Jesse Bowers was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jesse Bowers, who came from Frederick Co, Va., to Knox Co, in 1802, was educated for the ministry, and for over 20 years preached for the Methodist Church, traveling on horseback over a large circuit during pioneer days.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, he wed Lydia Grindstaff, a native of Washington Co, Penn. and they became the parents of 11 children, five sons and six daughters, namely: Rosanna, who first married Daniel Stone, and is now the widow of Joseph Drake; Abigail, wife of William Rigley; Amanda, who married Moses Grindstaff, and died in Licking Co, Ohio; Elias, who died in Knox Co, Ohio; Martha; Jeremiah; Lewis; Mary; Wesley; John N; and Philena, wife of Jackson Davis.
The parents both died, and are buried in Hartford Twp, Licking. During the latter part of his life, the former had mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits, and while he was engaged in preaching, his children operated the farm.
***See history of Ohio.
Circuit rider is a popular term referring to clergy in the earliest years of the United States who were assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church
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a son of Jesse and Lydia:
John Nelson Bowers, born abt. 1831 in Ohio, died unknown.
John Nelson Bowers married 5 Oct 1851 in Delaware Co., Ohio, Hanna Bailey, a daughter of George H. Bailey and Elizabeth MacCartney.
Jesse & Lydia's other childern:
Rosannah
Amanda
Abigail (could be twin to Permelia)
Permelia
Elias
Martha
Jeremiah
Lewis
Charles Wesley
Philena A.
Jesse Bowers, who came from Frederick Co, Va., to Knox Co, in 1802, was educated for the ministry, and for over 20 years preached for the Methodist Church, traveling on horseback over a large circuit during pioneer days.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, he wed Lydia Grindstaff, a native of Washington Co, Penn. and they became the parents of 11 children, five sons and six daughters, namely: Rosanna, who first married Daniel Stone, and is now the widow of Joseph Drake; Abigail, wife of William Rigley; Amanda, who married Moses Grindstaff, and died in Licking Co, Ohio; Elias, who died in Knox Co, Ohio; Martha; Jeremiah; Lewis; Mary; Wesley; John N; and Philena, wife of Jackson Davis.
The parents both died, and are buried in Hartford Twp, Licking. During the latter part of his life, the former had mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits, and while he was engaged in preaching, his children operated the farm.
***See history of Ohio.
Circuit rider is a popular term referring to clergy in the earliest years of the United States who were assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church
************
a son of Jesse and Lydia:
John Nelson Bowers, born abt. 1831 in Ohio, died unknown.
John Nelson Bowers married 5 Oct 1851 in Delaware Co., Ohio, Hanna Bailey, a daughter of George H. Bailey and Elizabeth MacCartney.
Jesse & Lydia's other childern:
Rosannah
Amanda
Abigail (could be twin to Permelia)
Permelia
Elias
Martha
Jeremiah
Lewis
Charles Wesley
Philena A.
Jesse Bowers was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jesse Bowers, who came from Frederick Co, Va., to Knox Co, in 1802, was educated for the ministry, and for over 20 years preached for the Methodist Church, traveling on horseback over a large circuit during pioneer days.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, he wed Lydia Grindstaff, a native of Washington Co, Penn. and they became the parents of 11 children, five sons and six daughters, namely: Rosanna, who first married Daniel Stone, and is now the widow of Joseph Drake; Abigail, wife of William Rigley; Amanda, who married Moses Grindstaff, and died in Licking Co, Ohio; Elias, who died in Knox Co, Ohio; Martha; Jeremiah; Lewis; Mary; Wesley; John N; and Philena, wife of Jackson Davis.
The parents both died, and are buried in Hartford Twp, Licking. During the latter part of his life, the former had mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits, and while he was engaged in preaching, his children operated the farm.
***See history of Ohio.
Circuit rider is a popular term referring to clergy in the earliest years of the United States who were assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church
************
a son of Jesse and Lydia:
John Nelson Bowers, born abt. 1831 in Ohio, died unknown.
John Nelson Bowers married 5 Oct 1851 in Delaware Co., Ohio, Hanna Bailey, a daughter of George H. Bailey and Elizabeth MacCartney.
Jesse & Lydia's other childern:
Rosannah
Amanda
Abigail (could be twin to Permelia)
Permelia
Elias
Martha
Jeremiah
Lewis
Charles Wesley
Philena A.
Jesse Bowers, who came from Frederick Co, Va., to Knox Co, in 1802, was educated for the ministry, and for over 20 years preached for the Methodist Church, traveling on horseback over a large circuit during pioneer days.
In Wheeling, West Virginia, he wed Lydia Grindstaff, a native of Washington Co, Penn. and they became the parents of 11 children, five sons and six daughters, namely: Rosanna, who first married Daniel Stone, and is now the widow of Joseph Drake; Abigail, wife of William Rigley; Amanda, who married Moses Grindstaff, and died in Licking Co, Ohio; Elias, who died in Knox Co, Ohio; Martha; Jeremiah; Lewis; Mary; Wesley; John N; and Philena, wife of Jackson Davis.
The parents both died, and are buried in Hartford Twp, Licking. During the latter part of his life, the former had mostly engaged in agricultural pursuits, and while he was engaged in preaching, his children operated the farm.
***See history of Ohio.
Circuit rider is a popular term referring to clergy in the earliest years of the United States who were assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in the Methodist Episcopal Church
************
a son of Jesse and Lydia:
John Nelson Bowers, born abt. 1831 in Ohio, died unknown.
John Nelson Bowers married 5 Oct 1851 in Delaware Co., Ohio, Hanna Bailey, a daughter of George H. Bailey and Elizabeth MacCartney.
Jesse & Lydia's other childern:
Rosannah
Amanda
Abigail (could be twin to Permelia)
Permelia
Elias
Martha
Jeremiah
Lewis
Charles Wesley
Philena A.
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Jesse Bowers
Died Jan. 25 1865
Aged 71 yrs 1 day
"My children, I bid you all farewell"
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