James M Bower

Brief Life History of James M Bower

When James M Bower was born on 4 March 1847, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Daniel Bower, was 44 and his mother, Mary Sloan Robinson, was 36. He married Emma Laurinda Lowe on 31 December 1879, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Loyalsock Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years and Loyalsock, Clinton Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 October 1939, at the age of 92, and was buried in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

James M Bower
1847–1939
Emma Laurinda Lowe
1856–1922
Marriage: 31 December 1879
James Clayton Bower
1879–1926
Frank Raymond Bower
1883–1918
Charles Clyde Bower
1894–1975

Sources (6)

  • James Bowers in household of Paul Bowers, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James M Bower, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Bower in household of Danl Bower, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

form of the name borne in the New Testament by two of Christ's disciples, James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus. This form comes from Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, Latin form of Greek Iakobos. This is the same name as Old Testament Jacob (Hebrew Yaakov), but for many centuries now they have been thought of in the English-speaking world as two distinct names. In Britain, James is a royal name that from the beginning of the 15th century onwards was associated particularly with the Scottish house of Stewart: James I of Scotland ( 1394–1437 ; ruled 1424–37 ) was a patron of the arts and a noted poet, as well as an energetic ruler. King James VI of Scotland ( 1566–1625 ; reigned 1567–1625 ) succeeded to the throne of England in 1603 . His grandson, James II of England ( 1633–1701 ; reigned 1685–8 ) was a Roman Catholic, deposed in 1688 in favour of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange. From then on he, his son (also called James), and his grandson Charles (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’) made various unsuccessful attempts to recover the English throne. Their supporters were known as Jacobites (from Latin Iacobus), and the name James became for a while particularly associated with Roman Catholicism on the one hand, and Highland opposition to the English government on the other. Nevertheless, it has since become one of the most perennially popular boys' names.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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