Arthur Bower, Rev.

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Rev. Arthur Bower is not in my direct ancestry. He is a son of Paris A. Bower who is related in the following ways: Uncle of James Elgie Beals Son of David Bower and Caroline Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	expect Feb,1900
Marriage			To [[ ]]
Death
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 3     Generation 4                         
                                   
                 
                +--Paris A. Bower
                |   (1853-????)    
+--Arthur Bower +
|  (1900-????)  |                                                                                                          
|               +--Mariah S. Rugh
+               
|  
|
+--Mattie Unknown
                 
                 

Sources:

Children

(2 children with Mattie Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Zoe Bower	F	b.
Zora Bower	F	b.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
by 1900
Jackson Twp., Crawford Co., OH

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1900 United States Federal Census, Oakdale borough, Allegheny Co. PA, enumeration district 464, pg. 7 of Ancestry.com Date of census 5 June 1900. Lines 2-9: Bower, Paris A., white male born Sept 1853, age 46, married 20 yrs., occupation oil well pumper. Rents house. Maria, wife, born June 1856, age 43, married 20 yrs., has had 6 children, all 6 are living. Children: daughter Minta born Sept 1882, age 17; daughter Effie born Mar 1885, age 15; son John born Dec 1887, age 12; son Loy born Nov 1891, age 8; son Arthur born Mar 1890 (sic; expect 1900), age 2 months. Sarah Rugh, mother-in-law, born May 1887, age 67, widow, bore 9 children; 4 living. All and all parents born in PA.
2	1910 United States Federal Census, Crestline Village, Jackson Twp., Crawford Co. Ohio, Enumeration Dist. 28, pg. 12 of 23 on Ancestry.com. Census date: 19 Apr, 1910. Lines 54-57: Arminta Bower (Head), age 27, single, occupation: "own income", owns house free of mortgage. John D. Bower (brother), age 22, single, occupation none, was working 15 Apr 1910, out of work 5 months in 1909. Loy D. Bower (brother), age 18, single, brakeman on railroad, working on 15 Apr 1910 but out of work 8 months in 1909. Arthur Bower (brother), age 10, single, occupation none, in school. All can read, write, & speak English; all and their parents born in PA.
4	Research of Ella May Beals (1917-2009); her father and Arthur Bower were first cousins.	Family Notes on John Bower & Caroline Snyder Descendants
5	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals Walls, 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records, library research, and interviews of community members. Her resources include a book of the Rugh family history.