Individual Details
Francis Oliver Mower
(4 Jan 1851 - 25 Apr 1939)
Events
| Birth | 4 Jan 1851 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | | |
| Education | Monmouth and Wilton Academies in Maine | | |||
| Graduation | 1878 | Bates College, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine | | | |
| Occupation | 1878 - 1897 | vice-principal and teacher of classics, and later as principal - Oak Mound Academy, Napa, Napa, California | | ||
| Marriage | 12 Jul 1883 | San Francisco, San Francisco, California - Carrie Elmira Walker | | ||
| Occupation | 1898 - 1920 | high school principal in Napa, Ukiah, Madera and Berkeley, California | | ||
| Occupation | 1907 - 1920 | reader of classical texts and classical literature - California State Board of Education, California | | ||
| Occupation | Aft 1920 | teacher - Drew School, San Francisco, San Francisco, California | | ||
| Bio Note | Francis was active in educational affairs. He served as President of the Classical Association of the Pacific Coast States, First Vice President of California State Teachers Association, Central Section, and was a member of the executive committees of the State High School Association and of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. | | |||
| Bio Note | Musical, Francis was "an excellent bass singer." | | |||
| Bio Note | Francis was a Republican. | | |||
| Religion | Presbyterian | | |||
| Death | 25 Apr 1939 | Oakland, Alameda, California | | ||
| Burial | Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, Napa, California |
Families
| Spouse | Carrie Elmira Walker (1853 - 1927) |
| Child | Geneva Walker Mower (1884 - 1965) |
| Father | Oliver Mower (1802 - 1892) |
| Mother | Harriett Hammond Robinson (1811 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Lowell Mason Mower (1831 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Julia Robinson Mower (1834 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Harriet Elizabeth Mower (1837 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Wilbur Fisk Mower (1841 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Emily Frances Mower (1844 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Seward Porter Mower (1858 - 1877) |
Notes
Census
Francis O. Mower was enumerated in the household of Oliver Mower as a 9 year old male, his birthplace listed as Maine, and with a notation that he had attended school within the year.Graduation
He was valedictorian of his class.Endnotes
1. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 August 2016), page 277, image 276 of 855; citing Town Clerk, Greene, Maine; LDS Film #007595552.
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), 95.
3. 1860 U.S. Census, Androscoggin County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Greene, 45, dwelling 345, family 352, Oliver Mower household, line 7, Francis O. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2019); NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 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), 103.
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), 103.
6. 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), 103.
7. 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), 104.
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), 103.
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), 103-4.
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), 104.
11. 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), 104.
12. 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), 104.
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), 104.
14. 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), 104.
15. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 28 August 2016), page 277, image 276 of 855; citing Town Clerk, Greene, Maine; LDS Film #007595552.