• Born: 19 Aug 1825, Berlin CT
• Marriage (1): Martha Wheaton Dowd on 18 Nov 1852 in Hartford CT
• Died: 5 Oct 1899, Middletown CT

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at New Haven CT, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked before 1854 as a jeweler in New Haven CT

• He was a partner circa 1854-1865 with Samuel E. Bailey in Springfield MA as BAILEY & BOWERS, with a shop in the Pynchon Bank Block. The New England Farmer for June 1854 included this ancedote: "A flock of sheep were passing down Main Street and when against Bailey & Bowers jewelry store the back wall which is covered with mirrors they looked in and sure enough saw another flock headed the same way. The sudden attempt to join them was attended with a bill for their owner for broken mirrors to the tune of something less than $25 which he probably found not an illusion."

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Springfield MA, listed (as Dwight S. Bowers) as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1865-1870 as a jeweler in Brooklyn NY

• He worked after 1869 as a jeweler in Elizabeth NJ

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Elizabeth NJ, listed as a merchant.

Samuel married Martha Wheaton Dowd on 18 Nov 1852 in Hartford CT. (Martha Wheaton Dowd was born on 11 May 1834 in Old Saybrook CT and died on 17 Jun 1909 in Middletown CT.)