Charles M. Bower

     Charles M. Bower was born on 30 June 1838 at England. He married Dovie Rebecca Cloer, daughter of Roberson Cloer and Margret Lavina Byers, circa 1884 at Iredell Co, North Carolina; Charles and Dovie had been married 26 years.¹ Charles M. Bower died on 25 October 1931 at age 93; info from gravestone. He died on 17 November 1931 at Fallstown, Iredell Co, North Carolina, at age 93; Iredell Co. death records. He was buried in 1931 at Trinity Methodist Church, Statesville, Iredell Co, North Carolina.
     He appeared on the census of 19 April 1910 at Statesville, Iredell Co, North Carolina; Charles was 63, Dovie, 49, son-in-law Clyde Lazenby was 22 and his wife Mattie was 20. Dovie had borne two children, and only one was living.¹