Biographical Sketch of Charles MOWRY (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881); pg. 666 MOWRY, Charles, was a native of Litchfield, Providence Co., R.I., where he was born in 1777. His career in Chester County as editor and publisher of the 'Temperate Zone' and 'American Republican' is given in the article on newspapers. On his removal to Harrisburg, after disposing of the 'American Republican,' he purchased the 'Harrisburg Republican,' the publication of which he continued under the title of the 'Pennsylvania Intelligencer.' This paper he eventually disposed of to Simon Cameron, who had been associated with him as journeyman and co-partner in its management, in order that he might assume the duties of canal commissioner, to which he had been appointed, and which he held during the administration of Governor Shulze. During his career as editor he acquired considerable celebrity as a political writer, and exercised a marked influence upon the policy of his party. Mr. Mowry's wife was Mary, daughter of George Richmond, of Sadsbury township, to whom he was married March 31, 1812. He died July 29, 1838, leaving six children,-three sons, since deceased, and three daughters, one of whom is the widow of Samuel D. Young, and another, the youngest, the wife of Hon. David Fleming, a leading member of the Harrisburg bar.