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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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C. E. Bowers, a merchant of Henning, Tenn., is the son of James and Dicy M. (Moore) Bowers. The father was born in Virginia, May 10, 1804, the mother in Newbern District, S.C., June 7, 1811. They came to Tennessee while young, and were married February 22, 1837. To this union were born four sons and four daughters; six are now living. The father was a Missionary Baptist and a Democrat; he died May 24, 1869. His mother was a member of the Christian Church, and died February 27, 1879. Our subject was of Scotch-Irish descent on the mother’s side and German on the father’s side, and was born at Brownsville, Tenn., May 3, 1840. He had good educational advantages. When the war broke out, he volunteered in the Ninth Mississippi Regiment Infantry Volunteers, Confederate Army, it being the first regiment to leave the State, and he was in numerous battles, remaining until the surrender. After the war he returned to Panola County, Miss., where he was married January 18, 1870, to Miss Ann E. Cathey, who was born February 5, 1844, in Mecklenburg County, N. C. Two sons and four daughters were born to this marriage; one son, Charles E., and three daughters, Emma M., Jessie J. and Evalina are living. Mr. and Mrs. Bower moved to Lauderdale County in 1876, and the following year moved to Henning, Tenn., where he engaged in the drug business; he is now a salesman in the store of Wilson & Bowers. In politics he is a straight-out Prohibitionist. He was postmaster during the yellow-fever epidemic in 1978 to 1880, and is a Mason and a Knight of Honor. Both his wife and himself belonged to the Christian Church. Mrs. Bowers died October 24, 1888. Mr. Bowers is a man of integrity and kind heart.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in the book,  The History of Lauderdale County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed.  The History of Lauderdale County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee

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