Individual Details
Benjamin Franklin Mower
(21 Jan 1831 - 15 Jul 1863)
Events
| Birth | 21 Jan 1831 | Greene, Androscoggin, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Jay, Franklin, Maine |  | | |
| Marriage | Louisa S. F. Jenkins | | |||
| Occupation | farmer - Aroostook County, Maine | | |||
| Military | during the Civil War. Benjamin enlisted at Presque Isle, Maine, in Co. I, 7th Maine Infantry Volunteers. He was reported missing after the Battle of Gettysburg; later confirmed dead | | |||
| Death | 15 Jul 1863 | |
Families
| Spouse | Louisa S. F. Jenkins ( - 1889) |
| Child | Josephine Amanda Mower (1855 - 1907) |
| Child | Nathaniel Lincoln Mower (1860 - 1916) |
| Father | Peter Stevens Mower (1793 - 1873) |
| Mother | Nancy Wyman (1798 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Nancy Wyman Mower (1824 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Thomas Wyman Mower (1825 - 1826) |
| Sibling | Octavia Jane Mower (1826 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Mary Mower (1829 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Eliza Wyman Mower (1833 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Thomas Smith Benton Mower (1835 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Nancy Albina Mower (1838 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Peter Hartley Mower (1841 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Gustavus Benson Mower (1843 - 1848) |
Notes
Census
Benjamin F. Mower was enumerated in the household of Peter S. Mower as a 19 year old male, a farmer, birthplace was Maine, and he attended school within the year.Endnotes
1. FamilySearch, "Records of births, deaths, marriages and marriage intentions, 1755-1925 (Greene, Maine)," database with digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 9 August 2016), page 190, image 188 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), 43.
3. 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), 44.
4. 1850 U.S. Census, Franklin County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Jay, p. 22, dwelling 14, family 15, Peter S. Mower household, line 18, Benjamin F. Mower; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 November 2019); NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
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), 44.
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), 44.
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), 44.
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), 43.