Mowery / Dawson Line

Germany → Pennsylvania → Virginia → Tennessee → Texas → Arizona

The Mowery line traces from 18th-century Germany through Pennsylvania, the Shenandoah Valley, Tennessee, and the Texas frontier to 20th-century Arizona. Johann Peter Maurer immigrated in 1751; his son Peter fought in the Revolutionary War. The surname evolved from Maurer to Mowrey as the family moved south and west, eventually settling in Williams, Arizona along Route 66.

Direct Ancestors
Johann Peter Maurer (1709–1781)
German Immigrant, Pennsylvania Pioneer, Progenitor of the Mowrey Line
6th Great-Grandfather
Biography
Peter W. Mowrey (1760–1840)
Revolutionary War Veteran, Pennsylvania German, Appalachian Pioneer
5th Great-Grandfather
Biography
Lewis R. Mowery (c. 1801–c. 1850)
Tennessee Pioneer, Farmer, Family Patriarch
4th Great-Grandfather
Biography
Elizabeth "Betsy" Lisbee Mowery (c. 1806–1859)
Tennessee Native, Pioneer Wife, Maternal Matriarch
4th Great-Grandmother
Biography
Moses Mansfield Mowery (1822–1904)
Tennessee Farmer, Texas Pioneer, Red River County Founder
3rd Great-Grandfather
Biography Report (PDF)
Samuel S. Mowrey (1867–1904)
Texas Farmer, Father of Four, Gone Too Soon
2nd Great-Grandfather
Biography
Raymond Robert Mowrey (1899–1973)
Texas-Born, Arizona-Made, A Pillar of Williams
Great-Grandfather
Biography

Collateral Relatives
Pleasant A. Mowrey (c. 1820s–1830s)
Tennessee Native, Texas Pioneer — brother of Moses
3rd Great-Granduncle
Biography