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John Mower

(26 Mar 1759 - 4 Feb 1854)

Events

Birth	26 Mar 1759	Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage Intention	13 May 1782	Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts - Elisabeth Edwards
Marriage	29 May 1782	Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts - Elisabeth Edwards
Census	4 Aug 1800	Greene, Kennebec (now Androscoggin), Maine
Census	6 Aug 1810	Greene, Kennebec (now Androscoggin), Maine
Census	1 Jun 1850	Greene, Kennebec (now Androscoggin), Maine
Death	4 Feb 1854	Greene, Androscoggin, Maine
Obituary	3 Mar 1854	Zion's Advocate - Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Burial		Old Valley Cemetery, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine

Families

Spouse	Elisabeth Edwards (1764 - 1836)
Child	John Mower (1782 - 1829)
Child	Elizabeth Mower (1784 - 1807)
Child	Jabez Mower (1787 - 1871)
Child	Pamelia Mower (1789 - 1866)
Child	Martin Mower (1791 - 1877)
Child	Sewall Mower (1793 - 1794)
Child	Leonard Mower (1795 - 1877)
Child	Jemima Mower (1797 - 1895)
Child	Cynthia Mower (1799 - 1824)
Child	Calvin Mower (1799 - 1873)
Child	Oliver Mower (1802 - 1892)
Child	Josiah Mower (1805 - 1869)

Father	Jonathan Mower (1730 - 1816)
Mother	Elizabeth Bemis (1732 - 1802)
Sibling	Elisabeth Mower (1756 - 1784)
Sibling	Jonathan Mower (1757 - 1841)
Sibling	Samuel Mower (1761 - 1847)
Sibling	Abigail Mower (1763 - 1838)
Sibling	Sarah Mower (1765 - 1803)
Sibling	William Mower (1767 - 1854)
Sibling	Ebenezer Mower (1769 - 1857)
Sibling	Marshall Mower (1773 - 1831)
Sibling	Jemima Mower (1777 - 1809)

Notes

Obituary

In our paper of week before last, we published the death of Mr. John Mower of Greene, who died on the 4th ult. We have since received the following sketch of his life and character. Mr. Mower was the oldest individual living in Greene, and for nearly sixty years an esteemed member of the Baptist church. He was born in Charlton, Mass. His grandfather, Samuel Mower, was a native of Devonshire, England, and came into this country about 150 years since, and settled at Worcester, Mass. John was the son of Jonathan Mower. The deceased seems early to have taken of the spirit of freedom which warmed the hearts of the patriots of the revolution. About the 18th year of his age he entered the army, and encountered with others the hardships and perils of our struggle for independence. He was in the division of the army commanded by Washington. After the close of his service ini the army, he returned to his native town, and continued there until he was twenty-seven years of age. From Charlton he removed to Greene. Here he resided for sixty-eight years, and partook with others in the privations and hardships of a settlement in a new country. His descendants now living are eight children, fifty-six grand children, fifty great prand children, and one of the fifth generation. His children are all professors of religion and members of Baptist churches. As a citizen, he has been industrious and peaceful, upright and exact in his business transactions and temperate in his habits; using at no period of his life either rum or tobacco. In his domestic and social relations, he was a kind husband and an affectionate father, of a quiet disposition and becoming conversation. But that trait in his character which especially entitled him to a kind remembrance by those who knew him, was what respected him as a Christian man. Religious principle with him, possessed a uniform and commanding influence, adding tenderness, steadiness, and dignity to his whole character. The instructions of our Saviour, where he has told us to say, "Give me this day our daily bread," seem always with him to have been regarded as an injunction to regular and habitual devotion. It is said, he maintained family worship with great uniformity as long as he had a family. Before prevented by the infirmities of age, he was constant in his in his attendance on the services of the Sabbath, and other meetings of the church. The Sabbath with him was a sacred day. On that day he never allowed himself to do any unnecessary labor or even talk about any of his worldly business. On all occasions he was unusually circumspect in his words and actions. He was a man of a submissive spirit, never finding fault with the dealings of Providence. The alloy of distrust and impatience, if it existed in his mind, was not allowed to escape his lips. He knew too well the wisdom and goodness of his heavenly Father to murmur under his dispensation. His earthly course, though extended far beyond the ordinary period of human life, is now closed. He has gone to that tribunal where he will not plead the merits of his virtues or extenuate his imperfections, but where, we trust, he will cast himself on the mercy of this Creator, through the merits of his Son. "The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance."

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