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SEARCHING FOR THOSE BEFORE

In places of silence
We look for those before.
Stirring up feelings
Opening a family door.
We are the final places
Of those we did not know?
To those restful spots,
With camera we now go.
Farmers set aside
A small spot upon a hill
For those whose work was done,
They would no longer till.
Old white church anchoring
The corner of the ground,
Some active, some silent,
Some no longer found.
Sites set aside by
The communities as they grew,
To honor those who served
Others that they knew.
We read the dates on stones
That are so often worn,
Wondering "What was your life,
after you were born?"
We envision lives of only
Happiness and joy.
Alas, there beside you,
A little girl or boy?
We search to say thank you,
For all that care and strife,
For we carry your small gene,
Joined to give us life.

MOWREY ROOTS

Researching the "MOWREY" family,

who emigrated in the 1600's and 1700's

from Prussia, Germany. They came to

Virginia. From there some went to

Ohio and some to Illinois.

Different spellings of the Mowrey name:

MAUREY-MOWERY-MOWREY-MOWRY

High on a hill northeast of Route 55

between Strasburg and Lebanon

Church in the Shenandoah Valley

in Virginia, is a beautiful little

cemetery encircled by a black

old-style wrought iron fence.

This cemetery is known as Boehm

Cemetery. To me it is as close as I

can get to the genesis of my family.

The most commom surname in this cemetery

is Mowrey. At least four generations of

Mowreys are buried in this picturesque

cemetery. Fred R. Mowrey (our great great

great grandfather) born 16 September 1788

died 4 April 1866, is the earliest with a marker.

I would surmise that, since they owned property

nearby, Fred's parents, Fredric and Elizabeth

(Rosenberger) Mowrey, and his wife Catherine

(Supringer) Mowrey also lie in Boehm Cemetery.

Fred and Catherine's sons Cornelius and John

Mowrey were interred here as were their wives.

Cornelius was a Confederate veteran who died

11 December 1861 after being listed as absent

sick from his regiment 22 November 1861. There

is no indication of the nature of his illness or the

cause of death. Another brother Emphraim is said

to have been captured as a prisoner of war on his

own property during the Battle of Fisher's Hill.

Emphraim Mowrey died in 1864 at a prisoner of

war camp in Elmira, New York, where he is buried.

The wives and children of these brothers were also

laid to rest in Boehm Cemetery. The early deaths

of some of their children is evidence of how life-

threatening the process of childbirth was in the

past for both mother and child. In addition of

being descended from the Mowrey family buried

here, we have ancestors in this cemetery from the

families of Boehm, Baker, Stickley, Supringer,

and perhaps also Kline and Watson. Of the 80

plus marked graves in this cemetery, 45 bear

surnames that are validated branches of our

family tree. If only we could know the names

of the others buried in unmarked graves here.

If you have become disconnected from your

roots, maybe you should try to get back in

touch with them. The moment of re-connection

is a great joy. The ties that bind us are eternal ties.

They contain such power, force and influence, that

once you are disconnected, the rejoining is like

lighting up a city. Each person buried in Boehm

or any other cemetery has a story to be told.

Whether they were kings, soldiers or dirt farmers,

all their stories are equally important.

GENERATIONS:

Notice how the spellings of the last

name changed down thru the generations.

Fifth Great Grandfather
Hugh Maurey, He married Mary.
Hugh died 1788, Gore, Virginia.
CHILDREN:
Frederic Mowery
Henry Mowery
George Mowery
Peter Mowery

Fourth Great Grandfather
Frederic Mowery. He married
Elizabeth Rosenberger.
CHILDREN:
Frederick R. Mowery
Hiram R. Mowery
John R. Mowery
Catherine Mowery

Third Great Grandfather
Frederick R.Mowery.
He married Wife #1, Jane
Wilson.
CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Ann Mowery
Catherine M. Mowery
Frederic Mowery (our great great great grandfather)
Robert Addison Mowery
Wife #2, Catharine Supinger
CHILDREN:
John F. Mowery
Ephraim S. Mowery
Cornelius Franklin Mowery

Second Great Grandfather
Frederick A. Mowrey.(our great great grandfather)
Married Mariah Adams.
CHILDREN:
James Mowrey
Mary Jane Mowrey

Cyrus Mowrey
Margaret N. Mowrey
Lavina Arabelle Mowrey
George Riley Mowrey (our great grandfather)
Sarah Ellen Mowrey

First Great Grandfather
George Riley Mowrey (our great grandfather).
Married Wife #1, Lucinda Cubberley.
CHILDREN:
Sarah Ellen Mowrey
Wife #2, Tempy Ann Wilburn. (our great grandmother).
CHILDREN:
Martha Ann Mowrey
Lucy Adda Mowrey
Nellie Margaret Mowrey
George Lydle Fredrick Mowrey (our grandfather)
William Robert Mowrey

FROM MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER

TO THE PRESENT, ALL THE INFORMATION

WILL BE ON GENEALOGY PAGE 2.

WALNUT SPRINGS CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

ORANDA, VIRGINIA

This is another cemetery where some of

the Mowreys are buried. This church is

located in the beautiful Shenandoah

Valley of Virginia, near Strasburg,

Virginia in the rural community of

Oranda, Virginia. The beginning of

this church/cemetery dates back to 1808.

James Edward Mowery and son Irvin

Iva Leota "Ivy" Strosnider Mowery

Iva Leota "Ivy" Strosnider Mowery
wife of James.

James Edward Mowery
Born 13 Mar 1870
Died 21 Mar 1945
Lebanon Church Cemetery
Lebanon Church, Virginia

Iva Leota "Ivy" Strosnider Mowery, wife of James
Born 16 June 1879
Died 6 Nov 1959
Lebanon Church Cemetery
Lebanon Church, Virginia

James was the son of Frederick R. Mowery

and Frances A. Day. He married Iva Leota

Strosnider, 17 July 1901, in Shenandoah

County, Virginia. She was the daughter

of William Henry Strosnider and Rachel

Ann Racey.

CHILDREN:
1. Anna Marie Mowery b: 26 Mar 1902
2. Bertha Goldie Mowery b: 28 Feb 1904
3. Fannie Goldie Mowery b: 25 June 1907
4. Irvin William Mowery b: 3 Mar 1909
5. Nellie Lee Mowery b: 7 Aug 1915
6. Isabelle Ellen Mowery b: 20 June 1919

LEBANON CHURCH CEMETERY

Fannie Goldie Mowery Mumaw
Born 25 June 1907, in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Died 2 Apr 1946, in Strasburg, Virginia
Daughter of James Edward and Iva Leota Strosnider Mowery.
Married Benjamin Mumaw.
Buried Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lebanon Church, Virginia

Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Mumaw

Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Mumaw
Born 1898, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Died 7 May 1967, Stephens City, Virginia
Husband of Fannie Golden Mowery.
Parents "Unknown"
Buried Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lebanon Church, Virginia

Gravesite of Fannie Goldie Mowery Mumaw
wife of Benjamin Mumaw
Born 25 July 1907
Died 2 Apr 1946
Buried Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lebanon Church, Virginia

David Ambrose
Born 31 Dec 1851, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Died 19 Aug 1925, in Strasburg, Virginia.
Son of John Wesley & Sarah Fahnestock Ambrose.
Married Wife #1 Sarah T. Mowery, 13 Dec 1880
Wife #2 Ellen Nora Mowery, 6 Sept 1898
He is buried in Lebanon Church Cemetery,
Lebanon Church, Virginia

Grave site of Ellen Nora Mowery Ambrose
Born 27 May 1874, in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Died 18 Oct 1964, in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Second wife of David Ambrose
Buried Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lebanon Church, Virginia

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