Theresa "Tase" Bower

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Tase Bower is not in my direct ancestry. Shee is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Olive Samantha Bower Daughter of David Bower and Caroline Snyder

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1864	expect Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA
Marriage			To Peter H. Shakley
Death	1933
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4         Generation 5        Generation 6
 
                                      +-- Unknown Bower
                                      |   (????-????)
                  +-- David Bower ----+
                  |   (1825-1866)     |
  Theresa Bower --+                   +-- Unknown
 (1860-66 -????)  |                       (????-????)
                  +-- Caroline Snyder
                      (1831-1905)

Sources:

Children

( apparently 12 children with Peter H. Shakley; six died in infancy)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Ila Shakley	F			To Rex McElhattan	2 daughters: Thelma Jean McIlhattan m. John Wm. Chadman daughter McIlhattan m. unknown Burghdorpher
Frederick Shakley	M			To Genevieve unknown	Child: Glen Shakley
Zeno Shakley	M			To Alwilda unknown	Resided Salem PA 3 children: Lois Shakley m. Joe Fox Carl Shakley m. Constance "Kay" Price Wm. Ellsworth Shakley m. Amy McAllisstor
Willard Shakley	M			To Maggie unknown	Resided Knox PA No children
Von Evelyn Shakley	F			died young, probably in her teens
Laura Shakley	F			To unknown Kagle	Resided Oil City PA Children: 2 sons Kagle
6 children Shakley					Six children died young of diphtheria

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Salem Twp Clarion Co PA	born between 1860 - 1866
Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co PA	resided after marriage

Photo Gallery

Gravestone of Tacy & Peter Bower, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Clarion Co. PA

Gravestone for 6 children of Tacy & Peter Bower, Salem Lutheran Cemetery

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1860 United States Federal Census, Salem Twp., Clarion Co., PA, Page 20, lines 5-9 lists David Bower, 34, married to Caroline Bower, 29. They live with three children: son Paris A. Bower, 7; daughter Laura Bower, 4; and son Arthur Bower, 2. David Bower is a farmer. Everyone was born in PA. Paris A. Bower and Laura Bower attended school within the census year. This census is dated July 4, 1860.
4	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
5	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). Six children of Tase Bower & Pete Shakely died of diphtheria. Other children: Ila Shakely m. Rex McElhattan; daughter "Nookie" & other children; res. at Pete Shakely homestead at Crossroads, between Salem & Nickleville. Fred Shakely m. Genevieve unknown; their children: 1) Glen Shakley m. Elaine unknown (dau. Bonnie Shakley m. Gary Maitlan, has 3 sons); 2) Susan Shakely m. Tim Lippert, 2 sons; 3) Pam Shakely m. John Van Siclen, 1 son. Zeno Shakely m. Alwilda, res. Salem PA, 1 son & 1 dau. Willard Shakely m. Maggie, res. Knox PA, no heirs. Von Evelyn Shakely died while probably in her teens Laura Shakely m. unknown Kagle, res. Oil City PA, 2 sons.
6	Research of Nancy Elizabeth Beals (Walls), 1975-ongoing, in the Venango/Clarion Counties border area, including cemetery inventories, obituary collections, church records and library research, and interviews of community members. Nancy's mother, Sara Sheesley, was a granddaughter of a Weeter family. In a Weeter family history book, Nancy found the Shakley information.
7	Gravestone transcriptions, Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA. Transcribed March 1995 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. SHAKLEY Tacy F. 1864-1933; P. E. 1861-1935 6 INFANT CHILDREN of P.E. & Tacy F. Shakley
8	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.