Individual Details
William Henry Mower
(30 Apr 1829 - 19 Aug 1870)
Events
| Birth | 30 Apr 1829 | Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Starks, Somerset, Maine |  | | |
| Education | Bangor High School, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | ||
| Description | as having "possessed much of the same ambition of his father, enderavoring to enlarge his scope of action as best he could. Possessed of a strong mind, firm and determined will | | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1850 - 1857 | member of the firm of Burkleo & Mower, large dealers in general merchandise - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | ||
| Occupation | express agent on Bangor & Boston S.S. line, and later a captain - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | | |||
| Election | 3 Apr 1854 | treasurer (the city's first) - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | ||
| Marriage | 15 Aug 1854 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - Harriet Sophia Little | | | |
| Marriage Notice (family) | 15 Aug 1854 | The Boston Daily Atlas - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota - Harriet Sophia Little | | | |
| Bio Note | 2 Oct 1854 | "The Union," the city's first newspaper, of which William H. Mower was an investor, was published. - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1855 | Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | ||
| Occupation | a member of Thompson, Parker & Mower, a real estate firm. - Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota | | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin | | | |
| Death | 19 Aug 1870 | Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts | ||||
| Funeral Notice | 3 Sep 1870 | Milwaukee Daily Sentinel - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | | | |
| Bio Note | 1909 | a paragraph regarding William Henry Mower was included as part of John E. Mower's biography in Augustus Easton's History of the Saint Croix Valley | | |
Families
| Spouse | Harriet Sophia Little (1826 - 1873) |
| Child | Henry Little Mower (1858 - 1859) |
| Child | George Augustus Mower (1860 - ) |
| Child | Charles Hudson Mower (1866 - ) |
| Father | Martin Mower (1791 - 1877) |
| Mother | Mary "Polly" Underhill (1795 - 1857) |
| Sibling | John Edwards Mower (1815 - 1879) |
| Sibling | Oren Mower (1817 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Martin Mower (1819 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Emily Mower (1820 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Seward Porter Mower (1822 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Horace Mower (1825 - 1847) |
| Sibling | George Mower (1827 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane Mower (1830 - 1921) |
| Sibling | Angeline Mower (1833 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Cynthia Marie Mower (1834 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Ann Trafton Mower (1836 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Charles Snell Mower (1838 - 1844) |
Notes
Census
The Martin Mower household was enumerated on the 1830 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not individually named. A comparison of the ages of the family members with number shown in the various age brackets appear to include all members of the family at the census date, however it appears that the counts for the males are in the column to the right of where I would have expect them to be in order to match up with actual ages. The total household consists of 10 members which agrees with my records. With that caveat, I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 2 free white males of 5 years of age and under 10 [George aged 3 and William aged 1]; (b) 2 free white males of age 10 and under 14 [Seward aged 7 and Horace aged 5]; (c) 3 free white males of age 15 and under 19 [John aged 14, Oren aged 13, and Martin Jr. aged 11]; (d) 1 free white male of age 40 and under 49 [Martin aged 39]; (e) 1 free white female of age 5 and under 9 [Emily aged 9]; and (f) 1 free white female of age 30 and under 39 [Mary aged 35].Education
An excellent scholar, William entered Bangor High School at the age of 10.Census
The Martin Moore [sic] household was enumerated on the 1840 census. Individual members other than the head of household are not individually named. A comparison of the ages of the family members with number shown in the various age brackets appear to include all members of the family at the census date, with the exception of Martin's wife Mary who does not appear. A couple individuals appear to be included in the wrong brackets, but their ages are near the cutoff ages. The total household consists of 15 members which agrees with my records for the family at the census date, however as stated Mary does not appear to be included and a additional male of age 20-29, perhaps a hired hand, is included. I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 1 free white male under the age of 5 [Charles aged 2]; (b) 3 free white males of 10 years of age and under 15 [Horace aged 15, George aged 13 and William aged 11]; (c) 1 free white male of age 15 and under 19 [Seward aged 17]; (d) 4 free white males of age 20 and under 29 [John aged 24, Oren aged 23, Martin aged 21 and an unidentified individual]; (f) 1 free white male of age 50 and under 59 [Martin aged 49]; (g) 1 free white female under age 5 [Ann aged 3]; (h) 3 free white females of aged 5 and under 9 [Mary Jane aged 9, Angeline aged 7 and Cynthia aged 5]; and (i) 1 free white female of age 15 and under 19 [Emily aged 19].Marriage
They were married by Rev. George W. Bartol.Marriage Notice (family)
In this city, 15th inst, by Rev. Mr. Bartol, Mr William Henry Mower, of Stillwater, Minnesota Territory, to Miss Harriet Sophia Little, youngest daughter of Nicholas Little, Esq., of Boston.Bio Note
The first newspaper published in Stillwater was "The Union," the first number of which appeared October 2d, 1854. It was published by a stock company consisting of Governor Holcombe, Socrates Nelson, W. H. Mower, H. N. Setzer, Thompson Parker and others. F. S. Cable and W. M. Easton were the editors and publishers. This paper was democratic in politics; it was discontinued November 13th, 1857.Occupation
William's partners in this venture were Levi E. Thompson and Theodore E. Parker. The firm had surveyed and platted two additions in the western part of the city.Census
William H. Moore [sic] was enumerated as head of household, a 41 year old white male, a saw mill engineer, owned real estate valued at $500 and personal estate valued at $500, his birthplace listed as Maine and an indication that he is a male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards. Other members of his household were Harriet Moore, George A. Moore, Charles H. Moore, Mary Jane Hasey and Emma Richardson.Funeral Notice
In Memoriam. William H. Mower, Past Deputy Grand Master of Minnesota. William H. Mower, P.D.G.M. of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, died at Bayfield, Wis., August 19th, 1870, aged 41 years. Mr. Mower was born in Belgrade, Maine, and was a resident of Minnesota for the past nineteen years, was D.G. of the G.L. in the year 1857, and a member of St. John's Lodge, Stillwater, Minnesota. Mr. Mower was buried with Masonic honors, conducted by C. N. Daniels, Grand Lecturer of the G.L. of Minnesota, there being present some thirty members of the order, hailing from some eight different states of the Union. This being the first Masonic funeral in Bayfield, it is proper here to give the names of those attending, as it will be a part of the history of this thriving town and future metropolis of Lake Superior. The following are the names of Masons present at the funeral of Bro. Mower: Samuel Willey, H. M. Rice, Chas. M. Oaks, and O. S. Coombs, St. Paul, Minnesota; C. N. Daniels, Faribault; A. N. Crane, St. Louis Missouri; F. L. Vance, D. W. Freeman, Milwaukee, Wis; G. Anderson, Hudson, Wis; L. E. Webb, La Crosse, Wis; William Richardson, Bangor, Maine; Robert S. Weaver, Cleveland, Ohio, John Banfill, V. Smith, P. W. Smith, R. D. Pike, Andrew Tate, A. Whittlessey and B. F. Bicksler, Bayfield, Wis. After the funeral services the craft assembled in Mr. Chapman's office when, the following resolutions were offered and adopted: WHEREAS, It has pleased our Supreme Grand Master to remove our Worshipful Brother, Wm. H. Mower, from his sphere of usefulness here below to that better Lodge on high, therefore Resolved, That in the decease of Brother Mower the fraternity has lest a zealous Mason, and the community a moral, honorable and useful member. Resolved, That while we submit to this afflicting dispensation of Divine Providence, we offer the bereaved relatives our heartfelt sympathies in this their hour of trouble, and commend the orphan children to Him who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, believing that He in his wisdom doeth all things well. Mr. Mower being held in universal esteem by the entire community, for his upright and honorable character as a man, and zealous advocate for everything that would promote the interests of his adopted home, there was a large assembly present to drop the sympathetic tear with the widow and orphans in this their sad bereavement.Bio Note
"There was also a brother, William H. Mower, who located here in 1855 or 1856, and became a member of the well known firm of Burkleo & Mower, large dealers in general merchandise in the pioneer days, and was also interested in the real estate firm of Thompson, Parker & Mower, which concern had surveyed and platted two additions in the western part of this city, and known by the name of Thompson, Parker & Mower's addition, numbered one and two. The other members were Levi E. Thompson and Theodore E. Parker - both dead many years ago. Mr. Mower died in Bayfield, about 1860. His two sons were graduated at the Boston School of Technology, and are interested in the Sturtevant Engineering Company, Limited, of London, England. The eldest, George, being managing director of that branch, a position he has held during the past seventeen or eighteen years."Endnotes
1. 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), 71.
2. 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.
3. 1830 U.S.Census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Starks, 119, image 3 of 18, line 3, Martin Mower household, William Henry Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 1840 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, p. 52, image 84 of 97, line 22, Martin Moore household, William Henry Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls.
7. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 24; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.
8. Rev. Edward D. Neill; J. Fletcher Williams, History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota: And Outlines of the History of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota: North Star Publishing Company, 1881), 503; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 14 December 2019.
9. 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.
10. Rev. Edward D. Neill; J. Fletcher Williams, History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota: And Outlines of the History of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota: North Star Publishing Company, 1881), 541; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 14 December 2019.
11. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 October 2017), digital image, "Marriages Registered in the City of Boston for the year 1854," no. 1697; Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)..
12. "Marriages," The Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Atlas, 17 August 1854, Marriage Announcement of William Henry Mower and Harriet Sophia Little; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 November 2017); Gale Document Number: GT3008358375.
13. 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.
14. "Marriages," The Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Atlas, 17 August 1854, p. 1, col. 6; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 14 December 2019), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
15. "Marriages," The Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Atlas, 17 August 1854, p. 1, col. 6; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 14 December 2019), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
16. Rev. Edward D. Neill; J. Fletcher Williams, History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota: And Outlines of the History of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota: North Star Publishing Company, 1881), 541; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 14 December 2019.
17. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 24; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.
18. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 24; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.
19. 1870 U.S. Census, Bayfield County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bayfield, p. 7, dwelling 79, family 44, William H. Moore household, line 15, William H. Moore; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 May 2019); NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
20. 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), 71.
21. "Died," Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier, 30 August 1870, p. 2, col. 7; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 10 May 2008), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
22. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 24; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.
23. "In Memorium: William H. Mower, Past Deputy Grand Master of Minnesota," Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel, 3 September 1970, p. 3, col. 3; digital image, American Ancestors (www.americanancestors.org : accessed 14 December 2019), Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
24. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 24; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.