From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902.

Typed by Carol Taylor Lanza. 

Page 775

FRANK W. BOWERS, a prosperous business man of Wheeling, West Virginia, 
is secretary of the Wheeling Steel & Iron Company, a position he has 
held since April, 1899.  He was born in Wheeling, August 21, 1854, and 
is a son of George Bowers. 

George Bowers was born in Germany and came to the United States in his 
youth, locating in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Shortly afterward he 
removed to Wheeling, Virginia.  He was engaged in the meat business, 
but is now living in retired life in Wheeling.  He formed a matrimonial 
alliance in Wheeling with Catherine Walters, by whom he had the 
following children: Eliza, deceased; George, deceased; Matilda; Frank 
W.; Emma; Charles A., cashier of the South Side Bank of Wheeling; and 
William E. 

Frank W. Bowers attended the Ritchie School, of Wheeling, and also the 
Fifth Ward School, and then entered Wheeling Business College from 
which he was graduated in 1872.  Shortly thereafter, he went to 
Baltimore, Maryland, where he became connected with a wholesale produce 
and meat concern.  He returned to Wheeling in 1874 and was engaged with 
the Wheeling Butchers' Association, as secretary until 1881.  He then 
served as city clerk until 1889, and from that date until 1894 was in 
the United States internal revenue department, his duties as special 
agent taking him to New York and all New England states, and to 
Washington, Chicago, Kentucky, and North Carolina.  From 1894 until 
1899, he was secretary of the Caldwell-Peterson Manufacturing Company 
of Wheeling, and in the latter year accepted his present position as 
secretary of the Wheeling Steel & Iron Company.  He is a man of 
recognized ability, and is held in the highest esteem by his business 
associates. 

October 18, 1877, Mr. Bowers was united in marriage with Margaret B. 
Williams, who was born in Wheeling, February 7, 1855, and is a daughter 
of Frederick and Jane B. Williams.  They have three children, George, 
who is with the Wheeling Pottery Company; Ella M.; and C. Albert.  
Politically, Mr. Bowers is a Republican, and is president of the board 
of education.  Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Honor.  In 
religious attachment, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church.