"Daniel Clower Funeral Held
Man Who Built First Telephone Here Dies
Final Honors paid to Pioneer Telephone Builder.
Funeral services marked with a characteristic simplicity were held for Daniel Morgan Clower, 92, pioneer telephone man, at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon (18 Aug 1927) at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Clower, a resident of Dallas for the last forty-nine years, died Wednesday (17 Aug 1927) at his home, 4030 Hall street.
The Rev. D. Emory Hawk, pastor of the church, officiated. He was an energetic man to the point of restlessness," the Rev. M. Hawk described Mr. Clower. "So long as he lived he worked.
"He was a faithful employe of a great corporation, which was his friend and never forgot his faithful service. He treasured up all that was worthwhile in the past, but kept pace with the progress of the new day at all times.
"He had an unfaltering trust in Christ Jesus and literally approached the grave like one 'who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.'"
Native of Alabama.
Mr. Clower was born at Waxahachie, Shelby County, Alabama, May 12, 1835. He was one of four brothers and sisters, only one of whom survives him. In 1848 he attended the first Methodist Sunday school organized in Shelby County and in the following year joined this church.
He was married to Miss Mahaley Elliott on March 23, 1854. He had learned the trade of watchmaking and in 1860 opened a jewelry store in Magnolia, Ala., later moving to Farmersville, La., where he was living at the opening of the Civil War.
Served in Civil War.
When war was declared, Mr. Clower went several miles from Farmersville to a construction camp and urged that the telegraph office for the Confederate Army be install at his place of business. He then went to Shreveport where he purchased office instruments and remained for three weeks learning telegraphy. During the war he served as a telegraph operator, being detailed from the First Louisiana Regiment.
When he learned that Vicksburg was about to fall, he informed his commander that if furnished men he would take down all lines of communication possible. He and his men succeeded in getting down about forty miles of wire.
He was sent to Texas with two wagon trains, one in charge of himself and the other in charge of the late G. M. Baker. Mr. Baker stopped at Marshall and began to build a telegraph line west and Mr. Clower went to Houston and began building north.
Came to Dallas in 1879.
He had built a line as far as Hempstead when the Civil War ended. He then went into the general merchandise business in Millican in the same block occupied by the founders of Sanger Bros. He later went to Bryan and opened a jewelry store.
Because of a yellow fever epidemic he soon left Bryan and moved to Comanche, where he operated a general merchandise store for several years. In 1879 he came to Dallas and went into the cotton business.
When the telephone came to Texas, Mr. Clower was recommended to Messrs. Roots, Davidson and J. N. Keller of Little Rock, who were putting in the telephone business in Dallas. Mr. Clower's recommendation for this sort of work came from G. M. Baker, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, one of his comrades in the war.
Built Phone Lines.
In 1881 Mr. Clower was employed to build exchanges. The poles were cut and dressed from a cedar brake south of Dallas. He built all the telephone exchanges in North Texas and put up the first long distance line out of Dallas to Lancaster and Waxahachie. He also helped build the first Fort Worth exchange.
He left the Bell Telephone Company in 1884 and became connected with an independent company which lasted only a few years. He then went into the general electrical supply and construction business in Dallas under the firm name of Clower, Harris & Co. He was the manager of the first electric light plant in Dallas.
In 1890 Mr. Clower again became connected with the Bell Telephone Company with which he remained until retired on a pension fifteen years (~1912) ago.
Survived His Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Clower celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary March 23, 1917. Mrs. Clower died in January of the following year.
Surviving Mr. Clower are two sons, W. M. Clower of Dallas and Jonathan Clower of Cleburne; a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Patterson of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. H. McIntosh.
Active pallbearers were Dr. Robert S. Hyer, T. W. Milburn, F. M. Rounds, W. W. Weston, C. B. Gillespie and F. M. Powell. Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Farnsworth, C. A. Gates, W. R. Faught, W. A. Biggs, Edward Titche, Leon Kahn, T. S. Switzer, E. G. Knight, Mike H. Thomas and all the members of the Robert S. Hyer Bible class at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church."
Published on 19 Aug 1927 in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
Note: Grave marker has death date on the 18th, but obit states he died on Wednesday which was the 17th. Texas Death Certificate states that he died on the 17th.
Man Who Built First Telephone Here Dies
Final Honors paid to Pioneer Telephone Builder.
Funeral services marked with a characteristic simplicity were held for Daniel Morgan Clower, 92, pioneer telephone man, at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon (18 Aug 1927) at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Clower, a resident of Dallas for the last forty-nine years, died Wednesday (17 Aug 1927) at his home, 4030 Hall street.
The Rev. D. Emory Hawk, pastor of the church, officiated. He was an energetic man to the point of restlessness," the Rev. M. Hawk described Mr. Clower. "So long as he lived he worked.
"He was a faithful employe of a great corporation, which was his friend and never forgot his faithful service. He treasured up all that was worthwhile in the past, but kept pace with the progress of the new day at all times.
"He had an unfaltering trust in Christ Jesus and literally approached the grave like one 'who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.'"
Native of Alabama.
Mr. Clower was born at Waxahachie, Shelby County, Alabama, May 12, 1835. He was one of four brothers and sisters, only one of whom survives him. In 1848 he attended the first Methodist Sunday school organized in Shelby County and in the following year joined this church.
He was married to Miss Mahaley Elliott on March 23, 1854. He had learned the trade of watchmaking and in 1860 opened a jewelry store in Magnolia, Ala., later moving to Farmersville, La., where he was living at the opening of the Civil War.
Served in Civil War.
When war was declared, Mr. Clower went several miles from Farmersville to a construction camp and urged that the telegraph office for the Confederate Army be install at his place of business. He then went to Shreveport where he purchased office instruments and remained for three weeks learning telegraphy. During the war he served as a telegraph operator, being detailed from the First Louisiana Regiment.
When he learned that Vicksburg was about to fall, he informed his commander that if furnished men he would take down all lines of communication possible. He and his men succeeded in getting down about forty miles of wire.
He was sent to Texas with two wagon trains, one in charge of himself and the other in charge of the late G. M. Baker. Mr. Baker stopped at Marshall and began to build a telegraph line west and Mr. Clower went to Houston and began building north.
Came to Dallas in 1879.
He had built a line as far as Hempstead when the Civil War ended. He then went into the general merchandise business in Millican in the same block occupied by the founders of Sanger Bros. He later went to Bryan and opened a jewelry store.
Because of a yellow fever epidemic he soon left Bryan and moved to Comanche, where he operated a general merchandise store for several years. In 1879 he came to Dallas and went into the cotton business.
When the telephone came to Texas, Mr. Clower was recommended to Messrs. Roots, Davidson and J. N. Keller of Little Rock, who were putting in the telephone business in Dallas. Mr. Clower's recommendation for this sort of work came from G. M. Baker, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, one of his comrades in the war.
Built Phone Lines.
In 1881 Mr. Clower was employed to build exchanges. The poles were cut and dressed from a cedar brake south of Dallas. He built all the telephone exchanges in North Texas and put up the first long distance line out of Dallas to Lancaster and Waxahachie. He also helped build the first Fort Worth exchange.
He left the Bell Telephone Company in 1884 and became connected with an independent company which lasted only a few years. He then went into the general electrical supply and construction business in Dallas under the firm name of Clower, Harris & Co. He was the manager of the first electric light plant in Dallas.
In 1890 Mr. Clower again became connected with the Bell Telephone Company with which he remained until retired on a pension fifteen years (~1912) ago.
Survived His Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Clower celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary March 23, 1917. Mrs. Clower died in January of the following year.
Surviving Mr. Clower are two sons, W. M. Clower of Dallas and Jonathan Clower of Cleburne; a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Patterson of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. H. McIntosh.
Active pallbearers were Dr. Robert S. Hyer, T. W. Milburn, F. M. Rounds, W. W. Weston, C. B. Gillespie and F. M. Powell. Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Farnsworth, C. A. Gates, W. R. Faught, W. A. Biggs, Edward Titche, Leon Kahn, T. S. Switzer, E. G. Knight, Mike H. Thomas and all the members of the Robert S. Hyer Bible class at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church."
Published on 19 Aug 1927 in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
Note: Grave marker has death date on the 18th, but obit states he died on Wednesday which was the 17th. Texas Death Certificate states that he died on the 17th.
"Daniel Clower Funeral Held
Man Who Built First Telephone Here Dies
Final Honors paid to Pioneer Telephone Builder.
Funeral services marked with a characteristic simplicity were held for Daniel Morgan Clower, 92, pioneer telephone man, at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon (18 Aug 1927) at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Clower, a resident of Dallas for the last forty-nine years, died Wednesday (17 Aug 1927) at his home, 4030 Hall street.
The Rev. D. Emory Hawk, pastor of the church, officiated. He was an energetic man to the point of restlessness," the Rev. M. Hawk described Mr. Clower. "So long as he lived he worked.
"He was a faithful employe of a great corporation, which was his friend and never forgot his faithful service. He treasured up all that was worthwhile in the past, but kept pace with the progress of the new day at all times.
"He had an unfaltering trust in Christ Jesus and literally approached the grave like one 'who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.'"
Native of Alabama.
Mr. Clower was born at Waxahachie, Shelby County, Alabama, May 12, 1835. He was one of four brothers and sisters, only one of whom survives him. In 1848 he attended the first Methodist Sunday school organized in Shelby County and in the following year joined this church.
He was married to Miss Mahaley Elliott on March 23, 1854. He had learned the trade of watchmaking and in 1860 opened a jewelry store in Magnolia, Ala., later moving to Farmersville, La., where he was living at the opening of the Civil War.
Served in Civil War.
When war was declared, Mr. Clower went several miles from Farmersville to a construction camp and urged that the telegraph office for the Confederate Army be install at his place of business. He then went to Shreveport where he purchased office instruments and remained for three weeks learning telegraphy. During the war he served as a telegraph operator, being detailed from the First Louisiana Regiment.
When he learned that Vicksburg was about to fall, he informed his commander that if furnished men he would take down all lines of communication possible. He and his men succeeded in getting down about forty miles of wire.
He was sent to Texas with two wagon trains, one in charge of himself and the other in charge of the late G. M. Baker. Mr. Baker stopped at Marshall and began to build a telegraph line west and Mr. Clower went to Houston and began building north.
Came to Dallas in 1879.
He had built a line as far as Hempstead when the Civil War ended. He then went into the general merchandise business in Millican in the same block occupied by the founders of Sanger Bros. He later went to Bryan and opened a jewelry store.
Because of a yellow fever epidemic he soon left Bryan and moved to Comanche, where he operated a general merchandise store for several years. In 1879 he came to Dallas and went into the cotton business.
When the telephone came to Texas, Mr. Clower was recommended to Messrs. Roots, Davidson and J. N. Keller of Little Rock, who were putting in the telephone business in Dallas. Mr. Clower's recommendation for this sort of work came from G. M. Baker, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, one of his comrades in the war.
Built Phone Lines.
In 1881 Mr. Clower was employed to build exchanges. The poles were cut and dressed from a cedar brake south of Dallas. He built all the telephone exchanges in North Texas and put up the first long distance line out of Dallas to Lancaster and Waxahachie. He also helped build the first Fort Worth exchange.
He left the Bell Telephone Company in 1884 and became connected with an independent company which lasted only a few years. He then went into the general electrical supply and construction business in Dallas under the firm name of Clower, Harris & Co. He was the manager of the first electric light plant in Dallas.
In 1890 Mr. Clower again became connected with the Bell Telephone Company with which he remained until retired on a pension fifteen years (~1912) ago.
Survived His Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Clower celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary March 23, 1917. Mrs. Clower died in January of the following year.
Surviving Mr. Clower are two sons, W. M. Clower of Dallas and Jonathan Clower of Cleburne; a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Patterson of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. H. McIntosh.
Active pallbearers were Dr. Robert S. Hyer, T. W. Milburn, F. M. Rounds, W. W. Weston, C. B. Gillespie and F. M. Powell. Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Farnsworth, C. A. Gates, W. R. Faught, W. A. Biggs, Edward Titche, Leon Kahn, T. S. Switzer, E. G. Knight, Mike H. Thomas and all the members of the Robert S. Hyer Bible class at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church."
Published on 19 Aug 1927 in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
Note: Grave marker has death date on the 18th, but obit states he died on Wednesday which was the 17th. Texas Death Certificate states that he died on the 17th.
Man Who Built First Telephone Here Dies
Final Honors paid to Pioneer Telephone Builder.
Funeral services marked with a characteristic simplicity were held for Daniel Morgan Clower, 92, pioneer telephone man, at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon (18 Aug 1927) at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr. Clower, a resident of Dallas for the last forty-nine years, died Wednesday (17 Aug 1927) at his home, 4030 Hall street.
The Rev. D. Emory Hawk, pastor of the church, officiated. He was an energetic man to the point of restlessness," the Rev. M. Hawk described Mr. Clower. "So long as he lived he worked.
"He was a faithful employe of a great corporation, which was his friend and never forgot his faithful service. He treasured up all that was worthwhile in the past, but kept pace with the progress of the new day at all times.
"He had an unfaltering trust in Christ Jesus and literally approached the grave like one 'who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.'"
Native of Alabama.
Mr. Clower was born at Waxahachie, Shelby County, Alabama, May 12, 1835. He was one of four brothers and sisters, only one of whom survives him. In 1848 he attended the first Methodist Sunday school organized in Shelby County and in the following year joined this church.
He was married to Miss Mahaley Elliott on March 23, 1854. He had learned the trade of watchmaking and in 1860 opened a jewelry store in Magnolia, Ala., later moving to Farmersville, La., where he was living at the opening of the Civil War.
Served in Civil War.
When war was declared, Mr. Clower went several miles from Farmersville to a construction camp and urged that the telegraph office for the Confederate Army be install at his place of business. He then went to Shreveport where he purchased office instruments and remained for three weeks learning telegraphy. During the war he served as a telegraph operator, being detailed from the First Louisiana Regiment.
When he learned that Vicksburg was about to fall, he informed his commander that if furnished men he would take down all lines of communication possible. He and his men succeeded in getting down about forty miles of wire.
He was sent to Texas with two wagon trains, one in charge of himself and the other in charge of the late G. M. Baker. Mr. Baker stopped at Marshall and began to build a telegraph line west and Mr. Clower went to Houston and began building north.
Came to Dallas in 1879.
He had built a line as far as Hempstead when the Civil War ended. He then went into the general merchandise business in Millican in the same block occupied by the founders of Sanger Bros. He later went to Bryan and opened a jewelry store.
Because of a yellow fever epidemic he soon left Bryan and moved to Comanche, where he operated a general merchandise store for several years. In 1879 he came to Dallas and went into the cotton business.
When the telephone came to Texas, Mr. Clower was recommended to Messrs. Roots, Davidson and J. N. Keller of Little Rock, who were putting in the telephone business in Dallas. Mr. Clower's recommendation for this sort of work came from G. M. Baker, superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, one of his comrades in the war.
Built Phone Lines.
In 1881 Mr. Clower was employed to build exchanges. The poles were cut and dressed from a cedar brake south of Dallas. He built all the telephone exchanges in North Texas and put up the first long distance line out of Dallas to Lancaster and Waxahachie. He also helped build the first Fort Worth exchange.
He left the Bell Telephone Company in 1884 and became connected with an independent company which lasted only a few years. He then went into the general electrical supply and construction business in Dallas under the firm name of Clower, Harris & Co. He was the manager of the first electric light plant in Dallas.
In 1890 Mr. Clower again became connected with the Bell Telephone Company with which he remained until retired on a pension fifteen years (~1912) ago.
Survived His Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Clower celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary March 23, 1917. Mrs. Clower died in January of the following year.
Surviving Mr. Clower are two sons, W. M. Clower of Dallas and Jonathan Clower of Cleburne; a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Patterson of Dallas, and a sister, Mrs. H. McIntosh.
Active pallbearers were Dr. Robert S. Hyer, T. W. Milburn, F. M. Rounds, W. W. Weston, C. B. Gillespie and F. M. Powell. Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Farnsworth, C. A. Gates, W. R. Faught, W. A. Biggs, Edward Titche, Leon Kahn, T. S. Switzer, E. G. Knight, Mike H. Thomas and all the members of the Robert S. Hyer Bible class at the Oak Lawn Methodist Church."
Published on 19 Aug 1927 in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA.
Note: Grave marker has death date on the 18th, but obit states he died on Wednesday which was the 17th. Texas Death Certificate states that he died on the 17th.
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HUSBAND
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DANIEL
MORGAN
CLOWER
SON OF
JONATHAN S.
AND MAHALA
ELLIOTT
CLOWER
MAY 12, 1835
AUG 18, 1927
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