John DYER

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Susan BOWERS John DYER 1 2 3 Marriage: Susan BOWERS 1 2 John married Susan BOWERS, daughter of Andrew BOWERS (Jr.) and Katherine HOWETH.1 2 (Susan BOWERS was born on 15 Jul 1817 in Grainger County, Tennessee 4.)

1 Grainger County, Tennessee, Deeds, 1846-1852, FHL Film No. 968,601, Book L, Page 307.

2 Grainger County, Tennessee, Deeds, 1846-1852, FHL Film No. 968,601, Book L, Page 360.

3 Inventories of Estates and Wills, March 1852 - May 1860, Grainger County, Tennessee, FHL Film No. 580,849, Page 28.

4 Andrew Bowers Family Bible. The whereabouts or even continued existence of the Andrew Bowers Family Bible is unknown. However, there are two known transcriptions of the family information contained in the bible: first, a 1978 transcription by Ruth Bowers Dommestrup, at which time the bible was in the possession of Rector Bowers (William Rosecrans Bowers, Thomas Bowers, Andrew Bowers); and second, a transcription of unknown date and authorship that was obtained from collateral Howeth descendants and which contains the following note at the bottom of the transcription, "this is copied from the old record. the only one any of us knows of anywhere. this record is very fraile and looks to be written with pokeberry ink." The transcriptions are nearly identical, but do have differences: Ruth's has Grainger Co., TN as the place of marriage for Andrew and Katharine, while the Howeth version has nothing in that respect; Ruth's has daughter Katharine being born 6 Apr 1827, while the Howeth version spells her name Kathrine and has her date of birth as 16 Apr 1827; and Ruth's has son Andrew being born 9 Jun 1829, while the Howeth version adds his middle initial "J." and has the date of birth as 19 Jun 1829. Neither transcription provides places of birth nor dates of death. The dates for which this source is cited are from Ruth's transcription.