Dr. Samuel Sauers Bowers^[1]

1836 - 1900  (63 years)

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• Name	Samuel Sauers Bowers
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	4 Dec 1836	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bef 1857	Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1857	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1858	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Doctor
  Residence	1862	Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	00013-1163
  Died	2 Jan 1900
  Buried	Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
  Person ID	I16121	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel Bowers,   b. 26 Feb 1792, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Lydia Sauers,   b. 8 Oct 1797, , USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1869, Oakfield, Kent, Michigan  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1815  [7]
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Marie Flowers,   b. 6 May 1837, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 21 Sep 1921  (Age 84 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1858	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 5]
  Children	1. William Ainsworth Flower Bowers,   b. 17 Jun 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1943, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Bowers, "is married to Mary Flowers and resides at Fondu Lac, Wisconsin, U. S." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. __________________________ BOWERS, SAMUEL BOWERS was born in Berlin in a well known local family. His parents moved to Canada in 1826 from Pennsylvania, their families having settled there in 1750.(1) He was educated at Rockwood Academy and Victoria University, Cobourg, then studied at Toronto School of Medicine, and in 1856 at the University of the City of New York. In 1857 he received a degree from Queen's University, Kingston. He commenced practice at Plattsville, and on Dec. 10, 1857 the Berlin papers carried a notice that his office was at the residence of John Hoffman, Esq. Waterloo Village. In September 1859 at Dr. Christ's trial [a fellow Doctor charged with grave robbing], his testimony was to the effect that he had identified human bones in Christ's possession. (2) He removed to Melbourne, Quebec, in 1860, and in May 1865 arrived in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. For the first two years there he managed a peat company, later resuming the practice of medicine. He was active in community and professional affairs, was mayor for three years, and held other municipal offices. He was connected with several heavy mining corporations. (3). He died on January 2, 1900, and was survived by his widow the former Hannah Flower, daughter of Wm. Flower, of Berlin, also by one son and three daughters. (4). (1)Portrait and Biographical Album of Fond du Lac, 1889 (2)Berlin Telegraph Sept. 16, 1859 (3)History of Fond du Lac County, 1860. (4)Daily Reporter, Fond du Lac, January 2, 1900. From: Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 by Alexander D. Campbell

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 293. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Samuel S. Bowers, aged 21, res Waterloo, born Canada, son of Samuel and Lydia married 20 Apr 1858 to Hannah M. Flowers, aged 21, res Waterloo, born US daughter of William. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 pg 228. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 29 Dec 1836:8. few weeks ago The family of Samuel Bauer in Waterloo was blessed with a son. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 27 Apr 1858. On the 20th inst., Dr. S. S. Bowers, of Waterloo Village, to Hannah Maria, eldest daughter of William Flowers, Esq. of Berlin. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Jul 1862. William Flowers died 4 Jul 1862 at home of son-in-law, Dr. S.S. Bowers, in Acton, abt. 56 yrs, formerly of Berlin, had a contract with Mr. Jackson for the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 286.

  
  

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  Born - 4 Dec 1836 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - Bef 1857 - Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1857 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1858 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Apr 1858 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1862 - Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Rienzi Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth