• [S98] Edwards County, Ill., Marriage Records n.pub., Edwards County Records.
  • [S205] Maranda (Bowers) Ridgely, family clippings and notes, Library and papers of Doris R. Olds, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  • [S267] Death Record, Richland County, Ill., Richland County Records, 103 West Main, Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Hereinafter cited as Richland County Death Records.
  • [S294] 1880 federal census of Edwards County, Illinois. Census microfilm. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S416] Esther Ernestine Ribley, funeral card, 17 Nov 1994. Copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S749] Letter from Evelyn McAleece (Santa Rosa, California) to Doris R. Olds, 5 Feb 1991; personal files of Dan W. Olds (Spartanburg, South Carolina).
  • [S762] William Benton Jr Bunn, Lighting Ancestral Lamps, A Genealogical History of the Bunn and Related Families (Springfield, Illinois: Li-Co Art and Letter Service, Oct. 1954).
  • [S763] Pension application, S40017; George Bowers, series M804; Record Group 15, National Archives, Washington, D. C.
  • [S764] George Bowers will (14 Dec 1846), Last Will and Testament of George Bowers Will Book 1, p. 584, Indiana County Court House, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Will of George Bowers.
  • [S765] Barbara Sue Yurkshat, "George Bowers," e-mail message from (email address withheld) (of Manassas, Virginia) to Doris R. Olds, 6 Dec 1999.
  • [S766] Bowers entry, Tax Rolls, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Indiana County Court House, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Tax Rolls.
  • [S768] J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Penn.; Her People Past and Present (Chicago, Illinois: J. H. Beers, 1913).
  • [S769] Rev. J. Milton Snyder, History of the 'Brush Valley' Evangelical Lutheran Church (Indiana County, Pennsylvania: typescript, 1901).
  • [S770] Peter Bowers, Estate Papers Will Book 2, p. 453, Indiana County Court House, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
  • [S773] John S. Bowers obituary, unknown newspaper title, PA, 1925.
  • [S775] "Diary of Lois Ridgely," (MS, 1921; Bonpas Township, Richland County); copied into my notebooks, copy in my files; Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as "Diary of Lois Ridgely."
  • [S778] Interview with Samuel Peter Bowers (820 N. Fair, Olney, Illinois), by Dan W. Olds, 11 June 1964.
  • [S800] Tombstone, Brush Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; read by Dan W. Olds, July 1977.
  • [S836] Deed Books of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, County Clerk, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Deed Books of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
  • [S864] J. A. Caldwell, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1745 - 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880).
  • [S865] Peter Bowers to John Martin, Power of Attorney, Book 1, p. 41, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as Peter Bowers to John Martin, Power of Attorney.
  • [S920] Mary Bowers entry, Mary Bowers Death record, Indiana County Court House, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
  • [S921] Tombstone, Mt. Zion Cemetery, north of Heilwood, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; read by Dan W. Olds, July 1977.
  • [S978] From an unknown newspaper , 1939.
  • [S980] "Family Record of Peter and Mary Bowers by Maranda Ridgely," (MS, 1945 and later; Bonpas Township, Richland County, Illinois); Library and papers of Doris R. Olds; Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as "Family Record of Peter and Mary Bowers by Maranda Ridgely."
  • [S1127] Mildred Elaine Foster, information provided for the Peter Bowers book of 1979.
  • [S1185] William Benton Jr. Bunn, Mother - Our Torch Bearer (Illinois: self-published, 1964).
  • [S1224] Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, 1961.
  • [S1226] Birth Record, Edwards County Records, Albion, Edwards County, Illinois.
  • [S1241] Letter from Edith (Dollahon) Ankenbauer (Kenmare, North Dakota) to Maranda (Bowers) Ridgely, 15 May 1943; Family papers (Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois).
  • [S1243] Robert B. Dollahan, information provided for the Peter Bowers book of 1979. Nov 1976.
  • [S1244] Mary (Dollahon) Larsen, information provided for the Peter Bowers book of 1979. 28 Nov 1976.
  • [S1277] Gerald L. Bowers, 81, Weekly Mail, Olney, Illinois, 9 May 2005.
  • [S1293] Deaths: Evelyn Peace, Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, 22 May 1980.
  • [S1390] Lora M. McCarty of Claremont Passes, from an unknown newspaper.
  • [S1394] Olney Daily Mail, Olney Daily Mail, Olney, Illinois, 1975.
  • [S1396] Fannie Bunn, funeral card, 27 Jan 1962. Copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S1399] Lila Alice Henry [obit], The County Commoner, Noble, Richland County, Illinois.
  • [S1489] Mrs. Julia A. Hardin [obituary], from an unknown newspaper , 1939.
  • [S1502] Peter Bowers, Certificate of Death 6006 (10 March 1922), copy in my files, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • [S1885] Jan Doan (ed), "Obituaries for the Year 1926 from the Olney Times", Foot Prints Past and Present Vol. 31, No. 2/3 (Summer/Fall 2008).
  • [S2037] Esther Ribley dies at age 100, Herald & Review, Decatur, Illinois, 16 Nov 1994, online archive, nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives/p_action=list&p_topdoc_11.
  • [S2151] 1910 federal census of Ward County, North Dakota. Microfilm image online. Used at www.ancestry.com.
  • [S2155] Mrs. L. Dollahan Rites Wednesday, from an unknown newspaper , "Edith Ankenbauer sent me the original copy. I had it copied and returned the original to her. Doris O."
  • [S2161] Henry Frank Dollahon and Delilah Susan Bowers marriage license, Edwards County Records, Albion, Edwards County, Illinois.
  • [S3149] Dr. Bowers Was 'Country Doctor', from an unknown newspaper.
  • [S3593] Jan Doan (ed), "First Annual Commencement Exercises of the Richland County Public Schools -- 1910", Foot Prints Past and Present Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2012).
  • [S4700] "Scrapbook of Maranda Ridgely," (MS; Parkersburg, Illinois); Library of Dan W. Olds; 313 Pinelake Court, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Hereinafter cited as "Scrapbook of Maranda Ridgely."
  • [S5492] Letter from Maranda Ridgely (Parkersburg, Illinois) to George Howard Ridgely, 3 Dec1917; Library and papers of Doris R. Olds (Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina).
  • [S5589] Becky Phipher (transcriber), "100 Years Ago, January 1, 1921 thru June 30, 1921", FootPrints Pas and Present Vol. 44, No. 1 & 2 (Spring-Summer 2021).