JACOB BOWER was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1796, son of Michael Bower, a native of Germany, who settled in Berks county at an early day. Jacob lived in his native county until 1839, when he settled in Washington township; Lycoming county. There he purchased what is now the Koch farm of 115 acres. This he cleared and lived upon until his death in 1850. He married Mary Zimmerman, who died in Berks county in 1832, and was the mother of the following children: Benneville; Hettie, who married Abel White, and died in Michigan, and Sarah, who was twice married, first to William Oaks, and secondly to Jacob Henning. Jacob Bower was a Lutheran, and a member of the Old School Lutheran church, in which he was a deacon. He was a Democrat in politics. Benneville, his Only son by the first marriage, was born in 1818, in Berks, county, and came with his father to Lycoming county. In 1848 he settled upon a farm where William Deitrick now lives, which he rented for eleven years. He then purchased his present farm, which he has cleared and improved. He is a Democrat in politics, has filled some of the township offices, and belongs to the Lutheran church. He was married in 1847 to Susan, daughter of Jacob Kocher, of White Doer valley, and to this union were born eleven children, eight of whom grew to maturity: Albert, deceased; Jacob; Lucy; Wilson; Henry; Pierce; Levi, and Susan M., wife of George Kitchen. Jacob Bower married for his second wife Eliza Harner, by whom he had eleven children: Joseph; Mahlon; Catherine; Harriet; Harrison; Jacob; Richard J.; Mary; Rachel; Emma, and Maggie.
JACOB BOWER was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1796, son of Michael Bower, a native of Germany, who settled in Berks county at an early day. Jacob lived in his native county until 1839, when he settled in Washington township; Lycoming county. There he purchased what is now the Koch farm of 115 acres. This he cleared and lived upon until his death in 1850. He married Mary Zimmerman, who died in Berks county in 1832, and was the mother of the following children: Benneville; Hettie, who married Abel White, and died in Michigan, and Sarah, who was twice married, first to William Oaks, and secondly to Jacob Henning. Jacob Bower was a Lutheran, and a member of the Old School Lutheran church, in which he was a deacon. He was a Democrat in politics. Benneville, his Only son by the first marriage, was born in 1818, in Berks, county, and came with his father to Lycoming county. In 1848 he settled upon a farm where William Deitrick now lives, which he rented for eleven years. He then purchased his present farm, which he has cleared and improved. He is a Democrat in politics, has filled some of the township offices, and belongs to the Lutheran church. He was married in 1847 to Susan, daughter of Jacob Kocher, of White Doer valley, and to this union were born eleven children, eight of whom grew to maturity: Albert, deceased; Jacob; Lucy; Wilson; Henry; Pierce; Levi, and Susan M., wife of George Kitchen. Jacob Bower married for his second wife Eliza Harner, by whom he had eleven children: Joseph; Mahlon; Catherine; Harriet; Harrison; Jacob; Richard J.; Mary; Rachel; Emma, and Maggie.
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