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Freeman Cleveland Bower birth in Granby, Missouri 1857

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Re: Freeman Cleveland Bower birth in Granby, Missouri 1857

schoony156  (View posts) Posted: 1 Jul 2008 5:03PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Bower, Jackson, Relyea
This is a follow-up with the latest information. Freeman Cleveland Bower apparently also had a brother named Charles who was a couple years older than him. Also a possible different birthdate for Freeman Bower.
Bob, Email: schoony@comcast.net

Alternative Birth Date from Idaho Death Index 1911-1951:
BOWER, FREEMAN CLEVELAND NAMPA 110866 04/20/1857 09/10/1938

1870 Census, Libertyhill, Williamson County, Texas
Bower, Charles (15), Ark
Bower, Freman (13), Ark (Carrollton, Arkansas?)

1880 Census (15 June 1880), Llano, Llano County, Texas
Leach, Asbury (52), Kentucky, Mary, Mary
Leach, Marthy (53), Wife, Alabama
Leach, Joseph (23), Son, Druggist, Texas
Bower, Free (23), Boarder, Druggist, Missouri

Freeman Cleveland Bower was married to Sallie Ann Jackson in Llano, Texas on 26 March 1882. They had at least one child, Oscar Homer Bower, and apparently divorced prior to 1894. Sallie continued using her married name of Mrs. F.C. Bower in 1910 in Commanche, Texas and in 1942 in Waco, Texas. Sallie Ann (Jackson) Bower died in Waco, McLennan County, Texas on 17 September 1954.

Marriage Record, New Plymouth, Canyon County, Idaho:
Groom Last Name: BOWER
Groom First Name: Freeman C.
Groom Residence: Boise, Ada County
Bride Last Name: RELYEA
Bride First Name: Veda R.
Bride Residence: New Plymouth
Place: New Plymouth
Date: 14 Jul 1900
County of Record: Canyon
State: Idaho
Volume: 1
Page: 128
Marriage ID: 2581

1920 Census (5 January 1920), New Plymouth, Payette County, Idaho
Bowers, Freeman, 62, MO, TN, GA
Bowers, Vada, Wife, 37, MI, NY, MI
Bowers, Lura D., Daughter, 18, ID, MO, MI
Bowers, Orville E., Son, 16, ID, MO, MI
Bowers, Ruth, Daughter, 13, ID, MO, MI

Freeman Cleveland Bower was divorced from Veda Rose Relyea during the 1920's.

OBIT - FREEMAN C. BOWER
(Idaho Free Press, Nampa, Idaho, Saturday, September 10, 1938)
Freeman C. Bower, 81, Dies in Nampa - Freeman Cleveland Bower, 81, died at a local hospital early today following an illness of several months. Deceased was a Boise Valley pioneer having come here in 1893 from Texas. During his residence in Idaho he has operated grocery and confectionary businesses in Boise, Emmett and New Plymouth. The past few years Mr. Bower made his home in Nampa with his daughter, Mrs. R. C. Hooker. Other surviving children are O.H. (Oscar Homer) Bower of Dallas, Texas, Orville Bower of Oakland, Cal., Mrs. Ruth Schoonover of Philadelphia, Pa. and Miss Dorothy Bower of New Plymouth. Seven grandchildren also survive. The body is at Robinson's mortuary pending announcement of funeral arrangements.
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