Modified Register for Conrad DOWERS
First Generation
1. Conrad DOWERS 1,2 was born3 in Aug 1764 in Millville Near Philadelphia, Pa, Colonies. He died on 27 Feb 1844 in Versailles, Ripley, Indiana, United States. He was buried in Pleasant Hill Cem, Ripley, Indiana, United States.
SOURCES:
BURIAL:
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Reference:Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1, p. Serial: ;
Volume:
Source Information: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.
com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press,
1987.
Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana - Page 127128: Conrad DOWERS: Born 1764, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Service: Enlisted from Penn, in March 1778, and served as pri. in Capt. Bunner's Co., Col. Weltner's German Regt. for 9 months. In Battle of Monmouth. Discharged Nov. 1778. Died Feb. 27 1844, Ripley, Co. Name on bronze tablet in Versailles Court House. Married: Mary SHIELDS, 1788, died 1853, Children: Sarah, Catherine. - Page 128: Jacob DOWERS: Born 1760, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Service: While a resident of Lancaster Co. Penn., enlisted in Aug 1780, served in Capt. Bartley's Co., Col. Johnston's 5th Penn. Regt., and was discahrged by Col. Mentges aft 6 months service. Proof: Pension Claim S-16371. Died: Jan 9 1847, Ripley Co., Ind. Name on bronze tablet in Versailles Court House. Children:
BIOGRAPHY:
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Volume: 45, Page Number: 307
Biographical Info: Rev.War
Reference: Census of pensioners for Rev. military serivces. Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):184
Source Information: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
1790 US Census
Connard Dowers, Number of Free White Males 16 and Over: 1, Number of Free White Females: 3, Number of Household Members: 4.
Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Lower Dublin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M637_9; Page: 299; Image: 566; Family
History Library Film: 0568149.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,
Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census,
Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1800 US Census
Conrad Dowers Township: Warrington County: York State: Pennsylvania; Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females Under 10 : 3
Free White Females 10 to 15 : 1 Free White Females 26 to 44 : 1 Free White Females 45 and Over : 1 Number of Household Members
Under 16 : 4 Number of Household Members Over 25 : 3 Number of Household Members: 7.
Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Warrington, York, Pennsylvania; Roll: 44; Page: 1398,1399; Image: 212; Family History
Library Film: 363347.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1820 US Census
Conrad Dower, Free White Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Females -
Under 10: 2 Free White Females - 16 thru 25: 3 Free White Females - 45 and over: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Over 25: 3 Total Free White Persons: 9 Total All Persons - White, Slaves,
Colored, Other: 9.
Township: Green County: Hamilton State: Ohio. Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820.
Source Citation: 1820 U S Census: Green, Hamilton, Ohio, Page: 310; NARA Roll: M33_87; Image: 251.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,
Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the
Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1840 Indiana State Census
Conrad Dowers State: IN County: Ripley County Township: Age 76 Jackson Year: 1840 Page: 184 Database: IN 1840 Pensioners List.
Source Information: Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Indiana Census, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.
Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census,
territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
Information from Kat Pettycrew: Conrad Dowers served in the Revolutionary War, enlisting March 1778 and he lived in Lancaster Co. PA. He was married in a church shown as Towerhower or Tauhauer, a German Lutheran Church, 2nd Street, Philadelphia. Conrad moved to Hamilton Co., OH, left Ohio for Ripley Co., IN in 1824. He is shown on ARW veterans receiving pensions in Ripley Co. IN: Conrad Dowers, Private in Penn. Militia, $30 annual allotment.
Information on the Conrad Dowers/Mary Shields family from DAR papers:_1. Sarah born 8-6-1789 married John Likes_2. Betsy
Dowers_3. Mary Dowers married William H. Miller_4. Ellen Dowers_5. Catherine Dowers born 9-29-1800 married Daniel Prentice and
Bartlett Powell_6. Nancy Dowers married a Terrell ( maybe George in Hamilton County, Ohio) and both seem to have died before
Conrad Dowers(1844).The probate records for Conrad Dowers mention Nancy Dowers Terrell minor children that are assigned a
guardian:_a. George Terrell born 1828 Indiana_b. Ann Jane Terrell born 1830_c. Nancy Terrell born 1832_d. Benjamin Franklin
Terrell born 1827 married Mary Elvina_McAlister in Wapello Co.Iowa in 1857. He died in_Greenville, Plumas Co., CA in 1899_e.
Jackson Terrell born 1831_f. Joshua Terrell born 1836 Ohio_g. Lauretta Terrell born 1834 married Zac Gray
Author: Glenna Terrell Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions Conrad Dowers was born 1764 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died 27 Fe 1844 Ripley County, Indiana. He married Mary Shields, 1788
died 1853. Children: Sarah; Catherine.
Source Page 127, 128, Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1938. Conrad Dowers was born 1764 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died 27 Feb 1844 Ripley County, Indiana. He married Mary Shields, 1788
died 1853. Children: Sarah; Catherine. General Mulenberg's German Regiment MAR 1778 Penn. Line BLM Land Records show: Cunrod (Spelling as shown on document) Dowers issued Doc #3269 for 40 acres of land in Ripley Co., IN, on
1 Aug 1833. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 RESEARCH CONTACTS: 2. Author: Kat Pettycrew
Conrad married6,7 Mary SHIELDS 4,5 on 2 Jun 1788 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Mary was born in Aug 1764 in ,, Ireland. She died on 7 Feb 1853 in Versailles, Ripley, Indiana, United States.
[Kat Pettycrew shows Mary Shields as being born in PA.]
Conrad and Mary had the following children:2 F i. Sarah DOWERS was born on 6 Aug 1789. She died in Mar 1868. SOURCES: SOURCES: BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY: Nancy married George TERRELL about 1827. BIOGRAPHY: BIOGRAPHY:
Name:Conrad Dowers,SAR Membership:82815
Birth Date: Aug 1764,Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 27 Feb 1844,Death Place:Ripley, Indiana
Spouse: Mary Shields, Children: Sarah Dowers
Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 82815.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Name: Conrad Dowers, Widow's Name: Mary Dowers
Pension Office City/Town: Madison, Pension Office State: Indiana, Year Range: 1835-1850
Name: Mary Dowers, Widow of Conrad, Location:Versailles, Ripley
Reason: Barred by the act of April 30, 1844--reinstated under acts March 3, 1843, and July 1, 1848.Source Information:
Ancestry.com. American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1852.
Source Page 127, 128, Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1938. http://jerry.vigo.lib.in.us/
revoluti/ripley.htm
Name: Cunrod Dowers, Issue Date:1 Aug 1833, State of Record: Indiana, Acres: 40,
Accession Number:IN0260__.260, Metes and Bounds:No,Land Office: Jeffersonville,Canceled:No,
US Reservation: No,Mineral Reservations:No,Authority:April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)Document Number:3269
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
23 7-N 12-E 2nd PM Ripley
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land
Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007
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Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
1. Name:Sarah DOWERS, Birth Date:6 Aug 1789, Death Date: Mar 1868
SAR Membership: 82815, Father:Conrad DOWERS
Mother: Mary SHIELDS, Spouse:John LIKES, Children: Jacob LIKES.
2. John LIKES, Birth Date: 1786 Death Date: 3 Oct 1861 Spouse: Sarah DOWERS Children: Jacob LIKES.
3. Jacob LIKES, Birth Date: 25 Dec 1831 Death Date: 10 Jun 1889 Father: John LIKES, Mother: Sarah DOWERS,
Spouse: Anna BRUMLEY, Children: Fred Ransom LIKES.
4. Anna BRUMLEY, Birth Date: 2 Mar 1842, Death Date: 27 Jul 1923.
5. Fred Ransom LIKES, Birth Date: 20 Oct 1877
Source Citation: SAR Membership Number 82815.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution
Membership Applications, 1889-1970
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
Benjamin Franklin Terrell accompanied the family of his Aunt Sarah Likes from Ripley Co, Indiana to Davis Co, Iowa
after her mother Mary Shields Dowers died in Ripley Co Indiana. Sarah Likes was married to John Likes and was
Nancy Terrell's sister. The Likes lived in Davis Co/Van Buren Co Iowa (near Wapello Co.)They has a large family and
both of them died there. [No source] 3 F ii. Nancy DOWERS 11 was born in 1797 in ,,Pennsylvania, United States.
Nancy Dowers was born 1797 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were Conrad Dowers (born 1764 in PA)
and Mary Shields (born 08/1764 in Philadelphia, PA), and they were married 06/02/1788 in the German Lutheran
Church on 2nd St. in Philadelphia. Conrad was a farmer. They left Philadelphia area in the 1790s, moved to
Hamilton County, OH, then to Ripley County, IN.
Author: Kat Pettycrew
George Terrell supposedly married Nancy Dowers, Conrad Dowers daughter. They may have married in Adams Co or Hamilton Co, Ohio circa 1824. Her father, Conrad Dowers, left Ohio for Ripley Co, Indiana in 1824.
Their first child was named Benjamin Franklin Terrell, born 1827. He is the person who moved to Blakesburg, Wapello Co, Iowa and married Mary Elvina McAlister, daughter of Merritt Scott McAlister._Benjamin Franklin Terrell
accompanied the family of his Aunt Sarah Likes from Ripley Co, Indiana to Davis Co, Iowa after her mother Mary Shields Dowers died in Ripley Co Indiana. Sarah Likes was married to John Likes and was Nancy Terrell's sister. The Likes lived in Davis Co/Van Buren Co Iowa (near Wapello Co.)They has a large family and both of them died there. Benjamin Franklin Terrell's family went West in 1864 on the same wagon train with Warner E. Adams. Adams was married to Mary Elvina McAlister's sister. These two families have children who also married. (John Merritt Terrell and Melvie Adams in Greenville, CA). The George Terrell on the 1850 Ripley Co. Census was the brother of Benjamin Franklin Terrell. Parents were George and Nancy Terrell. (Glenna Terell on Rootsweb)
George Terrell supposedly married Nancy Dowers, Conrad Dowers daughter. They may have married in Adams Co or Hamilton Co, Ohio circa 1824. Her father, Conrad Dowers, left Ohio for Ripley Co, Indiana in 1824.
Their first child was named Benjamin Franklin Terrell, born 1827. He is the person who moved to Blakesburg, Wapello Co, Iowa and married Mary Elvina McAlister, daughter of Merritt Scott McAlister._Benjamin Franklin Terrell
accompanied the family of his Aunt Sarah Likes from Ripley Co, Indiana to Davis Co, Iowa after her mother Mary Shields Dowers died in Ripley Co Indiana. Sarah Likes was married to John Likes and was Nancy Terrell's sister. The
Likes lived in Davis Co/Van Buren Co Iowa (near Wapello Co.)They has a large family and both of them died there.
Benjamin Franklin Terrell's family went West in 1864 on the same wagon train with Warner E. Adams. Adams was married to Mary Elvina McAlister's sister. These two families have children who also married. (John Merritt Terrell
and Melvie Adams in Greenville, CA).
The George Terrell on the 1850 Ripley Co. Census was the brother of
Benjamin Franklin Terrell. Parents were George and Nancy Terrell.
Author: Glenna Terrell
George TERRELL was born around 1832 (one record says 1805; I'm checking on that) in either Hamilton County,Ohio or Ripley County, Indiana. He was definitely in Ripley County as of 1850. He was married 04/
30/1857 in Wapello County to Mary Elvina MCALISTER.
Henry Clay TERRELL was born 08/25/1858 in Blakesburg, IA; John Merritt TERRELL was born 02/09/1860 in Monroe County, IA; and Benjamin Franklin TERRELL Jr. was born in Blakesburg, IA in 1863. The family moved out west around 1864 along with the family of his brother Benjamin Franklin TERRELL Sr. and the family of Warner E. ADAMS, probably via the Oregon Trail. Daughter Rosa May
TERRELL was born 02/11/1866 in Walla Walla, Washington; George Emmett TERRELL was born in 1868 in Walla