J.D. Bowersock account statement 1871-1872

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J.D. Bowersock account statement 1871-1872

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This statement of an account with Iowa City, Iowa merchandiser Justin DeWitt Bowersock lists purchases of household items made from 1871 to 1872 by his mother-in-law, Mrs. B. Gower (Mrs. James H. Gower) of Iowa City. In 1877, the Bowersocks and the Gowers moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where Bowersock became a leader in banking, manufacturing, and politics.

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University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection

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Bowersock, Justin DeWitt, 1842-1922.

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Justin DeWitt Bowersock was born in Columbiana County, Ohio on September 19, 1842 to Israel and Adaline (McDonald) Bowersock. By age twenty-two, he was engaged in general merchandising and in the grain business at Iowa City, Iowa. On September 5, 1866, he married Mary C. Gower, daughter of James H. and Barradella Gower of Iowa City. In 1877 the Bowersocks and the Gowers moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where Bowersock acquired the dam over the Kansas River, harnessing its ener...

Gower, Barradella.

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