COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES M asonic lodge about twenty-seven years. He w as a stocktolder and officer o f n u n y indus tries started in Bloomsburg and w as one of the chief promoters o f many enterprises that have led to the building up of the community. H e died Ja n . 5. (903. and w as buried with his w ife in Bloomsburg cemetery. In 1841 Mr. Brow er was united in m arriage to Eliza Brothwell, who w as born Dec. 19, 18 16, a daughter o f D r. Eleazer Brothwell. o f Mifflinville. and died in Ju ly, 1893, at the age o f seventy-six years, six months, two days, leaving the following children: Frances j . . w ife o f Jam es K . B ru g ler; Eleazer U .; A d a Eveline, w ife o f L. S . W intersteen; and M arv E liza, who n u rried J . I L Linglc. Efcazcr Brothwell Brow er, son o f Je re miah John Brower, w as born Feb. 2, i8.u> ^ Columbia county, where he w as reared. F o r a time he w as engaged in business at McKwcnsvillc, Northumberland county, and in 18 7 1 went South, locating al Elizabeth. N . C., where he was in the brick business for the next few years. In 1875 he rctum cd to I'cnnsylv.'inia and engaged in the tinning business at Nanticokc, also dealing in stoves. Then h r added a line o f groceries, and he remained there about ten years, selling out at the end o f that period. Coming back to Bloomsburg he embarked in the plumbing business, which he carried on until he sold out to Hartman & Mendenhall. H e then became manager of the tube w orks at Bloomsburg, holding that ]K>sition fo r some time, after which he w as engaged in building gasoline engines and launches, following this line until his death, ( V t. 2 1 . 1910. .!r. Brow er was n urried to Sarah Role, who w as born Dec. 27. 1837. at M illville, Co lumbia Co., P a., daughter o f WiUiam and E liz abeth (E v e s ) Rote, o f M illville, and now re sides in Hloomsburg. F ou r children were bom to this m arriage: Jennie, who died when six years o ld; W illiam I L; J . Jerem iah, now a merchant o f Bloom sburg; and Lew is, who died when two years old. W illiam H . Brow er w as bom Feb. 1. 1867, at .Millville, Columbia county, an<l his early life was spent in Bloomsburg. H e obtained his preliminary education in the public .schools, and afterw ard took a course at the Blooms burg .^tate Normal school, from which in stitution he w as graduated in 1884. He taught school for three years, in Luzerne county, this .8tate, and in i 8 w b e o m e associated with his grandfather, under the firm name o f J . J . 8: W . II. Brow er. On Ju n e i. 1889. he took over the business entirely on his own account,
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and has so continued it ever since, being now ranked among the leading merchants of the town. Mis .stock compri.ses carpets, mattings, rugs, oilcloth, lace and tapestry curtains, win dow shades, and alt similar goods, and is large and comprehensive, offering an extensive range for his customers to choo.se from. It is up-to-date and well selected, and the wide territory from which his patronage is drawn shows that the facilities fo r satistactory buy ing afforded by his establishment are recog nized and appreciated. M r. Brow er belongs to the Royal .Arcanum, and is a prominent member of the Presby terian Church, which he has .served fo r some time as elder and clerk of the session; he was form erly superintendent of the Sunday school. On f)ct. 8, 19 0 1, M r. Brow er m arried M ar garet Ixivc, daughter o f W illiam and Sarah (B rittain ) Love, o f D erry township. Montour county, and they have one child, M a iy E liza beth. Ix>m Dec. 19. 1902. J A M E S E . T E P L E, o f Bloomsburg. has liccn interested in various lines o f business during his active career, but now devotes all his time to his duties as secretary of the A f r i can Ostrich Farm & Feather Company, breed ers and im|)orters o f ostriches and importers o f feathers. T he Tciilc fam ily (the name is variously spelled Teple and Teeple) in Columbia countY is descended from Samuel Tcplc, grandfather o f Jam es E .. who came hitner from .New Je rse y and settled in Locust town ship. B y occupation he w as a charcoal burner and furnace man. H e died in Catawissa town ship and is buried at the Thom as scluxilhouse. T o him and his w ife Elizabeth (Lam bcrson) were bom the following children : M ary, who married Mahlon C re a sy; Rachel, who m ar ried John Rohrbauch; C*hartotte, who married .Augustus G ro v e; Catherine, who married Benjamin I.u d w ig; H e n ry: W illiam : John, and Roliert. W illiam Tcplc, son o f Samuel, w as born .ug. 19. 1838. in what w as then Locust (now Cleveland) township. Columbia county, and received his education in Luzerne county, at tending select school. He himself became well known in this section as an educator, having followed the teacher's profe.ssion for thirtyfive terms during the course o f his active life. His experience in this line began in Black Creek township. L u zcm c county, and he was subsequently engaged in Franklin township, Columbia county. Mount Carm el, Northum berland county. IxK ust and Cleveland town
