HISTORY OF BEDFORD, SOMERSET, AND FULTON COUNTIES

A. W. MOWER, DRUMMER, AT PITTSBURGH, PA DISCHARGED MAY 29, 1847 P. 116

COMPANY G, 18TH REGT. PENN. VOLUNTEERS IN CIVIL WAR: ALEXANDER C. MOWER 2ND SERGEANT UNDER CAPT. JOHN H. FILLER. P. 117

GEORGE W. AMICK MUSTERED OUT MAY 26, 1864 (A PRIVATE) WAS A MEMBER OF COMPANY F P. 122

ABRAHAM EMICH, PRIVATE, ENLISTED IN 1864 P. 132

PRIVATE JOHN GEISINGER ENLISTED IN 1865 P.133 ED. J. GEISSINGER M. NOV. 22, 1862; PROMOTED 1ST LT. OCT.26, 1862; KILLED AT NEWMARKET, VA., MAY 15, 1864 P.133

OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN FROM BEDFORD COUNTY WHO SERVED IN THE 55TH REGIMENT: ALEXANDER C. MOWER, PROMOTED 1ST SGT, CO. D TO PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN, FEB. 24, 1863; DIED AT POINT OF ROCKS, VA., JAN. 28, 1865 P.137 EDWARD E. MOWER, M. OCT 12, 1861; M. O. W. CO.; VET. LISTED AS MUSICIAN; PRIVATE ALEXANDER C. MOWER, PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN AND ENLISTED IN 1861 P.137

ENLISTED IN 1862: ABRAHAM C. MOWER ENLISTED IN 1864 JOHN II MOWER DIED: SERGEANT WILLIAM M. AMICK, M. OCT. 11, 1861; DIED AUG. 11, 1864 OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT PETERSBURG, VA., JUNE 18, 1864; BU AT HAMPTION, VA; VET. P.138

JOSIAH EAMICK, PRIVATE, JOHN H. MOWER, PRIVATE, GEORGE TRUAX, PRIVATE. JOSIAH EAMICK, KILLED AT SUFFOLK, VA., NOV., 1862; GEORGE TRUAX KILLED AT SUFFOLK, VA., 1862 P. 149

JOSEPH S. BUSSARD, PRIVATE MUSTERED INTO SERVICE AUG 15, 1862; MUSTERED OUT MAY 26, 1863 P. 154

WILLIAM B. AMICK, KILLED AT WILDERNESS, VA., MAY 6, 1864 P.156 FREDERICK MOWERY, DISCHARGED ON SURG. CERT. MAY 2, 1864 P.157

JACOB EMIGH, PRIVATE P. 166

CORPORAL JOSEPH S. BUSSARD, DISCHARGED, BY G. O. JUNE 26, 1865 WILLIAM AMICK, ENANUEL S. BUSSARD PRIVATES. P. 167

ADMITTED TO THE BAR: JOHN MOWER APRIL 28, 1829 J. SELBY MOWER FEB. 17, 1859 HOWARD F. MOWRY JULY 19, 1880 P. 206

HOWARD F. MOWRY WAS BORN IN BEDFORD, PA, OCTOBER 8 1856 P. 217

JOHN S. MOWER SECRETARY 1876 P.230

FIRST DIRECTORS OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE, BORO 1867: G. B. AMICK

PROPERTY OWNERS IN 1860: JOHN MOWER, HENRY MOWER, JOSHUA MOWER, A. WAYNE MOWER P. 252

CHURCHES: TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH 1785 P. 259 FOR MANY YEARS THE LUTHERAN AND GERMAN REFORMED CONGREGATIONS JOINTLY OWNED AND OCCUPIED THE SAME HOUSES OF WORSHIP. P.259

MESSIAH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF BEDFORD 179- P.268

ST. PETERS'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ST CLAIRSVILLE.. P. 288

METHODIST EQPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SPRUCE HOLLOW. CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION REFORMED AND LUTHERAN MOUNT ZION REFORMED AND LUTHERAN P. 353

1842 DRY RIDGE CONGREGATION OF THE REFORMED AND LUTHERAN CHURCHES (COLERAIN) UNION CHURCH 1843 REFORMED AND LUTHERAN CONGREGATION IN SHROYER NEIGHBORHOOD. NEW BUENA VISTA CONGREGATION OF THE REFORMED CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN 1855. HENRY, JACOB, JOHN MOWRY SR.P.369

MONROE TWP--LUTHERAN CONGREGATION 1823 HELD SERVICES IN SCHOOL HOUSES. METHODIST--CLEARVILLE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN 1867, GEORGE W. AMICK. CLEARVILLE UNION CHURCH--THE FIRST UNION CHURCH, ALOG BUILDING, WAS ERECTED IN 1814. THERE WAS NO FLOOR AND NO DOOR IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME THE FIRST FUNERAL CEREMONY WAS HELD. THE LUTHERAN CHRISTIAN, REFORMED AND GERMAN BAPTIST DENOMINATIONS BUILT A UNION CHURCH AT CLEARVILLE IN 1881 MOUNT UNION CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN WEST PROVIDENCE TWP. METHODIST IN ROBINSONVILLE 1880 P.388

TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTHERN COLERAIN 1869 (ISAAC DIEHL)---PROBABLY SARAH MOWER TOO. ZION REFORMED CHURCH OF RAINSBURG 1879 LUTHERAN ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF FRIENDS COVE 1879 THE OLD UNION CHURCH--THE OLD LOG CHURCH WHERE THE EARLY SETTLERS WORSHIPED WAS PROB ABLY BUILT AS EARLY AS 1810. FORMANY YEARS IT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BAPTISTS, THE METHODISTS PROTESTANTS AND THE REFORMED DENOMINATIONS. IN 1871 THE BAPTISTS ERECTED A NEAT FRAME BUILDING NEAR THE SITE OF THE OLD UNION CHURCH. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH--RAINSBURG METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1847 COVE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH 1837 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH SALEM CONGREGATION. 1875 P. 358-359

ST. CLAIRSVILLE--PETER AMICK GEORGE B. AMICK, A. H. AMICK P. 286

A LARGE PORTION OF THE SETTLERS WHO CAME TO COLERAIN AFTER THE REV. WAR CAME FROM LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. (DIEHLS) P.354

CHARLESVILLE IS A SMALL HAMLET, CONSISTING OF A HALF-DOZEN HOUSES, A STORE, A BLACKSMITH SHOP, ETC. THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE PLACE WERE BELTZ, A BLACKSMITH, AND MOWRY, A WAGON MAKER. P. 355

JOHN MOWRY WAS AN EARLY SETTLER IN JUNIATA TWP., WHO CAME FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND SETTLED NEAR SCHELLSBURN. HIS DESCENDANTS ARE AMONG THE PROMINENT AND WEALTHY FARMERS OF JUNIATA AND NAPIER TWPS. SONS WERE JOHN, ANDREW, PETER. DAUGHTERS BARBARA, CATHARINE, ELIZABETH AND EVE. P. 367

EVE MOWRY P. 368

ELIZABETH MOWRY OF JUNIATA TWP. P. 381

MONROE TWP--JOHN AMICK, ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, LOCATED IN THIS TOWNSHIP AT AN EARLY DAY . IN WAR OF 1812. WIFE BRILL LIVED TO THE AGE OF 107. CHILDREN LISTED. P. 385