BOWERS
(Name is of German origin meaning "farmer"
but it is said that they migrated from England)
Generation 1
1. Giles Bowers b: Abt 1706 in Isle of Wight, VA d: 1791 in Franklin
Co., NC m: Bef Feb 15 1755 to Sarah b: Abt 1710 in Isle of Wight, VA
Had the following children known at this time:
2. Philemon Bowers b: abt 1754 in
Granville Co., NC d: 1794 Franklin, NC
3. Jesse Bowers b: abt 1752 in
Granville Co., NC
4. Giles Bowers b: abt 1756 in
Granville Co., NC
5. Sarah Bowers b: abt 1758 in
Franklin Co., NC
6. Benjamin Bowers b: abt 1760 in
Franklin Co., NC
7. William Bowers
b: abt 1762 in Franklin Co., NC
8. Elizabeth "Betsy" Bowers
b: abt 1769 in Franklin Co., NC m. in NC to Harwood Pope
9. Mary Bowers b: abt 1771 in
Franklin Co., NC m. in NC to John Goodloe
10. Martha "Patsy" Bowers
b: abt 1773 in Franklin Co., NC m. in Franklin
Co., NC to James Strother
11. Frances "Franky" Bowers
b: abt 1775 in Franklin Co., NC m. to Young McLemore d: Feb 17 1816
12. James Bowers b: abt 1777 in
Franklin Co., NC m. Aug 30 1797 to Henrietta Duke in Warren Co., NC d: Jan 25 1815 in
Norfolk, VA
Generation 2
2. Philemon Bowers married
Unkown at this time but she was b: Abt 1758 in Granville Co., NC
They had the following children known at this time.
13. John Bowers b: 1781 in
Granville, NC m. bef 1810 to Martha M. in NC d: abt April 26, 1862 in TN.
14. Young P. Bowers b: 1793 in
Granville, NC m. Nov 15 1816 in Granville Co., NC (had two wives Mary, and Jane Jenny
Williams) d: bef March 4 1857 in Weakley Co., TN
15. Frances Bowers b: abt 1781 in Granville, NC m.
abt 1800 (had two husbands Fuller Huckaby, and James Richards)
16. David Giles Bowers b: abt 1780 in Granville, NC
m. Feb 14 1844 in Gibson Co., TN (had two wives Mary "Polly" Gooch, and Betty
Nicholson Cook) d: Feb 2 1856 in Nr. Brazil, Gibson Co., TN
17. James Bowers b: abt 1784 in
Granville Co., NC d: July 1849 in Gibson Co., TN
18. Nancy Bowers b: abt 1789 in Granville Co., NC
19. William G. Bowers b: April 2
1791 in Granville Co, NC d: March 12 1842 in John Bower's house, Dresden, Weakley Co., TN
m. to Nancy Haislip Williams
Generation 3
13. John Bowers married
Marha M. b: 1788 in NC d: abt Nov 13 1875 in TN
They had the following children known at this time.
20. John Francis Marion (Daddy Jack) Bowers b: July 3
1825 in NC m. (had two wives R. Elizabeth N., and Susen Bradbury) d: Jan 14 1902
21. William Major (Buck) Bowers b:
June 23 1820 in NC m. Feb 1 1846 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN (had two wives Rhoda H.
Green, and Unkown) d: Feb 26 1896 in Clarksville, Red River Co., TX
22. Rebecca Bowers b: Oct 28 1828
in TN m. abt 1848 to Charles Fowler d: May 17 1907 in Clarksville, Red River Co., TX
23. Nancy J. Bowers m. bef 1862 to
a Mr. Moore
24. Eliza C. Bowers
b:1810 in NC m. bef 1834 to John Porch d: aft
1862
25. Thomas Tomisher Bowers b: Nov
19 1815 in NC m: bef 1838 to Caroline McClure d: May 28 1876
26. Mary Ann W. Bowers b: June 6
1818 in NC m: Dec 28 1843 in Weakley Co., TN to William R. Ross d: Oct 1
1864 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN
Generation 4
20. John Francis Marion (Daddy Jack) Bowers married
R. Elizabeth N. b: Nov 6 1825 in NC d: Feb 8 1858 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN
27. William James Coleman Bowers b:
June 16 1850 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN m: March 5 1876 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN d:
June 27 1927 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN
Generation 5
27. William James Coleman Bowers b: in TN married
Durcilla Temperance Sims on March 5, 1876, in Weakley Co, TN b: in TN (Her father and
mother were William Barnett Sims and Clarinda Susan Rust)
Had the following children known at this time:
28. Charles Austin Bowers b: Aug 20 1877 in Weakley
Co., TN m: Dec 18 1907 in Haworth, McCutain Co., OK to Annie Lucy Peavey d: may 10 1941 in
Iowa Park, TX
29. Barney Theron Bowers b: April 8
1879 in Dresden, Weakley Co., TN m: Jan 31 1904 in Clarksville, TX to Cornelia Ruth
Richardson d: May 14 1960 in Lubbock, TX
30. Claude Bowers b: June 3 1882 in Dresden, Weakley
Co., TN m: Mary Healy d: Dec 27 1967 in San Saba, TX
31. Beal (Daddy Pop) Bwers
b: Sept 24 1884 in Dresden, TN m: Dec 25 1910
in Clarksville, TX to Ella Mae Proctor d: June 9 1975 in Clarksville, TX
32. Laura Augusta Bowers b: April
11 1887 in Dresden, TN m: Dec 29 1907 to Joe Gibbons d: Jan 19 1980 in
Albequrque, NM
33. Florence Elizabeth Bowers b:
Feb 25 1889 in Dresden, TN m: to Jim Marible in NM d: Oct 20 1929 NM
34. Hoyt Bowers b: May 9 1891 in
Dresden, TN m: Dec 24 1918 in Clarksville, TX to Frances (Aunt Fanny)
Proctor d: March 30 1952 in Clarksville, TX
35. Harlan Bowers b: March 17 1894
in Dresden, TN m: Mamie Capbell, and Zelma Craig Shockley
d: Aug 12 1972 in Broken Bow, OK
Generation 6
28. Charles Austin Bowers married
Annie Lucy Peavey b: April 29 1888 in Bogata, TX d: April 27 1978 in Fort Worth, TX
(Father and Mother are Virgil M. Peavey, and Lucinda Hays)
They had the following children.
36. Jacksonville Benjerman Bowers b: Feb 20 1920 in
Bogata, TX d: June 26, 1993 m: Aug 9 1941 to Violet Ruth Erwin
37. Iris Bowers b: 1910 in AR m:
Lorene Henley on Nov 4 1933 in Nocona, TX D: Sept 17 1981
38. Charles A. Bowers Jr. b: 1918 in TX
39. Mildred Bowers b: 1911 in TX m: Robert Thomas
Hendricks
40. Cecil Bowers b: 1915 in TX
41. Lloyd Bowers
42. Hope Fairwell Bowers b: Dec 24 1912 in West,
Mclennan Co. TX
43. Viola "Volley" Bowers b: July 21 1917
in Bogata, TX
44. Drucilla Bowers b: Oct 2 1908
in Idabelle, OK died in infancy
Generation 7
36. Jacksonville Benjerman Bowers (was adopted by the Hunter Family) married
Violet Ruth Erwin b: Dec 29 1921 in Rosedale, KS d: Jan 28 1987 Her parents were Roy
Riddle and Merl Erwin
They had the following children:
45. Ronald Dean Hunter Sr. b: May 11, 1945 in Kansas
City MO m: to Nettie Louise Ussery in Norwood, MO on July 27, 1963
46. Patrica Ann Hunter b: July 30,
1943 in Kansas City, MO
47. Bonnie Jean Hunter b: Feb 21 1950 in Kansas City
MO
48. Jacqueline Marie Hunter b: Sept 16 1951 in Kansas
City, MO
Generation 8
45. Ronald Dean Hunter married
Nettie Louise Ussery b: Jan 23 1945 in Norwood MO (Have complete ancestery of Ussery)
They had the following children:
49. Ronald Dean Hunter Jr. b: Aug 4 1964 in Kansas City, KS
50. Robin Gene Hunter b: Jan 3 1966 in Kansas City, MO m: April 17 1992
in Lenexa, KS to Beth Ellen Feathers
51. Charley Ray Hunter b: March 7 1968 in Kansas City, MO
52. Lewis Anderson Hunter b: April 23 1974 and d: April 25 1974 in Kansas City, MO
53. Christopher Allen Hunter **(ME)** b: Feb 14 1977
in Merriam, KS
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