Philip Bowers (abt. 1788 - 1866)

Born about 1788 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Catherine (Kipps) Bowers — married 26 Sep 1811 in Rockingham, Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1866 at about age 78 in Pennsylvania, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Cynthia Bowers [send private message]

Biography

Marriage : Husband: Johann Philip Bowers

Wife: Catherine Kipps

Child: Leanna Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Annie Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Anderson Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Susannah Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Michael Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary S. Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Andrew Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Abraham Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Isaac Bowers

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 26 Sep 1811

Place: Rockingham, Virginia^[1]

Research Notes

The Philip Bowers discussed here is not the son of Christian Bowers and Elizabeth Schindeldecker. Much information on this Bowers family is available on Find-a-Grave Memorials, where his parents are identified as John Bowers, Sr. and Elizabeth. The early history of this Bowers family is fascinating and it is easy to see how the two Philips got mixed up. This Philip lived near Timberville, VA and married Catherine Kipps in 1811. Christian's Philip, 10 years older, also lived near Timberville (near Forestville) and established a family about 10 years when he married Elizabeth. See the profile of Christian Bowers to learn more about Christian's family.

It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that the Philip Bowers who led the family’s colonization of Clearfield and Jefferson Counties is not the son of Christian Bauer of Forestville, Virginia, as is habitually stated on the Internet. Bauer’s son Philip was older than the Jefferson County Philip and was not Pennsylvania-born as was this Philip (per the 1860 Census, along with all Censuses for his many siblings). (A better candidate for Christian’s son would be Memorial # 21334215.) Aside from clearly being sibling to all the others Bowers who moved to Pennsylvania in the 1820s (including John Jr. and William who are specifically identified as John Sr.’s son in the Chancery litigation), this Philip submitted affidavits written from Clearfield County, PA in support of John Bowers, Sr. of Plains Mill, VA. Clearly the identification of this Philip Bowers with a son of Christian Bauer is merely a confusion of namesakes. ^[2]

Anyone who wants to pursue this Bowers family could get a tremendous amount of information from the various Find a Grave memorials that can be accessed easily from the reference above.

Note: Family History

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=8e096d8d-450c-43eb-b70b-d620d6b75bc7&tid=16746257&pid=1494

Note: Philip_Bowers_Burial_plate

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2046919913 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=va2&h=116735&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Marriage date: 26 September 1811Marriage place: Rockingham, Virginia APID: 1,3723::116735
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185786917/elizabeth-bowers

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• Source: S-2046919913 Repository: #R-2138127636 Title: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early Am Note: APID: 1,3723::0

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Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Smith-Hunter.ged on 10 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.
• WikiTree profile Bowers-1559 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder.