Decatur Daily Review 9/22/1939 page 26
William Harper Dowers, 87, a retired farmer living at Dunn, four miles west of Sullivan was fatally injured near his home at 4 pm yesterday when he was struck by a car driving by W.E.Olson of Argenta. The aged victim was brought to St. Marys hospital in an ambulance of the McMullin funeral home in Sullivan. He died at 8 pm.
Mr. Dowers was born in Olean, Ind. Oct. 8, 1851 and married Cora Bell Bushert in La Place in 1876. Mr. and Ms.Dowers celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary last April. He lived in the Lake City vicinity most of his life retiring recently from farming. He was a member of the Lovington Methodist church.
Besides his wife, he leaves three sons,Arthur of Bethany,Elmer of Dunn Station and Jesse of Decatur, also three daughters ,Mrs. Minnie Cochran,Carlinville, Mrs Mary Mechegan of Sullivan and Mrs. Edith Jefferson,Bethany. There are 20 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at Morans chapel with burial in at Marrowbone cemetery in Bethany.
Obituary furnished by Janet Donner
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Family Members
Parents
Alexander Dowers
1816–1884
Kisiah Laycock Dowers
1820–1881
Spouse
Cora Belle Dowers
1861–1943
Siblings
Matilda J Dowers Neel
1838–1902
Alfred Newton Dowers
1843–1911 (m. 1879)
George Washington Dowers
1845–1899
Martha Jane Dowers Holmes
1847–1882 (m. 1866)
Jacob Samuel Dowers
1849–1889
Lafayette Dowers
1854–1918
Alva Lowell Dowers
1856–1940
Margaret Ann Dowers Shutter
1859–1930 (m. 1875)
Children
Mary E. Dowers Mehegan
1879–1941
Jesse G. Dowers
1879–1966
Arthur L. Dowers
1880–1956
Edith C. Dowers Jefferson
1884–1972
Elmer C. Dowers
1886–1946
