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Nelson Walter Bower

Male 1875 - 1959  (84 years)


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  • Name Nelson Walter Bower  [1
    Birth 19 Jan 1875  Gratiot, Lafayette, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 May 1959  Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Burial Union Grove Cemetery, Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Notes 
    • N. W. Bower, 84, president of the Citizens National Bank of Darlington, died yesterday in his home following a long illness. Mr. Bower was born in Gratiot, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bower. He had been associated with the bank since 1892, starting after graduating from Darlington schools. He was married Nov. 6, 1913 to Gertrude McConnell in Chicago. He was a member of the Darlington Masonic Lodge. He wife died in April 1945. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Sharer funeral home where friends may call. Burial will be in Union Grove cemetery.

      1920 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Darlington, Walter Bower, owns home, 45, born WI, parents born PA, cashier bank, wife Gertrude 42, born WI, parents born WI

      1930 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Darlington, Walter N. Bower, owns home valued 5000, owns radio, 55, first married 36, born WI, parents born PA, President Bank, wife Gertrude M., 52, first married 36, born WI, father born WI, mother born IL [4, 6, 7]
    Person ID I24729  Mindrum
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2015 

    Family Gertrude McConnell,   b. 5 Oct 1877, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1945 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1913  Chicago, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F16636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S8233] McConnell Family History, written after 23 Dec 1871 by grandchild of Mary Ann McConnell Flanigan, sent to Gene Anderson by Ervin W. Johnson, Darlington, WI attorney on 20 Jul 1990.

    2. [S351] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, www.ancestry.com.

    3. [S8236] N. W. Bower obituary, www.findagrave.com, place.

    4. [S8236] N. W. Bower obituary, www.findagrave.com.

    5. [S6231] findagrave.

    6. [S5610] 1920 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Darlington, Enum. Dist. 116, sheet 14A.

    7. [S5609] 1930 US Census, Wisconsin, Lafayette, Darlington, Enum. Dist. 33-9, sheet 1B.