Noah Bowers
of Henry County, Indiana

Noah Bowers, son of David M. and Sarah (Andes) Bowers, was born in Rockingham County. Va., Aug. 18 1839. His parents were natives of Virginia, and were there married in 1835. in 1841 they moved to Delaware County, Ind., and in 1854 to Jefferson Township, Henry County, where his father died September, 1859, and his mother, October, 1865. They had a family of nine children; but three are living--Noah, Emily F. (now Mrs. J.H. Hoffman),and John. Susannah, Catherine, Samuel. Levina, Mary Ann and William are deceased. They were members of the Lutheran church.

Noah Bowers was reared and educated in Indiana, and has followed farming for a livelihood. He now owns a good farm of eighty acres in Jefferson Township. April 25, 1861, he was married to Sarah A. Rhodes, a native of Henrv County. born Dec. 29, 1843. They have had three children--Eugenia Attie, born May 15, 1862; Madison C., born June 16, 1864, d. June 21, 1870; Jabez Burke, born July 29, 1869. Mrs. Bowers father, Joseph Rhodes, was born in Pennsylvania in 1813 and died in Henry County, Ind., March, 1863. He was married in 1841, to Mary S. plum, a native of Virginia, born Dec. 25. 1818. They were married in Ohio, but shortly after moved to Henry County, Ind. Mrs. Bowers is their only child. Mr. Rhodes was a member of the Presbyterian church, and his wife of the Lutheran.

Submitted by Lois Teel Bowers  5Aug00