The following time line of one branch of the Flowers Family was submitted by Dale Flowers.
Email: [email protected]
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Eight Generations of the Pennsylvania Flowers Family
1727 - 1993
Preface
The time line below contains events in the lives of my direct ancestors and the children of my direct ancestors. It follows the
Flowers family as they move from Bucks County Pennsylvania to Ohio, Iowa, Canada, Montana, and eventually to Oregon.
As much as I would have liked to have expanded the coverage, the shear amount of data dictated limiting it to what I have
assembled. My biggest frustration in putting this time line together was that the events point to stories that for the lack of
information remain a mystery. For example, what was life like for Sarah Flowers when, one month after she turned 13, in
1786, her mother died and she found herself responsible for running a household containing four children ranging from 18
months to six years of age or what was occurring in the household of Watson Flowers and his family as they lived through
the 48 day siege of Vicksburg during the Civil War.
The events in the timeline are in chronological order with the name of the person of primary interest for the event identified.
Families tend to recycle names so in order to avoid confusion I have identified the parents or spouses of the primary person
contained in each entry. In cases where information is lacking or the available information is contradictory I have provided
what I have found on the event. I have explained my logic in the cases where I examined the available information and have
come up with some conclusions as to geographic location, parentage, validity of dates and the names of the people in
households during early censuses. The mathematical symbol < is used to denote that the event took place before the date
specified. The mathematical symbol > is used to denote that the event occurred after the date specified. The + sign after a
date indicates that the event occurred at the date specified or later. A question mark after a date indicates the exact date is not
certain.
Where no source is given, the 20th century information came from internet postings, family information and family photo
albums and scrap books. The undocumented information prior to the 20th century came from two sources:
1.
Internet postings by generous people who were willing to share the results of their research.
2.
Some very nice people who, in response to an email, were willing to go through the information in their
files and share their information with a stranger.
Any corrections or additions will be appreciated. Send them to Dale Flowers at [email protected].
11/05/2010
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About
1727
Charles Flowers is born. An article on Thomas Kitchin Flowers, great grandson of James Gerald and
Rebecca Flowers, written in a book published in 1881 states "The Flowers family have been residents of
Bucks County since 1774, when James Flowers, son of Charles and Catherine Flowers of Long Island,
came to Bristol and married Rebecca Gosline, daughter of John Gosline".1 The source of the information
in the book was probably Thomas Kitchin Flowers. The notes of William Antrim Flowers, grandson of
James Gerald and Rachel Flowers, also states "James Flowers was the son of Charles and Catherine
Flowers of Long Island".2 William Antrim wrote his notes, at the age of 82, in 1914 after he had moved
to Bucks County from Minnesota some time after he married Lillian Rich, granddaughter of James Gerald
and Rachel's daughter Ann and her husband Zephaniah Mahan, in 1897. The source of William's
information on Charles and Catherine Flowers was either the 1881 book or family sources. During the
1700’s the names Flower and Flowers were pretty well interchangeable. Over three consecutive census
enumerations (1790 – 1810) I have seen the name of one individual in Hempstead, New York go from
Thomas Flower to Thomas Flowers and back to Thomas Flower. According to Queens County Clerk
Records the Flower family was in Hempstead before 1695. 3 I have found several other references to the
Flower family associated with the Hempstead area, so if Charles and Catherine were from Long Island they
may have been living in the Hempstead area. Some internet postings place Charles’ birth in Pennsylvania.
Descendants of James Gerald Flowers have been associated with the Newtown and Middletown Monthly
Meetings so the Flowers family being of Quaker descent cannot be ruled out. Quaker Records of the
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting in Hinshaw’s Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. 2
(Pennsylvania) records the October 3, 1756 death of a Charles Flower. Although I have not found any
concrete proof of the relationship of Charles with James Gerald, Charles’ death in 1756 would make him a
candidate for being the father of James Gerald. Charles was the son of Enoch Flower and grandson of
Henry Flower. Henry arrived in Philadelphia with his uncle Enoch Flower in 1683 from the Brinkworth
Monthly Meeting, Wiltshire, England. I have not found any other information on a Charles Flower or
Charles Flowers in Pennsylvania. Volume II of Hinshaw’s Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
did not record information on the Middletown Monthly meeting so any Quaker references to the Flowers
family in Middletown Township were not available when I compiled the time line. I have not found any
information on the Flower or Flowers families in New York in Hinshaw’s Encyclopedia of American
Quaker Genealogy.
About
1731
Catherine, the wife of Charles, is born. Some posted information places her birth in Bucks County
Pennsylvania, but lists no sources. An article on Thomas Kitchin Flowers, great grandson of James Gerald
and Rebecca Flowers, written in a book published in 1881, states that Catherine and her husband Charles
lived on Long Island.1 The notes of William Antrim Flowers, grandson of James Gerald and Rachel
Flowers, also states that Catherine and Charles lived on Long Island. 2 The records of the county clerk of
Queens County New York reports that on March 7, 1761 a Catherine Flower was the administrator of the
estate of a John Guttman.3 Although there is no data on the relationship between John Guttman and
Catherine Flower it is not beyond the realm of possibility that Catherine was John's daughter. At least one
researcher places Catherine’s birth about 1731 in Pennsylvania but does not give a source. I have not found
any other information on a Catherine Flowers or Catherine Flower in New York or in Pennsylvania.
About
1747
Internet postings list the birth of James Flowers Goslin, son of William Goslin and Mary Van Horn,
occurring about 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was in all probability the brother of Rebecca, the
wife of James Gerald Flowers. I have not found a reference to the names James Goslin or James Gosline
on internet genealogy sites or in the Pennsylvania Archives. The birth of James Flowers Goslin indicates
that the Pennsylvania Goslin family, especially William and his wife Mary, and the Flowers family
probably had a close relationship around the time of the birth of James Gerald Flowers.
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1740 or 1753
James Gerald Flowers, the son of Charles and Catharine Flowers, was born either on Long Island, New
York or in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Some internet genealogy sites state that James was born about
1740 in Bucks County Pennsylvania and that his parents were Charles and Catherine. One researcher
confirms Charles and Catherine as being his parents but place his birth in New York in February 1753. An
1881 publication states that James was the son of Charles and Catherine and that he moved from New York
to Bucks County in 1774.1 An entry in the James Flowers family Bible, shown in Figure 1, states that
James and Rebecca’s first child, Sarah, was born April 3, 1773 making the 1774 Bucks County arrival date
questionable. As discussed below the parentage of James Gerald's wife Rebecca in the 1881 publication
was in almost certainly in error. The probable error in the marriage date for James and Rebecca and the
error in Rebecca’s parentage makes the 1881 books historical information questionable. The notes of
William Antrim Flowers, grandson of James Gerald, stated that “James Flowers was the son of Charles and
Catherine Flowers, of Long Island.”2 William made no mention of where James was born or when he came
to Bucks County. An 1887 publication stated that “The family have been residents of Bucks County for
over a century, and have usually followed farming.” and that the Flowers family was of English descent.4
Apr 17 1755
Internet postings on Rebecca Gosline state that Rebecca was the daughter of John Gosline and Hannah Van
Horn and was born in England on April 17, 1755. The 1881 publication cited above also states that
Rebecca was the daughter of John Gosline of Bristol.1 I have found no other references on the internet to a
Rebecca Goslin or Gosline that was born in England in the 1750's time frame. The possible parents of
Rebecca are reported as being born in Pennsylvania making Rebecca’s birth place of England suspect. The
list of heirs in the 1811 will of John Gosline includes his wife Hannah and “William and Richard Flowers,
ch. of Niece Rebecca Flowers “.5 Rebecca died 15 years before Richard’s will was written so was not
included in the list of heirs. The 1821 will of John’s widow Hannah includes “Hannah wife of Richard
Appleton and her two ch. by her first husband”, Sarah Thompson, great niece of her late husband and
“Elizabeth Watson, late Flowers, great niece of late husband “ in the list of heirs.6 Hannah Appleton's first
husband was James, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca Flowers, and Elizabeth Watson was the daughter
of James Gerald and Rebecca. Sarah Thompson was the first child of James and Rebecca. The wills give
the relationship of all heirs to John and Hannah. The wills include children of John’s brother William and
his wife Mary Van Horn and the children of James Gerald and Rebecca Flowers as heirs, but no heir is
described as being a direct descendant of John and Hannah. (More details on both wills are found below.)
William and Mary Goslin’s daughter Rebecca is listed in internet postings as being born about 1745 in
Pennsylvania. I have found no other information on her birth. The only sets of parents for a Rebecca (or
Rebekah) Gosline or Goslin that I have found are John Gosline and Hannah Van Horn and William Goslin
and Mary Van Horn. John Gosline and William Goslin were the sons of John B. Goslin and his wife
Rebekah. All internet genealogy site postings that list the children of John B. and Rebeckah Goslin only
list William and his wife Mary as parents of any children. The August 24, 1784 will of William Gosline
names his brother John as an executor and lists his daughter Rebecca as an heir 7. From the heirs listed in
the three wills and the names of the executors of William Gosline’s estate I came to the conclusion that
Rebecca, the wife of James Gerald Flowers, was the daughter of William and Mary Gosline.
Aug
1759
The Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot Index for Pennsylvania lists a Richard Flowers as a
Patriot Service Private. This Richard was born August 1759 and died July 24, 1843. He married Henrietta
Graham at an unspecified date. This may have been the Richard Flowers found in the Morrisville
Borough1810 census data and War of 1812 records in the Pennsylvania Archives cited below.
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1773
At about the age of 19 or the age of 32 James Gerald Flowers, son of Charles and Catherine, marries
Rebecca (or Rebekah) Gosline. An entry in the James Flowers family Bible, shown in Figure 1, states that
James and Rebecca’s first child, Sarah, was born April 3, 1773 pointing to a marriage date of no later than
1772.
Apr 3
1773
Sarah Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Figure 1 contains the record of her birth in the Flowers family Bible.
Dec 17 1774
James Flowers Jr., son of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Figure 1 contains the record of his birth in the Flowers family Bible.
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1775
James Gerald Flowers purchases a home just outside the Borough of Bristol in Bristol Township. James
"was a shoemaker by trade, and followed that occupation for many years in Bristol Township, just outside
the borough"1.
1775
Bristol Township Tax records, 17758
Horses Cattle Sheep Land Rent Rates Whole Tax
£ S P Rate
£ S P
£
James Flowers
1
6 8)
2
- 3 House & Lott
2
4 2 8 -)
< Oct 9 1775
James Flowers and Richard Gosline enlist as privates in the Bucks County Associators, Bristol Co. Light
Infantry. Richard may have been Rebecca’s younger brother. One researcher lists Richard's birth
occurring in April 1762 making him 13 years old at the time. I have found no references to any other
person named Richard Goslin or Gosline. The Associators were volunteers who comprised the Military
Association, a civilian reserve designed to repel any invasion of Pennsylvania. The Associators collapsed
in the winter of 1776-1777. The Military Abstract Card for James Flowers stated that James served
in an Inactive Duty status between 1776 and 1777. The Inactive Duty status indicates that he did not
necessarily see active duty.9
Oct 9
The membership roster Captain William McIlvain’s company of the First Battalion of the Bucks County
Associators lists James Flowers and Richard Gosline among those as having "paid but little attendance".10
1775
Mar 17 1777
After the collapse of the Associators during the winter of 1776 – 1777 an act of the Pennsylvania Assembly
established the Pennsylvania Militia and required compulsory enrollment by constables of all able-bodied
white males between the ages of 18 and 53 to repel invaders.9 James Gerald Flowers would have been one
of those enrolled.
Oct 29 1777
William Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol Township of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Figure 1 contains the record of his birth in the Flowers family Bible.
1778
The Bristol Township tax records8
Continental
State
Book
Book
£ S
£ S
James Flower
1 - 10
1779
Bristol Township Property and Tax Records 177911 records the following:
acres - horses - cattle - servants
James Flowers
2
0
1
0
Apr 23 1780
John Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, was born in Bristol Township of Bucks County.
Figure 1 contains the record of his birth in the Flowers family Bible.
>Spring 1780
By 1780 James was assigned to the fourth battalion (Col McIlvains Battalion), 9 th company of the
Bucks County militia. Sometime during the period of 1780 to 1783 he was fined 72 pounds specie for “non
attendance upon days of exercise in the spring of 1780”. The fine was received by Joshua Anderson,
Esq.12 By 1780 the Pennsylvania Pound had depreciated to the point that a fine of 72 British Pounds were
worth 3840 Pennsylvania Pounds. If the fine had been in British Pounds that amount would have been
1600 times the amount that James Gerald paid for a house and 2 acres of land in 1775. So the fine was
probably in Pennsylvania Pounds. Records in the DAR library states that James Gerald also paid a fine for
non attendance while assigned to Captain Darroch’s company in 1781.13
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June 2
1781
S. Richard Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol Township, Bucks Co.
Pennsylvania. Although internet posters refer to him as S. Richard Flowers he may have been named
Richard Flowers not S. Richard Flowers. I have found no records on him that refer to him as S. Richard.
The record of his birth in the Flowers family Bible, shown in Figure 1, the 1811 will of John Gosline and
Richards own will, written in 1822, all refer to him as Richard.
1781
Bristol Township Property and Tax Records 1781 11
acres - horses - cattle - servants
James Flowers, shoemaker
2
-2
1
1782
Bucks County Transcript for Bristol Township11
acres - horses - cattle - servants
James Flowers
--1
-James must have suffered a financial downturn in the past year as he no longer had a servant in the
Household. The fact that James only had one cow may not be of any significance as the number of cows
varied between one and two over the years. The absence of any land is probably an omission by the
recorder, as the other Bristol Township tax records for James Gerald record him as owning 2 acres.
Jan 20
1783
James Gerald paid a tax of 7 Shillings 6 Pence to Bristol Township of Bucks County. 11 (Taxes paid by
others were also higher this year.)
1784
The only Flowers name listed in the inventory of Dwelling Houses, Out Houses and inhabitants of Bucks
County is a Thomas Flowers, living in Bristol Township.14 The data in the entry corresponds to what is
known about the James Gerald Flowers family and James was living in Bristol Township at that time so it
is likely that the Thomas Flowers name was in error.
Acres Dwelling
Out
White
Black
Houses Houses Inhabitants Inhabitants
Thomas Flowers
2
1
-8
--
Jan 22
1784
May 18 1785
1785
Elizabeth Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol Township of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Figure 1 contains the record of her birth in the Flowers family Bible.
Jesse Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, is born in Bristol Township of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Figure 1 contains the record of his birth in the Flowers family Bible. No other information
is available on Jesse.
Bristol Township Property and Tax Records 1785 11
acres - horses - cattle - servants
James Flowers, Cordwinder
2
-2
-A Cordwinder of Cordwainer was a skilled leather worker such as a shoemaker.
1785
May 25 1786
1786
James Gerald paid a Bristol Township tax of 3 Shilling 6 Pence. 11
Rebecca Gosline Flowers died in Bristol Township, Bucks Co. Pennsylvania. Figure 1 contains the
record of her death in the Flowers family Bible. Her name is listed as Rebekah in the family Bible.
Rebecca’s death left James Gerald a widower at between the ages of 33 and 46. He was left with 7 children
consisting of Sarah age 13 years 1 month, James 11 1/2 years old, William 8 1/2 years old, John age 6,
Richard age 4, Elizabeth age 2 and Jesse age 18 months. Being the oldest child, James Gerald and
Rebecca's daughter Sarah found herself running a household with 4 children aged six or less when her
mother died one month after she had turned 13.
James Gerald paid a Bristol Township tax of 3 Shilling 6 Pence. 11
6
1787
James Gerald paid a Bristol Township tax of 3 Shilling 3 Pence. 15
1787
James Gerald marries Rachel Van Blunk in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Rachel was
born April 17, 1765 in Bucks County. 16 As shown in Figure 4, the James Flowers family Bible states
“Rachel Vanblank was born April the 17th 1765 in the year of our lord.” In referring to Rachel and James
Gerald's daughter, Nancy Ann, an 1887 publication states "Her mother was a member of the Van Blunt
family, who were among the earliest settlers of Bristol Borough." 4
Aug 30 1788
Nancy Ann Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, is born in Bristol Township of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. The record of her birth in the Flowers family Bible, shown in Figure 1, refers to her as Ann.
Future census entries also refer to her as Ann.
After
1788
James Gerald Flowers moves from Bristol Township to Middletown Township of Bucks County sometime
before the marriage of his daughter Sarah in 1799. An 1887 publication states "The Flowers family were
among the early settlers of Middletown Township". 4 Middletown Township was organized in 1692 so
there may have beenmembers of the Flowers family thee before James Gerald moved from Bristol. The
1790 census did not identify townships but the 1800 census did. I compared the location of the 1790
neighbors of James Gerald in the 1800 census to estimate where James was living in 1790. All James
neighbors in the 1790 census that I located in the 1800 census were living in either Bristol Borough or
Bristol Township. That led me to the conclusion that the move to Middletown Township probably
occurred no earlier than 1790.
Aug 26 1790
Rebecca Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel is born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As shown
in Figure 1 her name was spelled Rebekah in the record of her birth in the James Flowers family Bible.
1790
Bucks County Pennsylvania 1790 Census entry for James Gerald Flowers.
White
Males 16
and over
3
White
Males
under 16
3
White
Females
All other
free
persons
--
5
Slaves
--
The census did not identify the location of James Gerald’s residence. The number of females in the
household indicates that the family either had a female servant or that the census must have taken place
after Rebecca was born on August 26th. There were four sons that were under 16 but only three of them
were enumerated. The 1800 census listed no sons in the age bracket appropriate for Jesse. All other sons
of James Gerald that were under 16 in 1790 have been reported as having married during their life time so
Jesse probably died before the 1790 census. Only James and his son James Jr. were 16 or over, but 3 males
over 16 were enumerated. Could the third male 16 or over be a relative living with James or an apprentice
shoemaker working for James?
Dec 9
1792
Hannah Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, is born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. As shown
in Figure 1 she was named Haner in the record of her birth in the James Flowers family Bible.
May 29 1794
James Gerald is not listed as being part of the Bucks County Militia that went on the “Western
Expedition”17, so his ties with the Bucks County Militia must have been severed by this time.
May 30 1794
Rachel Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, is born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Figure 1
contains the record of her birth on May 20, 179_ in the James Flowers family Bible. Internet postings list
her birth date as May 30, 1794. No other information is available on her.
About
William Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Elizabeth Moode. Elizabeth, the daughter of
Joseph Moode and Charity Van Horne, was born on the 16 th of December 1778. Elizabeth died sometime
before the marriage of William to Mary Moode around 1805. William and Elizabeth’s son Joseph, their
only child, was born December 27, 1799 so Elizabeth died sometime after that date.
1798
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July 19 1798
George Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, is born in, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Figure 2
contains the record of his birth in the James Flowers family Bible.
May 7
Sarah Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Gilbert Thompson, carpenter of
Bristol, Bucks County, at the home of her father James and stepmother Rachel. Sarah was living in
Middletown at the time of her marriage. 18 The 1810 Bristol Borough census enumeration for Gilbert
Thompson shows a son under 10 years of age and no females in the household. There was a Sarah
Thompson in Bristol that was enumerated in 1800 in Newtown Township that, from the census data, could
be a different Sarah Thompson. There was a Sarah Thompson in Bristol that was enumerated in 1810 in
Bristol Borough and 1820 in Bucks County that, from the census data, could be James Gerald and
Rebecca’s daughter Sarah. From the census data it looks like she was sharing her home with another
female. The household contained a male that could have been the son of one of the women in the
household. The 1821 will of Hannah Goslin, widow of John Goslin, mentions her husband’s great niece
Sarah Thompson6, indicating that Sarah was alive in 1821. Rebecca’s daughter Sarah was John Goslin’s
great niece.
1799
Dec 18 1799
James Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Hannah Moode , daughter of William Moode
and Mary Hough, at her parent’s house in Middletown Township of Bucks County. The marriage
ceremony was conducted by Isaac Hicks Justice of the Peace. There were 15 people in attendance at the
wedding.18 Hannah was the daughter of William Moode and Mary Hough.
Dec 27 1799
Joseph Flowers, the son of William, and grandson of James Gerald and Rebecca, and his wife Elizabeth,
was born.19 A Joseph Flowers is listed in the 1817 transfer of members from the Wrightstown Preparative
Meeting to the Newtown Preparative Meeting. 20 In 1828 a Joseph Flowers is one of the founders of the
"Bucks County Society for the Promotion of Temperance".21
1800
Middletown Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania 1800 census entry for James Flowers Jr.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
At the time of James death in 1803, James and his wife Hannah were the parents of two children6, so their
daughter would have been their eldest child. I have found no references to their children aside from the
will of Hannah Gosline and that gave no names or other information on them.
1800
Middletown Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania 1800 census entry for James Gerald Flowers.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
2
1
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
1
1
Looking at birth dates, death dates, the names of the daughters that are reported as having married and the
age data in the 1800 census and the fact that no marriage, death or census information is available on
Rachel leads to the conclusion that Rachel, the daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, probably died in
childhood before the age of 6, indicating that Elizabeth, Nancy Ann, Hannah and Rebecca were living with
James Gerald and Rachel at the time of the census. The census enumeration for James Gerald shows one
male age 9 or under, no males between 10 and 15, two males between 16 and 25, one male between 26 and
44. George would have been 3 when the census was taken. Jesse would have been 15 in 1800 but no one
was enumerated in the 10 to 15 age group. This, along with the fact that Jesse appears to be missing in the
1790 census, could be interpreted that Jesse had died before the age of 5. William was married at the time
of the 1800 census so would not have been living with his parents. Richard and John were between 16 and
25. If you assume that Jesse had died the number of males enumerated and the number of males living at
home agree. James Jr. was married in 1799 and was enumerated separately, so there were no sons between
26 and 44 in the household when one male was enumerated. Could the male in the 26 to 44 age bracket be
a relative living with James or a shoemaker working for James?
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1800
Bristol Borough, Bucks County Pennsylvania census entry for Gilbert Thompson
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
1
1
The 26 to 44 year old female would have been Gilberts 27 year old wife Sarah, daughter of James Gerald
and Rebecca. The 0 to 9 year old female could have been the daughter of Gilbert and Sarah or a daughter
of the 45 and over female in the household. The identities of the other females are unknown. The 16 to 25
year old female was of the right age bracket to be Sarah’s younger sister Elizabeth, but Elizabeth appeared
to be living with her father and step mother when the 1800 census was taken. From this time until 1821 it
is not clear what was happening in Sarah's life. The 1810 census data for Gilbert Thompson has, besides
Gilbert, a male under 10 years of age in the household. There are no females in the household, but Sarah
was alive at least through 1821. 1810 and 1820 census data for a Sarah Thompson indicates that Sarah is
living with another female and her children. While the census data for the 1810 and 1820 census indicate
that both enumerations were for the same household it is not clear that this Sarah is James Gerald and
Rebecca's daughter. Sarah was mentioned in the November 21, 1821 will of Hannah Goslin6 so she lived
until after that date.
Aug 24 1801
Jan 18
A James Flowers is born. He was born August 24, 1801 and died February 22, 1880 of a “cancerous
tumor”22 and is buried in the Middletown Friends Meeting Burial Ground.23 He was a retired farmer at the
time of his death. The 1860 and 1870 census data and the record of deaths in Langhorne (previously called
Attleborough) for the year ending May 31, 1880 give ages that would point to a last half of 1803 or the first
half of 1804 as the time of his birth. An internet posting puts his birth at 1804 in Attleboro. In 1831 he
married Hannah Tomlinson. In 1876 James was living either in Middletown Township24 on 76 acres of
land that he owned on Neshaminy Creek along the north border of the Borough of Attleborough or in
Attleborough on Maple Avenue.25 An 1881 book1 states that James owned a two story brick house that was
built in either 1763 or 1747 by Gilbert Hicks. James was a signatory of the constitution of the
Attleborough Fire Company dated May 15, 1835.26 At the time of the death of James Jr., son of James
Gerald and Rebecca, in 1803 James and his wife Hannah were the parents of two children6 so the James
born in 1801could have been the youngest of the two.
1802+
William, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca, has a store in the newly constructed Townsend building in
Attleborough (now known as Langhorne). He also had a slaughter house on the rear of the lot. 21 The 1802
construction date for the building is explicit in the source of the information on William’s store, but the
date of William’s occupation of the building is not explicit. The building is now known as the Hicks
building and is still standing at the intersection of Maple and Bellevue Avenues in Langhorne
Pennsylvania and is currently used for small shops and offices.
1803
S. Richard Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Leanah Bennett in Philadelphia. Leanah
was born in 1785, making her 17 years old when she married S. Richard. According to 1850 and 1860
census data she was born in Pennsylvania.
1803
John Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Phoebe Hibbs. Phoebe, the daughter of Abraham
Hibbs, was born in 1781.1 I have not found the identity of her mother. One researcher places her birth in
Pennsylvania about 1781.
1803
James Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca and husband of Hannah Moode, dies at the age of 29.
Sometime between 1806 and 1810 James Jr.’s widow Hannah married a widower named Richard Appleton.
The 1800 census shows a daughter born to James and Hannah before the 1800 census. The will of
Hannah Goslin, dated November 21, 1821, lists “Hannah wife of Richard Appleton and her two ch. by her
first husband” as heirs.6 If the James Flowers that was born in 1801 was James Jr.’s son that would account
for the two children reported by the Hannah Goslin will.
1803
Isaac Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Pennsylvania. He went with his parents to
Muskingum County Ohio in the 1820 to 1822 time frame.
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About
1803
One researcher reports the marriage of Nancy Ann, Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, and
Zephaniah Mahon occurring in 1803. Zephaniah was the son of Cornelius Mahan and his wife Mary
Shaver. In the 1810 census Zephaniah and Ann’s household had two male children under the age of 10 and
no female children. One of the two male children was Charles Mackane Flowers, who had moved in with
them shortly after his father died in 1806. 2 By 1820 Charles was apprenticed to Nathan Watson and was
living in the Watson household. The 1820 census shows one male and one female in the 10 to 15 year age
bracket, which would indicate that Zephaniah and Ann had two children by 1810 which would mean that
they married no later than 1808. If Charles moved in shortly after the death of his father that would push
the latest date that they married back to at least 1806. This would make the 1803 date plausible. Ann and
Zephaniah lived in Bucks County until their deaths sometime between the 1860 census and the 1870
census. During the 1860 census Zephaniah and Ann were living in Newtown Township and Zephaniah’s
occupation was described as “Gentleman”. He owned real estate valued at $600 and personal property
valued at $4,000 in 1860.
Jul 10
1804
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, is born “in Bucks County, Pa on a farm near
Woodbourn Station. Being the first farm north of the Penn cut off RR and west of the wagon road.” 2
Figure 2 contains the record of his birth in the James Flowers family Bible. The land is located on the west
side of Woodbourne Road just north of the Penn Cut Off railroad crossing. The land is currently owned by
Middletown Township and continues to be operated as a farm. The current house on the land was built in
1885. The 103 acre parcel of land identified as belonging to M. Satterthwaite on the 1876 map of
Middletown Township probably contained the James Gerald Flowers land. 24
Jan 9
1805
William A. Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Pennsylvania. He went to Ohio when
Richard and Leanah moved to Muskingum County. The age data on his tombstone has his birth occurring
on January 13, 1805.27
About
1805
William Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Mary Moode. Mary was the daughter of
William Moode and Mary Hough and the sister of Hannah, the wife of William's late brother James. Mary
was the cousin of William’s first wife Elizabeth. Internet postings report they were the parents of two
children, Andrew, born about 1806, and David, born about 1808. One researcher states that William and
Mary were the parents of five children, but only lists Andrew and David.
About
1806
Andrew Flowers is born. He is the son of James Gerald and Rebecca’s son William and his second wife
Mary. In 1876 Andrew owned the Flowers Mill that sat on 18 acres of land southeast of the Borough
of Attleborough, in Middletown Township. He lived across the road from the mill. 24
Feb 10 1806
James Gerald writes his will.28 In his will James states that he is “weak of Body but of Sound mind and
memory” implying that he was ill at the time. His will made the following bequeaths: 29
“I give and bequeath unto my wife Rachel Flowers all my Estate Personal or whatever kind the same may
be for the use of bringing up & Schooling my two youngest Children George Flowers & Charles McKaine
Flowers untill the said Charles arrives to the age of Twelve years old & then all the remainder of my said
Estate Shall be sold by my Executor herein after named and the amount thereof shall be divided between
my said wife & my said two youngest Children George and Charles Share & Share alike. And if my said
wife Should Marry before my said son Charles arrive to twelve years of age then and in that case the said
Goods & Effects Shall be sold and Divided as abovesaid - and if either of my said sons Should die before
he arrives to lawful age the Survivor Shall Inherit the Share of the deceased to him or them, his or their
heirs or assigns forever and further it is my will and desire that my said two Children George and Charles
Shall be placed apprentices to such Traid (sic) as they shall choose when they arrive to fourteen years of
age.. And Lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my friend James Linton(e) of Middletown
aforesaid my Sole Ececutor of this my last will and Testament to Execute the same as fully & amply as I
myself could do where I present at the doing thereof Dated Feb 10th 1806
Signed Sealed Pronounced & Declared by the testator to be his last will and Testament in the presence of
Joseph Houghton
Jonathan Carlile Jr.”
10
Apr 8
1806
James Gerald Flowers dies at age of 53 or the age of 66 in Middletown Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Figure 2 contains the record of his death in the James Flowers family Bible. With the
exception of George and Charles Mackane all the sons of James were married at the time of his death.
James had four daughters, ranging in age from 14 to 22, who were not married at the time of his death and
are not mentioned in his will. I have no information on the unmarried daughters until the time of their
marriage. From the 1810 census data it is possible that either Hannah or Rebecca could have been living
with their sister Rachel and her husband Andrew Hunter. Examination of the census data for other children
of James does not indicate that any other daughters were living with their siblings.
Apr 16 1806
James Gerald Flowers will is proved in Bucks County. 28 When the will is proved the witnesses stated that
they “saw and heard the Testator James Flowers therein named sign, seal, publish and pronounce the same
as and for his Last Will and Testament”, implying that James could at least write his name.
Oct 30
1806
Elizabeth Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, marries Nathan Watson, a shoemaker at the
office of I. Hicks. 18 Nathan, the son of Jacob Watson and Mary Hough, was born in 1785. Elizabeth is
mentioned in the 1822 will of Hannah Goslin.6
About
1806
Charles Mackane Flowers “was taken to live with his oldest sister Ann. Who had married Zephaniah
Mahan. They lived on a farm on the south side of the road, about half a mile south west of Edgwood.” 2
Feb 4
1808
Rachel, widow of James Gerald, marries Andrew Hunter, a yeoman, at Kesler’s tavern in Newtown. 18 In
accordance with James Gerald’s will28 all of his estate was to be sold on Rachel’s marriage and divided
equally among Rachel and her sons George and Charles McKaine.
May 30 1808
Joseph Moode is appointed guardian of James Gerald and Rachel’s sons George, age 9, and Charles
McKane age 3.30 George and Charles each inherited 1/3rd of their father’s estate on the marriage of their
mother to Andrew Hunter, so it may be logical that they were placed under the guardianship of a third
party. At this time Charles McKane was living with his sister Ann and her husband Zephaniah. In 1810
the Household of Joseph Moode consisted of one Male and one female over the age of 45and a male
between the ages of 10 and 15. In 1800 the household consisted of one male and one female over the age
of 45. George was born in 1798 making him 12 years old in 1810. It is possible that George may have
been the 10 to 15 year old male in Joseph Moode’s household in 1810, indicating that he may have moved
in to his guardian’s house in1808.
Oct 25
Rebecca Flowers daughter of S. Richard and Leanah is born in Pennsylvania. Rebecca moved to
Muskingum County, Ohio when her family moved sometime between 1820 and 1822.
1809
Before 1810
1810
Hannah Moode, widow of James Gerald and Rebecca Flowers son James, marries Richard Appleton.
Richard was born in New Jersey on January 14, 1770. He was a widower with children from his first
marriage.
Middletown Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania 1810 census entry for Andrew Hunter and his wife
Rachel, widow of James Gerald Flowers.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
2
1
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
1
The two entries in the 45 and over age brackets would be Andrew and Rachel. Assuming that Ann Flowers
had married Zephaniah Mahon before 1810, the 16 to 25 year old female could possibly be Rebecca
Flowers,daughter of James Gerald and Rachel. The exact birth dates of Andrew’s sons has not been
determined so one of the males in the 16 to 25 year age bracket could be Andrew’s son Andrew. The male
in the 26 to 44 year age bracket could be Andrews’s son Amos. The identities of the remaining people
enumerated are unknown. George Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rachel, does not appear to be
living with his mother as he would have been 11 in 1810 and there are no males in the 10 to 15 year age
bracket in the census entry for Andrew Hunter.
11
1810
In the 1810 Bucks County Middletown Township census the household for Joseph Mode (Moode)
consisted of the following:
.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
The people in the 45 and over age brackets would have been Joseph and his wife Charity Van Horn. Their
only child was Elizabeth who married William Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca, around
1798. Elizabeth died before William's second marriage about 1805. In 1801 Joseph was the guardian of
nine year old George Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rachel Flowers. The male in the 10 to 15 age
bracket could have been James Gerald and Rachel's 11 year old son George.
1810
In the 1810 Borough of Morrisville in Bucks County census the household for a Richard Flowers consisted
of the following:
.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
3
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
The age bracket data in this census enumeration do not correspond with the age profile of Richard and
Leanah's family so must be the enumeration of another Richard Flowers. This is the only Richard Flowers
enumerated in Pennsylvania in the 1810 census.
1810
In the 1810 Bucks County Bensalem Township census the household for John Flowers, son of James
Gerald and Rebecca, consisted of the following:
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
2
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
1
Both John and his wife Phoebe were in the 26 to 44 year age bracket at the time of the 1810 census. The
two males under the age of 10 would be John and Phoebe's sons Thomas and William. The identities of the
two males between 16 and 25 are not known. The two females under the age of 10 would be John and
Pheobes's daughters Hannah and Mary. The identity of the female between 10 and 15 is not known.
1810
In the 1810 Bucks County Middletown Township census the household for William Flowers, son of James
Gerald and Rebecca, and his wife Mary consisted of the following:
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
1
2
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
1
William would be one of the males in the 26 to 44 year old age bracket. The only children of William
Flowers that were born before his marriage to Ann Beatty in 1820, that I have found, were male. The male
in the 10 to 15 year old age bracket would be Joseph, the son of William and his first wife Elizabeth
Moode. The males in the 0 to 9 year old age bracket would be Andrew and David, the sons of William and
his second wife Mary Moode. The names of the male in the 16 to 25 year old age bracket and the
remaining male in the 26 to 44 year age bracket are not known. William was a store keeper so the
unknown males could have been employees. The 26 to 44 year old female would have been William’s
wife Mary. The lack of any information on possible daughters born to William leaves the identity of the
remaining females in the household up to speculation. If William and his second wife Mary had a total of
five children the two females in the 0 to 9 age bracket could have been the daughters of William and Mary
Moode. If we assume that James Gerald and Rachel’s daughter Rachel had died before 1800 and their
daughter Ann was married to Zephaniah Mahon by 1810, the female in the 16 to 26 year old bracket could
have been James Gerald and Rachel’s daughter Rebecca..
12
1810
Middletown Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania 1810 census entry for Nathan Watson and his wife
Elizabeth Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
2
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
All known children of Nathan and Elizabeth are enumerated in the census. There is an extra female in the 0
to 9 age bracket that could possibly be another daughter. The two males in the 16 to 25 year age bracket
could be apprentice shoemakers being trained by Nathan.
1810
Middletown Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania 1810 census entry for Zephaniah Mahon and his wife
Nancy Ann Flowers, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca.
Free White Males
0 – 9 10 - 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
2
1
Free White Females
0 – 9 10 – 15 16 – 25 26 – 44 45 and over
1
1
The male in the 26 to 44 age bracket would be Zephaniah and the female in the 16 to 25 year old would be
Nancy Ann. One of the males in the under 10 bracket would be Charles McKane, the son of James Gerald
and Rachel. The identities of the other children are not known. Researchers have reported the birth of a
son in 1809 so one of the males could have been a son of Zephaniah and Nancy Ann.
1810
The Bristol Borough of Bucks County census entry for a Sarah Thompson enumerated a household of two
females aged between the age of 26 and 44, three females aged 9 or under and one male aged 9 or under. 31
Sarah would have been 37 in 1810, so could have been one of the females aged 26 to 44. The age brackets
for the other household members do not match extrapolated age bracket data from the 1800 census entry for
Gilbert Thompson. The children in the household could have been children of the other 26 to 44 female
living in the household.
1811
John Gosline writes his will. The will includes his “wife Hannah” and “William and Richard Flowers, ch.
of Niece Rebecca Flowers” in the list of his heirs. William and Richard were the sons of James Gerald
Flowers and his wife Rebecca. The Bristol Preparative Meeting is also in the list of heirs. The will was
witnessed by Strickland Foster, Dr. Amos Gregg and Samuel Hulme. 5 The will gives the relationship of all
heirs to John, none of which are described as his direct descendant. The will contained no information
other than the list of heirs and their relationship to John. John’s niece Rebecca died 15 years before John
wrote his will.
About
1811
Rebecca daughter of James and Rachel married Phineas or Phinias Thackery, Thackeray or Thackara, son
of Amos Thackery and Sarah Johnson. One source lists the marriage as occurring about 1811. The family
must have remained in Bucks County, as their daughter Elizabeth was head of household in the 1860
census of Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County and on October 10, 1867 Elizabeth’s daughter
Rachel Ann became the second wife of George Flowers, son of John Flowers and Pheobe Hibbs. 4
About
1812
A Richard Flowers name is in the muster roll of the 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade, 32nd Regiment of the Bucks
County Militia during the war of 1812 under Captain John Lazalier, serving as a Private. 32 There was a
Richard Flower, born in 1759, living in Chester Township of Delaware County, that might have been the
Richard Flowers in the war of 1812.
13
1812
George, son of James Gerald and Rachel reaches the age of 14. James Gerald’s will stated “that my
said two Children George and Charles Shall be placed apprentices to such Traid (sic) as they shall choose
when they arrive to fourteen years of age”. 28 Nothing has been found on George’s apprenticeship. The
1850 census of Johnson Township, Champaign County Ohio records the occupation of a son of George’s
as “Shoemaker”, so it may be possible that James Gerald’s son George had been apprenticed to Nathan
Watson and passed the trade on to his son.
1812
Hannah Flowers, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Pennsylvania. She went with her parents to
Ohio and returned to Bucks County, Pennsylvania sometime after her marriage to Morgan Arnold. The
1860 census records her 22 year old son John as being born in Pennsylvania, placing her in Pennsylvania in
1838.
About 1813
One source reports that this was when Hannah Flowers, the daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca,
married William Cox. Hannah and William moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio at an unspecified date and
remained in Yellow Springs until the death of William. There was a William Cox that purchased land in
Salem Township of Champaign County Ohio in 1803.33 It is unlikely that this was the William Cox
married Hannah she would have been 10 years old when he purchased his land in Champaign County.
After Williams death Hannah and her family moved to a ten acre farm half a mile Northwest of Charles
Mackane Flowers farm in Champaign County.2 Hannah’s move to Champaign County must have occurred
before Charles Mackane sold his farm in 1842. Hannah and William were the parents of 2 sons and 5
daughters. The two sons left Ohio and went west to unspecified locations.2 “The girls all died of
consumption from 18 to 30 years of age. Three were married.”2 William Cox could not be located in the
Bucks County census data for either the 1820 or 1830 census’. A William Cox is found in the 1820, 1830
and 1840 census data for Greene County Ohio. With no age data for William or any of William and
Hannah’s children it cannot be determined if the census entries are for William and Hannah. The age
bracket data for the oldest female in the 1820 and 1830 census is consistent with the age of Hannah. No
death information is available for Hannah or William. According to William Antrim Flowers Hannah
“lived at Yellow Springs till her husband died, came and lived on a ten acre farm half a mile N W of
fathers” in Champaign County, Ohio. So William Cox must have died after William Antrim’s father,
George Flowers, moved to Champaign County in 1831.
Apr 23
1813
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Pennsylvania. Watson moved to Mississippi
before the birth of his son James about 1835. Watson worked as a carpenter in Vicksburg until his death in
1874.
Aug 15
1814 The name George Flowers was in the “Muster and Inspection Roll of drafted militia, commanded by
Captain James Perle”. George Flowers address is given as “In 18 th St. near Race”.34 MapQuest returned a
map for this address in Philadelphia but did not have an 18 th street in Bristol, so this address is probably a
Philadelphia address. So the George in the militia may not have been the 16 year old son of James Gerald
Flowers. The only other George Flowers that I have found that could be a candidate was born in 1785 in
Uniontown in the far southwest corner of Pennsylvania.
Aug 25 1814
A George Flowers was drafted for a 6 month enlistment under Captain James Perle of the First Brigade,
First Division at Camp Dupont.35
Oct 5
A George Flowers was paid $6.00 in partial payment for his military service while at Camp Dupont. He
also received an additional $2.53 when the militia was no longer in the service of the federal government . 36
1814
Dec 11 1814
1816
Richard Flowers son of S. Richard and Leanah is born in Pennsylvania. After the family moved to Ohio
from Pennsylvania Richard remained in Springfield Township of Muskingum County where he worked as
a farmer.
Alexander Flowers son of S. Richard and Leanah is born in Pennsylvania. Alexander moved to
Muskingum County, Ohio when his family moved sometime between 1820 and 1822.
14
1816
Feb 22 1816
About
As the result of an eruption of mount Tambora in Indonesia in early April 1815 the year 1816 became
known as the “year without a summer.” Between June 6th and 9th there were severe frosts every night from
Canada to Virginia except for the immediate seaboard. Ice was reported in the immediate suburbs of
Philadelphia. Monthly average temperatures throughout the rest of the year were below normal and there
was a dearth of precipitation. Food shortages during the winter of 1816 to 1817 led to a western migration
that became known as “Ohio fever”. This could have played a part in S. Richard Flowers decision to move
to Ohio in the 1820 to 1822 time period.
Rebecca Flowers Thackery, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, gave birth to a daughter named
Elizabeth.
1818
Elizabeth Flowers daughter of S. Richard and Leanah is born in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth married James
McClintock on Aug 8, 1845 in Muskingum County Ohio. Elizabeth was widowed in 1859 or the first half
of 1860 and was living in Muskingum County. She either remarried or died as she was not found in the
1870 or 1880 census data. None of her children were found in the 1870 census. According to the 1880
census it appears that three of Elizabeth’s sons are living in Columbus Ohio.
1819
When Charles McKane Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rachel, "was 15 yrs old, he went to live with
his half sister Elizabeth, who had married Nathan Watson. They lived on the adjoining farm. S. W. He
made his home with them for three years and learned the shoemaking trade.” 2 At this time Elizabeth and
Nathan Watson were living next to Ann and Zephaniah Mahon.2 Charles McKane would not have moved
from Bucks County to Warren County Ohio until after his apprenticeship with Nathan Watson was finished
in 1822.
1819
Rebecca Flowers Thackery, daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, gave birth to a daughter named
Rachel No other information is available on Rebecca or her husband Phinias after the birth of Rachel.
Before 1820
George Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, marries Elizabeth Everett, daughter of Eppenetus Everett
and his wife, Elizabeth Wismer. Elizabeth was born in New Jersey on July 12, 1797. Figure 3 contains the
record of her birth in the James Flowers family Bible. The obituary of George’s son Edmond , born
October 17, 1823, states that his parents were George and Elizabeth.37 Figure 3 contains the record of birth
in the James Flowers family Bible for the children of George and Elizabeth. According to the James
Flowers family Bible and George’s nephew. William Antrim Flowers, George and Elizabeth’s first child
was their daughter Permelia, who was born August 26, 1820. This implies that George and Elizabeth were
married before 1820. The nieces and nephews of George and Elizabeth called Elizabeth “Aunt Betsy”. 2
Jan 19
William, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, and Ann Beatty, both of Middletown, were married by John
Rorson, Esq.38 It has been reported that they were the parents of Albert, born in 1824 and Rebecca, born
in 1828. Another source reports that they may have been parents of two daughters, Rebecca and Eliza.
Ann was reported to have been born about 1786 in Pennsylvania. Ann’s age in the 1850 census is 64
confirming the 1786 birth year.
1820
15
1820
In the 1820 Bucks County Middletown Township census the household for William Flowers, son of James
Gerald and Rebecca, and his wife Ann consisted of the following:
Free White Males
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 18 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
1
2
2
3
1
Free White Females
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
1
1
1
1
William would be the male in the 26 to 44 year old age bracket. The un-named male in the 0 to 9 year
old age bracket was probably a son of William and his second wife Mary. The two males in the 10 to 15
year old age bracket would be David and Andrew, sons of William and Mary. The two males in the 16 to
18 year old age bracket may have been employees of William's that were living with the family. One of
the males in the 16 to 25 year old age bracket could be Joseph, the son of William and Elizabeth. The two
remaining males in the 16 to 25 year old age bracket would probably be the same males that were in the 16
to 18 year old age bracket. Internet posts for William’s wife Ann have her birth date as about 1786,
making her about 34 years old in 1820. From an age bracket point of view the female in 10 to 15 year old
age group could have been one of the two nine and under females appearing in the 1810 Census, making it
likely she was a daughter of William and Mary. The female in the 9 and under age bracket was probably
the daughter of William and Mary. If William and his second wife Mary were the parents of five children
the three males under age 15 and the two females under age 16 would account for all five children. The
identity of the female in the 16 to 25 year old age bracket is unknown but may have been an employee of
William's. The 16 to 25 old female that was listed in the 1810 census is no longer in the household. The
census also enumerated five people in the household as being engaged in commerce. Assuming William,
his son Joseph, the two males in the 16 to 18 year old age bracket and the female in the 16 to 25 year old
age bracket worked at William's store accounts for all five people engaged in commerce.
1820
In the 1820 Bucks County census for Middletown Township the household for George Flowers, son of
James Gerald and Rachel, and his wife Elizabeth consisted of the following:
Free White Males
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 18 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
2
Free White Females
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
2
1
One person in the household was “Engaged in Manufactures”, which could indicate that George was
working as a shoemaker. One of the two males in the 16 to 25 age bracket would have been the 22 year
old George. William Antrim Flowers, the son of Charles, stated that when his father “was 15 yrs old, he
went to live with his half sister Elizabeth, who had married Nathan Watson” and “he made his home with
them for three years and learned the shoemaking trade” 2. This would exclude the possibility that Georges
brother Charles was the other male in the 16 to 25 age bracket, leaving the identity unknown. One of the
two females in the 9 and under age bracket was probably Permilia, who was born on August 25, 1820,
leaving the identity of the second female unknown.
1820
The 1820 census for Northampton Township of Bucks County lists the following for the household of John
Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel:
Free White Males
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 18 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
3
1
Free White Females
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
1
John was born in 1780 and his wife Phoebe was born in 1781 placing both of them in the 26 to 44 year old
age bracket. Two of the three males under the age of 10 would be John and Phoebe's sons Amos, born in
1811, and George, born in 1817, the remaining male would be either their son William, born about 1810, or
their son John, who one researcher reports was born in 1813. William lived until 18724 and nothing has
been found on John so William is the most likely to be the 3 rd male in the under 10 age bracket.
16
1820
In the 1820 Middletown Township, Bucks County census the household for Nathan Watson and his wife
Elizabeth, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, consisted of the following:
Free White Males
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 18 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
3
2
1
Free White Females
0-9
10 - 15 16 - 25 26 - 44 45 and
over
1
2
1
Two people in the household were “Engaged in Manufactures”.
All known children of Nathan and Elizabeth are enumerated in the census. There is an extra female in the
10 to 15 age bracket that could possibly be another daughter. She appeared in the 1810 census when she
was in the 0 to 9 age bracket. After accounting for the children of Natahn and Elizabeth there is an extra
male in the 10 to 15 age bracket. James Gerald’s son Charles Mackane was apprenticed to Nathan for a
period of three years around 1819.2 Charles would be 16 on July 10th 1820 but, depending on exactly when
the census was taken, could have been the extra male in the 10 to 15 age bracket. If the male in the 10 to
15 age bracket was Charles, who was apprenticed to Nathan, it would account for the two people “engaged
in Manufactures”.
1820
Zephaniah Mahan and his wife Ann, the daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, and their family are living
in Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. Their family consists of their son John, who was
less than 10 years old, their son William who was between 10 and 15 years old, William, and their daughter
Mary, who was between 10 and 15 years old.39
1820
John Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Pennsylvania. The 1870 and 1880 census data
confirms Pennsylvania as the place of John’s birth. The 1880 census data places his birth year as 1820
while the 1870 census data puts his birth year as 1822. Internet postings place his birth in Pennsylvania
about 1820.
1820
Sarah Thompson is living in Bristol Borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Sarah’s household consists
of two females age 45 or older, one female aged between 10 and 15 and one male aged between 10 and 15.
The 1820 census age bracket data for Sarah Thompson fits extrapolated 1810 age bracket data for Sarah
Thompson with the exception that one of the under 10 age bracket females in the 1810 census is missing
from the 1820 census.
1820
Hannah, the widow of James Flowers, her husband Richard Appleton and their family are living in Falls
Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania where Richard is engaged in farming. 40 There was a female in the
household between the ages of 16 and 26 that may have been the daughter of Hannah and James Flowers.
There was no male in the household that was in the right age bracket to have been the son of Hannah and
James Flowers.
1820+
S. Richard Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, and his family move to Springfield Township in
Muskingum County Ohio. The move occurred sometime between the birth of S. Richard and Leanah's son
John in 1820 and the writing of S. Richard's will in July 1822. Richard’s will mentions $600 that is owed
him. If this was the inheritance from the estate of John Gosline it would imply that Richard moved to Ohio
before April 1821, as he would have collected his inheritance before moving from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
Apr 17 1821
The will of John Gosline is proved in Bucks County Pennsylvania. There were no executers named for the
estate.5 No details on the distribution of John’s estate are given. John was born in 1741 making him 60
years old when he died.
17
Nov 21 1821
Hannah Gosline writes her will. The will includes: “Hannah wife of Richard Appleton and her two ch. by
her first husband” and “Elizabeth Watson, late Flowers, great niece of late husband.” Hannah was the
widow of James, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Gerald and
Rebecca. The will also includes “Mary Harrison, Sarah Thompson and Hannah Porter, late of Gosline,
great nieces of do.” Sarah Thompson was the daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca so she would have
been John Gosline’s great niece. The will gives the relationship of all heirs to John and Hannah. None of
the heirs are described as direct descendants of John and Hanna. The will was witnessed by “John
Patterson and Samuel Allen, Junr”.6 No information other than the list of heirs and their relationship to
Hannah or her husband John are given in the will.
After
1821
Sarah Thompson, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca either dies or remarries. Her death or marriage
must have taken place after the will of Hannah Goslin, the widow of Sarah Flowers’ great uncle John
Goslin, was written in November of 1821. Sarah Thompson was not found in the 1830 census.
1822
John Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, and his wife Phoebe moved to Attleboro (now
Langhorne) in Middletown Township where John followed the trade of butcher in connection with farming.
John and Phoebe were the parents of five sons and two daughters, all of whom with the exception of
George died before 1887. John’s and Phoebe’s son George was educated in a Quaker school and took up
farming at the age of 17.4
1822
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is born in Muskingum County Ohio. The 1880 census for
Sangamon County Illinois confirms George’s Ohio birth state, but puts the birth year as 1823. George’s
tombstone in the Old Salem Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois lists his birth date as March 5, 1821. 41
1822
S. Richard Flowers wrote his will in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio. I have not found
his date of death, but some internet sites give it as being the same day his will was written. He would have
been 41 years old when he wrote his will. The date of the will indicates that S. Richard left Bucks County
Pennsylvania between 1820 and 1822. The will stated “I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Lanah
Flowers the use & income of all my estate both real & personal during her life. There is due to me about six
hundred dollars or more which I wish collected & out of which I wish all my just debts paid the remainder
there of I wish paid to my wife Lanah as follows (viz) one hundred dollars to be paid to her the first year
after collected & the remainder to be paid in equal annuall enstallments of twenty five dollars each until the
whole shall be so paid out.” 42 In 2007 it would take $10,951 to have the purchasing power of $600 in
1822. The will also states that Richard was “weak in body” when it was written which implies that he was
ill at the time and that the three witnesses to Richards will must have lived in the same area. Figure 6
shows the location of the homes of the three witnesses of Richard’s will, John Johnson, William Hibb and
Joseph Rodman. Figure 7 is an 1866 plat map of Springfield Township showing the location of the R.
Flowers land as well as the Rodman, Hibbs and Johnson land holdings. The land remains farm land. S.
Richard was an heir of John Gosline, whose will was proved on April 17, 1821 in Pennsylvania. The $600
mentioned in S. Richard's will could have been an inheritance from John Gosline.
Aug 10 1822
The will of Hannah Gosline is proved. William Rodman and John Goslin were the executers of her estate.6
Oct 12 1822
The will of S. Richard Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, was produced at the Court of Common
Pleas in Muskingum County on October 12, 1822 by John Johnson and William Hibb42.
Before 1823
George Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Elizabeth and their family moved from Bucks
County, Pennsylvania to Hunterdon County, New Jersey prior to the birth of their son Edmund on October
17, 1823.
Aug 20 1824
William Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca, is named an executor of the estate of William
Moode of Middletown Township. William Moode was the father of Mary Moode, the late wife of William
Flowers.43
Apr 16 1826
Andrew Hunter, husband of James Gerald Flowers widow Rachel, died at the age of 81. Figure 2 contains
the record of his death in the James Flowers family Bible.
July 3
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May 17 1827
Rebecca, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah, married Peter Morgan in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County Ohio. Peter was born September 15, 1806. While living in Muskingum County Peter
worked as a carpenter in Putnam and Zanesville. At the time of the 1870 census Peter was serving as a
Justice of the Peace. They lived in Muskingum County through the 1880 Census. After the 1880 census
Peter and Rebecca moved to Osage county Kansas.
Aug 16 1827
William A Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Martha Ann Leasure in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County Ohio. William was 22 and Martha was 20 when they married. The birth data on
Martha in both the 1860 and 1870 census has her birth occurring in 1807 in Pennsylvania. Her tombstone
has her birth date as April 7, 1807. 27
Dec 9
1827
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, marries Margaret Hooper Rhodes near
Centerville, Montgomery County Ohio. Margaret, the daughter of Stephen S. Rhodes and his wife,
Elizabeth Hooper, was born October 8th, 1808 in Williamstown New Jersey. Charles and Margaret were
probably married in the Rehoboth Brick church, a Methodist congregation, where Margaret’s brother Isaac
was buried in 1863 .44 By the time of his marriage Charles had “settled in Warren county, Ohio, about
three miles south of Centreville, and near Rehobeth Brick Church.” 2 Two children were born in Warren
County before Charles and Margaret moved to Champaign Count, Ohioy.2
1828
The Muskingum County Tax Records list a Mrs. Richard Flowers as owning 156 acres of land in
Springfield Township. The personal property for Lanah Flowers was recorded as one cow and no horses. 45
June 15 1828
Valentine D. Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, is born in Muskingum County Ohio. The
record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record, as shown in Figure 5,
gives his place of birth as Franklin County Ohio in 1828.46 The entry in the Family Record was probably
made at the time of Valentine’s death in 1881. According to the obituary of Valentine’s sister Mary
Catherine she was born in Muskingum County in 1829.47 The 1840 census data for Valentine's father
William indicates the family was living in Muskingum County as late as 1840. From the obituary of Mary
Catherine and the 1840 census data I came to the conclusion that Valentine was born in Muskingum
County Ohio not Franklin County Ohio.
Feb 25 1829
Leanah, widow of S. Richard Flowers, marries William Perrin or Perrine in Muskingum County Ohio.
Sep 2
1829
Mary Catherine Flowers, daughter of William A and Martha Ann, is born near Zanesville in Muskingum
County, Ohio. 47
1830
The household of William Flowers, the son of James Gerald and Rebecca, and his wife Ann included their
and daughters Eliza and Rebecca, son Albert and possibly either their son David or son Andrew. The
household also included an un-named male between the ages of 10 to 15 and an un-named male under the
age of five. The family was living in Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. 48
1830
John Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, his wife phoebe and family are living in Middletown
Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. In addition to John and Phoebe the household consists of their
sons George, Thomas and William, one male under the age of 5, one male between 30 and 40 years old,
one female under five years old and one female between 20 and 30 years old. 48
1830
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Margaret, son George Smith Flowers
and an unknown male between 10 and 14 years of age were living in Washington Township of
Montgomery County, Ohio.49
19
1830
Nathan Watson, his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, and their family are living
in Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. The household consisted of one male in the 15 to
20 year bracket that could have been their son James or son Marmaduke. Two males in the 10 to 15 year
age bracket, one was Nathan and Elizabeth’s son William. The identity of the other 10 to 15 year old male
is unknown. The unknown male may have been apprenticed to Nathan. One male in the 5-10 age bracket
that would have been their son Howard. There were two females in the 20-30 age bracket, one of which
would be their daughter Mary. The other is unknown. One female in the 10-15 age bracket that was
probably their daughter Elizabeth and one female under the age of 5 that would have been their daughter
Anna. 48
1830
Zephaniah Mahan, his wife Ann, the daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, and their family are living in
Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. Besides Zephaniah and Ann the household consists
Of their son John, daughters Anna and Mary and of one male between 5 and 10 years old, one female
between 5 and 10 years old, one female between 20 and 30 years old and one female between 40 and 50
years old. 48
1830
Leanah, the widow of S. Richard Flowers and her husband William Perine are living in Springfield
Township of Muskingum County Ohio. After comparing the ages and marriage status of S. Richard and
Leanah’s children with the people enumerated in the various age brackets in the 1830 census I came to the
conclusion that S. Richard and Leanah’s children Isaac, Alexander, Elizabeth, John and George were
probably living with Leanah and William. The household also included an unknown female between the
ages of 20 and 30 and an unknown female under the age of 5.50
1830
George Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Elizabeth and their family were living in
Amwell Township of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Besides their children (Permelia, Charles, Edmund,
Andrew, Elizabeth and Ann) the household contained two unknown females and two unknown males. The
unknown females were in the 50 to 60 and the 15 to 20 age brackets. The unknown males were in the 10 to
15 and the 15 to 20 age brackets.51
Sep 17 1830
C. M. Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, buys 88 acres of land in the Section 36, north east
quarter, east in Johnson Township of Champaign County, Ohio from Minor Davis.52
Feb 12 1831
Martha Ann Flowers, daughter of William A. and Martha Ann, is born near Zanesville in Muskingum
County, Ohio.53
Feb 14 1831
Isaac Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Margaret Wiley at Springfield Chapel in Muskingum
County Ohio. The marriage was performed by Lewis Gray. Margaret was born about 1809 in
Pennsylvania.
Spring 1831
George Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, moves from New Jersey to Champaign County Ohio
sometime between February 17 and July 1. George and his wife Elizabeth moved from New Jersey at the
same time that two brothers of Elizabeth moved.2 George and Elizabeth’s son George was born on
February 17, 1831 in New Jersey and on July 1, 1831 George, the son of James Gerald and Rachel,
purchased 119 acres of land in the Southeast quarter of Section 36 of Johnson Township, Champaign
County Ohio from Moses Frazee. 52 George’s land adjoined the southern boundary of the land owned by
his younger brother Charles Mackane.2
1831 to 1832
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James and Rachel, his wife Margaret and sons George and Isaac , move
to a new farm located between St. Paris and Lena in Johnson Township, Champaign County Ohio. They
moved sometime between the birth of Isaac Hooper Flowers in Montgomery County on April 2, 1831 and
the birth of William Antrim Flowers on the farm in Champaign County on March 21, 1832. 2 The farm
was located “2 3/4 miles west of St. Paris, and 1 mile east of the vilage of Lena in Miami County. Being
the second farm east of the first crossroads, east of Lena” 2. When Charles moved to Champaign County
the “country was a perfect wilderness, and the roads were dreadful muddy in spring and fall. But it soon
was thickly settled, and the men cut and rolled logs into the worst places, and covered them with dirt. Not
a very nice road to drive a buggy over, but the people went to towns and churches on horseback mostly
then.”2
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May 27 1833
Hannah, daughter of S. Richard and Leana, marries Morgan Arnold in Muskingum County, Ohio. Morgan
Arnold does not appear in the 1840 census data. The 1860 census entry for Morgan’s widow Hannah lists a
daughter age 6, implying that Morgan died no earlier than 1853.
Before 1835
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Hannah Gaffney. Hannah was born in Kentucky
about 1809.
July
1835
William A. Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, is born in Muskingum County Ohio. His
tombstone gives a birth date of July 20, 1834.54
About
1835
James Flowers, son of Watson and Hannah, is born in Vicksburg Mississippi. Several researchers place the
birth date as about 1835. One researcher and the 1900 census places the date of birth as July 1835.55 The
1860 census lists James age as 25 making him born in 1835. The 1870 census lists his age as 37 making
him born in 1833. James would have lived with his family in Vicksburg Mississippi during the siege of
Vicksburg in 1863.
Jan 9
1836
John Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, dies of “dropsy of the heart”, in Bucks County
Pennsylvania, at age 56. John’s son George continued to occupy his parent’s house on the North side of
Flowers Avenue just East of the intersection of Flowers Avenue and Bellevue Avenue in Attleborough 25
until at least 1887. 4
May 10 1837
Rachel Van Blunk, widow of James Gerald Flowers and Andrew Hunter, dies.16 Figure 2 contains the
record of her death in the James Flowers family Bible. The entry in the family Bible states “Rachel Hunter
departed this life May the 10th 1859 aged 71 years 8d (and?) 23 days” The writing in the Bible is extremely
light and difficult to read, so the year 1859 in the transcription may be in error. Rachel would have been
71 years and 23 days old on May 10th 1836.
Nov 28 1837
Alexander Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Sarah Jane Brookins in Delaware County
Ohio. Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Pierce Brookins and Marilla Warner, was born February 4, 1820 in
South Danville in Steuben County, New York. Sarah went by the name of Sally Jane on the marriage
certificate of her marriage to Alexander Flowers. 56
Aug 9
1838
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, and his wife Margaret are living in St. Paris in
Champaign County Ohio, where their daughter Elizabeth is born August 9, 1838.2
1839
William Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rebecca, dies at the age of 62 in Middletown Township of
Bucks County.
1840
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Hannah are living in Claiborne County,
Missiissippi.57 Hannah died in Vicksburg, Mississippi sometime after the 1840 census and before Watson’s
marriage to Margaret Stevens or Stevenson in 1843. One researcher places her death in May of 1840.
June 1
1840
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Sarah and a son of less than 5 years of age,
probably their son Richard, are living in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio. Alexander is
living next to his brothers William and Isaac. His mother and her husband, William Perrine, are living
close by.58
June 1
1840
William A. Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Martha Ann, daughters Mary and Martha and
sons Valentine and William are living between his brothers Alexander and Isaac in Springfield Township in
Muskingum County, Ohio. 58 The census enumerated three males between the ages of 15 and 20 in the
household leaving one that cannot be accounted for. Sometime between 1840 and 1850 William and
Martha move to Blendon Township of Franklin County, Ohio.
June 1
1840
Isaac Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Margaret, sons Joseph and Thomas and daughters
Hetty and Elizabeth are living next to his brothers William and Alexander in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County, Ohio. 58
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June 1
1840
Leanah Perrin, widow of S. Richard Flowers, her husband William Perrin and family of three sons and
two daughters are living near her sons Alexander, William and Isaac in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County Ohio. 58
1840
Ann Flowers, widow of James Gerald and Rebecca's son William is living in Middletown Township of
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She shares her home with two females, one in the 10 to 15 year old age
bracket and one in the 40 to 50 year old age bracket and two males in the 10 to 15 year old age bracket. 59
The two females were probably Ann's daughter, Rebecca, and a Maria Beatty, who could have been Ann’s
sister, who one researcher has reported as being divorced. Ann was 54 years old and Maria Beatty was 42
years old in 1840. One of the males is probably Ann’s son Albert the other male may have been the son of
Ann's sister Maria.
1840
Nathan Watson and wife Elizabeth, daughter of James and Rebecca, and their family are living in
Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The household included one male age 20-30, two
males age 15-20, one female between the ages of and one female between the ages of 10 to 15. 59 The
male in the age 20 to 30 age bracket could have been Nathan and Elizabeth’s son Marmaduke.
One of the two males age in the 15 to 20 age bracket was probably their son Howard and the other is
unknown, but may have been an apprentice working under Watson. The female between the ages of 20
and 30 who would have been their daughter Elizabeth. The female between the ages of 10 to 15 that would
have been their daughter Anna (She was at home in the 1850 census).
1840
Zephaniah Mahan, his wife Ann, the daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, and their family are living in
Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. Besides Zephaniah and Ann the household consists
of one male between 5 and 10 years old, one male between 15 and 20 years old, one female between 10 and
15 years old, one female between 30 and 40 years old, One female between 50 and 60 and one female
between 80 and 90 years old.59 The female in the 10 to 15 age bracket could have been Zephaniah and
Ann’s daughter Ann. The female between 30 and 40 could have been their daughter Mary. The male in
the 15 to 20 year age bracket was probably their son John. Ann’s mother Rachel was born in 1765, making
her 75 in 1840 and May Shaver, Zephaniah’s mother, was born about 1767 making her about 73 in 1840, so
it is not likely that either was the female in the 80 to 90 year age bracket. I have found no information on
Zephaniah and Ann’s son William so he cannot be excluded from being the male in the 5 to 10 year age
bracket.
Nov 2
1840
All children (Charles, Edmund, Andrew, Elizabeth, Ann, George,Rachel, Joseph, Mary, Rebecca and
Artemissa) of George, son of James Gerald and Rachel, and Elizabeth Flowers are at home in Johnson
Township of Champaign County, Ohio with the exception of the eldest daughter Permelia, who had
married Martin Wells on December 31, 1837.60
Nov 2
1840
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Elizabeth and their children George
Smith, William Antrim, Zephaniah Mahan and Elizabeth Rhoads are at home in Johnson Township of
Champaign County, Ohio. Also included in the household was an unknown female between the ages of 10
and 15 years of age. 60
Nov 26 1840
Richard Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Elizabeth Brumbaugh in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County. Richard and Elizabeth are the parents of 7 children. They remain in Muskingum
County throughout their lives.
<Dec 23 1840
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, returned to the farm located between St.
Paris and Lena before the birth of his daughter Mary Ann Mahan Flowers, after living in the town of St.
Paris for about 18 months.2
Spring 1842
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, sells his farm in Champaign County Ohio to
Cornelius Mahan for $1200.2 The children of Charles and Margaret were attending school along with the
children of Charles brother George.2
22
Aug
1842
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, moves his family to Pulaski County Indiana.
His children continued to attend school after the family moved to Indiana. 2
Mar 21 1843
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Margaret Stevens, or Stevenson, in Warren County
Mississippi.61 Margaret, who was born in 1803 in Kentucky, had at least two children at the time of her
marriage to Watson.
Dec 26 1844
John Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Aurellia / Marella Gore. Aurelia was born about
1824 in Virginia.
1845
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living outside Vicksburg, Mississippi in Warren County.
There were eight males and two females in the household.62
May 18 1845
George Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Tabitha Sims, daughter of Oliver Sims and
Nancy Unknown, in Muskingum County Ohio. Tabitha was born about 1825 in Virginia
Sep 15 1845
George Flowers, son of James and Rachel, dies in Champaign County Ohio at the age of 47. He was buried
in the Roberts Brecount Cemetery on September 17 1845.63 Petitions to partition the 133 ¼ acres of land
that he owned at the time of his death were being entered into the Court of Common Pleas as late as
December 17, 1853. His wife Elizabeth died on November 15, 1864 in Champaign County and is also
buried in the Roberts Brecount cemetery. 63
Nov 6
Lanah Flowers, daughter of Isaac and Margaret Flowers and granddaughter of S. Richard Flowers was
born in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio. She was probably named after her
grandmother Leanah Bennett Flowers.
1845
Feb 27 1847
Lanah Flowers, daughter of Isaac and Margaret Flowers and granddaughter of S. Richard Flowers died in
Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio when she was 15 months old. She was buried in the
family plot in the Springfield Chapel cemetery in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio 64
June 8
1848
Martha Ann Flowers, the daughter of William and Martha Ann, marries Andrew America Mahaffey.
Andrew Mahaffey was born in Ohio on March 17th, 1814. Andrew and Martha Ann were the parents of 10
children. 53
Aug 1
1849
Valentine D Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, marries Margaret Ann Gray. Margaret was born in
Ohio on October 10, 1829. 46 The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family
Record as shown in Figure 5 does not record the date of Valentine’s marriage. Figure 8 contains a photo of
Margaret Ann later in life.
July 20 1850
William Perrine, age 70, and his wife Lucy, age 60, were living in Springfield Township of Muskingum
County, Ohio. Also in the household, at the time of the census, was James Flowers age 13, born in
Mississippi.65 The year of birth in internet postings and the 1860 census agree that Richard Flowers
widow Leanah was born in 1785 while the 1850 census entry indicates that Lucy’s birth year was 1790.
James Flowers, the son of Watson Flowers, was born about 1835 in Mississippi. The 1850 census age for
James indicates he was born in 1837 in Mississippi. If one considers the birth years in the census to be in
error the place of birth data confirm that Lucy and Leanah were the same person. James Flowers was not in
the enumeration data of his father’s residence in Vicksburg, Mississippi in the 1850 census, so this James
could have been Leanah’s grandson visiting from Mississippi.
July 20 1850
Isaac Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Margaret are living next to his mother and
stepfather, William Perrine, in Springfield Township, Muskingum County Ohio. The household included
Isaac and Margaret’s daughters Hetty, Elizabeth and Lucy and their sons Thomas, Isaac and Silas. 65
July 22 1850
James McClintock and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah, their two sons, William and
Austin, and daughter Mary are living in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio, where James
is a farmer. Also in the household is 12 year old Lucinda McClintock. 65 The relationship between James
and Lucinda is not known.
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July 23 1850
John Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Marelia and four year old son William are living in
Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio where John is a carpenter. 65
July 23 1850
Richard Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Elizabeth, sons Julius and William and daughters
Minerva and Mary are living in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio where Richard is a
farmer. Richard owns $1000 worth of real estate. 65
July 24 1850
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Tabitha and their daughter Ellen and sons
Watson, Alva, and Isaac are living in Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio where George is a
farmer. 65
July 26 1850
William A. Flowers ,son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Martha Ann are living in Blendon
Township of Franklin County, Ohio. No children were recorded as living at home with William and
Martha.66
July 26 1850
Valentine D. Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, and his wife Margaret Ann are living in Blendon
Township of Franklin County, Ohio. No children were recorded in the census data for Valentine and
Margaret Ann. 66
Sep 1
1850
Elizabeth Flowers Watson, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca Flowers, Her husband Nathan and their
daughter Anna and her family are living in Middletown Township of Bucks County where her husband
Nathan continues his occupation of Shoemaker. Also in the household is 19 year old John Mund, who may
have been apprenticed to Nathan.67
1850
Phoebe Flowers, widow of James Gerald and Rebecca’s son John, is living with her son George in
Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 67
1850
Ann, the widow of James Gerald and Rebecca’s son William, is living in Middletown, Bucks County
Pennsylvania with her son Albert, daughter Rebecca and 53 year old Maria Beatty, who may have been
Ann’s sister. Ann is 64 years old and owned $2000 worth of real estate. 67 Ann is not mentioned in the
1860 census, so must have died sometime in the 1850’s.
1850
Martha Ann, daughter of Valentine D and Margaret Ann flowers, was living with her husband Andrew
Mahaffey and a one year old son William in Liberty in Adams County, Ohio.68
1850
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Vicksburg Mississippi with his wife Margret
and son Calhoun, age 4, and daughter Margaret E., age 2. Watson is pursuing his occupation of carpenter.
Also in the household are John W. and Isaac W. Stevenson, both age 21, who are working as apprentice
carpenters. An Irish emigrant Ellen Rigby, age 12 is also living in the household.69 At the time of the
census Watson’s son James may have been visiting his grandmother in Muskingum County, Ohio.
1850
Nathan Watson, his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James and Rebecca, and their daughter Anna are living in
Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. Also in the household is 19 year old John Munn.
John is probably an apprentice to Nathan, who continues to be a shoemaker. Nathan owns $1200 of real
estate. 67
1850
Zephaniah Mahan, his wife Ann, the daughter of James Gerald and Rachel, and their 20 year old daughter
Ann Mahan are living in Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. Zephaniah is a farmer and
owns $3000 worth of real estate. 67
1850
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Sarah, their daughter Marilla and sons Richard
Bernard and Jonathan are living in Brownsville in Licking County, Ohio, where Alexander is working as a
tailor.70
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Sep 9
1850
Elizabeth, the widow of George Flowers, the son of James Gerald, his wife Rachel, sons Charles, Edward,
George and Joseph and daughters Rachel, Mary, Rebecca and Artamissa are living in Johnson Township of
Champaign County, Ohio. Her sons Charles and George list their occupation as farmer and her son Edward
lists his occupation as a shoemaker. Her daughters Mary, Rebecca and Artamissa attended school in the
past year. Elizabeth owned $1800 worth of real estate at the time. 71
Sep 10 1850
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Margaret, daughters Elizabeth and
Mary Ann and sons George, William, and Zephaniah living in Tippecanoe Township in Pulaski County
Indiana, where he gave his occupation as a farmer. All the children with the exception of George had
attended school in the past year. Charles owned real estate valued at $1000. Also in the household was 19
year old Mary Jane Lopp who had attended school in the past year72
Nov
1850
Mary Catherine Flowers, daughter of William A. and Martha Ann, marries Samuel C. Freeman in Ohio.
The Freemans are the parents of 14 children. 47
Jan 10
1851
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margret Ann, was born near Columbus, Ohio in Blendon
Township, District 38 of Franklin County. 46 His birth is recorded in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record
as shown in Figure 5.
Oct 13 1852
Angus McCaskill Flowers, the son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, is born . 73 He was born in Franklin
County Ohio. 46 His birth is recorded in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record as shown in Figure 5.
Aug 17 1853
Nathan Watson dies at the age of 78. His widow Elizabeth, daughter of James Gerald and Rebecca, was 68
years old when Nathan died and was not found in the 1860 census so may have died before the 1860
census. Nathan and Elizabeth’s sons James William and Howard were living in Bucks county in 1860.74
William was a shoemaker, James was a master shoemaker and Howard was a master wheelwright. Their
son Marmaduke was living in Philadelphia and was a teacher 75, he later became principle of the school.
1855
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William and Martha Ann, and her husband Samuel C Freeman Sr.
and their four sons move from Ohio to Henry County, Iowa.76
1855
William Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, moved to Henry County, Iowa. The 1856 Census of
Wayne Township recorded that they had been living in Iowa for a year. 77 William was not enumerated in
the 1854 Iowa state census confirming an 1855 arrival in Iowa.
1855
Valentine D Flowers, the son of William and Martha, moved to Henry County, Iowa. Valentines
family included sons Ralph and Angus (recorded as Anzia). The 1856 Census for Wayne Township
recorded that they had been living in Iowa for a year. 77 Valentine was not enumerated in the 1854 Iowa
state census confirming an 1855 arrival in Iowa.
1856
William Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Martha, 21 year old son William E. and 13
year old Robert A. Woodside were living next to William’s son Valentine in Wayne Township of Henry
County, Iowa, where William was a farmer.77
1856
Valentine Flowers, son of William and Martha, his wife Margaret, sons Ralph and Angus (recorded
as Anzia) were living in Wayne Township of Henry County, Iowa where Valentine was a farmer.
Valentine and his family were living between his parents and his sister Mary Catherine Freeman and her
Family. 77
1856
Catherine Freeman, daughter of daughter of William and Martha Ann, and her husband Samuel C Freeman
Sr., their 3 year old son William J. and one year old son Samuel are living next to Mary’s brother
Valentine, in Wayne Township of Henry County, Iowa, where Samuel is a Farmer. The census records that
the family had been living in Iowa for one year, confirming an 1855 arrival in Iowa. 77
1856
Charles Mackane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, and his family move from Pulaski County
Indiana to Cleveland, LeSueur County, Minnesota.2
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1859
William A Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, marries Elizabeth Stockton. Elizabeth, daughter of
James Stockton and Martha Wilson, was born on October 2, 1842 in Hendricks County, Indiana.
1859
Valentine D Flowers, son of son of William and Martha Ann, and his family are living near the town of
Marshall, population 250, in Jefferson Township of Henry County, Iowa. The township had a population
of 803 and was described as “timber and prairie about equally divided. The land is rich and well adapted
for farming purposes.” 78
1859
William A. Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, and his family are living near the town of Marshall in
Jefferson Township of Henry County, Iowa. 78
1859
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William and Martha Ann, and her husband Samuel C Freeman Sr.
and their family are living near Marshall in Jefferson Township of Henry County, Iowa. 78
May 12 1860
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Sarah, daughters Marilla, Mary and Martha,
And sons Richard, Jonathon Pierce are living in Bowling Green Township of Licking County Ohio, where
Alexander is working as a tailor. Alexander owns $1200 worth of real estate and $528 worth of personal
property.79
June 7
1860
William A Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Martha are
living in Marshall in Jefferson Township of Henry County. Their home was number 239 in the
enumeration. William’s occupation was listed as farmer and he owned personal property valued at $150.80
June 7
1860
Valentine, son of William and Martha Ann, and his wife and their two sons, Ralph and Angus, are living at
Marshall in Jefferson Township of Henry County. Their family was number 243 in the enumeration.
Valentine had personal property valued at $500. No value has been placed on any real estate that he might
have owned. No occupation was given for Valentine. 80 Valentine and his family were living at the same
dwelling house as an A.D. Johnson who’s occupation was listed as farmer. The possibility that Valentine
was working on the Johnson farm can’t be ruled out.
June 7
1860
William A. Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Martha are living at Marshall in Jefferson
Township of Henry County Iowa. Their home was number 240 in the enumeration, implying that the
family was living close to their son Valentine. William’s occupation is listed as farmer. William owned
$3500 in real estate and personal property valued at $300. William and Martha had no children living with
them although they did have Mary J. Swain age 13 living with them. Mary was attending the nearby school
and was listed as a domestic. 80
June 7
1860
Mary Catherine Freeman and her husband Samuel C Freeman Sr. are living at Marshall in Jefferson
Township of Henry County Iowa, where Samuel is a farmer. The household consists of Samuel, his wife
Mary, sons William, Samuel, Valentine, Lee and Frank. Also in the household are C. W. Huff and David
Hays, who are working as laborers. Samuel owns $2000 worth of real estate and has personal property
valued at $500. Their home was number 219 in the enumeration. 80
Jun 13 1860
Richard Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Elizabeth, daughters Minerva and Mary and
sons Julius, William, Washington, Charles and Samuel are living at White Cottage in Newton Township of
Muskingum County. All children with the exception of 6 year old Charles and 2 month old Samuel had
attended school in the past year. Richard is a farmer and owns real estate worth $500 and has $100 in
personal property. His oldest son, Julius, is 16 and is working as a laborer.81
Jun 16 1860
John Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Aurellia daughter Martha and sons Amos and Silas
are living near Springfield Illinois, where John is a farmer. John owns $200 worth of real estate and has
$100 of Personal property. Both John and Tabitha are recorded as not being able to read or write. 82
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June 16 1860
George Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Tabitha, sons Watson, Alva, Isaac, Oliver and
George and Daughters Ellen and Eliza are living near Springfield in Sangamon County Illinois, where
George is a farmer. George owns $100 of real estate and $50 of Personal property. Both George and
Tabitha are recorded as not being able to read and write. All of George and Tabitha's children, with the
exception of the two youngest, six year old Eliza and eight month old George, are recorded as having
attended school in the past year. 82
June 24 1860
Lanah Perrine , widow of S. Richard Flowers, is living next to her daughter Elizabeth and son Isaac in
Springfield Township of Muskingum County Ohio. She owns real estate worth $3,000.83 Her husband
William Perrine is not found in the census so must have died in the 1850’s.
June 24 1860
Elizabeth McClintock, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah and the widow of James McClintock, is living
near her mother in Springfield Township of Muskingum County. She is living with her sons William,
James and George and daughters Mary, Sarah and Rebecca. Rebecca, the youngest, being 10 months old,
implies that Elizabeth’s husband James must have died in the last year and a half. She owned personal
property valued at $35. 83 The fact that she owned no real estate and that her household was enumerated
immediately after her mother implies that she was living on her mother’s land.
June 24 1860
Isaac Flowers, son of, S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Margaret, sons Thomas, Isaac and Thomas and
daughters Hetty, Elizabeth and Lucy are living near his mother in Springfield Township of Muskingum
County. Lucy may have been named after her grandmother Leanah. He has personal property valued at
$100. The occupation of Isaac and his oldest son, Thomas was listed as farming. 83 The fact that he
owned no real estate and that his household was enumerated immediately after his sister implies that he was
living on and farming his mothers land.
July 5
1860
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Margaret, daughter Margaret and sons James and
Calhoun are living in Warren County, Mississippi. His post office is listed as Vicksburg. He is working as
a carpenter. He owns $2800 worth of real estate and has $1200 of personal property.84 The 1860 City
Directory of Vicksburg Mississippi lists his address as being on Jackson Road North of Open Woods
Street. Margaret’s son Isaac is living next door and is apparently unmarried.
July 6
1860
Phoebe Flowers, widow of John Flowers, is living with her son George and his wife Rachel in Middletown
Township of Bucks County.85 George is working as a farmer. Also in the household is 12 year old
William Hays.
July 9
1860
Hanna Arnold, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah Flowers is living in Doylestown, Warwick Township of
Bucks County Pennsylvania. Besides Hannah the household consisted of her daughters Elizabeth and Anna
and sons John, George, Charles, William and Thomas. The three oldest males, John George and Charles,
list their occupation as farming. The personal estate of the family was valued at $2500.86 Hannah is listed
as head of household. Hannah’s youngest child, Anna, was six years old, implying that her husband
Morgan Arnold must have died sometime after 1853.
July 20 1860
1860
Charles MacKane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel, his wife Margaret, His daughter Elizabeth are
living in Cleveland Township of La Sueur County Minnesota, where Charles listed his occupation as
farmer. Also in the household was eight year old Amanda Brennan, who was born in Indiana. Charles
was living near his son George S. Flowers and his wife Louisa. Charles owned $300 worth of real estate
and personal property valued at $275.87
John, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, moves to Sangamon County Illinois in time for the census
enumeration on June 24th.88 The 1880 census lists the birth state of John’s youngest son George as Ohio.
If George’s birth state in the census is correct, both George’s birth and the move to Illinois must have
occurred in the first half of 1860.
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1860+
Lanah Perrine, widow of S. Richard Flowers, died. She was listed in the 1860 census but could not be
found in the 1870 census so must have died sometime between 1860 and 1870. She was not buried in the
Springfield Chapel Cemetery as were several of the Flowers family. By 1866 her son Richard Flowers had
Moved from Newton Township and owned land in Springfield Township that was in the same area as
the land owned by Lanah in 1860. The location of land owned by R. Flowers is found in Figure 7. This
may place Lanah’s death before 1866.
< Sep 16 1861
William A Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, and his family moved to Gentry County, Missouri
and moved back to Iowa before 1868. William and Elizabeth’s daughter Estella was born in Missouri in
1863 and their son Dale was born in Iowa in 1868. According to the Civil War Soldiers list and the Civil
War Pension Index, William was in the Missouri Militia during the Civil War on the Union Side. He
apparently served as a private in the Gentry County Home Guard between June and October of 1861. 89
William may have participated in the Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills on September 16. 1861. William also
served as a 1st Lieutenant in Company G of the Third Regiment of the Provisional Enrolled Missouri
Militia,90 which began organizing in May 1863 and most of the units were disbanded before November
1863. One researcher reports that he probably was with Capt. Stockton's Missouri Regiment. According
to information in a history of the Enlisted Missouri Militia William would have served under Col. Bennett
Pike. On January 7, 1890 William applied for a Civil War Pension.
June17 1861
Caroline Flowers, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Ann, is born in Henry County, Iowa. The Ralph
Mahaffey Family Record refers to her as Carrie G. Flowers. 46 The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths
in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
Oct 25 1862
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is mustered into Company I of the 130 th Illinois Infantry
Regiment91 at Camp Butler, Illinois. The Regiment having received its outfit of clothing and arms, left
Camp Butler November 11, for Fort Pickering near Memphis, Tenn., where it arrived on the 17 th. It
remained at Fort Pickering until March 27, 1863. While on duty at Fort Pickering its loss by death was
severe, as is the case with most new regiments upon taking the field. But more particularly owing to the
prevalence of the measles and the small-pox, which carried off many of the best men. George was
discharged on the 17th of March for disability.91 He may have been one of those that fell ill to Measles or
Small Pox. On September 19, 1871 George applied for a Civil War Pension.
Feb 2
1863
Two sources report that Charles MacKane Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel died on this date and
is buried in Le Seuer County. They do not report a place of death, but one states that he probably died in
Le Seuer County. Another source reports that he died February 3, 1863 in McGregor, Iowa but does not
state where he was buried. Charles was 59 years old when he died. The notes of Charles son William
Antrim contain no mention of Charles death.
June
1863
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his family were living in Vicksburg Mississippi during
the 48 day long siege of Vicksburg. Watson was listed as a carpenter in the 1860 and 1870 census so
probably was working as a carpenter during the siege of Vicksburg. Nothing is known about the family’s
experiences during the siege.
Nov 15 1864
Sep 5
The record of burials in the Roberts Cemetery, located in Johnson Township, Champaign County, Ohio,
states that Elizabeth, wife of George Flowers died on November 15 1864 at the age of 67 years 4 months
and 3 days. A photo of the upper half of Elizabeth’s broken tombstone accompanies the record on the
Champaign County Ohio GenWeb site. A transcription of an almost illegible entry in the James Flowers
family Bible states “Elizabeth Flowers born 12 July 1799 died 62 yrs.” The entry is found in Figure 3.
1866
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, joins the Methodist Church. 92
1866
Phoebe, widow of James and Rebecca’s son John, dies at Attleborough Pennsylvania at the age of 85.4 She
was probably living with her son George at the time of her death. George lived in the family home until at
least 1884.4 In 1876 a G. Flowers owned property on both sides of Flowers Avenue in Attleboro
(Langhorne). The home of G. Flowers was on the north side of Flowers Avenue. 25
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1867
Isaac Flowers son of S. Richard and Leanah dies in Springfield Township of Muskingum County Ohio at
the age of 63. He is buried at the Springfield Chapel Cemetery, located west of Zanesville, Ohio64
June 3
1870
Watson Flowers, Son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Ward 1 of Vicksburg Mississippi. He is living
with his son James and James’ family and working as a carpenter. He owned real estate valued at
$2000and had $200 in personal property. 93 These valuations are close to those of 1860, so the siege of
Vicksburg apparently did not greatly affect his financial situation. His wife Margaret is not mentioned in
the census, so must have died sometime after the 1860 census. The possibility that Margaret died during
the siege of Vicksburg cannot be ruled out.
June 3
1870
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Tabitha , daughter Eliza and sons Alvey, Isaac,
Olive, and George and Tabitha's 92 year old father, Oliver Sims, are living in the town of Gardner in
Sangamon County Illinois. George owns $800 of real estate and has a personal estate valued at $300. 94
June 19 1870
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine D. and Margaret, marries Caroline Amanda Warren in Henry
County Iowa.95 Caroline, the daughter of Wheeler and Mary Warren, was born April 23, 1849 in Ohio. In
1850 Wheeler, Mary and Caroline Warren were living in Athens Ohio. 96 The Valentine D. and Margaret
Ann Flowers 1870 census enumeration, taken August 5th 1870, has Ralph living at home. The 1870 census
enumeration for Wheeler and Mary Warren, taken July 30th 1870, does not include Caroline as a family
member. There was no record of a household for Ralph and Caroline in the 1870 census. A possible
explanation of not being able to find Caroline in the 1870 census may be that the data recorded was
supposed to be as of June first and while the data for Valentine Flowers was for June first the data for
Wheeler Warren was not. If that is the case Ralph and Caroline could have been living with Ralph’s
parents and Caroline not recorded as she was not married to Ralph on June first. If Ralph and Caroline
were living on their own they may not have been recorded as they were not married on June first.
June 20 1870
Richard Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Elizabeth are living at Putnam in Springfield
Township of Muskingum County. Richard and Elizabeth’s children Mary, William, Washington and
Charles are living at home. Richard is employed as a farm laborer. He owns $1000 worth of real estate
and $100 worth of personal property. 97
June 21 1870
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Bowling Green Township of licking County
Ohio with his wife son Pierce and daughters Mary and Martha. He now owns a dry goods store.
Alexander owns $600 worth of real estate and $2000 worth of personal property. 98 The decrease in the
value of real estate since 1860 and the increase in the value of personal property over the same period may
indicate that he had sold some real estate to finance his dry goods business.
June 24 1870
Margaret Flowers, the widow of Isaac Flowers, is living in Putnam, Ohio with her 25 year old daughter
Lanny and 16 year old son Silas. Silas is working as a laborer. Margaret could read but could not write. 97
Putnam is located in Springfield Township just across the Muskingum River from Zanesville.99
July 19 1870
John Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Hopewell Township in Muskingum County,
Ohio with his wife Arella and their sons Silas, Amos and John and their daughters Mary and Martha. His
occupation is laborer. No one in the household 12 years old or over could write and John and his12 year
old daughter Martha were the only household members age 12 or over that could read.100
July 21 1870
Martha Ann Mahaffey, daughter of William and Martha Ann Flowers, is still living in Liberty,
Adams County, Ohio. She is the head of a household that included her sons William, Andrew, Franklin,
Clinton Alexander and John. She owned $1950 worth of real estate and had $950 personal property. 101 Her
youngest son was 3 year old John so husband Andrew must have died no earlier than 1866. Her daughter
Ara was not mentioned in the census and may have married before 1870.
July 21 1870
A Hannah Arnold is living in Moreland Township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Hanna is of the
right age to be the daughter of S. Richard and Leanah. She lists her occupation as keeping house and
claims personal property worth $200. She apparently can read but cannot write. She is sharing her home
with 60 year old Sarah Wood.102
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Aug 5
1870
William A Flowers, Son of William and Martha Ann, has returned to Henry County, Iowa. He is now
living at Mt. Pleasant in Jefferson Township. His occupation was farmer and his real estate was valued at
$600. He had $100 of personal property. His dwelling was number 265 in the census enumeration.103
Aug 5
1870
Valentine D Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, his wife Margaret, daughter Caroline and sons
Ralph and Angus are living at Mt. Pleasant in Jefferson Township of Henry County. Valentine’s
occupation was farmer and his real estate was valued at $1000. He had $150 of personal property. His
dwelling was number 266 in the enumeration. His son Ralph had attended school in the past year and was
still living at home at the time of the census. 103
Aug 5
1870
William Flowers, son of, S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Martha are living at Mt. Pleasant in Jefferson
Township of Henry County. William’s occupation was farmer and his real estate was valued at $3500. He
had $175 of personal property. His dwelling was number 267 in the enumeration. Their farm number was
the same as their son Valentine, implying that both families were living on the same farm. William and
Martha have no children living with them, although they did have Valentine Freeman age 15 living with
them. Valentine was attending school and was listed as “At Home”. 103 Valentine was probably the son of
William and Martha’s daughter Mary Catherine and her husband Samuel Freeman. William and Martha
lived on their 140 acre farm in Section 14 of Jefferson Township in Henry County. 104 One researcher
stated that, along with Samuel Freeman, William owned a small timber tract in section 21.
Aug 5
1870
Mary Catherine, daughter of William and Martha Flowers, and her husband Samuel Freeman and their
family of 10 children are living at Mt. Pleasant in Jefferson Township of Henry County Iowa. Their
dwelling was number 268 in the enumeration. Samuel’s occupation was listed as farmer and his real estate
was valued at $4800. Samuel had $300 of Personal property. Mary and Samuel’s son Valentine was not
living with his parents at the time of the census. 103 Valentine would have been 15 years old when the
census was taken. One researcher states that the 80 acre farm in Section 23 they were living on was located
just across the road from Mary’s parents William and Martha Ann Flowers and very near was a country
school, where most of the Freeman children attended.
1870 + Between 1870 and 1880 William A. Flowers, the son of William and Martha Ann, moves to Stanberry in
Gentry County Missouri.
Sep 3
1871
Mar 21 1872
May (Florence May) Flowers, daughter of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline, was born in Henry County
Iowa. 46 The record of Florence May's birth is found in the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record. The
record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record as shown in Figure 5.
The will of Mercy Stackhouse, of Middletown Township of Bucks County, conveys a house located
at 213 S. Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne (Attleboro) to Elizabeth and Edward Flowers also of
Middletown Township.105 The house site is located on the east side of Bellevue avenue between
Richardson Avenue and Flowers Ave. 25 A photo of the house is in Figure 9. In the 1876 map of
Attleborough the house site is identified by the initials EF. The inheritance might indicate that at sometime
there was a connection between the Stackhouse family and the Flowers family and that S. Richard Flowers
could have been named Stackhouse Richard. Examination of the size of window panes in a photo of the
house led me to the conclusion that the house was an old small house that had been more than doubled in
size in the 1800's. I have found census data for Mercy Stackhouse and for Edward and Elizabeth Flowers
and an internet posting on Mercy Stackhouse that reports her dying on September 21, 1874 at the age of 89.
I have found no information connecting Mercy to Edward or Elizabeth. The 1870 census for Hulmeville in
southwest Middletown Township, taken on July 9th, lists Edward as being a farm laborer and gives his age
as 39 and the 1880 census for Langhorne, taken on June 1st, lists Edward as a carpenter and gives his age
as 50. The data on the children of William Flowers and Ann Beatty is conflicting so, despite the difference
in birth years found in internet postings and census data, Edward could well be the son of William and Ann.
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Jan 31
1873
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. and Martha Ann Flowers, and her husband Samuel move
to Taylor County, Iowa. 47 They purchased a farm on a tributary of the Middle Fork of the One Hundred
River in Washington Township. The farm “known as "The Grove," consisting of 320 acres, well
improved and in an excellent state of cultivation; has an orchard of 400 bearing trees, a fine grove of
walnut, maple, cottonwood, etc., in all probability the largest trees in the county (we might except some
few forest trees of natural growth)”. 106 At a later date the property was renamed Freeman’s Grove.
1873
Martha Ann Mahaffey, daughter of William and Martha Ann Flowers, moves from Adams County Ohio to
Henry County Iowa. 53 Martha’s sons Andrew, Franklin and Alexander went to Iowa with their mother.
Martha’s sons William and Abraham remained in Ohio. One researcher stated that her sons Valentine and
Nehamiah had died before 1870. I have found no information on her sons Clinton and John.
1874
Archie Fletcher Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline Amanda, is born in Henry County Iowa. 46
The record of Archie's birth is found in the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record. The record of
Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
Aug 13 1874
Watson Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, died in Vicksburg Mississippi at the age of 61 years 4
months.
Nov 15 1876
William Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, died at the age of 71 years 10 months and 2 days at
Trenton in Jefferson Township of Henry County Iowa. He is buried in the Finley-Wayland Cemetery in
Henry County. The age on his tombstone places his birth on January 13, 1805. 27
1876
Ralph Mahaffey, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, and his family move from Henry County, Iowa to
Taylor County Iowa. 92
1876
Angus Flowers, the son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, marries Ella Stockton. Ella was born in Missouri
in March 1856.
1879
Valentine Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, and his family are living near Marshall in Henry
County Iowa. Valentine is farming in section 14 of Jefferson Township.107
Apr 8
1879
During the second day of their April session the Board of Supervisors of Henry County approved the
payment of $1.00 to Valentine Flowers for jury duty.108
June 1
1880
Angus Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, his wife Ella and son Homer are living in Maryville,
Nodaway County Missouri. Angus occupation is “Feed stable”, indicating that he either owns or is
employed at a feed stable.109
June 7
1880
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, and his wife Sarah are living in Brownville, Bowling
Green Township of County Ohio. Alexander continues to be a dry goods merchant.110
June 7
1880
John Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Franklin Township of Licking County with his
wife Aurelia, daughter Mary and son John. His occupation is Carpenter. John was enumerated as not
being able to read or write. The enumeration listed Aurelia as being able to read and write. 111 No further
information on John is available.
June 8
1880
Richard Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanh, and his wife are living in Springfield Township of
Muskingum County, Ohio where Richard continues as a farmer. Also in the household are their sons
William and Washington, who are working on the farm. 112
June 11 1880
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, his wife Tabitha, daughter Eliza and sons Oliver and
George are living in Gardner Township of Sangamon County, Illinois, where George and his two sons are
working the farm. 113
June 11 1880
Margaret Flowers the widow of Isaac Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Zanesville in the
home of her daughter Lucy and her husband J. C. Baird.114 No other information on her was recorded.
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June 14 1880
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. and Martha Ann Flowers, and her husband Samuel are
living on a farm just south of Gravity in Washington Township, Taylor County Iowa. Their sons Leberd,
and Benjamin and daughters Martha, Sarah, Mary, Armenia and Harriet are living in the household.115
The farm is one mile south of the southeast corner of Gravity.
June 30 1880
Valentine D. Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, is farming in Jefferson Township in Henry County
Iowa. His 18 year old daughter Caroline was at home and had attended school in the past year.116
June 15 1880
Martha Ann Flowers, widow of S. Richard and Leanah’s son William is living with her son Valentine D.
Flowers and his family in Jefferson Township of Henry County Iowa. 116
June 15 1880
Hannah Arnold, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah Flowers is living in Southampton Township of Bucks
County Pennsylvania. Her 32 year old unmarried son Franklin (in 1860 he was enumerated as Thomas) is
living with her. His occupation is “Works on Farm”.117 No further information has been found on Hannah.
June 15 1880
Martha Ann Mahaffey, daughter of Valentine D and Margaret Ann Flowers, is living in Jefferson Township
of Henry County, Iowa with her 15 year old son Alexander. 116 Her occupation was listed as “Keeps
House” and Alexander’s occupation was listed as “At home”. Martha’s neighbors were farmers so she may
have rented her farmland for income.
June 19 1880
William A Flowers, Son of William and Martha Ann, is living in Stanberry, Gentry County Missouri with
his wife Elizabeth, 17 year old daughter Stella and 12 year old son Dale. William has a broken arm that is
preventing him from working at his occupation of laborer. His son Dale had attended school in the last
year. From the entry it looks like Dale had spent 8 months in school.118 Figure 11 contains an undated
photo containing William and Elizabeth in their later years.
May 18 1881
Caroline Amanda Flowers, wife of Ralph Mahaffey, gives birth to a child named C. A. Flowers in Taylor
County Iowa.119 One source says he was a boy named Charles. 92 A Warren family researcher and data
in the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record lists him as Charley A. Flowers. 46 The record of Births,
Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
July 1
1881
Six weeks and two days after giving birth both Caroline Amanda Flowers and her infant son Charley A.
Flowers died of currently unknown causes. A search of Taylor County, Iowa records and newspaper files
in Taylor County revealed nothing on the deaths. Both Caroline and Charley A. are buried in the
Lexington Cemetery in Taylor County where they share a single tombstone. The tombstone only identifies
the child as C. A. F. 119 Figure 12 contains a photo of Caroline Amanda taken at an unknown date.
Aug 19 1881
Valentine D. Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, dies in Henry County Iowa. 46 The record of Births,
Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5. Valentine is buried in
the Finley-Wayland Cemetery in Henry County. The birth date on his tombstone reads June 15 1828. 27
Feb 23 1882
Caroline Flowers, daughter of Valentine and Margaret, marries Seth Morrison in Henry County Iowa. 46
The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
Sep 21 1882
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Martha Ann, marries Ida C. Clayton (or Clifton) in Taylor
County Iowa. Ida was born February 2, 1860 in Henry County Iowa. One of their sons was named Clifton.
so Clifton may be the correct name. The 1910 census confirms the birth year.120 Figure 13 contains a
photo of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers and his children May and Archie. The photo was taken some time after
the death of Ralph’s first wife Caroline Amanda. Figure 14 contains a photo of Ralph and Ida.
Aug 2
Martha Ann Flowers, the widow of S. Richard and Leanah’s son William, dies at the age of 76 years 4
months and 16 days in Henry County Iowa. She is buried in the Finley-Wayland Cemetery in Henry
County. 27
1883
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Mar 2
1884
Aug 21 1884
Oct 5
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, is born at Gravity, Taylor County, Iowa. 121 The record
of Clifton's birth is also found in the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record. 46 The record of Births,
Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
Seth Morrison, husband of Caroline Flowers, daughter of Valentine and Margaret, dies at age 26 in Henry
County Iowa122 leaving Caroline a widow at age 23 with a 16 month old son and a 3 month old daughter.
1885
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Martha Ann, his wife Ida, 13 year old daughter May, 11
year old son Arch and one year old son Clifton are living in Washington Township of Taylor County, Iowa,
where Ralph is a farmer. The family residence is described as being in the North West part of section 24 of
Range 34 of Township 11.123
1886
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, marries Maude E. Sessions in Sangamon County,
Illinois.124
Oct 20 1887
Rebecca Morgan, daughter of S. Richard and Leanah Flowers, dies at the age of 76 and is buried in the
Burlingame Community Cemetery in Osage Kansas. 125 Her husband Peter had died May 1, 1886 and is
also buried in The Burlingame Community Cemetery. 125
Nov. 9 1887
Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, died in Brownsville Ohio at the age of 71. He is buried
in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bowling Green twp, Licking County Ohio. 126
Feb 19 1889
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, is born in Gravity in Taylor County Iowa. 46 The
record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
1889
George Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, is living in Farmingdale in Sangamon County Illinois. 127
1889
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. Flowers and Martha Ann Leasure, and her husband
Samuel join the Methodist Church in Gravity, Iowa. 47
May 3
1891
Richard Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, diesat age 78 in Springfield Township of Muskingum
County. He is buried in the Springfield Chapel Cemetery near Zanesville Ohio. 64
Jan 25
1892
Margaret Flowers, widow of Charles MacKane Flowers, dies at the age of 84 in Cleveland Le Sueur
County Minnesota. She is buried in the Savage Cemetery in Cleveland.2
Apr 20
1893
George Flowers, the son of S. Richard and Leanah, dies in Sangamon County Illinois at the age of 71 and is
buried in the Old Salem Cemetery.128
June 26 1893
Oct 4
Florence May Flowers, daughter of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline, marries Charles Ledgerwood, son of J.
W. and Cynthia Ledgerwood.129 The record of Florence May's marriage is also found in the Ralph
Mahaffey Flowers Family Record. 46 The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers
Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
1893
Margaret Flowers, widow of Isaac Flowers, dies at the age of 84 in Muskingum County Ohio. She is
buried in the Springfield Chapel Cemetery in near Zanesville, Ohio. 64
1894
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret, was living near Gravity, Taylor County Iowa.
He was visited by his brother Angus’ wife from Kansas City, and by his mother Margaret Ann of Mount
Pleasant , Henry County Iowa.130 Ralph is living on a 160 acre farm located 1.7 miles northeast of the
northeast corner of Gravity. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Middle Fork of the One
Hundred and Two River run through Ralphs land. Ralph’s home is located in the south west corner of his
property.131
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Oct 3
June 7
1894
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. Flowers and Martha Ann Leasure, and her husband
Samuel are still living on Freeman’s Grove. Freeman’s Grove is located 1 mile south of Gravity in
Washington Township of Taylor County Iowa. 131 The plat map of Washington Township shows two
houses on the property.
1895
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, the son of Valentine and Margaret, attended a reunion in Ohio. Ralph was 44
years old and had been living in Taylor County for 40 years. 132
1896
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. Flowers and Martha Ann Leasure, and her husband
Samuel moved from the farm to the town of Gravity, due to “Old age and failing health”. 47
1896
Elizabeth Flowers, widow of S. Richard and Leanah’s son Richard, dies at age 75 in Springfield Township
of Muskingum County. She is buried just west of Zanesville Ohio in the Springfield Chapel cemetery. 64
Dec 23 1896
Tabitha Flowers, widow of George Flowers dies at the age of 73 in Sangamon County Illinois. She is
buried in the Old Salem Cemetery. 128
Aug 25 1898
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret, has distinction of being the tallest man in Taylor
County.133
Apr 1? 1898
May (Florence May) Ledgerwood, daughter of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline, dies at the age of 27 in
Taylor County Iowa.46 The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record
is shown in Figure 5. Florence May is buried in the Gravity – Washington Cemetery.134
Apr 17 1900
Sarah Flowers, widow of Alexander Flowers, son of S. Richard and Leanah, dies at the age of 80 in
Brownsville, Licking County Ohio. She is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Bowling Green Township
Ohio.126
June 2
1900
Archie Fletcher Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline Amanda, was a restaurant keeper in the town
of Gravity, Washington Township, Taylor County Iowa. Archie was living in a rented house. 135
June 8
1900
William A. Flowers, son of William A Flowers and Martha Ann Leasure, and his wife Elizabeth are living
in Ward 3 of Stanberry City in Gentry County, Missouri. William and Elizabeth have been married 41
years, confirming an 1859 marriage date. Williams birth is recorded as having occurred in July 1835.
Elizabeth’s birth was recorded as occurring in September 1842. Two of their three children are still
living.136
June 11 1900
Caroline Morrison, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Ann Flowers, is a widow living with her son,
daughter and mother Margaret in Trenton, Henry County, Iowa. Caroline listed her occupation as farmer.
There was no mortgage on the farm so she owned it free and clear. Her son was listed as a farm laborer.137
June 11 1900
Margaret Ann, widow of Valentine D. Flowers, is living with her daughter Caroline Morrison in Trenton,
Henry County Iowa. She was listed as having given birth to one child, who was still living. 137 The census
entry is in error as Margaret Ann had three children and all were alive in 1900.
June 12 1900
Angus Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, and his family were living in a house on South Davis
Street in Maryville, Nordaway County Missouri. The Flowers family consisted of Angus, his wife Ella and
two sons and a daughter. The home was owned with no mortgage. Angus had been out of work for four of
the twelve months before the census was taken. 138
1901
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, moved to Osborne County Kansas. 121 One
source states that he moved to Osborne County in about 1897 where he lived on a farm. 92 The August 25,
1898 newspaper article133 cited above brings the 1897 date into question.
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Oct 23 1901
Archie Fletcher Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline Amanda, marries Yetta Alice Barton in
Bedford, Taylor County Iowa.139 Yetta was born December 31, 1882 in Taylor County Iowa. 46 She was
the daughter of James Barton and Sarah West. Figure 14 is a colorized portrait photo of Yetta taken just
after her marriage to Archie.
Aug 11 1902
Ellen, the wife of Angus Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, dies at age 46 in Fort Cobb, Caddo
County Oklahoma. She is buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery. 73
May 10 1903
Margaret Flowers, the widow of Valentine D. Flowers, dies at age 73 in Henry County Iowa. The birth
date on her tombstone reads born Oct 10 1828. Margaret is buried in the Finley-Wayland cemetery in
Henry County, Iowa. 27
Jan 26
Nov 6
1903
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, marries Rose E. Hainer. Rose was born December 25,
1886 in Michigan. 46 The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record
as shown in Figure 5. Clifton was 6’4” tall and his wife Rose was 5’ 2” tall. 92 Rose’s parents, Oscar and
Rose Hainer, were living next to Clifton’s parents, Ralph and Ida, in 1910 so Clifton’s wife Rose may have
been literally “The girl next door”.
1904
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, is born in St. Joseph Missouri. 46 According to family sources
Archie and Yetta were operating a restaurant in St. Joseph. The date of their move from Taylor County,
Iowa to St. Joseph is unknown.
1905
Archie Fletcher Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, take up a land grant 32 miles from the town
of Nanton, Alberta Canada. The farm was located in Albert District 18, Sub district 25.140 Figure 15
contains a photo of the house that they moved into when they first arrived in Canada.
1906
Martha Ann Mahaffey, daughter of William and Martha Ann Flowers, dieat the age of 75 in Wayland,
Henry County Iowa. She was survived by one daughter and five sons. She is buried in the Wayland
Cemetery. 47
June 17 1907
Mary Catherine Freeman, daughter of William A. Flowers and Martha Ann Leasure, dies at 2:30 PM in her
home in Gravity in Taylor County Iowa at the age of 77 years 9 months and 15 days.141 She was survived
by her husband Samuel, brother William and eight children. 47 She is buried in the Gravity Washington
Cemetery. 47
Mar 30 1908
Samuel Freeman, widower of William A. and Margaret Ann Flowers daughter Mary Catherine, dies at the
age of 83 at the home of his son in Carinda in Page County Iowa. 142 He is buried in the Gravity
Washington Cemetery in Taylor county Iowa.143
May 16 1908
Juanita Flowers, daughter of Archie and Yetta, is born near Nanton, Alberta, Canada. The entry in the
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record lists her as Gladys J. Flowers.46 The record of Births, Marriages
and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record as shown in Figure 5. Throughout his life her brother
Dale refers to her by her nickname of “Scoot”.
Aug 2
Donald Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, is born at Cleverville, Alberta, Canada. He died September 27,
1909. 46 The records of his birth and death are recoded in the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers Family Record.
The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
1909
Aug 19 1909
William A. Flowers, son of William and Martha Ann, dies. He is buried as William K Flowers in the High
Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry, Gentry County Missouri. The date of death on his tombstone is August 18,
1909. 54 His Civil War Pension was taken over by his widow Elizabeth. 90
Oct 22
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, marries Emma Ellen Rathburn in Osborne County
Kansas. Emma was born in Osborne County Kansas on June 29, 1887. 46 The record of Births, Marriages
and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
1909
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Apr 16
1910
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, was living in Downs in Ross township of Osborne
County Kansas. His occupation was “Minister of Gospel”. Besides Clifton and Ida the household
consisted of one son age 4 and two daughters ages 3 and 1 year 11 months. The family was living in a
rented house.144
Apr 20 1910
Caroline Morrison, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Ann Flowers, is living with her son Leslie in
Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa. Her son was listed as the owner of the mortgaged farm. 145
May 7
1910
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Martha Ann, was still living in Corinth Township of
Osborne County. He gave his occupation as farmer. There was no mortgage on the farm. Ralph and his
son Harvey were partners in the farm. 120
May 7
1910
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, was married to Emma at the time of the census and
was living in the same household as his parents in Osborne County. Harvey and Emma had been married
for less than a year when the census was taken. Harvey gave his occupation as farmer. Harvey and his
father Ralph were partners in the farm. 120
June
1910
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline Amanda, and his family enter the United States at
Sweet Grass, Montana. He was traveling from his last Canadian home at Cleverville, Alberta to his
destination of Great Falls Montana. He listed his occupation as farmer. His nationality on his crossing
form was listed as Canadian.146 After arriving in the U.S. Archie took up a 320 acre homestead 8 miles
from the town of Loma Montana. Figure 17 shows Dale and Juanita on horseback in front of their house,
on their way to school.
1910
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, is elected Sheriff of Osborne County,
Kansas. He moved from Corinth to Osborne to take up the duties of sheriff. 147 Ralph was 6’6” tall and
weighed around 250 pounds. 92
1910
Angus, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, is a widower living in Fort Cobb in Caddo County Oklahoma.
Angus is the owner of a pool Hall and is living in a rented house. 148
1911
Caroline Morrison, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Ann Flowers, is the librarian at the Henry County
Institute of Science, [Library Ass’n]. 149
Dec 12 1912
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers was elected to a second term as sheriff of Osborne County on the republican
ticket but died of heart failure at the age of 61during the last month of his first term. 92 He was a member of
the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. 92 The record of Ralph's death is found in the Ralph Mahaffey
Flowers Family Record. The record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family
Record as shown in Figure 5. Ralph is buried in the Corinth Cemetery in Corinth Township, just south of
Downs Kansas.
Sep 13 1917
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, is granted a patent on his homestead in Montana. 150
The patent was granted by US government General Land Office.
1917
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and his family move to Albany Oregon, where Archie
runs and plays the violin at the dance hall.
Sep 12 1918
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, registers for the World War I draft at Albany Oregon.
At the time of the registration he was living on Chicago Street in Albany Oregon. His occupation on the
registration form is listed as a self employed “Truck gardener”. He is listed as a Naturalized US citizen on
the registration form.151
Aug 18 1918
Angus Flowers, son of Valentine and Margaret Ann, dies at age 66 at Fort Cobb, Caddo County Oklahoma.
The Family record of the Ralph Mahaffey Family Record gives the date of death as Oct. 18, 1918. 46 The
record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Ralph M. Flowers Family Record is shown in Figure 5.
Angus is buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery, Fort Cobb Oklahoma. 73
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Jan 2
1920
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida. is living in a rented house Prairie View in Phillips
County Kansas. His occupation is “Minister of the Gospel” and his place of work is the Methodist Church.
His household consists of son Dean age 14 and daughters Opal age 9, Ruth age 11and Hazel age 9.152
Jan 2
1920
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, is living in a rented house in Corinth Township of
Osborne County Kansas. Also in the household are sons Harry age 9 and Irvin age 3 years 3 months and
daughters Alice age 7 and Aileen age 5. Harvey gives his occupation as farmer working for wages. 153
Jan 13
1920
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and family are living in a rented house at Alsea,
Lincoln County, Oregon. They must have just arrived at Alsea when the census was taken his listed
occupation is "None".154 While living at Alsea Yetta was postmistress and ran a store. Archie operated a
passenger and freight boat service on the Alsea River between Alsea and Waldport. Figure 18 contains a
photo of the boat that Archie used. Juanita is listed as a US citizen born in Canada.
Jan 13
1920
Ida Flowers, widow of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, is living in the house that she owns on N. 3rd Street in
Penn Township of Osborne County, Kansas. Gertrude Phillips, who is also a widow, is a roomer in Ida’s
house.155
Jan 20
1920
Caroline Morrison, daughter of Valentine and Martha Flowers, is living with her son Leslie in Wayne
Township of Henry County Iowa. Caroline’s son, who is single, is farming on a farm, with no mortgage.156
1922
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, His wife Yetta, son Dale and daughter Juanita are
living in San Diego, California where Archie and Yetta operate a store. Their son Dale was working as a
messenger. Figure 16 contains a photo of Dale in his messengers uniform.
1923
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, His wife Yetta, son Dale and daughter Juanita had
returned to Oregon and were living in the town of Coburg in Lane County.
1924
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline, and family were living in Springfield Oregon 12 miles south of
Coburg Oregon.
Spring 1926
July
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, was enrolled at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
1927
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and his wife Yetta were operating a summer resort
near the Coburg covered bridge across the McKenzie River near Coburg, Oregon.
1928
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, was operating a service station in Creswell, Oregon. Figure 20
contains a photo of his service station.
1928
Archie, the son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, had his wife Yetta were living in Cottage Grove Oregon.
Yetta operated the Hi-way Grocery, located just south of the Cottage Grove High School, and Archie sold
real estate from an office at the back of the store. Figure 21 contains a photo of the interior of the store.
Jun 28 1929
Ida Flowers, widow of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers, dies at age 69 of pneumonia at Buena Vista Colorado.
She is buried in the Corinth Cemetery Just south of Downs Kansas.157
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1929
The Delaware Valley Advance printed a series of articles on the history of Langhorne.158 The following
was included in the “First Mills” section of the article titled “The Early Mills of Lower Bucks County”:
“The road from Philadelphia crossed at Galloway's Ford, and came by way of the mill over to the Durham
Road, and then up over the hill to "Four Lanes End." this section, from the first took up, had "mills
streams" on them. One of Robert Heaton's tracts was near Glen Lake. Whether he built the dam from
which it takes its name, and the log and grain mill, afterwards known as "Flowers Mill" we have no sure
record. This was a very old mill, and early there was a passage from the Yardley Road and also from the
Trenton Road, to this mill. As it lies along the property lines, this was probably "a neighborhood
easement." that years later, with some changes in the line, was made a public road and was locally known
as "the Mill road."” The mill was probably located near South Flowers Mill Road in Langhorne. At some
time the mill was owned by Andrew Flowers.159 Figure 10 is an undated photo of the Flowers Mill.
Andrew was the son of William Flowers and Mary Moode. The 1860 and 1880 census data lists him as a
miller. The 1870 census lists him as a farmer. A spark from a passing train ignited the roof of Flowers
Mill in the between 1870160 and October 1879161. The mill burned and was not rebuilt. The stone walls of
the Mill are still standing.
1929
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and his wife Yetta moved to Medford Oregon where
they remained for the rest of their lives. They operate a real estate business from their home.
Apr 5
1930
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, and his family were living in a house they owned on
Pleasant Avenue in Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado. The house as valued at $3000. Harvey was
the owner of a transfer company. 162
Apr 9
1930
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, was living in a house they owned on East Minneapolis
Street in Salina, Saline County Kansas. The house was valued at $6000. Clifton’s occupation is listed as
Life Insurance salesman.163
Apr 15 1930
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, was living on Oak Street in San Francisco California with his sister
Juanita and her husband Russell Greenfield. Rent on the apartment they were living in was $32.50 a month.
Juanita was working as a dressmaker at a clothing company. Dale was working as a finisher at a mattress
company.164 Dale was also attending business classes at the Evening High School of Commerce.
Apr 21 1930
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and his wife Yetta, were living on West Jackson
Street in a house valued at $1200. Archie occupation was listed as realtor and Yetta was listed as being a
stenographer.165 They remained in the Real Estate business the entire time they lived in Medford.
Spring 1931
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, is living at 1841 Ellis Street in San Francisco. He continued
working as a finisher at a mattress company while attending business classes at the Evening High School of
Commerce
June
1931
Juanita Flowers, daughter of Archie and Yetta, marries Arthur Olson in San Francisco California. Arthur
was born in San Francisco in 1908. In 1930 Arthur was working as a garment cutter for a clothing design
and manufacturing company.164 Arthur continued as a garment cutter through out his career.
1931
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline Amanda, and his wife Yetta moved to 112 East 12th Street. In
the early 1940's they moved to 205 South Holly Street in Medford.
1932
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, opens a mattress and upholstery shop at 413 East Main Street in
Medford, Oregon. A photo of the front of the shop is in Figure 22.
1934
Elizabeth Stockton Flowers, the widow of William and Martha Ann Flowers son William A., died at age 92
in Stanberry, Gentry County Missouri. She is buried in the High Ridge Cemetery in Stanberry. 54
Jul 25
Apr 20
1935
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, marries Verna Peters daughter of James Thomas Peters and Nancy
Coggins. Verna was born June 3, 1905 in Mountain Grove Missouri. 166 Figure 24 shows a photo of Dale
and Verna taken in January, 1952.
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Oct 1
1937
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, moves his mattress and upholstery shop to a building he had built at
407 East 4th Street in Medford, Oregon. The building, built by A. J. Nelson, contained 1250 square feet
including a 350 square foot show room.167 He later added on to the shop, increasing its size to 2500 square
feet. The business remained at 405/407 East 4th Street until Dale retired in the 1980’s.
Jan 23
1942
Caroline Morrison, daughter of Valentine and Margaret Flowers, dies at age 81 at Olds in Henry County,
Iowa. She is buried in the Greenmound - Trenton Cemetery, Henry County Iowa. 122
1942
During World War II Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, closes his mattress and upholstery shop in
Medford Oregon for the duration of the war. He spends the war years working at a US Army repair facility
in Medford, Oregon repairing tops and upholstery on U.S. Army vehicles. During his work at the repair
depot he supervised German Prisoners of War held at Camp White near Medford. Like many Americans
he was a member of the "Bond a Month Club". He also volunteered as an observer at the Medford post of
the Air Warning Service during and after the war.168
1942
During World War II Verna Flowers, wife of Dale, volunteers at the USO in Medford. The USO served
the soldiers undergoing infantry training at Camp White, prior to deployment to the European Theater.
Before the end of the war she volunteered over 500 hours of service at the USO. 168 After the war she
continued to volunteer at the Veterans Domiciliary located near Medford at Camp White.
1945
At the end of World War II Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, reopens his mattress and upholstery
shop in Medford, Oregon.
Before 1947
Figure 23 shows a photo of the sons of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers. There is no information on the photo,
which was located in a family photo album. The man on the left is Harvey Dale Flowers, the man in the
center is Archie Flowers and the man on the right is Clifton Ralph Flowers.
July 30 1947
Harvey Dale Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, dies at age 58 in Burlington, Kit Carson County
Colorado. He and his son Bob had been in Nebraska harvesting a farm in Potter that may have been
inherited from Harvey’s mother Ida and her second husband, E.S. Noble. Harvey ate some canned
tomatoes and got botulism. He was hospitalized in Burlington and sent his son on to Buena Vista.
July
1848
Due to ill health Archie Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Caroline Amanda, retires from the real estate
business.
Jun
1949
Archie Flowers, son of Ralph and Caroline dies at Medford Oregon at the age of 74. Archie is buried at
Siskiyou Memorial Park in Medford Oregon.
Oct 13
1951
Clifton R. Flowers, son of Ralph Mahaffey and Ida, dies at age 67 the day after suffering a heart attack at
Scott City, Kansas. 121 Clifton is buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery.
1957
Yetta Flowers, Widow of Archie Flowers, was named the Oregon State Eagles Lodge Auxiliary Mother.
1968
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, is appointed to the Furniture and Bedding Council of the Oregon
State Board of Health.169 He continued in the upholstery business while serving on the board. His second
term on the board expired in 1979.
Nov
Dec 24 1968
Verna Flowers, wife of Dale Flowers, dies of cancer in Medford Oregon at the age of 63. 166 Verna is
buried at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Jackson County Oregon.
Sep 12 1972
Yetta Flowers, widow of Archie, dies in Jackson County Oregon at the age of 90. Yetta is buried beside
her husband at Siskiyou Memorial Park in Medford Oregon.
June 1
Juanita Olson, daughter of Archie and Yetta Flowers, dies at the age of 72 in San Mateo California.170
1980
Sep 18 1993
Dale Flowers, son of Archie and Yetta, dies of a heart attack in Medford Oregon at the age of 89.171 Dale is
buried beside his wife Verna at the Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Jackson County, Oregon.
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Figures
Figure 1
Page from the Flowers family Bible recording the births of the children of James Gerald Flowers and Rebecca Gosline and
the oldest children of James Gerald Flowers and Rachel Van Blank. The noise introduced in photo copying the original
document has been removed from the image and the image sharpened. No attempt was made to enhance the original writing.
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Figure 2
Page from the Flowers family Bible recording the births of the youngest children of James Gerald Flowers and Rachel Van
Blank, the death of James Gerald, the death of Rachel’s second husband, Andrew Hunter ,and the death of Rachel. Either the
1859 year for Rachel’s death or the age of 71 is in error. Her age was 71 in 1836 and in 1859 her age would have been 94.
The noise introduced in photo copying the original document has been removed from the image and the image sharpened.
No attempt was made to enhance the original writing.
41
Figure 3
Page from the Flowers family Bible recording the births of the children of George Flowers and Elizabeth Everett. It appears
that the original entry for Artemissa Flowers has been partially overwritten. The entry for Elizabeth Flowers is probably a
transcription of the extremely faint writing above the entry. The noise introduced in photo copying the original document has
been removed from the image and the image sharpened. No attempt was made to enhance the original writing.
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Figure 4
Flowers Family Bible record of the birth of Rachel Van Blank, the second wife of James Gerald Flowers. The noise
introduced in photo copying the original document has been removed from the image and the image sharpened. No attempt
was made to enhance the original writing.
43
Figure 5
The page recording the birth, marriage and death information on the Flowers family in the 19th century, it probably came
from the Ralph Mahaffey Flowers family Bible.
44
Figure 6
1832 Springfield Township Plat map. The map identifies the location of land of the witnesses of S. Richard Flowers will,
John Johnson, William Hibb and Joseph Rodman.
45
Figure 7
1866 Springfield Township Plat map. The map shows the location of the land owned by Richard Flowers, Mrs. Johnson, W.
J. Hibbs, and the Heirs of J. Rodman. The Flowers land is located below the letter F in the word FALLS at the top of the
map and to the right of the first E in the word HOPEWELL at the left of the map.
46
Figure 8
Margaret Ann Gray, wife of Valentine D. Flowers and mother of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers. The date of the picture is not
known.
Figure 9
The house located at 213 S. Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne Pennsylvania that Mercy Stackhouse bequeathed to Elizabeth and
Edward Flowers in 1874. The couple in the photo may be Elizabeth and Edward. The original photo is in the Historic
Langhorne Association photo collection.
47
Figure 10
Undated photo of the Flowers Mill in Middletown Township of Bucks County Pennsylvania. The four people in the photo
are unknown. The mill was owned by Andrew Flowers, son of James Gerald and Rachel Flowers. The original photo is in
the Historic Langhorne Association photo collection.
48
Figure 11
William A. Flowers and his wife Elizabeth are the second couple from the left. Elizabeth is standing behind William. The
date of the photo is unknown. The people in the photo are as follows: Back row, left to right: Susan Ballard Hussey, Lizzie
Flowers, Cyndie Brown, Sadie Houston. Front row, left to right: John C Hussey, Will Flowers, Jim Brown, Henry Houston,
and granddaughter, Sadie.
Figure 12
Portrait of Caroline Amanda Warren, wife of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers. The photo was taken sometime before Caroline
Amanda’s death in Taylor County Iowa on July 1, 1881
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Figure 13
Photo of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers and his children May and Archie. The photo was probably taken between the death of his
first wife, Caroline Amanda on July 1, 1881 and his marriage to Ida Clifton on September 21, 1882.
Figure 14
Ralph Mahaffey Flowers and his second wife, Ida Clayton. Althought the date of the photo is unknown it was probably taken
after their marriage on September 21, 1882
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Figure 15
Photo of Yetta Barton taken shortly after her marriage to Archie Flowers in 1901.
Figure 16
Photo of Archie and Yetta’s first house in Canada. Photo was taken in 1905.
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Figure 17
Photo of the Archie and Yetta’s home in Montana showing Dale and Juanita going to school on horseback.
Figure 18
Photo of Dale Flowers in his messenger uniform. The photo was taken in San Diego California.
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Figure 19
Boat that Archie Flowers operated on the Alsea River in Oregon. There was no road along the river so Archie carried people,
freight and mail from the port of Waldport on the Pacific Ocean to Alsea.
Figure 20
The service station owned by Dale Flowers in 1928. The station was located in Creswell Oregon.
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Figure 21
Interior of the HI-WAY Grocery in Cottage Grove Oregon. Yetta Flowers operated the store and Archie Flowers sold real
estate from the office through the door at the back of the store. The picture was taken in July 1928.
Figure 22
The front of the Flowers Mattress and Upholstery shop at 413 East Main Street in Medford Oregon. Dale Flowers is standing
on the left. The business was located here from its founding in 1932 until it moved to 407 East 4 th Street in 1937.
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Figure 23
The son’s of Ralph Mahaffey Flowers. The man on the left is Harvey Dale Flowers, the man in the center is Archie Flowers
and the man on the right is Clifton Ralph Flowers. The date and location of the photo is not known.
Figure 24
Dale and Verna Flowers. The photo was taken in Southern California in January of 1952.
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manuscript dated later than 1902.] Pages 38, i20, 244
20
Papers read before the centennial of Newtown Friends' Meeting : fourth month 10th 1915, and others not read there
but applicable thereto. 1915, 71 pgs.
21
The Sons of Temperance by Samuel C. Eastburn in the Delaware Valley Advance 1929
22
Record of Deaths in Langhorne for the year ending May 31, 1880
23
Bucks County Genealogy Project Cemetery Board
24
Combination Atlas Map of Bucks County J. D. Scott Philadelphia 1876
Copies of the map are available from the Historic Langehorne Association in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
25
Borough of Attleboro map dated 1876
Copies of the map are available from the Historic Langehorne Association in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
26
Constitution of the Attleborough Fire Company Historic Langhorne Association files
27
Finely - Wayland Cemetery grave list on Iowagravestones.org
28
Abstracts of wills on microfilm copies made by the Genealogical Society of Utah (LDS): 7.152.
Also found in Estate Number 3666 Book ..., Bucks County, Pennsylvania
29
Bucks County Pennsylvania Estate Number 3366
30
Book 1, Orphans Court Records, Bucks Co., Pa.
31
1810 census of Bristol Borough, Bucks County Pennsylvania
32
Pennsylvania Archives Series: Series 6 Volume: VII
Chapter: Muster and Receipt Rolls--1812-14 Muster Rolls--1812-14 Page 185
33
Early Ohio Settlers Purchasers of Land in-Southwestern Ohio, 1800-1840 by Ellen T. Berry & David A. Berry,
Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1986
34
Pennsylvania Archives Series: Series 6 Volume: VIII
Chapter: Camp Dupont-1812-14. Page: 490
35
Pennsylvania Archives Series: Series 6 Volume: VIII
Chapter: Camp Dupont-1812-14. Page: 513
36
Pennsylvania Archives Series: Series 6 Volume: VIII
Chapter: Camp Dupont-1812-14. Page: 528
37
Obituary dated Feb 7, 1902 in the St. Paris, Champaign Co., OH Newspaper
38
Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices, Volume I 1804-1834 by Frances Wise Waite
Bucks County Historical Society, 1986
39
1820 census of Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Flowers, James
57
40
1820 census of Falls Township of Bucks County , Pennsylvania
41
Find A Grave entry for George Flowers Old Salem Cemetery Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
42
Muskingum County Will Book, Volume B page 272 - Muskingum Co., Ohio
43
Wills: Abstracts: Book 10: Bucks Co, PA 1821-1825
44
Findagrave.com entry for Isaac Hooper Rhoades in Rehoboth Cemetery Warren County Ohio
45
Muskingum County 1828 Tax records Real Estate and Personal Property
The Muskingum County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society 1989
46
Ralph M. Flowers Family Record
47
Times-Republican July 4 1907 page 8
48
1830 census of Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
49
1830 census of Washington Township of Montgomery County, Ohio
50
1830 census of Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio
51
1830 census of Amwell Township of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
52
Champaign Co - Land Deed Indices-Johnson Twp
53
Wayland News November 7 1906
54
High Ridge Cemetery grave list on Gentry County Missouri web site.
55
1900 census of Warren County Mississippi
56
The Early Marriage Bonds of Delaware Co., Ohio 1832-1865, Vol I, A to K
compiled by Del City Chapter of DAR, Delaware, Ohio
57
1840 census of Claiborne County Mississippi
58
Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio 1840 Census Data
59
1840 Census of Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
60
Johnson Township of Champaign County, Ohio 1840 Census Data
61
Mississippi Marriages 1776 - 1935
62
1845 Census of Warren County Mississippi
63
Roberts Brecount Cemetery tombstone photos
64
Springfield Chapel Cemetery grave list on Findagrave.com
65
Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio 1850 Census Data
66
1850 census of Blendon Township of Franklin County Ohio
58
67
1850 Census of Middletown Township of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
68
1850 Census of Liberty, Adams County, Ohio
69
1850 census of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
70
1850 census of Brownsville, Licking County Ohio
71
1850 census of Johnson Township of Champaign County, Ohio
72
1850 Census of Tippecanoe Township in Pulaski County Indiana
73
The Caddo County Cemetery Transcription for the Fort Cobb Cemetery, Fort Cobb Oklahoma
74
1860 census of Bucks County Pennsylvania
75
1860 census of the 19th Ward of the city of Philadelphia
76
Andreas Atlas Patrons list 1875
77
1856 Iowa State census of Wayne Township of Henry County
78
HENRY CO, IOWA DIRECTORY 1859-60
79
1860 Census of Bowling Green, Licking County, Ohio
80
1860 census of Marshall, Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa
81
1860 census of Newtown Township of Muskingum County, Ohio
82
1860 census for Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
83
1860 census of Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
84
1860 census of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
85
1860 Census of Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
86
1860 census of Doylestown, Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
87
1860 census of Cleveland Township of Le Seuer County Minnesota
88
1860 census of Sangamon County. Illinois
89
National Park Service list of Union Soldiers
90
William A Flowers Civil War Pension Card
91
Roster of the 130th Illinois Infantry
92
Personal recollections of Leo Van Scyoc, the grandson of Florence May Flowers, daughter of Ralph Mahaffey and
Caroline
93
1870 census of Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississipps
Watson Brown, Publisher, Burlington, Iowa
59
94
1870 census of the town of Gardner in Sangamon County, Illinois
95
Iowa Marriage records. Source film 965926
96
1850 census of Athens, Ohio
97
1870 census of Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio
98
1870 census of Bowling Green Township, Licking Vounty, Ohio
99
1866 Springfield Township Plat map
100
1870 census of Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
101
1870 census of Liberty, Adams County, Ohio
102
1870 census of Moreland Township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
103
1870 census of Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa
104
1870 Platt Book of Henry County, Iowa
105
Title search of 213 S. Belleview Avenue in Langhorne conducted by the Historic Langhorne Association
106
History Of Taylor County, Iowa 1881 Page 813 Written by Lyman Evans
107
History Of Henry County, Iowa Page 623
108
The Free Press Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa April 17, 1879
109
1880 census of Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri
110
1880 census of Brownsville, Bowling Green Township of Licking County, Ohio
111
1880 census of Franklin Township. Licking County, Ohio
112
1880 census of Springfield Township of Muskingum County, Ohio
113
1880 census of Gardner Township of Sangamon County, Illinois
114
1880 census of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio
115
1880 census of Washington Township, Taylor County, Iowa
116
1880 census of Jefferson Township, Henry County, Iowa
117
1880 census of Southampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
118
1880 census of Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri
119
Tombstone of C A Flowers in Lexington Cemetery, Taylor County Iowa
120
1910 census of Corinth Township of Osborne County, Kansas
121
Obituary of Rev. Clifton R. Flowers
Western Historical Company 1879.
Osborne County, Kansas October 1951
60
122
Iowa Gravestone Photo Project Greenmound – Trenton Cemetery Henry County Iowa
123
1885 Iowa State Census of Washington Township of Taylor County, Iowa
124
Illinois Marriages 1851 - 1900. Ancestry.com
125
Findagrave.com entry for Peter Morgan and Rebecca Flowers Morgan Burlingame City Cemetery, Burlingame,
Osage County Kansas
126
Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project Cedar Hill Cemetery, Licking County Ohio
127
1889 Sangamon Illinois Directory
128
Old Salem Cemetery, Sangamon County Illinois grave list on FindAGrave.com
129
New Market Herald , New Market, Taylor County, Iowa June 30, 1932
130
Taylor County Democrat, Bedford Iowa October 4, 1894
131
Plat Map of Washington Township of Taylor County Iowa 1894
132
Bedford Free Press Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa October 3, 1895
133
Blockton Iowa newspaper August 25, 1898
134
Findagrave.com photo of the Tombstone of Florence May Flowers Ledgerwood, Washington Cemetery, Gravity,
Taylor County Iowa
135
1900 Census of Gravity, Washington Township, Taylor County, Iowa
136
1900 census of Stanberry City in Gentry County, Missouri
137
1900 census of Trenton, Henry County, Iowa
138
1900 census of Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri
139
Bedford Times Republican Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa October 24, 1901
140
1906 Alberta Canada Census
141
Bedford Free Press Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa June 20, 1907
142
Bedford Times Republican Bedford Iowa Thursday April 2, 1908
143
Taylor County, Iowa Burials. Taylor County Iowa GenWeb site.
144
1910 Census of Downs, Ross Township, Osborne County, Kansas
145
1910 census of Wayne Township, Henry County Iowa
146
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers Applying for Admission
Service Sweet Grass Montana, 1910
147
Former Osborne County Sheriffs, Osborne County Sheriff’s office, Osborne County Kansas
148
1910 census of Fort Cobb, Cado County, Oklahoma
61
Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration
149
Directory of Henry County, Iowa 1911-12
150
Land Patent 600128 filed at Havre Montana September 13, 1917.
151
Archie Flowers Draft Registration Card Filed September 12, 1918 in Albany, Linn County Oregon
152
1920 census of Prairie View, Phillips County, Kansas
153
1920 Census Corinth Township, Osborne County, Kansas
154
1920 census of Alsea Precinct, Lincoln County, Oregon
155
1920 census of Penn Township of Osborne County, Kansas
156
1920 census of Wayne Township, Henry County, Iowa
157
The obituary of Ida Flowers Osborne Kansas July 4, 1929
158
Samuel Eastburn articles in the Delaware Valley Advance 1929
Found at; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~buckscounty/EastburnsLanghorne/delvaladv.html
159
The Herald, Autumn 2007 Publication of the Historic Langhorne Association
160
Photo of the Flowers mill about 1870 in the Historic Langhorne Association collection
161
Poem titled In memory of Glen Lake Mills by Louisa A. Hibbs written October 4, 1879
Historic Langhorne collection
162
1930 Census of Chaffee County, Colorado
163
1930 census of Salina, Kansas
164
1930 census of San Francisco, California
165
1930 census of Medford, Oregon
166
Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon Dec, 26 1968
167
Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon Thursday, September ? 1937
168
Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon
169
Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon Nov, 29 1968
170
Social Security Death Index for Juanita Olson
171
Dale Flowers Death Certificate
62