Individual Details
Melvin Harris Mower
(4 Jul 1869 - 27 Jun 1917)
Events
| Birth | 4 Jul 1869 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Occupation | farmer and hardware business employee | | |||
| Census | 28 Apr 1910 | Pushaw Road, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Death | 27 Jun 1917 | typhoid fever - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Burial | 30 Jun 1917 | Maple Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | ||
| Never Married |
Families
| 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 | Grace Maria Mower (1871 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Frank Lester Mower (1874 - 1927) |
Notes
Census
Melvin Mower was enumerated in the household of George Mower as a 1 year old white male, with his birthplace listed as Maine.Census
Melvin H. Mower was enumerated in the household of Lizzie Mower as her son, a 10 year old white male, at home, attended school within the census year, and the birthplace for him and both his parents was listed as Maine.Census
Melvin H. Mower was enumerated in the household of Villa E. Mower as her brother-in-law, a 40 year old white male, single, his birthplace listed as Maine, both of his parents' birthplaces listed as Maine, his occupation was as a farmer, he was able to read, write and speak English.Endnotes
1. FamilySearch, "Bangor, Maine: Deaths 1834-1891; Births prior to 1891," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 1 February 2017), Melvia Mower, image 426 of 601 (transcript copied from Vol 3, Records of Births); citing City Clerk, Bangor, Maine; LDS Film #007592506.
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. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," Melvin Harris Mower; Original Data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll No. 40.
4. 1870 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, p. 143, dwelling 885, family 1019, George Mower household, line 32, Melvin Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
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 16, Melvin H. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 June 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
6. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), , "Record of a Death: Melvin Harris Mower," ; Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll #: 40.
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), 75.
8. 1910 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 5, enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet no. 13A, Pushaw Road, dwelling 302, family 335, Villa E. Mower household, line 36, Melvin H. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 September 2019); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
9. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," Melvin Harris Mower; Original Data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll No. 40.
10. Maple Grove Cemetery (Bangor, Maine; corner of Pushaw Road and Church Road), Melvin H. Mower gravestone, Lot 0; personally viewed by Dale W. Mower, 29 May 2011.
11. Ancestry.com, Find-A-Grave, database with digital images (www.findagrave.com : created 27 April 2009), Melvin Harris Mower, Memorial #36439229.
12. "Maine Death Records 1617-1922 [database online]," Ancestry.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 July 2016), digital image, "Record of a Death," Melvin Harris Mower; Original Data: Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll No. 40.