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D. L. BOWSER, who has been identified with the oil interests of Parker Township for a period covering twenty years, was born May 5, 1857, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John F. and Jane (Saddler) Bowser, natives of that State.
D. L. Bowser was reared near Kittanning, where his school days were spent, and at the age of nineteen years, with other members of his family, came to Butler County, where he has since been a resident, most of this time having been spent in Parker Township. Although he
received but a meager education, it was not long before Mr. Bowser began to show his ability in a business way, and for the past twenty years he has been one of the township's best known oil producers. He is known as a stanch friend to all educational movements, and as a
citizen and business man his rating is high. The only survivors of Mr. Bowser's parents' family beside himself are: Sarah E., residing in Butler County; John M., who lives in Allegheny County; and Anna B., of Butler County.
Mr. Bowser was married to Rachel Phillips, of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, a daughter of George and Elsie (Fish) Phillips, whose entire family were as follows: Delila, who married William Byers; Jemima, who married first William Bowser and second, John Johnson; Sarah E.,
who married Blair Hooks; Melissa, deceased; James Monroe, who married Josephine Moses; Ruth, who became the wife of John Ross; Curtis, who married Mary Wyant; Rachel, wife of the subject of this sketch; and Alfred, who married Louise Weber. Mr. Phillips' father at one time
owned nearly all the ground on which the town of Phillipston now stands.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowser are the parents of three children, namely: Aida L., wife of G. N. Weitzel, of Parker Township and has one daughter, Helen M.; Claude E., a machinist employed by the Westinghouse Machine Company at Pittsburg, who married Florence O'Brien of that city and
has a daughter, Garnet; and Twila Marie, who lives at home. In his political views, Mr. Bowser is a Prohibitionist with Republican proclivities, but he has not been active in public affairs, preferring to give his time and attention to his business interests.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 629-630.
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