Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Bowe, Moses 1835 - 
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Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

MOSES BOWE occupies an important place among the leading farmers and stock-
raisers of Will Township, who have contributed to raise it to its present 
prosperous condition, and have thus materially advanced the interests of the 
county. Mr. Bowe is of Irish birth and parentage, born in County Wexford, town 
of Ballclay, June 22, 1835, a son of John and Annastatia Bowe. They had five 
children, namely: Mary. Ellen, Elizabeth, Moses and John P., all of whom grew 
to maturity, and Ellen and Mary married and reared families. Our subject spent 
the early years of his boyhood in the land of his nativity, coming to the 
United States with his uncle, Philip Bowe, in 1845, who located in 
Pennsylvania. In 1852, Mr. Bowe came to Chicago, where he lived two years, 
working in the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1854 he came to 
Monee, where he was connected with the same railway till about 1881. He then 
took up farming for a living and located on the one hundred and sixty-nine 
acres which he had purchased here in 1864, and on which he had made various 
improvements. He now has his place in an excellent condition, provided with 
suitable buildings, and the land well tilled. He gives much attention to stock-
raising and has a fine herd of thoroughbred Short-horns. Our subject has 
acquired this property by the exercise of his keen foresight and practical 
ability. May 6, 1860, Mr. Bowe took unto himself a wife in the person of Miss 
Hanora Hurley. She is a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and a daughter of 
Michael and Catherine (Green) Hurley. They were the parents of five children: 
Ellen, John, Mary, Catherine, Hanora, all of whom came to America, with the 
exception of the oldest, all marrying and rearing families, excepting John. 
The latter was an officer in the Fedeial Army, serving as Sergeant during the 
late war, and was killed in the battle of Lookout Mountain. Mary was the first 
to come to the United States, taking up her residence in Glens Fall, N. Y., in 
1847, and then subsequently removing to Chicago. Mrs. Bowe came to the United 
States in 1852 and has ever since been a resident of Illinois. Of her happy 
wedded life with our subject the following children have been born: Philip S., 
John J., Michael M.,William M., and Agnes. William died at the age of 
seventeen. We have seen that our subject is a self-made man, and we may add, 
what seems to be the universal testimony of the entire community, that he is a 
strictly honorable, straightforward man, a most desirable citizen and in his 
domestic relations is all that a considerate husband and wise father should 
be. He interests himself in public, social and religious matters and bears a 
prominent part in the civic life of county and township, having been elected 
Supervisor to represent the township of Will on the County Board for five 
years without opposition, which fact speaks well for his popularity and 
ability. In politics he is a decided Democrat. Religiously he and his wife are 
esteemed members of the Reformed Church. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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