Bertha M. Bower - Sinclair - Cowan

Story by grand daughter Kate Baird Anderson https://libraries.ou.edu/locations/docs/westhist/bower/introduction...

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Bertha Muzzy Bower BIRTH 15 Nov 1871 Cleveland, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA DEATH 22 Jun 1940 (aged 68) Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA BURIAL Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Specifically: Off Calif. coast, Pacific Ocean MEMORIAL ID 65004740 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 2 Bertha was the daughter of Issac Washington Muzzy and Eunice Amanda Miner. She was born in Cleveland Le Sueur Co Minn. Raised in Ottertail Co. Minn and moved to Greatfalls Cascade Co Mt. at a young age. She first married Clayton J. Bower on Dec 21 1890 in Great Falls Mt. They had 3 children together: Bertha Grace, Harold Clayton, Roy Noel Bower. All 3 born in Great falls Mt. Bertha became BM Bower the western novel writter. Her Bower family of today loves the hunt for her books, and own over 150. We are very proud to have had her in our family. She later married another western writter Bertrand William (Bill) Sinclair in Great Falls Mt in 1905. In 1921 she married Robert Ellsworth Cowan in Los Angeles California.

BERTHA MUZZY BOWER, AUTHOR OF WESTERN NOVELS DIES IN LOS ANGELES AT 68. LOS ANGELES, July 23, AP- Bertha Muzzy Bower, who as B.M. Bower wrote :Chip of the Flying U" and many other Western novels, died today at the age of 68. As the young mother of three growing children, Mrs. Bower began writing Western fiction in 1904. Two years later "Chips" was published to be followed by a flood of novels that met instant popularity. She was born in Cleveland, Minn, and was taken by her parents, Washington and Eunice Muzzy to Montana as a small child. It was on the range of that State she acquired the experience which she drew upon later in her western novels. Mrs. Bower was married three times, to Clayton Joseph Bower, Bertrand Wm. Sinclair and Robert Ellsworth Cowan. She had lived here twenty years. Surviving are a son, Harold Clayton Bower, and two daughters, Della (Dele) Frances Baird-Newman and Grace Wingarten of Australia.

Family Members

Spouse Photo Clayton Joseph Bower 1868–1950

Children Photo Roy Noel Bower 1896–1936

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• Bertha Muzzy
• FamilySearch Family Tree
• Birth: Nov 15 1871 - Cleveland, LeSuer, Minnesota
• Death: July 22 1940 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Parents: Isaac Washington Muzzy, Eunice Amanda Muzzy (born Miner)
• Spouses: Clayton Joseph Bower, Bertrand William Sinclair, Robert Ellsworth Cowan
• Children: Della Frances SINCLAIR, Bertha Grace Bower, Harold Clayton Bower, Roy Noel Bower
• Siblings: Newton Muzzy, Lucy Lavina Johnson (born Muzzy), Jedediah Calvin Muzzy, Harrison Muzzy, Lydia Isadore JOHNSON (born Muzzy), Kate Elizabeth Muzzy, Martha Roselind Ludwig (born Muzzy), and names of 2 more siblings

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• Residence: 1880 - Le Roy, Mower, Minnesota, United States
  • Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via son Roy Noel Bower by SmartCopy: Aug 6 2015, 5:37:38 UTC

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• 1920 Census
• Bertha M Sinclair Self Widowed Female 45 1875 Minnesota
• Roy M Bower Son Married Male 23 1897 Montana
• Delle Sinclair Daughter Single Female 13 1907 Montana
• Kilth Bower Daughter Married Female 24 1896 Idaho
• Kate Muzzy Aunt Single Female 67 1853 Illinois
• Robert E Cowan - Widowed Male 47 1873 Montana
• Robert A Cowan - Single Male 14 1906 Montana
• Roy N Bower Son Single Male 4 1916 California

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1940 Census

• Bertha M Bower Head Divorced Female 68 1872 Minnesota
• Dale Newman Daughter Divorced Female 33 1907 Montana
• Latrelle Bower Daughter Married Female 23 1917 Oregon
• Sara K Baird Granddaughter Single Female 10 1930 California
• William Bower Grandson Single Male 5 1935 Oregon