Cornelius Gower was great-great-great-grandfather of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin. In the 1870 census, he was listed as a lumberman working in Ann Arbor, and his son Arthur was listed as "at college".
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Gower, Cornelius A. — of Michigan. Michigan superintendent of public instruction, 1878-81. Burial location unknown.
In the news
- Governor Palin’s Maine ancestry - Before spreading out across the country, vice presidential candidate’s ancestors lived, farmed in Abbot, Bangor Daily News, October 16 2008
- A2: Sarah Palin, Ann Arbor Chronicle, October 16 2008
