J. BOWER, physician and surgeon, Troy; was born in Adams Co., PA. in 1815; his parents, Peter and Priscilla Bower, were natives of the same state, and removed to Warren Co., Ohio, in which the latter part of their lives was passed. Our subject's boyhood was spent in Pennsylvania, on the farm, receiving the rudiments of his education in the common schools; at age of 18, he began reading medicine, under the guidance of Dr. McGowan, a prominent physician of Harrisburg, who was his preceptor for nearly two years, after which he entered and graduated from the Physio-Medical College, and received a certificate of membership from the Eclectic School of Medicine of Cincinnati. He afterward entered the Institute of Medicine and Surgery, from which he also graduated; he attended lectures in various places, and is thoroughly educated in his profession; he began the practice of medicine in Harrisburg, in which he practiced till 1844, at which time he came to Troy, where he has since discharged the duties of a large practice which he still gives his attention. He has been thrice married; first with Ellen Williamson, who bore him two children, one living. His second marriage was with Louisa Louthan, by whom he had three children, two living. His third and last marriage was celebrated with Kate Wells, who bore him two children, deceased. The Doctor has a beautiful home, in which he is enjoying the declining years of a well-spent life.