Yolo-Shasta-Trinity County CA Archives Biographies.....Bower, John G. 1823 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

JOHN G. BOWER, a successful, prosperous farmer of Yolo County, is the son of
William and Elizabeth (Ghusler) Bower, natives of Pennsylvania. His father, who
was a mechanic and a tanner, followed his trade until he moved to Illinois,
where he became a farmer and also ran a tanyard. On immigration to this country
he first located in Ohio and lived there sixteen years, and then, in 1840, he
moved to Illinois, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in Pike
County in 1872; his wife had died there previously, in 1860.

  John G. was born in Pennsylvania in 1823, and was a small boy when his parents
settled in Ohio. In 1849 he came overland to California, with an ox team, and
spent the most of two years in the mines. In the fall of 1849 he built a cabin
on the banks of the Sacramento River, about four miles east of Shasta, and
wintered therein. In the spring he went to Trinity and Scott River valleys, and
remained there until fall. Returning to Illinois he remained there until the
spring of 1852, when he came again to California, with ox teams, and stopped at
Hangtown, then at Sacramento, and then at Putah Creek, and finally on Cache
Creek, where he now lives, in the garden spot of California, devoting his
attention principally to agricultural pursuits. He has 160 acres of as fine land
as can be found in the county; wheat and barley are his specialties.

  For his wife he married Susan Crowder, who was born in 1821, in Tennessee, and
they have two sons: James W., who is now farming in Tehama County; and John G.,
Jr., who resides at the old homestead. He was born in Pike County, Illinois, in
1849, and was brought to this State by his parents in 1852.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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