Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Bowser, Harry E. September 22, 1871 - 
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Source: Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911
Author: Jesse C. Sell

HARRY E. BOWSER, postmaster of the borough of Blue Knob, Pa., is also engaged
in the mercantile business at Butlerville, Pa., in partnership with J. C.
Bowser, and for many years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Greenfield
Township. He was born September 22, 1871, in Juniata Township, Blair County,
Pa., and is a son of Moses and Mary (Ritchey) Bowser, and a grandson of Jacob
Bowser, who was one of the early settlers of Greenfield Township. The Bowser
family is of German extraction.
     Moses Bowser and wife were both natives of Greenfield Township, Blair
County, Pa., and spent the greater part of their lives in this township,
where he died in June, 1897, and is survived by the following children:
Annie, who is the widow of J. Q. Adams, of Roaring Spring, Pa.; Rebecca E.,
who is the wife of John Conrad, of Union Township, Bedford County, Pa.;
Mollie, who married William George, of Greenfield Township; Ida, who is the
wife of George Barkhimer, of Greenfield Township; and Harry E. His business
was farming. He was a member of the German Reformed church.
     Harry E. Bowser was reared and educated in Greenfield Township, and
attended what is known as the Barkhimer school of this township. He
subsequently engaged in agricultural pursuits in Greenfield Township, until
March 1, 1905, when he entered the mercantile business at Butlerville, and
has also served continuously during that time as postmaster of Blue Knob,
being appointed to that office in 1905.
     Mr. Bowser was married March 31, 1898, to Miss Celestia Earnest, who was
born in Freedom Township, Blair County, Pa., a daughter of Benjamin Earnest,
who was a resident of Juniata Township, and the following children have been
born of their union: Elsie Irene, Stanley E., Mabel C., Esther E., and Edwin
E. In politics Mr. Bowser is independent, and has served one term as judge of
elections in Greenfield Township, and is now serving his second term as road
supervisor, being president of the board of supervisors of this township. Mr.
Bowser is a member of the German Reformed church, in which he is also a
deacon, and is fraternally a member of the P.O.S. of A. and the National
Protective Legion, both of Butlerville.

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