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Arthur Irwin Bower was Pastor of the M. E. Church of Franklin, Venango Co. PA.

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 3      Generation 4        Generation 5     
 
                                   
                                   
                                    +--David Bower]]
                                    |  (1825-1866)             
                 +--Paris A. Bower--+               
                 |  (1853-????) 
                 |                  +--Caroline Snyder]]
                 |                     (1831-1905)
+--Arthur Bower--+                        
|  (1900-????)   |
|                |                  +--Unknown Rugh
|                |                  |
+                +--Maria S. Rugh---+
|                   (1856-????)     |
|                                   +--Sara Unknown
|
+-- Martha
    (????-????)

Sources: ^[1][2][3]

Children

(Children with Martha "Mattie )

Places of Residence

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 (sic), 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 on 15 Apr 1910, but 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.
3	Cemetery Association Record, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, transcribed Sept. 1991 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Records included: Siblings of David Bower, 1826-1856. Caroline Snyder, 1881-1909, wife of David Bower Their children: Paris Bower (m. Maria Rugh); Theresa "Tacy" Bower (m. Peter Sheakley); Olive Bower (m. James Beals); Irvin Bower; Laura Bower (m. [unknown] Tyler).	transcription
4	Research Manuscript of Ella May Beals (Wilson) researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of her siblings Robert Beals and Bertha Beals (Chambers), and of her aunt Mary P. Kline (Fillgrove). .
6	Obituary of Carolyn Snyder Bower submitted by Nancy Beals Walls 2008, clipping without date or news source, expect 1905. Carolyn Snyder died "Saturday" at the home of granddaughter Arminta Bower of Oakdale. Age 76, born in Venango Co.; married David Bower in 1857. "He was killed during the war, leaving her with 5 small children." Member Evangelical Lutheran church of Lamartine PA. Survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Jane Tyler of Oil City & Mrs. P. H. Shakely of Knox; 1 son Arthur Bower of Crestline OH; 5 grandchildren, Arminta, Effie, John D., L. E., & Arthur Bower of Oakdale.
7	E W W]]. Bowers, Dr. John N., died at his home at Westfield NY. Deceased was a brother of Rev. Arthur C.(sic) Bowers, formerly pastor of the M. E. Church, this city.

Source notes

• Source 3, Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association: the listing of "Irvin Bower" refers to Arthur Irwin Bower, son of Paris Bower. The fact that the community knew him as "Irvin" suggests he went by his middle name. The names Irwin and Irvin were often pronounced alike in that era, whether given names or surnames.

Conjecture

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