Elizabeth Rebecca Bowery

Elizabeth Rebecca was born on February 8th, 1872 in Tennessee.¹   Elizabeth Rebecca's father was John Conrad Bowery and her mother was Barsheba Hodge.  Her paternal grandparents were Conrad Russell Bowery and Sarah Shipley; her maternal grandparents were John Hodge and Rebecca Mears. She had two brothers named William Henry and John Alexander.  She was the second oldest of the three children.