OBIT: BOWSER, A. B.; 1861; Taylor Township, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ The Alleghanian Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, 11 Jul 1861 Volume 2, Number 46 Fatal Casualty The Johnstown TRIBUNE states as follows - A distressing casualty occurred on the premises of Mr. George Knable in Taylor township on Wednesday of last week. A number of Mr. K's neighbors were assisting him in raising a barn and while some of them were adjusting a heavy piece of timber in place upon the frame, the stick, by a sudden and unexpected lurch or roll, slipped off at one corner and in falling struck Mr. A. B. Bowser, who was standing close in by the frame upon the shoulder, carrying him with it and under it to the ground, crushing his body in a shocking manner, and killing him instantly. Mr. Bowser was about 30 years of age and leaves a wife and three children to mourn his sudden and distressingly violent end.