was born about 1825, in Siam, Carter, Tennessee, United States, his father, Rev. Valentine B. Bowers, was 38 and his mother, Abigail G Buck, was 33. He married Mary Polly Johnson on 31 March 1845, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Haw Creek Township, Morgan, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died in September 1863, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States.
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- Ruce Bowers, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rees Bowers, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Reece Bayles Bowers, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1826
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Jackson, Missouri, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bower , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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