Individual Details
Jera Wheelock Mower
(7 Jul 1824 - 15 Apr 1878)
Events
| Birth | 7 Jul 1824 | Calais, Washington, Vermont |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1830 | Calais, Washington, Vermont |  | | |
| Occupation | brakeman, conductor and ticket agent - Boston & Lowell Railroad, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts | | | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1840 | Calais, Washington, Vermont | | | |
| Bio Note | 29 Jul 1853 | Boston Evening Transcript published an article entitled EVADING RAILROAD FARE. "Joseph Pearson, of Winchster, who with a confederate was last week held for trial on charges in connection with a disgraceful pugilistic demonstration towards Mr. Jera W. Mower, one of the gentlemanly conductors on the Woburn Branch trains, has also been fined $10 and costs, for evading the payment of his fare at the time of the 'brush" referred to." | | ||
| Bio Note | 28 Mar 1855 | Boston Herald published an article entitled ACCIDENT ON THE LOWELL RAILROAD. "This morning, about 9 1-2 o'clock, the inward passenger train from Woburn Centre, struck some cotton which had fallen on the track from a freight train, and was thrown off the track, by which the engine, tender and baggage car came in violent collision and were smashed up. Mr. Jera W. Mower, the conductor, also had a leg broken, but the other managers of the train fortunately escaped with slight bruises, and none of the passangers were injured | | ||
| Occupation | tobacconist | ||||
| Marriage | 19 Mar 1856 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Susan Townsend Hovey | | | |
| Death | 15 Apr 1878 | Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Burial | Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
Families
| Spouse | Susan Townsend Hovey (1836 - 1879) |
| Child | Arthur Jera Mower (1858 - 1920) |
| Child | George Hovey Mower (1861 - 1951) |
| Child | Infant Daughter Mower (1868 - 1868) |
| Child | Emma Ruth Mower (1871 - 1871) |
| Child | Walter Jabez Mower (1872 - ) |
| Father | Jabez Mower (1787 - 1871) |
| Mother | Ruth Wheelock (1792 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann Mower (1821 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Albion Jabez Mower (1829 - 1902) |
| Sibling | John Livingston Mower (1831 - 1837) |
Notes
Census
The Jabez Moor 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. The total household consists of 6 members which agrees with my records for the family at the census date, however there is an additional male who was perhaps a hired farm laborer. I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 1 free white male under 5 years of age [Albion aged 6 months]; (b) 1 free white male of 5 years of age and under 10 [Jera aged 5; (c) 1 free white male of 20 years of age and under 30 [unidentified]; (d) 1 free white male of 40 years of age and under 50 [Jabez aged 43; (e) 1 free white female of 5 years of age and under 10 [Mary aged 9]; and (f) 1 free white female of 30 years of age and under 40 [Ruth aged 37].Occupation
According to Walter L. Mower's genealogy, Jera Mower left his home in Woburn, Massachusetts, as a young man bound for Boston, Massachusetts. He walked most of the way, doing odd jobs for food and lodging during the trek in order that he could save what money he had. He obtained work on the railroad as a brakeman, then as conductor and ticket agent. He was employed by the railroad for several years. He later established a wholesale and retail tobacco business in Haymarket Square, and had several real estate dealings.Census
The Jabez Mower 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. The total household consists of 5 members which agrees with my records for the family at the census date. I believe the corresponding members of the household as enumerated were: (a) 1 free white male of 10 years of age and under 15 [Albion aged 10]; (b) 1 free white male of age 15 and under 19 [Jera aged 15]; (c) 1 free white male of age 50 and under 60 [Jabez aged 53]; (d) 1 free white female of age 15 and under 20 [Mary aged 19]; and (e) 1 free white female of age 40 and under 50 [Ruth aged 47].Marriage
They were married by Rev. Joseph L. Bennett.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), 61.
2. "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 April 2018), digital image, "Birth-Male: Jera W. Mower," ; Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts..
3. 1830 U.S.Census, Washington County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Calais, 336, line 9, Jabez Moor household; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 April 2018); 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), 61.
5. 1840 U.S. Census, Washington County, Vermont, population schedule, Town of Calais, 296, line 30, Jabez Mower household; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 April 2018); NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls.
6. "Evading Railroad Fare," Boston (Massachusetts) Evening Transcript, Friday, 29 July 1853, Volume XXIV, Issue 7076, Page 2; digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 7 April 2018), Newspaper Archives; copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society, 2004.
7. "Accident on the Lowell Railroad," Boston (Massachusetts) Herald, Wednesday, 28 March 1855, Page 4; digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 7 April 2018), Newspaper Archives; copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society, 2004.
8. 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), 61.
9. "Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 April 2018), digital image, "Marriages Registered in the City of Cambridge," ; Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts..
10. 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), 61.
11. "DIED," Mortuary Notice, Boston (Massachusetts) Daily Advertiser, 18 April 1878, MOWER-At Mclean Asylum, 15th inst. Jera W. Mower (age illegible); digital image, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com : accessed 7 April 2018), Historical Obituary Collection; copyrighted by NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society, 2004.