Source: History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical
Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869
Page 189
JAMES BOWERS, a native of Hancock, was of the fourth generation in this country; grandfather Jerathmeel Bowers of Leominster, Massachusetts; father John Bowers of Hancock.
JAMES BOWERS married Nancy Symonds of Hancock, 1816, settled in Acworth 1821, died November 1858.