Andrew BOWERS (Jr.) (1791-1849)

Katherine HOWETH (1800-1841)

Thomas MAJORS (1810/1811-After 1884)

Phebe LEFFEW (1811/1815-1870/1871)

John BOWERS (1837-1884)

Mary MAJORS (Abt 1839-Abt 1872)

Susan Adeline BOWERS (1859-1926)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Simpson SLOAN Helen Arizona SLOAN Charles Murphy SLOAN 2. Louis Andrew CAMPBELL Infant CAMPBELL Bessie Lelia CAMPBELL Jimmie Jack CAMPBELL Nellie Edna CAMPBELL Susan Adeline BOWERS 2 Born: 13 Oct 1859, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 2 Marriage (1): Simpson SLOAN in 1876 in Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas 1 Marriage (2): Louis Andrew CAMPBELL about 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma) 2 Died: 9 Feb 1926, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona 2 Buried: Double Butte Cemetery (unmarked), Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona 2   Research Notes: Polk McAlvain Diary has date of birth as 15 Oct 1859. 3   Noted events in her life were: 1. Census: 1860, Grainger County, Tennessee. 4 Household of John Bowers: Susan Bowers, 1, F, TN 2. Census: 1870, Grainger County, Tennessee. 5 Household of John Bowers: Bowers, Susan, 10, F, W, Attended School, Illit Susan married Simpson SLOAN in 1876 in Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas.6 (Simpson SLOAN was born in Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas 6 and died in 1890 in Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas 6.) Susan next married Louis Andrew CAMPBELL about 1891 in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Wilburton, Latimer County, Oklahoma).2 (Louis Andrew CAMPBELL was born on 22 Jan 1865 in Lebanon, Leclede County, Missouri 2 and died about 1937 in Superior, Pinal County, Arizona 2.)

1 Family Records of George G. Johnston, (Information from Edna McVeigh nee Sloan, granddaughter of Susan Adeline Bowers). George G. Johnston, son of George Goold Johnston and Ola Pearl Bowers, belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Motivated by love of family and the teachings of their church, George, who passed away in 2005, and his wife, Lela, who passed away in 2001, spent much of their life together researching their families. This included not only research at the Family History Libraries in Mesa, AZ and Salt Lake City, UT, but also genealogy trips to interview other Bowers and Anderson descendants and to find the burial places of our Bowers and Anderson ancestors, as well as extensive correspondence with other descendants. George and Lela not only researched the past, but also kept up with the marriages, births and deaths of the current descendants of John DeWitt Bowers and Tilitha Ann Anderson. Our family is indebted to them.

2 Family Records of George G. Johnston, (Information from Nellie Edna Herron nee Campbell, daughter of Susan Adeline Bowers).

3 "Daybook of Polk McAlvain." Polk McAlvain was Louisa Matilda Bowers' Choctaw husband. The original daybook passed from Florence Thomas nee McAlvain, daughter of Polk and Louisa, to her daughter, Lucille Blackard nee Thomas, in 1990. George G. Johnston has viewed the daybook and taken notes and photographs of it. The author has a copy of his notes.

4 1860 Census, Grainger County, Tennessee, FHL Film No. 805,250, Page 521 (Districts 13 & 14, Dwelling 1667, Family 1667).

5 1870 Census, Grainger County, Tennessee, FHL Film No. 553,029, Page 132 (12th District, Clear Spring P. O., Dwelling 13, Family 13).

6 Family Records of George G. Johnston, (Information from Edna McVeigh nee Sloan, granddaughter of Susan Adeline Bowers).