- Birth Date
- 26 December 1840
- Death Date
- 12 October 1911
- Gender
- Male
Abraham Bowers
He was a glass maker from England. His death date is confirmed by his death certificate and grave stone.
Edmund Ellsworth Company (1856)
- Age at Departure: 15
Traveled with
Sources
- 1900 Utah Census.
- "Another Handcart Veteran Passes Away," The Herald-Republican , 13 Oct. 1911, 4.
- Bailey, Langley A. to Albert Jones, Handcart Veterans Association, 23 September 1907. Handcart Veterans Association, Scrapbook, 1906-1914, fd 3.
- Edmund Ellsworth Emigrating Company papers, 1856, Folder contents: (1) Journal, 1856 June-September.
- "Handcart Pioneer Dies at Hospital," Salt Lake Evening Telegram , 13 Oct. 1911, 12.
- Handcart Veterans Association. Handcart Veterans Association scrapbook, 1906-1914, folder 6.
- Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 September 1856, 26.
- Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 170.
- "Pioneer of '56 Dead," Deseret Evening News , 12 Oct. 1911, 2.
- Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America