James L. Clower son of Rev. Daniel M. Clower and Amanda M. Prentiss

James L. Clower married Leonora F. Yeager 16 April 1868 in Fannin Co, Texas

"JAMES L. CLOWER
Born: 22 Apr 1844 in Alabama
Died: 1889 in Fannin County, Texas
Married: Leanora F. Yeager 16 Apr 1868 in Fannin Co., Texas

March 20, 1889
Unknown Newspaper
Fannin Co., Texas
J. L. CLOWER was born April 22, 1844, in Shelby county, Alabama. He was the son of Rev. Daniel CLOWER, now of Delta County, Texas, who survives him. Having the advantage of praying parents, he sought and obtained religion in Columbia Co., Ark. at the age of 14 years. He moved with his father to Texas in 1866, was married to Miss L. F. YEAGER April 16, 1868, and died Feb. 15, 1889, of pneumonia.

Brother CLOWER was a licensed exhorter in the M. E. Church, South, for a number of years, was zealous in the cause of God all his life, and died without a blot on his good name, mourned by a host of kindred and friends, in the 44th year of his age.

Brother CLOWER left no children, but the idol to which his heart clung most fondly was his now sorely bereaved, invalid wife.
For years he nursed her and waited on her with all the fond tenderness of a doting mother. Each was the other's little world, revoling in each other's orbit till the brittle thread snapped, and these devoted hearts were separated, only for a moment, when they will be re-united, so long as love has attractions, and so long as God Himself shall live.

While he was struggling in death, the cold waters even then coming up to his chin, anxious for one more token, she raised her voice and said: "Husband, are you willing to go?" With gleaming eye and up-turned glance he replied: "Yes, if it be God's will." And with such expressions as "Oh, so pleasant to me.," while his friends talked of Jesus; "Bless the Lord, Oh, my soul" - while these words lingered on his lips, the waters closed over him and he sank beneath the chilly wave.
To the bereaved wife we would say: "Weep on, sorrowing one, there is luxury in tears in such a grief. Others are bereaved with you, but not so sadly." Well does the writer of this tribute remember the friendly, smiling face of Bro. Tobe, as we all called him.

He was laid to rest in the cemetery at McCraw's Chapel, near where he lived, and where he held his membership, his remains having been followed to the tomb by a large crowd of sympathizing neighbors, kindred and friends.
T. J. POPE Honey Grove, Texas, March 19, '89."