Brief Life History of Horace Greeley
When Horace Greeley Bowers was born in 1906, in Warren, Iowa, United States, his father, Horace Greeley Bowers, was 31 and his mother, Minnie Mae Wilkerson, was 35. He had at least 1 daughter. He lived in Palmyra, Warren, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Swan, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died in 1951, in Swan Township, Marion, Iowa, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Swan Township, Marion, Iowa, United States.
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- Horrace G Bowers in household of Joseph A Morris, "United States Census, 1920"
- Horace Greeley Bowers, "Find A Grave Index"
- H G Bowers in entry for Helen Kathleen Bowers, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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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