Bowers, Joel

1896 - 1973  (76 years)

• Name	Bowers, Joel
  Birth	24 Apr 1896	Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LKSS-R2N
  _UID	D09ADAE55DF94DB6ABCB8425AF5C14A16159
  Death	9 Feb 1973	Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States
  Person ID	I7929	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2012

  
  

  Family	Pletcher, Martha Adele,   b. 18 Aug 1894, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 10 Aug 1984, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1916	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, United States
  Family ID	F2566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Apr 1896 - Bellwood, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States Death - 9 Feb 1973 - Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  One of 13 children of Michael Daniel Bowers and Angeline McKinney, husband of Martha Adele Pletcher Bowers to whom he was married for 56 years. He and Martha were married in Cumberland, Maryland in December of 1916. He was the father of Catherine Hand, Robert William Bowers, Joel Philip Bowers, Betty Nail Hirsch, Michael Grant Bowers and Jane Bricker. He was a brakeman and conductor on the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and lived in Bellwood, Pennsylvania at 609 North Tenth Street which had been his wife's childhood home. Survived by 31 grandchildren. His son, Robert, was killed on North Tuckahoe Street in Bellwood in a traffic accident that Joel witnessed. Joel was returning home from work and seven year old Robert had run to join him.