Brooks-Berrien-Gwinnett County GaArchives Biographies.....Clower, W. L. Pierce 1880 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   W. L. PIERCE CLOWER. Prominent among the energetic, wide-awake young men who
are so ably conducting the agricultural interests of Brooks county is W. L.
Pierce Clower, who resides with his widowed mother in the Morven district. He
was born at Rays Mill, in Berrien county, Georgia, on January 22, 1880, and is a
descendant in the fourth generation from Daniel Clower, who was born in Germany,
July 18, 1762, immigrated to America as a youth, and fought with the colonists
in their struggle for independence.

   Daniel P. Clower, the next in line of descent, was born on May 13, 1805, and
died on his farm in Gwinnett county, Georgia, while yet in manhood's prime. He
married Partliene Brandon, a daughter of William Brandon. She too died in early
life, leaving four children as follows: John Thomas, father of the subject of
this review; William P.; Mary Elizabeth; and Nancy J. Very young when their
parents died, all of these children spent their early youth with an uncle,
Joseph Brandon.

   John Thomas Clower, M. D., the eldest child of the household, was born in
Gwinnett county, in Georgia, May 13, 1830. He availed himself of every
opportunity afforded him for the acquiring of an education while young, and
subsequently went to Bartow county, Georgia, as an overseer on the plantation of
his uncle, Thomas Brandon. Then, after working at the carpenter trade for a
short time, he entered the Atlanta Medical College, from which he was graduated
just as the war between the states was declared. Immediately enlisting as a
soldier, he was made second lieutenant of his company, which was attached to
Major Laden's Battalion, in the Ninth Georgia Regiment, and with his command
joined the Western army. Later Dr. Glower was appointed surgeon, and was with
the army in its many compaigns and battles until the last of the conflict.

   Locating in Gwinnett county when he returned to Georgia, Dr. Clower was there
engaged in the practice of medicine until 1870. The next seventeen years he
practiced at Rays Mills, Berrien county, Georgia, from there coming to Brooks
county in 1887. Buying a plantation in the Morven district, he carried on
farming in connection with his professional work, becoming noted both as an
agriculturist, and as a physician of skill and ability, and continuing thus
until his death, March 12, 1893.

   Dr. Glower married in January, 1869, Delusky Ann Brogdon, who was born in
Gwinnett county, Georgia, on March 7, 1849, a daughter of Hope J. Brogdon. Her
grandfather, George Brogdon, was born, it is supposed, in one of the Carolinas.
Coming to Georgia at an early period of its settlement, he located first in
Jackson county, from there going to Gwinnett county, where he took up land and
from the virgin wilderness hewed a farm. Both he and his wife possessed the true
pioneer grit and courage, and thrift indoors and out brought success to them.
They started their wedded life without means, and by dint of persevering labor
acquired sufficient property to be called rich in those times. Both he and his
wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Jackson, lived long and happy lives. George
Brogdon reared eight children as follows: Wiley, George, William, Noah, Charity,
Faith, Hope J. and Sarah. He gave each of his children a tract of land.

   Locating on the land presented to him by his father, Hope J. Brogdon erected
a typical pioneer log cabin for his first home, and immediately began clearing a
farm. There being no railways in those early days, he marketed his produce at
Augusta, one hundred miles away, on the homeward trip bringing the needed
supplies, including salt, molasses and iron for use in the making of farm
implements. His wife, who for many years after her marriage cooked by the
fireplace, became the proud possessor of one of the first stoves carried into
Gwinnett county. Well versed in the domestic arts, she used to card, spin and
weave cloth for the garments in which she clothed her family. He died on the
farm he had improved, at the age of sixty-nine years, being survived by his
wife, who reached the age of about seventy years. The maiden name of the wife of
Hope Brogdon was Emily Bogan. Her father, Shadrach Bogan, removed from Augusta,
Georgia, to Gwinnett county, becoming a pioneer of Lawrenceville, where he was
wont to trade with the Indians. He built the first grist mill in that county,
and also the first gin. Prominent in public affairs, he seryed for one or more
terms as counselor general of the state. Late in life he moved to Alabama, and
his last days were spent at Cedar Bluff. Mr. Bogan married Ann Fee. Her father,
Captain Fee, a native of England, sailed the seas as captain of a vessel. He
brought his family to Georgia, locating in Augusta, and soon after started on an
ocean voyage, but neither he nor his ship nor his crew were ever heard from
again. Mrs. Hope J. Brogdon lived a few years after the death of her husband.
She was the mother of thirteen children, as follows: Caroline, Frances, Mary,
Elizabeth, George, Daniel, Noah, William, Wiley, Delusky Ann, Jackson, Emery and
John.

   Dr. Clower was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church South, to
which Mrs. Glower also belongs, and for a number of years served as a member of
the county school board. Mrs. Glower has never forgotten the art of spinning and
weaving which she learned as a girl, but occasionally gets out her wheel and
spins the yarn which she later knits into stockings. The doctor and Mrs. Glower
reared three sons, namely: John P., R. Jackson and W. L. Pierce Clower.

   John P. Clower, of Moultrie, Georgia, is employed as a book-keeper by one of
the leading firms of that place. He has been twice married. His first wife,
whose maiden name was Fannie Lou Edmondson, died in early womanhood, leaving two
children, Bamma and Warren Candler. He married for his second wife Mamie Pruitt,
and to them two children have been born, Young and Lovic.

   R. Jackson Clower, M. D., a practicing physician in Mowen, married Willie
Brice and they are the parents of three children, named Mary Thomas, Emily
Jackson and Tim Brice.

   W. L. Pierce Clower, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch,
resides with his mother on the old homestead, where he is carrying on general
farming with excellent results.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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