Company 63rd Prisoner of War Escort Co

JAMES HARVEY BOWERS, a farmer for most of his life, described himself as tall, of medium build, and as having brown eyes and red hair. He was the son of Agnes Watson Smith and her second husband Joseph Cyrus Bowers, MD.

parents:
Agnes Watson Smith
birth: December 22, 1856 Astoria, Queens County, New York
death: January 6, 1934 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
marriage: December 12, 1883 Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska
Joseph Cyrus Bowers, MD
birth: January 16, 1861 Linneus, Linn County, Missouri
death: November 25, 1905 Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska
burial: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska

siblings of James Harvey Bowers:
1. Van Buren Bowers
birth: May 2, 1885 Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska
death: November 1, 1951 Hill City, Pennington County, South Dakota
burial: Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, Pennington County, South Dakota
2. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth: Dalton, Chariton County, Missouri
death: infancy, Chariton County, Missouri
burial: unknown
3. JAMES HARVEY BOWERS
4. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth: 1891 Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
death: infancy, Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
burial: unknown
5. unnamed baby boy Bowers
birth 1892 Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
death: infancy, Bucklin TWP, Linn County, Missouri
burial: unknown

half-siblings of James Harvey Bowers:
1. Agnes Morrison Smith Callander
birth: January 7, 1879 Spring Creek, Harlan County, Nebraska
death: 1962 Tryon, McPherson County, Nebraska
burial: Miller Cemetery, Tryon, McPherson County, Nebraska
2. William Lawrence Smith ("Willie")
birth: March 22, 1880 Spring Creek, Harlan County, Nebraska
death: January 6, 1907 blood poisoning
burial: unknown

JAMES HARVEY BOWERS
marriage: November 14, 1917 Crook County, Wyoming
AMALIA WILHELMINA MINNIE ANNA REINHOLD
birth: September 27, 1891 Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
death: January 1979 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming (under the name Amalia Wilhelmina Reinhold Bowers Bushnell)

children:
1. Helen Mora Bowers Ellard
birth: August 31, 1918 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: April 18, 2002 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
2. James Harvey Bowers, Sr.
birth: May 5, 1920 Beulah, Crook County, Wyoming
death: May 25, 2008 Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana
burial: Valley View Cemetery, Broadus, Powder River County, Montana
3. Dorothy Lois Bowers Kennedy
birth: July 23, 1921 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: August 21, 2016 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
burial: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
4. Margaret F. Bowers White
birth: circa 1922-1923 Sundance, Crook County, Wyoming
death: alive as of 2008
burial:
Tower Cemetery, Devils Tower, Wyoming [husband Herman True White (1908-2007) is buried here.]

*courtesy MrsLightningLeo