Silas Bowker was an American politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Silas Bowker (1739-1789) and Esther (Hobbs) Bowker (1739-1824). He married Amy Harding (1769-1843), and they had six children.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 {Cayuga Co.) in 1814

37th New York State Legislature

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 and 1814-15

38th New York State Legislature

The 38th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from September 26, 1814, to April 18, 1815, during the eighth year of Daniel D...

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He was a member of the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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 (7th D.) in 1823

46th New York State Legislature

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; and again of the State Assembly (Cayuga Co.) in 1824

47th New York State Legislature

The 47th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to November 27, 1824, during the second year of Joseph C. Yates's governorship, in Albany.-Background:...

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He was buried at a cemetery in Locke, known as the Bowker Family or the Abbott Farm Cemetery.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 125, 139, 188f and 200; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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