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Hannah Empfield Bowers

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1832 (aged 35–36)
Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Brush Valley, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Hannah (Empfield) Bowers, daughter of George Ludwig and Barbara Empfield, was married about 1815 to John Bowers (1790-1865), she was his first wife. They were the parents of ten children but we only know of eight;
Barbara Bowers 1815 – 1820
Sarah Bowers 1817 – 1855
Julia Ann Bowers 1820 –
Peter Bowers 1821 – 1922
Margaret Bowers 1827 – 1874
Rachel Bowers 1828 – 1884
Isaac Bowers 1830 – 1915
George W Bowers 1832 – 1873

Hannah was only about 36 years old when she died.

In 1921 Peter Bowers the 4th child of John and Hannah Bowers, told Lois (Ridgely) Murphy that there were twenty children in his family: "My father & mother had ten children and my mother died when I was between ten and eleven years old and my father married(Mary Fisher)a girl younger than my oldest sister and they had ten children."

Some information taken by permission from the writings of Dan Odds, added by JaniceH

Hannah (Empfield) Bowers, daughter of George Ludwig and Barbara Empfield, was married about 1815 to John Bowers (1790-1865), she was his first wife. They were the parents of ten children but we only know of eight;
Barbara Bowers 1815 – 1820
Sarah Bowers 1817 – 1855
Julia Ann Bowers 1820 –
Peter Bowers 1821 – 1922
Margaret Bowers 1827 – 1874
Rachel Bowers 1828 – 1884
Isaac Bowers 1830 – 1915
George W Bowers 1832 – 1873

Hannah was only about 36 years old when she died.

In 1921 Peter Bowers the 4th child of John and Hannah Bowers, told Lois (Ridgely) Murphy that there were twenty children in his family: "My father & mother had ten children and my mother died when I was between ten and eleven years old and my father married(Mary Fisher)a girl younger than my oldest sister and they had ten children."

Some information taken by permission from the writings of Dan Odds, added by JaniceH



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  • Created by: JaniceH
  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101389621/hannah-bowers: accessed ), memorial page for Hannah Empfield Bowers (1796–1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101389621, citing Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery, Brush Valley, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by JaniceH (contributor 47377486).