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Bowers, Phillip
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FIRST: Phillip
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| BORN: 9 Nov 1830
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DIED: 17 Mar 1911
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BURIED: 19 Mar 1911
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Germany
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| DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1911) #916 - Philip Bowers male, married, occupation farmer, b. 9 Nov 1830 in Germany, d. 17 Mar 1911 in Marion Co., Oregon (R.F.D #3) at the age of 80 y's 4 m's 8 d's, name of father Henry Bowers (b. Germany), maiden name of mother Margaret Smith (b. Germany) interment 19 Mar in Warren [Mt. Hope] Cemetery, undertaker W. S. Jack, informant W. H Bowers of Silverton.
MARRIAGE - "Phillip Bowers & Samantha Geer, m 4 Jul 1858; J. R. Boothe, J. P. Wit: Heman Jones & Miles Lewis #369 pg 109"
1880 OR CENSUS - Philip Bower [sic], age 49, occupation farmer, b. Germany, is enumerated with his wife Samantha, age 37, b. Illinois, along with Harry, age 9, b. Oregon, S. F., age 7, b. Oregon.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Willard Whispers – A number of friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. P. Bowers gave them a pleasant surprise party Saturday. The occasion was the seventy-eighth birthday of Mr. Bowers. After partaking of a bountiful dinner and an afternoon spent in talking over old times, the guests departed, wishing the recipients of the surprise party many happy returns of the day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Adam Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Cal Geer, Mr. and Mrs. George Caspel, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Starmer, Mr. and Mrs. Merton Egan, Mrs. Mary Whiteside, Miss Juanita Egan, Mr. and Mrs. P. Bowers, C.C. Geer, A.A. Geer and Harry Bowers.
Silverton Appeal 13 Nov 1908 8:1-2.
NOTE: Photo of Phillip and Samantha, courtesy of Vesper Geer Rose.
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OBITUARY:
Was a pioneer – Phillip Bowers, one of the oldest settlers of this part of the Willamette Valley, died at his home near this city on Friday, March 17, 1911, after an illness of many months’ duration.
Mr. Bowers was one of the most widely known and highly respected citizens of Marion County. He was born in Germany November 9, 1830, and came to the United States when he was quite young, locating in the east. In 1852 he crossed the plains and settled in Oregon, which place has been his home since that time. He lived on a farm near this city for some time and then moved into town, where he was engaged in the hotel business for a while. He retired from this line of work and again entered the field as a farmer, at which vocation he was decidedly successful.
Besides the sorrowing wife, he leaves two sons, Frank Bowers of near Gold Hill; and Harry Bowers of this place.
From: Scrapbooks in Silverton Public Library
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INSCRIPTION:
Phillip Bowers
1858 - 1911
[shares marker with Samantha]
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SOURCES:
Helle, Mader & Rickey
Saucy
OSBH DC (Marion County 1911) #916
Marriage Records of Marion Co., Oregon, 1849-1871, Vol I, pg 21
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Silverton, ED 85, pg 116C)
SA 13 Nov 1908 8:1-2
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