I am doing research on Brower's from Iowa.
If anyone has any information on James A. Brower or John Howard Brower who was my Grandfather, please email me. J.J. Brower married to S.J. Wood or Woods was my 2nd G-Grandfather and I can't seem to find any information beyond that. Any information would help.

Thank you!!
Lois Ann Brower
Cbilsky@home.com

I am looking for info on Benjamin Brower who married Mrs John Ross abt 1872 in Kamrar, Iowa
What is the dates you are looking for and is Benjamin a relative?? Milton Freeman milt21@home.com

Jeremiah was born around 1816 and married to Sarah Jane Woods. I do know that they migrated to Lucas/Wayne County Iowa around 1853. Their children are John Wesley, James A. Brower (my great grandfather), Susan, Albert W. Brower, Eliza and Martha Brower. Hope we can work this out somehow.

Lois
http://members.home.net/browerfamily/

I'm descended from one branch of the Browers of NY who emigrated to IA.

What part of Iowa? Do you have any names or dates?

Lois

Donald,

What part of New York were your Brower Family from and where in Iowa did they go to. Could you share with us the names of your Brower ancestors and relatives. I am a descendant of Jeremiah Brower and Keziah Mabb who settled in Saratoga County, New York and traveled to Laurens, Iowa. Look forward to hearing from you soon, Dennis

Good Day, and thanks for the reply. My line is from Erastus Brower, he was the son of Andrew Brower and Mary Goodwin. The evidence
trail beginw with the 1850 Census for Rochester, NY. Actually, my earliest records staart in Syracuse, Rochester, and counties of Onondaga, and Cattaraugus. So I'm picking them up after they migrated from the east to western New York State. Later I was able to obtain other eveidencewhere he had to provide the names of his mother and father.
He's in Iowa in 1860, and in 1861 he's in the Civil War. I actually have our entire line completed except for some minor "mopping up". I'm actually at work now,
but when I get home tonight I'll try to provide more information. His son's name was also Erastus Lawrence Brower. I know that the father, or an earlier descendent
supposedly came to this country from Holland and that there were three brothers who emigrated together. I have a family bible, dated 1923 in which a Mr. H. Brower (or possibly H. Brown)
presented my greatgrandfather, James Edward Carter, with a bible, on Palm Sunday in Chicago. There was a Hiram Brower, who was a famous merchant in New York State, possibly Syracuse. My grandmother, Carrie Carter was Indian, reportedly born on the Rosebud Reservation in SD.
I've back-traced a likely line on Rosebud from 1930 to 1915. Her father may have been from Cheyenne River Reservation, and there's a possibility that he was an Indian related to Oscar Carter, the
trader on Rosebud in 1880. A major Cis-Mississippian to the Trans-Mississippian migration to place in the 1850s, and both the Browers and the Carters appear to have been a part of that. The areas
were Janesville, Ceder Falls, Waterloo, in Bremer and Blackhawk Counties, and then Le Mar, and Paullina, up in Plymouth County, and Sioux City in Woodbury Countyy. The Indian trader was Oscar Carter
who I know lived in Omaha.

Hope this helps.

Hi Don,

It appears we have our work cut out for us. My Brower line mostly from Saratoga County and Niagara County, New York migrated to Iowa too. They were living in Laurens, Iowa, then headed south to Oklahoma Territory during the great land rush there.

My ancestor Leroy Brower had a brother name Andrew who remained in Galway, Saratoga County, New York all of his life. He, Leroy, their father Jeremiah and four other brothers all served in the Union Army. Jeremiah married Keziah Mabb and had ten children. Only Samuel and Andrew remained in New York, Leroy moved to Iowa, but after his first wife Clara McIntosh died, he returned to Saratoga County, New York married his cousin Katherine Bush, daughter of Andrew Bush and Elizabeth Brower and had a second family.

Brother James died in Missouri, brother Henry Harrison died in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, brother William and Alfred both died in Chandler, Minnesota. Three sisters Emma, Ida and Mary all moved with their parents to Laurens, Iowa. Mary was married to John Pettit.

There must have been a relationship between Jeremiah and your Andrew Brower to have them migrated from New York to Iowa.

Unfortunatly, I don't have the answer to the problem, but I am working on it. Keep in touch!

Dennis Simpson

Dennis,

Thanks for getting back to me. Actually, I immediately looked at a map and found that your family of Browers settled in Laurens. Mine settled in the Janesville/Waterloo area and then migrated further to Sioux City. You're folks are right between Waterloo and Sioux City. My GF, Erastus was born in Janesville. His father, also Erastus, was born in Syracuse. His father was Andrew and mother was Mary Goodwin, but I have no idea where they were born. A relative of mine says there was a Vin Di Brouwer who migrated to this country from Holland with two brothers. Frankly, I have taken everything this informant provided me, because our family knows she tends to embellish and fill the blanks with whatever fits. However, much of what she has told me has panned out somewhat. These folks may have been a part of the Amana migration, which would tie in with my Carter line, who were all Quaker missionaries. I'll definitely keep your information, and since I live only 25 miles south of DC, I'll try to uncover some evidence

I have been told the same thing that the Brower family originated in Holland before coming to New York. It would appear there is a connection between our two Brower ancestors, but more research will have to be done. The earliest proven ancestor I have is Jeremiah Brower, born 1813 somewhere in New York and died 1896 Kingfisher, Oklahoma Territory. From Saratoga County, New York he and the majority of his family all migrated to Laurens, Iowa, then they scattered, Jeremiah and his wife Keziah moved with one son Henry Harrison Brower to Kingfisher County, Oklahoma Territory where they finally died and are buried at Alpha, Oklahoma.

Dennis