Individual Details
Frank Lester Mower
(17 Sep 1874 - 15 Jul 1927)
Events
| Miscellaneous | 23 Mar 195 | took out an insurance policy on his farm property - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine |  |  | |
| Birth | 17 Sep 1874 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Marriage Intention | 3 Sep 1900 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine - Mildred Mae Richardson | | ||
| Marriage | 24 Oct 1900 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine - Mildred Mae Richardson | | | |
| Marriage Notice (family) | 25 Oct 1900 | The Bangor Daily News - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine - Mildred Mae Richardson | | | |
| Marriage Notice (family) | 25 Oct 1900 | The Bangor Daily News - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine - Mildred Mae Richardson | | | |
| Census | 28 Apr 1910 | Pushaw Road, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Military | 12 Sep 1918 | World War I Draft Registration Card - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 15 Apr 1920 | Pushaw Road, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Death | 15 Jul 1927 | nephritis following endocarditis, with a contributing cause of infection from bad teeth - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Burial | 18 Jul 1927 | Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | |
Families
| Spouse | Mildred Mae Richardson (1878 - 1963) |
| Child | George Richardson Mower (1903 - 1988) |
| Child | June Elizabeth Mower (1908 - 1990) |
| Father | George Mower (1827 - 1880) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Eastman (1833 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Charles Martin Mower (1857 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Eugene Adelbert Mower (1862 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Horace Burton Mower (1864 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Angie Luretta Mower (1867 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Melvin Harris Mower (1869 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Grace Maria Mower (1871 - 1884) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
Providence Washington Insurance Company Policy No. 2541 was issued with a three-year term for $2000 coverage at a premium of $36. The property insured was described as "on the westerly side of the road leading from Bangor, Maine to Pushaw Lake known as the Glenburn Road in Bangor,Maine." The amount of insurance coverage was broken down as (1) $400 for a 1.5 story shingle roofed frame building occupied as a private family residence; (2) $250 for household furniture and utensils; (3) $700 on barn; (4) $100 on wagons, carriages, sleighs, and harnesses; (5) $150 on horses, mules and colts; and (6) $400 on cows, heifers, oxen, bulls, and calves.Census
Frank L. Mower was enumerated in the household of Lizzie Mower as her son, a 5 year old white male, at school with an indication that he had attended school within the census year, and the birthplace for him and both of his parents was listed as Maine.Census
Frank L. Mower was enumerated as head of household, a 24 year old single white male, born Sept. 1875, the birthplace for him and both of his parents was listed as Maine, his occupation was a farm laborer, he was able to read, write and speak English, his house was rented. Other members of his household were Elizabeth E. Mower (mother), Charles H. Parker (servant, Edwin Bellyea (servant) and Nellie M. Braun (servant).Marriage
They were married by Rev. E. F. Pember.Marriage Notice (family)
MOWER-RICHARDSON - In Bangor, Oct. 24, by Rev. E. F. Pember, Frank L. Mower and Miss Mildred M. Richardson, both of Bangor.Marriage Notice (family)
At the home of the bride's father, Charles O. Richardson, on Essex street, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the wedding of Miss Mildred M. Richardson and Frank L. Mower took place in the presence of a small party of relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. F. Pember of the Universalist church and the couple was attended by Miss Nettie L. Palmer and A. J. Richardson. The house was beautifully decorated with evergreen, chrysanthemums and pinks. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Stella Fairbanks. After the ceremony the party sat down to a bountiful wedding supper and in the evening a largely attended reception was held. Mr. and Mrs. Mower are both well known young people and they received many beautiful gifts. Mr. Mower conducts a large milk business in this city.Census
Frank L. Mower was enumerated as head of household, a 35 year old white male, married for 10 years, with his and both his parents birthplace listed as Maine. He was a dairy farmer working on his own account, with his farm owned but mortgaged. Other members of the household were Mildred M. Mower, George R. Mower, June E. Mower, William Burleigh (hired help), Delia Perkins (house girl), and his mother, Elizabeth Mower.Military
Frank Lester Mower's Registration Card shows him living at RFD 1, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, aged 43 with Sept. 17, 1875, being his date of birth, white, and a native born U.S. Citizen. His occupation was as a farmer, working on his own account. Mrs. Mildred Richardson Mower was listed as his nearest relative. His description included was tall in height, medium in build, gray eyes, and brown hair.Census
Frank L. Mower was enumerated as head of household, a 44 year old male, married, a farmer worrking on his own account, his home was owned and mortgaged, Maine is shown as the birthplace for him and his parents, and he was able to read, write and speak English. Other members of his household were Mildred M. Mower, George R. Mower, June E. Mower, and Orman Eastman.Endnotes
1. Providence Washington Insurance Company Policy No. 2541, in document file, 23 March 1915, privately held by Dale Walter Mower, , Bangor, Maine, 2020. Document was given to the current holder by Frank E. Mower among documents that were held at teh Mower family farm.
2. FamilySearch, "Bangor, Maine: Deaths 1834-1891; Births prior to 1891," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 1 February 2017), Frank L. Moore, image 433 of 601 (transcript copied from Vol 3, Records of Births); citing City Clerk, Bangor, Maine; LDS Film #007592506.
3. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 75.
4. State of Maine, Reel 37, Record of a Birth: Lermond Edward Mower Jr.; microfilm Ea768c.
5. 1880 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, 5th Ward, enumeration district (ED) 29, p. 198A, dwelling 3, family 3, Lizzie Mower household, line 18, Frank L. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
6. 1900 U.S. census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 78, 12B, Pushaw Road, dwelling 247, family 280, Frank L. Mower household, line 52, Frank L. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, 1854 rolls.
7. "Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2016), digital image, "Record of a Marriage: Mower/Richardson," ; Maine State Archives, 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #41.
8. "Maine Marriage Records 1713-1937 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 August 2016), digital image, "Record of a Marriage: Mower/Richardson," ; Maine State Archives, 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #41.
9. "Married," Bangor (Maine) Daily News, 25 October 1900, p. 2, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 17 July 2020).
10. "Mower-Richardson: Well Known Young People Married at the Home of the Bride's Parents Wednesday Afternoon," Bangor (Maine) Daily News, 25 October 1900, p. 7, col. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 17 July 2020).
11. 1910 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 13A, dwelling 303, famly 336, Frank L. Mower household, line 37, Frank L. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 October 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
12. "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 May 2007), digital image, "Registration Card," Serial No. 4438; United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 4,582 rolls..
13. 1920 U.S. census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 1B, Pushaw Road, dwelling 21, family 21, Frank L. Mower household, line 22, Frank L. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accesed 18 September 2019); Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.
14. State of Maine, Reel 37, Record of a Death: Frank L. Mower; microfilm Ea768c.
15. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : created 27 April 2009), Memorial No. 36439042.
16. Maple Grove Cemetery (Bangor, Maine; corner of Pushaw Road and Church Road), Frank L. Mower gravestone; personally viewed by Dale Walter Mower, 27 April 2009.