BIO: Andrew Mowery, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA.

                             CHAPTER XLVIII.

               HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF NEWBURG.

  ANDREW MOWERY, farmer, P. O. Newburg, was born in 1829.  His 
grandfather, Andrew Mowery, came from Germany, and settled more than a 
century ago at the foot of the North Mountain, where Philip Miller now 
owns land.  Prior to coming to this county he located in York County, 
and there was married to Kath_ina Bauder.  He was a widower at this 
time, and by his first wife had three sons:  Michael, John and Peter; 
the lat-

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ter, who was a soldier, was killed in the war of 1812.  His second wife 
bore him the following named children:  Andrew, Jacob, Adam, Solomon, 
Elizabeth, Magdalena and Catharine.  By trade Andrew Mowery was a shoe-
maker, and many a pair of shoes did he make for the Indians.  At the 
time he was living in York County the Indians became very troublesome, 
and killed a number of white settlers, among whom were several women 
and children.  Andrew Mowery was one of a party of whites who undertook 
to punish the murderers, made a raid into an Indian camp and killed a 
number of savages.  He died in 1806, and his widow in 1826.  Solomon 
Mowery, the father of our subject, was married to Catharine Carper in 
1813, and commenced domestic life in Hopewell Township, where his half-
brother Michael had a distillery.  He was employed at this business for 
a number of years.  To Solomon Mowery and wife were born these 
children:  Mary, John, Elizabeth, Adam, Sarah, Margaret, Catharine, 
Andrew, Samuel C., David C.; the first death in the family being that 
of John in 1885.  The father died in 1870, and the mother in 1871.  Our 
subject worked for his father until twenty-three years of age, then 
rented the farm where he now resides, and a year later moved to a farm 
near Newburg.  In 1859 he purchased the farm on which his first money 
was earned after he began business.  Until 1875 his sister Mary was his 
housekeeper.  June 14, 1875, he was united in marriage with Annie M. C. 
Dunlap, of Mifflin Township, this county.  Her parents, James and 
Elizabeth (High) Dunlap, were married in Cumberland County in 1852, and 
still reside in Mifflin Township.  To this union were born David E., 
James F., Harry E. M. and John C.  In 1858 Andrew Mowery was elected 
supervisor, and he has also served as an official of the public 
schools.  His acts, both in public and private, have been heartily 
indorsed by those who know him.  His aged sister, Mary, makes her home 
with the family, and she surely could not find one more suited to her 
domestic tastes.