John Bowers

John Bowers, son of Jerahmeel Bowers, was b. in Leominster, Mass., Sept. 2, 1757; m. Dec. 11, 1783, Elizabeth Boutelle, of Leominster. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. After his return from the war, in which he had served with honor, he emigrated to what was then the wilds of New Hampshire. He purchased land for a farm in the north part of H.(Hancock), of one Ayers, of Londonderry, i(n) 1780. The lot was No. 3 (range not given), and is in part now owned by his grandson, Samuel O. Bowers, having been in the possession of the Bowers family over one hundred years. He cleared a portion of his land, built a cabin, and then brought thither from his old home in Massachusetts his young wife, to help him make a home in the wilderness. We here insert his autograph as signed to the covenant of the church in 1806:
Mr. and Mrs. Bowers were among the original seventeen members. He d. Aug. 10, 1808; she d. Feb. 12, 1845.
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