David Bowersock
David Bowersock, son of Jacob and Sarah Bowersock, was born in Brown Township, Miami County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1829. He received his education at Delaware, Ohio, where he attended school several years. In 1849 he engaged as clerk in the mercantile business with Samuel Bowersock, of St. Paris, Ohio, with whom he remained several years. In 1865 he came to New Palestine, Shelby County, where he engaged in the mercantile trade, and has since been conducting the business successfully, dealing in all kinds of general merchandise necessary to keep in stock in a country village. In 1865 he was elected to the ofilce of justice of the peace of Green Township, and has since filled the office (excepting one term) until Dec. 5, 1881, when he resigned his position as justice of the peace to accept the office of probate judge of Shelby County, to which he was elected in the full of 1881 by the democracy of Shelby County. Jan. 8, 1856, he married Miss Elizabeth H. Woolley, by whom he has one son and one daughter.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883