Gustavus Miller Bower

Gustavus Miller Bower (December 12, 1790 - November 17, 1864) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born near Culpeper, Virginia, Bower attended the public schools.He studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He moved to Kentucky prior to 1812 and resided near Nicholasville. Enlisted during the War of 1812 as a surgeon-dresser.He was one of the few survivors of the massacre at Frenchtown, near Detroit, January 23, 1813.He moved to Monroe County, Missouri, in 1833, settled near Paris, and engaged in the practice of medicine and also in agricultural pursuits.

Bower was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845).He resumed the practice of medicine.He died near Paris, Missouri, November 17, 1864.He was interred in the family burying ground north of Paris, Missouri.

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