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Daniel W. Bowers M. D. (1861 - 1945)

Daniel W. Bowers M. D.
Born in Jefferson County, Iowamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 3 Jul 1889 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Olney Sanatarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinoismap
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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Daniel W. /Bowers/ M. D.

The suffix M. D. is non-traditional and may be too long for the WikiTree suffix.

Birth

Birth:
Date: 29 DEC 1861
Place: Jefferson County, Iowa[1][2]

Death

Death:
Date: 16 JAN 1945
Place: Olney Sanatarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
Note: he died of carcinoma of the bladder and senility.[3][4]

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 24 JUN 2011

Prior to import, this record was last changed 24 JUN 2011 .

Burial

Burial:
Date: 18 JAN 1945
Place: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois
Note: The clergyman for the funeral was Rev. Oliver Dearing.[5][6]

Event

Event:
Type: Anecdote
Note:
Dan Bowers, sixth child of Peter and Mary Bowers, was their youngest child at the time they moved from Iowa to Indiana. He was not quite eight years old when the family, now increased by two more births, came from Indiana to Decker township of Richland County, Illinois. In this area Dan grew to manhood and then again moved with his parents to Bonpas township of the same county in 1885. This home was about a mile north of Red Head School and near the home of Dr. S. S. Canby. It is reported that just after a daughter of Dr. Canby came to call on the new neighbors, Dan remarked "That is the girl I am going to marry". Whether that is the way it was or not, he did marry that girl, Elise Canby. On 3 July 1939, they celebrated 50 years of married life. Six children were born to them; two of these did not live beyond infancy. Dan and Elise were both members of the Church of the Brethren.
"It may have been partly due to the influence and example of his father-in-law that Dan decided to become a doctor. He attended Barnes Medical College of St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated, as his diploma states "16th day of March 1895, year of our Lord MDCCCXCV and of the Independence of the United States CXVIII". Upon his graduation the Medical College presented a medal to him because he ranked highest in his class. The medal was passed on to his son, Sam, then to Sam's grandson Myron who had it about 1978.
Dan practiced medicine and also at times did some farming. He was the "country doctor". His pay was not always in money but sometimes in chickens or pigs or hay or whatever the patient might have -- and sometimes no pay at all. He made home calls, depending at first on horses and later on automobiles for transportation, unless the roads(many of them dirt roads) were too bad to get a car through or the weather was too bad for a horse to be out. In those cases, he walked. But he went when and where he was called. He delivered babies, set broken bones (without X-ray), and treated all kinds of illnesses. One medicine that he gave was a dark brown liquid that tested as bad as anything could, it seemed, but it must have done the work, and tasting as it did, there was not much chance of an overdose.
The Bunn nephews remember Dr. Canby, Uncle Dan Bowers, and their father going fishing together, and they say Dan was an excellent shot with a rifle, too.
Perhaps partly because of the lure of the West, but mostly because of a health condition, Dan took his family to North Dakota where his sister Lila Dollahon lived. To take his household goods and live stock, he rented a railroad car. One of the horses died on the trip and was simply disposed of by pushing it out of the car. It was while in Dakota that Dan shaved off his beard, which he had worn for some time. That changed his appearance so much that his daughter Evelyn did not recognize him when he came to the door. When Dan asked for Evelyn's father, she turned to call her father, not knowing it was he who was asking. The family spent four years in North Dakota, probably about 1909 - 1913. Dan's father was there with them for a time, but he came back to Illinois before they did, making the trip alone at the age of 90.
Besides living in North Dakota those few years, Dan and Elise lived first near Dr. Canby, then at West Salem, at Claremont, and last at Berryville, Illinois. He practiced medicine until his last illness.The cause of his death was carcinoma of the urinary bladder.[7]
Event:
Type: OBIT
Note:
"Thirty Years Ago, January 24, 1945"
"Funeral services are being held this afternoon for Dr. Daniel W.Bowers, 83, at Walnut Grove Church, and citizens of southern and eastern Richland County and nearby sections were paying tribute to the man who was the "first citizen" of this rural area. He was a typical country doctor of the old fashioned type who ministered to the ill and suffering of his large rural territory no matter what difficulty he faced in reaching his patients. Almost every year, he would walk his route when roads became so bad that neither car nor horse and buggy could make it.Many people had only him to rely on when conditions required emergencies, and due to conditions, his treatments were sometimes almost primitive, but more often than not his treatment was successful and brought him deep respect."[8]
Event:
Type: AnecdoteNP
Date: 16 JAN 1945
Note: Dr. Dan W. Bowers, physician, died 16 Jan 1945, from (1) carcinoma of the bladder (urinary) and (2) Senility.[9]
Event:
Type: Anecdote
Note:
"When Dad was still small enough to be sitting on Dan Brown's knee, they were discussing the fact that that they had no middle name and perhaps ought to have one since other people, who were no better, had one.They adopted W. for middle initial, but no middle name." This story is of interest to me, relating to the origin of my name, but does not fit with the facts that Dan W. Brown died in 1860 and Dan W. Bowers was born in 1861.
Event:
Type: OBIT
Note:
"Obituary
"Daniel W. Bowers was born to Peter and Mary (Brown) Bowers in Jefferson county, Iowa, December 29, 1861 and passed away in the Olney Sanatarium, January 16, 1945, aged 83 years, 18 days. His parents moved from Iowa to Indiana when he was quite young, then to Noble, Ill. in 1869 where he grew to young manhood. In 1885, he became a resident of Bonpas township, locating near Berryville, Illinois where most of his life was lived.
"July 3, 1889 he was united in marriage with Elise R., daughter of Dr. S. S. and Martha Canby. To this union were born six children, Mary Gertrude and Richard Ernest dying early in life.
"They celebrated their Golden Wedding July 1939. He united with the Church of the Brethren of Walnut Grove, Ill. at the age of 29 and lived a Christian life to the end.
"Dr. Bowers graduated with honors from the Barnes Medical College of St. Louis in 1895. He was well known throughout Richland County and especially Bonpas Township where he practiced his chosen profession most of the time since his graduation, until a very short time before going to the Sanitarium, one week before he passed away.
"He leaves to mourn, his loving wife, two sons, Sam P. of Olney, Max I. of near Claremont, and two daughters, Anna F. Fritchey of Claremont,and Evelyn M. Allen of Berryville, also 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three sisters, Mary Findley of Parkersburg, Fannie Bunn of Olney Rt. 4, Maranda Ridgely of near Parkersburg and a number of nieces and nephews as well as many friends and acquaintances.
CARD OF THANKS
"We wish to thank our many friends for their kind expressions of sympathy during the recent illness and death of our husband and father,Dr. D. W. Bowers. Our special thanks to the singers and those who so kindly assisted at the church, and to Rev. Oliver Deering for his words of comfort.
"Mrs. D. W. Bowers, S. P. Bowers and family, Max I. Bowers and family, Mrs. Anna Fritchey and family and Mrs. Evelyn Allen."[10]
Event:
Type: OBIT
Note:
"Dr. Bowers was 'County Doctor'
"Funeral services were being held this afternoon for Dr. Daniel W.Bowers, 83, at Walnut Grove church, and citizens of southern and eastern Richland county and nearby sections in neighboring counties were paying tribute to the man who undoubtedly was "the first citizen" of this large rural area.
"Dr. Bowers was a typical "country doctor" of the old-fashioned type who ministered to the ill and suffering of his large rural territory no matter what difficulty he faced in reaching his patients. Almost every year he would "walk his route" when the roads became so bad that neither car nor horse and buggy could make it.
"His ungrudging ministrations for almost half a century to the many people relying upon him in good or bad weather, often-times with conditions requiring almost primitive emergency treatment to the ill, or suffering, brought him the respect and love of those living in the isolated rural section which had no good roads until recent years."[11]

Census

Census:
Date: 06 MAY 1910
Place: Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota
Note:
Dr. D. W. Bowers, head, age 48, m. once, 21 yrs, b. Iowa, parents b. PA,Doctor
Elise, wife, 38, m. once, 21 yrs, 6 children, 4 living, b.Ill., father b. Ohio, mother b. Del.
Samuel, son, 19, single, b. Ill., m. 20 yrs [sic], teacher
Anna, dau, 18, single, b. Ill., teacher
Evyline, dau, 9, b. Ill.
Max, son, 4, b. Ill.
Peter, father, 88, widower, b. PA, parents b. PA[12]

Marriage

Husband: Daniel W. Bowers
Wife: Elise Rebecca Canby
Child: Samuel Peter Bowers
Child: Anna Florence Bowers
Child: Mary Gertrude Bowers
Child: Evelyn Martha Bowers
Child: Richard Ernest Bowers
Child: Max Ivan Bowers
Marriage:
Date: 03 JUL 1889[13]
Husband: Peter Bowers
Wife: Mary Brown
Child: George Washington Bowers
Child: Julia Ann Bowers
Child: Samuel Peter Bowers
Child: Mary Bowers
Child: Fannie Bowers
Child: Daniel W. Bowers
Child: Delilah Susan Bowers
Child: Maranda Bowers
Marriage:
Date: 04 DEC 1845
Place: Bedford County, Pennsylvania[14]
Census:
Date: 1856
Place: Jefferson County, Iowa
Note: They had been in Iowa for 8 years and their three children, George W.,age 7, "Julian", age 5, and Samuel P., age 2, had been born there.Elizabeth Good, age 28, was living with them and had been in Iowa for11 years. Caroline Memury, age 7, also living with them, had been born in Iowa.[15]
Census:
Date: 26 JUN 1900
Place: Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois
Note: Peter is listed as born in Sept. 1821, age 78, married 54 years, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania. Mary is listed as born in Jan. 1828, age 72, having had 8 children of whom 7 were still living,born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania.[16]

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Bowers-1920 created through the import of TMG_DESC_OF_HENRY BROWN 8 OCT 2012.GED on Oct 8, 2012 by Dan Olds. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dan and others.
  • Source: S110 Title: Note Abbreviation: Note
  • Source: S1217 Title: Olney Daily Mail: Death of Dr. Bowers, Location: Olney, Illinois Abbreviation: Olney Daily Mail Publication: 1945
  • Source: S1220 Title: Bowers, Dr. Daniel W., funeral card, Record Type: funeral card, Name OfPerson: Bowers, Dr. Daniel W. Abbreviation: Bowers, Dr. Daniel W. funeral card Author: Dr. Daniel W. Bowers Note: With letter from Karen Stremme to Dan W. Olds, 29 Oct. 2000 Repository: #R9
  • Repository: R9 Name: personal files Address: City: Spartanburg State: South Carolina
  • Source: S1317 Title: 1856 State Census of Iowa, Jefferson County, Record Type:www.ancestry.com Abbreviation: 1856c, Jefferson Co., Iowa Repository: #R10
  • Repository: R10 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: State: internet URL:
  • Source: S1394 Title: Olney Daily Mail: Olney Daily Mail, Location: Olney, Illinois Abbreviation: Olney Daily Mail Publication: 1975
  • Source: S2151 Title: 1910 federal census of Ward County, North Dakota, Record Type: Microfilmimage online Abbreviation: 1910c, Ward Co., N.D. Repository: #R10
  • Source: S267 Title: Death Record, Richland County, Ill., Record Type: Death Record Abbreviation: Richland County Death Records Repository: #R14
  • Repository: R14 Name: Richland County Records Address: 103 West Main City: Olney State: Illinois
  • Source: S269 Title: 1900 federal census of Richland County, Illinois, Record Type: Microfilmimage online Abbreviation: 1900c, Richland County, Ill. Repository: #R10
  • Source: S3149 Title: Dr. Bowers Was 'Country Doctor' Abbreviation: Bowers, Dr. Dan W. -- obit Repository: #R19
  • Repository: R19 Name: Library and papers of Doris R. Olds Address: City: Spartanburg State: South Carolina
  • Source: S774 Title: Holy Bible, Family Info: Bowers (Peter and Mary) family Bible, Present Owner: owner Evelyn Peace (1978), Location: photocopy of family record section in my possession Abbreviation: Holy Bible of Peter and Mary Bowers Note: I have a photocopy of the family information pages only.
  • Source: S863 Title: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Richland Co., Ill., Record Type: tombstone,Reader: read by Dan W. Olds Abbreviation: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Richland Co., Ill. Repository: #R57
  • Repository: R57 Name: Walnut Grove Cemetery Address: City: Bonpas Township State: Illinois
  1. Source: #S774
  2. Source: #S1220 Page: adds the place of birth
  3. Source: #S1217
  4. Source: #S267 Page: death certificate of Dr. Daniel W. Bowers, filed 17 Jan 1945
  5. Source: #S1220 Page: It lists the place of interment as "Dunkard Cemetery"
  6. Source: #S863 Page: tombstone of Daniel W. Bowers, MD, 1861 - 1945. On tombstone with Elise R. Bowers. Photographed 31 July 2009.
  7. Source: #S110 Page: This biographical statement of Dr. Bowers was prepared by Doris Olds for the 1979 Bowers book. She relied on material collected by his children,nieces and nephews.
  8. Source: #S1394
  9. Source: #S110 Page: Found in the notes of Doris Olds, presumably from the death record at Olney.
  10. Source: #S1217
  11. Source: #S3149
  12. Source: #S2151
  13. Source: #S774
  14. Source: #S774 Page: although the place is not stated.
  15. Source: #S1317 Page: p. 1130, 147/150
  16. Source: #S269






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