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Green Bowers Family Bible |
The following information came from the Old Roane County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 7, October 1972
Many persons in Roane County are descendants of Green and Sarah COOPER BOWERS. About 1825, Green BOWERS came to Tennessee with his wife and at least part of his children. Mrs. O.R. HEATHER, of Hamilton, Missouri sent [1972] the following information copied from the family Bible that belonged to James Mitchell BOWERS, the youngest child of Green and Sarah COOPER BOWERS.
Children of Green and Sarah BOWERS
| 1. Benjamin | born 9 August 1795 | m. Mary (Polly) CLOUD |
| 2. Jessie | born 25 July 1797 | |
| 3. Cannon | born 30 July 1799 | |
| 4. William | born 4 August 1801 | |
| 5. Green Willis | born 5 April 1803 | m. Elizabeth HOLLY |
| 6. Polly D. | born 21 May 1805 | |
| 7. Levy M. | born 4 March 1807 | |
| 8. Giles | born 17 August 1809 | m. Sarah TOLLIVER |
| 9. Patsey G. | born 5 January 1811 | |
| 10. Sarah | born 11 February 1813 | m. William HAWKS |
| 11. John | born 22 December 1814 | |
| 12. David | born 6 January 1816 | |
| 13. Marcus Sims | born 23 January 1819 | |
| 14. Nancy J. | born 21 May 1821 | m. Mortimer B. HALE |
| 15. Richard H. | born 25 February 1824 | m. 1. Maria Louisa THOMAS m. 2. Gnirah(?) GUFFEY |
| 16. James Mitchell | born 23 September 1827 | m. 1. Ellen PEABODY m. 2. Julia A. MICHAEL |