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- Horatio Nelson Mowry went to California in 1849, an adventurer for gold.His wife followed him thither in 1851. He returned East in 1861 or 2,perhaps on business, and d. very suddenly in Providence, R. I. [BallouGen] The Mowry Gen. calls him Nelson H. Mowry Nelson H. Mowry was a farmer and a mason. For some years he followed thesea. Twice he went to California, remaining a year or more in the miningdistrict. But the most of his life he passed in mercantile business inProvidence. He came to Providence with his brother Daniel, in 1832, anddied there April 8, 1868, aged nearly 60 years. (Descendants of NathanielMowry, p.265)
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