Obit:  John W. BOWER, 1913: Jackson Twp, Perry Co, PA
  
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  Surnames: Bower, Long, Reeder, French, Peck, Cramer, Smith, Seager, Tressler,
  Droneberger, Otto, Hockenberry, Shanabrook
  
  
  Newspaper clipping obtained from the Perry Historians Library; family file, Bower -
  Bauer.
  Handwritten:  "1913"
  
  John W. Bower, Father of 14 Children, Who Survive
  
  Mt. Pleasant, Feb. 18-- John W. Bower, died about 4 o'clock last Friday morning at his
  home in Jackson township, of heart trouble and dropsy of several months duration, aged
  66 years and 18 days. He was the eldest son of the late Michael & Catharine (Long) Bower
  of Blain.  While a young man he bought his home, his parents living with him until after
  he got married, his parents then moved to Blain. He was first married to Miss Sarah Jane
  Reeder of near Mannsville, of which union he is survived by Harvey Bower of
  Mechanicsburg, Mary, Mrs. Charles French of New Jersey; Edward Bower of South Dakota,
  Miss Katie Bower of Harrisburg, and Charles Bower of White Hill. His first wife died in
  December 1881. His second wife was Miss Mary Peck of Burns Valley, Franklin county, of
  which union he is survived by Bert of Lancaster, Marshall of near Fairview, Roy, Company
  145, Coast Artillery Corps., Fort Moultrie S.C.; Norman of Gladbrook, Iowa; Dessie,
  Cloyd, Wilmer, Oscar and Florence, at home.  His second wife died in February 1903, the
  youngest child then being two years old.  Mr. Bower, although broken in health, remained
  at home and took charge of his children, caring and rearing them, as best he, as a father
  could, willingly and cheerfully. He leaves one brother, Solomon Bower of South Dakota and
  two sisters, Mrs. William Cramer of East Waterford and Miss Mary Bower of New Kingston. 
  We sympathize with these children in their being bereft of a kind and affectionate
  father and this community loses a good neighbor and citizen. He united with the Lutheran
  church a number of years ago and was sexton for several years.  He was a soldier of the
  Civil War. Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday at 10 am, by his pastor Rev. J.
  Reighard, assisted by Rev. G. P. Sarvis, in the Lutheran church of New Germantown.  He
  was buried in the Methodist cemetery of same place, beside his second wife.  The pall
  bearers were Orie C. Smith, Foster T. Seager, Charles F. Tressler, Thomas C.
  Droneberger, Charles Otto and Edward Hockenberry.  J. C. Martin was the funeral
  director. Friends from a distance who attended the funeral were Harvey Bower, wife and
  child of Mechanicsburg, Charles Bower of New Kingston, Miss Katie Bower of Harrisburg,
  James Reeder and his brother Thomas Reeder of near Mannsville and Dr. Shanabrook and
  wife and William Smith and wife of Blain.