William Andrew BOWERS ¹

Born: 5 Aug 1861, Grainger County, Tennessee ²
Died: 15 Feb 1891, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma) ³

bullet Research Notes:

George G. Johnston cites Polk McAlvain Daybook as the source for birth and death dates, but from his notes on the Daybook it appears the day of death is missing or not readable. Thus, it appears the exact date of death was obtained from other family sources.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1870, Grainger County, Tennessee. ⁵

Household of John Bowers:
Bowers, William, 8, M, W, TN

William married.

1 Family Records of George G. Johnston. 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 "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.

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

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William Andrew BOWERS ¹