Joseph Bower    

C. CARVER and JOSEPH BOWER, carriage-makers, Sandy Lake, are among the best known manufacturers of this county. . .
Joseph Bower was born August 9, 1845, in Venango County, Penn., to Peter and Catharine (Earhardt) Bower, the parents of four children, who grew up: John J., Daniel, Joseph and George W. The father was married a second time, his last wife being Elizabeth Lash, by whom he had Cyrus P., Mary, William A., Sarah B., Anna, Addie and Emma. Mr. Bower was educated in Cooperstown, Penn., and began to learn his trade when young. He finished with William Dickson, at Clarksville, began for himself in 1872, and continued until he formed his present partnership. He was married November 7, 1870, to Amanda E. Seiple, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sherr) Seiple. She was born in Lehigh County, and has borne him two children:
Jesse A. and Frances V. He is a member of the A. 0. U. W., and he and wife belong to the Presbyterian Church. He is a Democrat in politics.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1046-1047.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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