SIXTH GENERATION

34. Joel Bowers was born on 11 Nov 1803 in Greene Co., TN.⁽⁴⁹⁾ He died on 21 May 1853 in Sinking Springs, Greene Co, TN. He was married to Elizabeth Freshour on 5 Oct 1828 in Greene Co., TN. ⁽⁵⁰⁾

35. Elizabeth Freshour was born on 13 Jan 1810 in Greene Co., TN. ⁽⁵¹⁾ She died on 12 Feb 1873 in Sinking Springs, Greene Co, TN. Children were:

i. Christian Bowers was born on 20 Jul 1833.⁽⁵²⁾ He died on 11 May 1867 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
ii. David Bowers was born in Feb 1837.⁽⁵³⁾ He died on 13 Aug 1860 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
iii. Lavina Bowers was born in 1835. She died in 1919 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
iv. Catherine Bowers Smith was born on 10 May 1839. She died on 1 Aug 1902 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
v. Lydia Bowers was born in 1843. She died on 12 Nov 1912 in Cedar Hill, Greene Co, TN.
vi. Reuben Bowers was born on 9 Mar 1841.⁽⁵⁴⁾ He died on 21 Mar 1919 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
vii. Leander Bowers was born in 1845. He died in 1915.
viii. Susan 'Sook' Bowers was born on 20 Oct 1849. She died on 30 Jul 1932. Susan was the daughter of Joel Bowers and Elizabeth Freshour Bowers
and the granddaughter of Christian Bowers and Elizabeth Shingledecker
Bowers . p
Elizabeth Freshour Bowers was the daughter of John "Chucklehead"
Freshour and Margaret Magdalena Peters Freshour . p
Daniel and Susan were living in District number 25 of Greene
County, Tennessee in the 1880 census. On May 4, 1914 Daniel wrote his
Will and it was probated in Greene County, Tennessee. Daniel and Susan
are both buried in the Timber Ridge Church cemetery.
ix. James Hancher Bowers was born in 1848. He died on 8 Jan 1912.
x. Martha J. Bowers Timmons was born in 1850. She died in 1928.
xi. John P. 'Philosopher John' Bowers was born on 14 Jan 1835 in Tenn. He died on 4 Aug 1899 in Timber Ridge, Greene Co, TN.
xii. Margaret A. Bowers was born about 1834 in Greene Co., TN. She died about 1886.
17 xiii. Mary Ann 'Pollyan' Bowers.