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History of Anoka County
And the Towns of Champlin and Dayton
In Hennepin County, Minnesota
by Albert M. Goodrich
pub. 1905 - Hennepin Publishing Co., Minneapolis


              page 187-188
              
                JOHN C. BOWERS was a native of Blair Co., Penn, obtaining
              his education at the Academy of Harrisburg, Penn. In 1850
              he came to Minnesota and in 1851 to Itaska, Anoka Co., where
              he kept a hotel from 1853 to 1855. He held various town
              offices and was postmaster for twenty-five years, having
              served previously as postoffice clerk at Harrisburg, Pennsyl-
              vania. During the years 1851-2 he was messenger in the Terri-
              torial Legislature. He also served for twelve years following
              the fall of 1864 as station agent at Itaska. His wife's
              maiden name was ISABEL TRAPIERRE. Children: CECELIA (Mrs. W.
              D. BRIMMER), and CHARLES E.
              
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