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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriGustavus Miller BOWER
(1790-1864)
BOWER, Gustavus Miller, a
Representative from Missouri; born near Culpeper, Culpeper County,
Va., December 12, 1790; attended the public schools; studied
medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to Kentucky prior to 1812 and
resided near Nicholasville; enlisted during the War of 1812 as a
surgeon-dresser; was one of the few survivors of the massacre at
Frenchtown, near Detroit, January 23, 1813; moved to Monroe County,
Mo., in 1833, settled near Paris, and engaged in the practice of
medicine and also in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Democrat
to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845);
resumed the practice of medicine; died near Paris, Monroe County,
Mo., November 17, 1864; interment in the family burying ground
north of Paris, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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