Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Brower, Jonas W. 1871 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JONAS W. BROWER.

   Jonas W. Brower, a retired merchant of Flora, Indiana, who spent his early
life on the farm, is one of the directors of the First National Bank at Flora
and has various business houses in the town. He is a prosperous, energetic and
highly successful man and citizen.

   Mr. Brower was born in Monroe township, Carroll county, Indiana, June 18,
1871, the son of Francis D. and Catherine (Young) Brower, both of whom were born
in Preble county, Ohio.

   The late Francis D. Brower was the son of Joel H. and Delilah (Parker)
Brower. Joel H. Brower was a native of Franklin county, Virginia, who came with
his parents to Preble county, Ohio, at the age of eight years. There he grew to
manhood and there he married. Later he moved to Howard county, Indiana, and
entered one hundred and sixty acres of land northwest of Kokomo ten miles, where
he built a blacksmith shop. He combined blacksmithing and farming, living upon
the pioneer homestead in Howard county and there rearing his family. In fact, he
lived on this farm until his death. He was an elder in the German Baptist
church. By his marriage to Delilah Parker, there were born six children, Alfred,
Jonathan, Francis D., Jonas L., Sarah and Joel H., Jr., of whom three are now
living.

   Francis D. Brower was reared on a farm in Howard county, Indiana, and was
educated in the neighborhood schools. On February 26, 1863, he married Catherine
Young, who had come with her parents from Preble county, Ohio, to Carroll
county, Indiana. When a small girl, her parents located on a farm near Flora,
which her father had bought and where she was reared and educated. Their farm
adjoined Flora on the south. Some time after his marriage, Francis D. Brower
located in Burlington township, where he spent most of his life rearing his
family. After the children were grown, he purchased a little farm near Flora, to
which he moved and retired. He was a prosperous man at the time of his death a
member of the German Baptist church and a deacon in the church. He passed away
at his home on July 28, 1891. His wife survived him more than two decades,
passing away on November 7, 1913. They were the parents of five sons, three of
whom are now living, Solomon U., Jonas W. and Joel H. Solomon U. is a farmer in
Burlington township and lives near where he was reared. Jonas W. is the subject
of this sketch.   Joel H. is a ranchman in South Dakota.

   Reared on a farm in Burlington township, Jonas W. Brower, at the proper age,
entered the district schools, attending school in the winter and working on the
farm in the summer. There he remained until about twenty-two years of age.

   On January 28, 1893, when Jonas W. Brower was twenty-two years old, he was
married to Florence L. Witter, who was born in Monroe township and was educated
in the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Brower have had three children, Bessie M.,
Edith M. and Catherine I. Bessie M., born on November 8, 1893, who graduated
fr0m the high school, is the wife of Elmer L. Kuns. They have one daughter,
Isabelle. Edith M. is a graduate of the high school. Both Edith M. and Catherine
I. live at home.

   Mr. and Mrs. Brower are members of the First Brethren church. Mr. Brower is
secretary of the congregation. Fraternally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen
of America. He votes the Democratic ticket but takes no active part in politics.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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