Green BOWERS and Sarah (Sally) COOPER had the following children:
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Benjamin2 BOWERS(4) #1724 was born in Orange Co., NC August 9, 1795. Benjamin died BET 1860 AND 1870
in Roane Co., TN. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma,
reference to James Mitchell Bowers family bible; 1820 census Orange Co, NC; 1830, 1850 and 1860 census of Roane Co, TN; History of Roane
County, by Emma Wells, v I, p 141. 1820 census Orange Co, NC: Benjamin Bowers 1m 16-25y 2f 0- 9y 1f 26-44y 1830 census Roane Co, TN:
Benjamin Bowers 2m 0- 4y 2m 5- 9y 1m 30-39y 1f 10-14y 1f 40-49y Not in 1840 census Roane Co, TN. 1850 census Roane Co, TN; 274-680
Benjamin Bowers 56 M NC Polly 73 F NC Marcus S. 23 M 1860 census Roane Co, TN: Roane Co, Tennessee Tax Lists: 1828 - No.
17 Capt. Stephens' Co. 1833 - No. 11 Capt. Davidson's Co., Tenn. River 1838 - Sixth District
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Jesse BOWERS(5) #1725 was born in
Orange Co., NC July 25, 1797. Jesse died after 1860 in Madison Co, AL. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers
Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible. Orange Co, NC Marriage
Bonds. Morgan Co, AL Marriages 1818-1896 by Larry Minter shows marriages: Jesse Bowers to Mary McCutcheon, 23 Sep 1841 (A-405) Jesse Bowers
to Clarissa Smith, 28 Nov 1850 (B-81) Letter of 6 Jan 1995 from Nettie Sue Sparks indicates this is brother to Green Willis Bowers who
settled in Talucah, Morgan Co, Alabama along with several cousins. I have asked her for names of cousins. Green Willis married Elizabeth
Holly in Morgan Co in 1827 and was in Daviess Co, Missouri by 1837. 1820 census Orange Co, NC, p 288: Jesse Bowers 2m 0- 9y 1m 16-25y
1f 16-25y 1830 census Morgan Co, AL, p 193: 1840 census Dale Co, AL, p 020: 1850 census Morgan Co, AL, M432 Roll , p 266, enum. 18 Dec
1850: 382-382 Jesse Bowers 53 M farmer 2000 NC Clarissa 26 F AL Julia 10 F AL Mildred 6 F AL
William 5 M AL Mary 2 F AL Jesse T 1 M AL 1860 census Madison Co, AL, p 063, Madison
Station:
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Cannon BOWERS was born July 30, 1799.
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William BOWERS(6) #1727 was born in
Orange Co., NC August 4, 1801. William died after 1860 in Orange Co., NC. Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen,
Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, referencing James Mitchell Bowers family bible. Orange Co, NC marriage bond.
Not in 1820 and 1830 Federal Census for Orange Co, NC. 1840 Federal Census, Roll 116, Orange Co, NC, South Orange District, p 252 William
Bowers 1m 10-14y 1m 15-19y 1m 30-39y 1f 15-19y 1f 30-39y 1850 Federal Census, Roll 639, Orange Co, NC, First District, p 204, enum. 7 Sep
1850 770-770 William Bowers 49 M Laborer NC could read and write Betsey 50 F NC could read and write Green
23 M Laborer NC could read and write 1860 Federal Census, Roll No. 908, Orange Co, NC, Metansville P. O., p 569, enum. 5 Jul 1860
568-529 William Bowers 56 M Farmer 0 200 NC Elizabeth 57 F NC Green 25 M Farmer NC (age has
been checked) Not in 1870 census for Orange Co, NC. 1870 census for Orange Co has a Green Bowers, age 45, with wife Mary N., 40, daughter
Susan M., 9, and son John C., 7. There are several Orange Co deeds, 1871-1880, where W. G. and Mary N. (or M. N.) Bowers are grantors and
one in 1851 where William G. Bowers is the grantee. I believe this is William Green Bowers, son of William and Elizabeth, whose age should
have been 35 in the 1860 census.
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Green Willis BOWERS(7) #1728 was
born in Orange Co., NC April 5, 1803. Green died March 12, 1849 in Daviess Co, Missouri, at 45 years of age. His
body was interred MAR 1849 in Lickfork Cem, Daviess Co, Missouri. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah,
obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, referencing James Mitchell Bowers family bible; letter of 7 October 1969 from Mabel Bowers
Heather, Hamilton, Missouri, Marilyn, McCluen, Rockwood, Tennessee. Morgan Co, Al Marriages 1818-1896 by Larry Minton.
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Polly D BOWERS(8) #1729 was born in
Orange Co., NC May 21, 1805. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible. Orange Co, NC marriage bond to William Cate, 1820. I suspect that Polly and
William Cates stayed in Orange Co, NC, but have no definite proof. There are no William Cates of the right age in the 1820, 1830 and 1840
Orange Co censuses and no William and/or Mary (Polly) Cates of the right age in the 1850 census. One problem is the number of Williams and
Marys and Pollys. These seem to have been the most popular names among the Cates families of Orange Co. In the 1860 census there are two
Mary Cates, 60, heads of households, each with several children, but both these Marys are five years too old and no hints in the names of
the children. In the 1870 census there are one Polly Cates, 66, and two Mary Cates, both 65. Polly and a Mary are heads of households and
the other Mary is a pauper in the poorhouse. These three are the right ages, but there is nothing to suggest that any are the Mary (Polly)
that we are seeking. There is also a Green Cates, 40, and Mary, 20, in the 1870 census in the same township as Polly and one of the Marys,
who could be the son of our Polly, named after her father Green Bowers. There are no Williams and Marys or Pollys in Alamance Co, which was
formed from Orange Co in 1849.
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Levi M BOWERS(9) #1730 was born in
Orange Co., NC March 4, 1807. Levi died after 1850 in Roane Co., TN. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen,
Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible, and family group sheet by
Barbara Bowers Blake, Oakdale, Tennessee, obtained from LDS Ancestal File.
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Giles BOWERS(10) reference 8
#1721 was born in Orange Co., NC August 17, 1809. Giles died JAN 1860 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. SOURCE: Family group
sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible; LDS
International Genealogical Index; obituary of son Hardin Thomas Thomas Bowers gives name as Gilge Bowers. Missouri 1860 Mortality
Schedule: Bowers, G., Caldwell Co., Mo., Age 53, M, Born NC, died 1860. In 1876 Sarah's 80 acre farm was located in Section 4, New York
Twp, Caldwell Co, MO about six miles SSW of Nettleton. William and Sarah Hawks were nearby with over 300 acres. Giles Bowers is in Roane
Co, TN Tax Lists 1832 and 1834 Capt. Bacon's Company. Giles Bowers not found in 1830 Federal Census for Roane Co, TN. 1840 Federal
Census Caldwell Co, MO, Roll 221 Gomer Twp: Giles Bowers 3m 0-4y 2m 5-9 1m 30-39 1f 20-29 William Hawks (20-29y) and Green Bowers (60-69y)
were adjacent in list. 1850 Federal Census Caldwell Co, MO, Roll 393, page 7: Gilds Bowers 38 m NC Sarah 36 f VA William 17 m TN
Labourer Henry 15 m TN James 14 m MO Charles 12 m MO Jasper 10 m MO Mary 8 f MO Louisa 7 f MO David
6 m MO John 4 m MO Catharine 2 f MO 1860 Federal Census Caldwell Co, MO, Grand River Twp, Roll 610, Page 103: Sarah Bowers 46 f VA
farming $800 $283 M. A. 18 f MO (Mary A.) L. J. 17 f MO (Louisa J.) David 15 m MO Nancy 11 f MO (Nancy Catharine) A. 8 m
MO (Giles Emanuel) Marinda 6 f MO Hardin 5 m MO More than 30 records mentioning Giles Bowers have been found in old Roane Co, Tennessee
records. The first is a list of purchases of yard goods, dye, combs, plates, suspenders, buttons, lead and a saddle blanket from Mr. Nelson
_____ of Philadelphia, Tennessee for a total of $20.10. On 17 Nov the account was credited with $15.94 for cotton, leaving a balance due of
$4.10. The second dated 26 April 1830 is the report of a road jury on which Giles served laying out a road connecting with Paint Rock Road.
Most of the records relate to suits for nonpayment of debts. The last record found was dated 1833.
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ix.
Patsy G BOWERS(11) #1731 was born
in Orange Co., NC January 5, 1811. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible. No further record of Patsy. Maybe she died young in NC.
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Sarah BOWERS(12) #1732 was born
in Orange Co., NC February 16, 1813. Sarah died January 15, 1892 in Caldwell Co., Missouri, at 78 years of age.
Her body was interred JAN 1892 in Pleasant Ridge C, Caldwell Co, Missouri. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen,
Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible; History of Caldwell and
Livingston Counties, Missouri, St. Louis, National Historical Company, 1886, pp 459-461.
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John BOWERS(13) #1733 was born in
Orange Co., NC December 22, 1814. Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible. John was in Roane Co, Tennessee in the 1830s but I don't know what happened to
him. He likely left Roane Co after being charged with gaming in 1838. Notes by sheriff on warrants for his arrest 1838-1840 state that he
could not be found in Roane Co. A petition filed 2 July 1851 by his brother, Benjamin, before Roane Co Circuit Court states that John
Bowers went to Alabama.
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David BOWERS(14) #1734 was born
in Orange Co., NC January 6, 1816. David died September 9, 1902 in Madison Co, AL, at 86 years of age. SOURCE: Family
group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family
bible. Letter and family group record from Maxine Gibson, Hartselle, Alabama, 26 Dec 1994. Morgan Co, AL Marriages 1818-1896 by Larry
Minter: David Bowers to Eliza Hodges 24 Dec 1837 (A-326) David Bowers to Susan Stringer 30 Jan 1846 (A-500) 1840 census Sumter Co, Al, p
020: 1850 census Madison Co, AL, M432 Roll , p 434, enum. 30 Oct 1850: 47-47 David Bowers 33 M farmer NC Susannah 28 F KY
Sarah 10 F AL Edward 4 M AL Nancy M 2 F AL 1860 census Madison Co, AL, p 002, Madison Station:
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Marcus Simeon BOWERS(15) #1735
was born in Orange Co., NC January 23, 1819. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M.
Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, reference to James Mitchell Bowers family bible. Morgan Co, AL Marriages 1818-1896 by Larry Minter: Marcus L.
Bowers to Jane Guyer, 24 Dec 1844 (A-472) I believe this is Marcus Simeon Bowers. He probably went to Alabama in 1838 after failing to
appear in county court to testify for the State against his brothers, Levi and John, on charges of gambling, since in the 1840 census his
brother David was in Sumter Co, AL, and his brother Jesse was in Dale Co, AL. Warrants for Marcus Simeon's arrest in 1839 and 1840 in Roane
Co state that he could not be found in Roane Co. Marcus Simeon is not in Alabama census records for 1840, 1850 and 1860.
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Nancy Jane BOWERS(16) #1736 was
born in Orange Co., NC May 21, 1821. Nancy died October 14, 1891 in Daviess Co, Missouri, at 70 years of age.
Her body was interred OCT 1891 in Lickfork Cem, Daviess Co, Missouri. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden,
UT, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, OK, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible. Her obituary, 14 Oct 1891, Farmers Advocate,
Hamilton, MO states that she moved to Tennessee at about four years of age with her parents, that her mother died in Tennessee and that she
moved to Daviess Co, MO with her father in 1838.
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Richard Haywood BOWERS(17) #1737
was born in Roane Co., TN February 25, 1824. Richard died August 24, 1872 in Missouri, at 48 years of age. SOURCE:
Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah, obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers
family bible; family group sheet by Wilma Bowers Lee, formerly Clearfield, Utah (letter returned).
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James Mitchell BOWERS(18) #1738
was born in Roane Co., TN September 23, 1827. James died February 20, 1905 in Caldwell Co., Missouri, at 77 years of
age. His body was interred FEB 1905 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. SOURCE: Family group sheet by Ada Bowers Olsen, Ogden, Utah,
obtained from Walter M. Bowers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, references James Mitchell Bowers family bible; obituary in The Farmer's Advocate, Hamilton,
Missouri, 23 Feb 1905.
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