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- In the 1860 US census, John Gower, age 8, and an orphan, is in the household of his grandparents, George and Elizabeth Yeazel in Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio. He is listed as attending school.
From 20th century hisotry of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago, Illinois, Biographical Publishing Co., 1908.
Page 690.
John H. Gower, a general farmer who owns fifty acres in Harmony and Springfield Townships, belongs to a family that was established in Clark County in 1850. Mr. Gower was born in Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio, May 23, 1852, and is a son of James Z. and Eliza C. (Yeazel) Gower.
James Z. Gower was born in Maryland and was a son of George Gower. In 1850 he came to Clark County and taught school and studied medicine, remaining until after the birth of his son, when he moved to Michigan, where he lived one year, and from there to Indiana, where he continued to practice medicine until his death, October 9, 1875, at the age of forty-five years. He married Eliza C. Yeazel, who was born in Moorefield Township, Clark County, April 24, 1834. They had two children: John H. and Elizabeth. The latter died in infancy.
John H. Gower has lived in Clark County almost all his life, and has followed agricultural pursuits. In 1878 he purchased his present farm, on which he has continued to make excellent improvements. He carries on general farming and handles thorough-bred stock. For about twenty years he dealt in imported stallions. On February 16, 1871, he was married in Clark County, to Mary E. McClellan, and they had the following children: Maurice H., Lottie A., Orrie L., Richard, Stuart M., Mary A., and James L. Maurice H., born October 26, 1873, married (first Lillian E. Poffenberger, and they had three children: John M., Isabel and Harriet. He married (second) Ella Eaton and they reside at Springfield. Lottie A., born October 11, 1875, married John L. Tuttle, and they have two children, John H. and Helen, and they live at Mansfield, Ohio. Richard, born April 1, 1883, died December 6, 1888. Orrie was born May 5, 1877. Stuart M., born December 12, 1884, married Emma Burkhardt, and they have one child, John Ernest, and they reside on the homestead. Mary A., born April 4, 1887, married Harry Nicklen, and they live at Springfield. James L., born October 17, 1889, is a student in the High School at Plattsburg, class of 1908.
Mrs. Gower is a member, on the maternal side, of the prominent Tuttle family. Her father, Jacob McClellan, was born May 4, 1830, and died in 1892. He married Rachel Tuttle, who still survives. She was born September 29, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. McClellan had five children, namely: Isabel, Mary E., Emma, Alice and William L.
Mr. Gower and family belong to the Universalist Church at Springfield.
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