Talk:John C. Bowers

Questions
Thanks for the new information on the page, Mary. I'd like to point your attention to the last 2 sentences in the first paragraph under Musician, which are not referenced.
 * I'm still trying to find good sources for those: Maud Cuney-Hare "Negro Musicians and Their Music" looks promising but I need to get a print copy.

I also have a few questions:
 * Are you sure that John C. Bowers was involved in the founding of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society? I thought that was his father.
 * Winch's bio says the following of son John C. Bowers: "A member of the Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society of Philadelphia, he joined in the call that led to the formation of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, and he travelled to Harrisburg for its first convention... On several occasions Bowers was a delegate to the American Anti-Slavery Society's conventions."

Similarly, I've seen sources that a John C. Bowers was involved in the Philadelphia Vigilance Association formed in 1834 (see ); our John would be 23 years old at the time, but it could just as easily have been his father. We need to cite biography from a definitive source.
 * I haven't seen any mention of that for J.C.


 * Does it seem likely that our John C. Bowers, at the age of 50, would be bugling in the Union Army? I'm inclined to take that out. I saw a different source on Google Books that said he presented the flag to the Union troops when they came to Philadelphia. By that time, he was an old man and a respected member of the community.
 * I'm fine with that. I hesitated to remove it just in case someone else might have better information, but my sense is that it's someone else.


 * Do you know what the middle initial "C" stands for?
 * Sorry, no idea as yet.

Please let me know when you're finished expanding the article, so I can finish the DYK review. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:09, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll try to work on the article tomorrow (Sunday) to fill out the anti-slavery section; I don't know if I'll be able to get the music book for a few days.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 21:59, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I've done everything I can until I get the music source. I've put in a web-ref for now, will improve it once I can get something better.Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 06:48, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * We have so many good refs, it's a shame to put in an unreliable one. I deleted it and moved the paragraph about family musical talent up into the Early life section. If you do find a ref for his musical style, by all means restore the text. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 13:48, 4 May 2014 (UTC)