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Samuel Dallas Mowery
1849 - 1930 (81 years)-
Name Samuel Dallas Mowery Born 1 Aug 1849 Newburg, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 
Gender Male Died 20 Dec 1930 Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Buried Block 11, number 23, Newville Cemetery, Newville, PA Person ID P44559533 My Genealogy Last Modified 10 Feb 2010
Father Mowery Family ID F4680 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Melissa Jane Rea, b. 1852, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Married 1869 Newville, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Children 1. Moss M. Mowery, b. Newville, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 2. Archibald B. Mowery, b. 1872, Newville, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , d. 9 Mar 1918, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Age 46 years)3. Carrie E. Mowery, b. 19 Jan 1877, Newville, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania , d. Aug 1963, Pennsylvania (Age 86 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2019 Family ID F2442 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - According to "History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania" (1886), Samuel was reared and educated by his grandparents, Adam Mowery and Mary Horting. At the age of 15, Samuel enlisted in Capt. company of independent scouts for a 100-day length oof service. When he returned, he learned the harness making trade and later was a teacher in Newburg and adjoining townships. He abandoned teaching in 1879 and was elected Justice of the Peace of Newburg, and was re-elected in the spring of 1884. On November 27, 1879 he established a weekly publication known as "The Telephone." He was editor and proprietor until January 1, 1884. He then purchased the business and continued its publication. Samuel was a self-taught civil engineer and was making his living at that profession in 1886. For three years prior to 1886, he was employed by the South Pennsylvania Railroad as assistant right-of-way agent for the second, third and fourth divisions and his field of operations was from Newville to the Allegheny Tunnel.
The History of Cumberland County describes the Mowerys' home as being "bright with books, music, and surrounded by the comforts that come to the energetic business man."
- According to "History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania" (1886), Samuel was reared and educated by his grandparents, Adam Mowery and Mary Horting. At the age of 15, Samuel enlisted in Capt. company of independent scouts for a 100-day length oof service. When he returned, he learned the harness making trade and later was a teacher in Newburg and adjoining townships. He abandoned teaching in 1879 and was elected Justice of the Peace of Newburg, and was re-elected in the spring of 1884. On November 27, 1879 he established a weekly publication known as "The Telephone." He was editor and proprietor until January 1, 1884. He then purchased the business and continued its publication. Samuel was a self-taught civil engineer and was making his living at that profession in 1886. For three years prior to 1886, he was employed by the South Pennsylvania Railroad as assistant right-of-way agent for the second, third and fourth divisions and his field of operations was from Newville to the Allegheny Tunnel.
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