Reece B. Bowers^[1]

Abt 1825 - 1863  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Reece B. Bowers
  Birth	Abt 1825	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	Sep 1863	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Notes	Deaths of Reese and Benjamin Bowers We have been unable to obtain the date, or many of the particulars of this tragedy. They were the sons of Rev. Valentine Bowers, who was an old and highly respected Baptist minister. They had two brothers, William C. and Joseph P. Bowers. Reese Bowers was a Baptist minister at one time. The father and sons were all Union men. Reese and Benjamin were very active in the Union cause and assisted in piloting Union men and refugees to Ellis. On the day previous to their death they received word from L. W. Hampton, a prominent Union man of the Doe River Cove, that there were some refugees near his home who were wanting a man to pilot them. These men had some experience in that line and left their homes in what was called the Neck, crossed the mountain to a point on the Watauga river near the Fish Spring, intending to go from there to Mr. Hampton’s. They requested a woman, Mrs. Smith, to set them across the river in a canoe. A company of rebel soldiers had made a raid down in the vicinity of Elizabethton, and were returning just as the Bowers’ got across the river. The latter seeing them started to run, when the soldiers opened fire on them as they ran towards the hills near by; the soldiers pursued them and overtook them. It was told to us that the elder Bowers, Reese, prayed and begged for his life, while Benjamin fought and cursed them with his dying breath; but the fate of each was the same. We have heard different stories as to who killed these men, one that they were killed by the Johnson county home guards under Parker, but their cousin, Isaac Bowers, now a resident of Elizabethton, and whose character for truth is unquestionable, informs us that they were killed by Bozen’s men, and that he recognized a pistol taken from them by Motte, whom we have mentioned as having been connected with a number of other tragedies.
  Person ID	I12094	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Rev. Volentine Bowers,   b. 23 Sep 1788, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 12 Apr 1867, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Abigail G. Buck,   b. 9 Jan 1793, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 16 Jul 1878, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1808	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Family ID	F1368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Johnson,   b. Abt 1828, , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony,
  Marriage	31 Mar 1845	Jackson County, , , Missouri
  Children	1. John Bowers,   b. Abt 1845, Missouri, , ,   2. Valentine Bowers,   b. Abt 1847, , Giles County, Tennessee,   3. Sarah A. Bowers,   b. Abt 1849, , Giles County, Tennessee,   4. Ann Bowers,   b. Abt 1851, , Giles County, Tennessee,   5. Larkin Bowers,   b. Abt 1853, Missouri, , ,   6. Jiana Bowers,   b. Abt 1855, Missouri, , ,   7. James Graves Bowers,   b. Abt 1857, Missouri, , ,
  Family ID	F4864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe DeLoach,   b. Abt 1826, Sullivan County, , , Tennessee d. Abt 1903, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1863	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  	On his Application to the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokees, dated 19 Aug 1907, James DeLoach stated that his parents were Reece Bowers and Phoebe DeLoach. He stated that the parents of Reece Bowers were V.B. and Abigail Bowers, and that the parents of Phoebe DeLoach were John and Phoebe DeLoach (Phoebe was born in sullivan County, TN).
  Children	1. James L. DeLoach,   b. 15 May 1864, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 26 May 1909, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F1362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S69] 1860 Census of Morgan County, Missouri.