William Dowers

1835 - Aft 1900  (~ 66 years)

• Name	William Dowers
  Born	Nov 1835	,,Indiana, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0A39EC92A23EE14FA235366601151754C5A6
  Died	Aft 1900	Rising Sun, Ohio, Indiana, United States
  Notes	SOURCES: 1870 US Census Wm Dowers, Birth Year: abt 1837 Age in 1870: 33 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Race: White Gender: Male - Mary E Dowers, Birth Year: abt 1838 Age in 1870: 32 Birthplace: Indiana Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Race: White Gender: Female - Emerson Dowers, Birth Year: abt 1861 Age in 1870: 9 Birthplace: Iowa Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Gender: Male - Anderson Dowers, Birth Year: abt 1861 Age in 1870: 9 Birthplace: Iowa Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Race: White Gender: Male - Matilda Dowers, Birth Year: abt 1864 Age in 1870: 6 Birthplace: Iowa Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Race: White Gender: Female. - Minnie Dowers Birth Year: abt 1868 Age in 1870: 2 Birthplace: Nebraska Home in 1870: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska Gender: Female Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Salt Creek, Cass, Nebraska; Roll: M593_828; Page: 158B; Image: 320; Family History Library Film: 552327. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 1885 Nebraska State Census, 1885 <http://www.ancestry.com> Name: William Dowers Age:49, Birth Year abt 1836,Birth Place:Indiana,Race:White - Mary C. Dowers Age: abt 1836 Birth Year: 49 Birth Place: Indiana Race: White Census Date:5 Jun 1885,Census Location: Village S. Decatur,Burt,Nebraska Enumerator:W. S. Page Film Roll: Village S. Decatur,Burt,Nebraska Locality: M352_05 Page: 9 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Nebraska State Census, 1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Schedules of the Nebraska State Census of 1885. M352. RG 29. 56 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. 1900 US Census William Dowers Home in 1900: Harrison, Dewey, Oklahoma Age: 64 Birth Date: Nov 1835 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to head-of-house: Head[Son] Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky Spouse's Name: Mary E Dowers Marriage year: 1860 Marital Status: Married Years married: 40 - Mary E Dowers Home in 1900: Harrison, Dewey, Oklahoma Age: 64 Birth Date: Mar 1836 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Canada Eng Mother: number of living children: 4 Mother: How many children: 6 Spouse's Name: William Dowers Marriage year: 1860 Marital Status: Married Years married: 40 Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Dewey, Oklahoma; Roll: T623_1337; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 44. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. BIOGRAPHY: Ancestry.com "Unk" file notes: William DOWERS Sex: M Birth: ABT. 1836 in Ripley Co., Indiana, Death: WFT Est. 1866-1927 Fact 2: Married soon after 1860 census, probably in Winterset, Iowa Fact 3: Age shown as 23 & 33 in census Fact 4: Emerson & Anderson (ca,1861), & Matilda Dowers (ca.1864) b. Madison Co., IA Fact 5: Minnie Dowers (ca.1868) b. in Cass Co., Nebraska Fact 6: Farmer Fact 8: Ashland, Nebraska in 1870 Fact 12: 1850 - Ripley Co., IN 1860 - Madison Co., IA 1870 - Cass Co., NE
  Person ID	I925	7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Henry Dowers,   b. 1798, ,   d. 1870  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Melinda Bassett,   b. 8 Feb 1805, Simpson, Franklin, Kentucky, United States ,   d. AFT. 1870  (Age > 66 years)
  Married	29 Mar 1827	, Ripley, Indiana, United States   [4, 5, 6]
  Notes	Indiana, Ripley County Marriage Index, Ancestry.comBasset, Malinda married Dowers, Henry on 29 Mar 1827 in Ripley County, Indiana Basset, Malinda Spouse: Henry Dowers Marriage Date: Mar 29, 1827 Location: Ripley Co., Indiana Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Microfilm: 1311944 Indiana Marriages to 1850 shows date as 27 Mar 1829
  Family ID	F530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary E Richards,   b. Mar 1836, ,, Indiana, United States
  Married	1860	Madison, Iowa, United States
  Children	1. Emerson Dowers,   b. 1861, Madison, ,Iowa, United States   2. Anderson Dowers,   b. 1861, , ,Iowa, United States   3. Matilda Dowers,   b. 1864, , ,Iowa, United States   4. Minnie Bell Dowers,   b. 12 Nov 1870, , Nebraska, United States ,   d. 2 Feb 1958, San Bernardino,,California, United States  (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] 1850 US Census. [S27] 1860 US Census, US Gov., (Ancestry.com). [S93] 1900 US Census, US Gov, (Ancestry.com). [S1055] Ripley Co., IN, Index of Marriages. [S17] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 1997, data as of February 1997). [S1056] Indiana Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.