George
Washington
Bowers
Born in Lexington County, SC
Ancestors 
Brother of
Nancy Caroline (Bowers) Young
Husband of
Mary Magdalena (Mayer) Bowers
— married
8 May 1840 in Lexington County, SC
Descendants 
Father of
Jacob Andrew Bowers, John Henry Bowers, Georgiana Cornelia (Bowers) Shealy, Patrick William Bowers, Martha Ann Louise (Bowers) Shealy and Susannah Tranquilla (Bowers) Fulmer
Died
at age 45
in Lexington County, SC
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2016
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Biography
Dates of birth and death are from George's tombstone in the Bowers Cemetery, Prosperity, SC.
The Bowers Family Bible states George was a son of A. A. Bowers and Magdalena Wheeler, and stating he was "born on the 3rd day of July in the Year of our Lord 1816."
He appears in the 1820-1860 census records living in Lexington County, SC.
Sources
1. Find A Grave for George Bowers
2. Fulmers of the Dutch Fork by Oliver Bryan Fulmer, 1995, page 330
3. Bowers Family Bible
4. Year: 1840; Census Place: Richland, South Carolina; Page: 435; Family History Library Film: 0022510
5. Year: 1850; Census Place: Lexington, Lexington, South Carolina; Roll: M432_855; Page: 378A; Image: 356
6. Year: 1860; Census Place: Dutch Fork, Lexington, South Carolina; Page: 406; Family History Library Film: 805222
7. South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; South Carolina Death Records; Year Range: 1925-1949; Death County or Certificate Range: Lexington. Certificate # 7509 (daughter, Susannah Tranquilla Bowers Fulmer).
8. Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Lexington, South Carolina; Archive Collection Number: AD260; Roll: 2; Page: 119; Line: 19; Schedule Type: Agriculture
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~6.25%
Ken Harmon
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Ronda Templeton :
23andMe, yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QH3740666 [compare], yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838, Ancestry member RondaTempletonDavidson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal RONfc3b0838, FTDNA kit #1012486
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~0.78%
Sarah Sharpless :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A215298 [compare], Ancestry member sks374
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