Biographical Sketch of Dr. William BROWER (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 487

BROWER, Dr. William.--the Brower family, originally from Holland, very early 
settled in East Coventry township, where the ancestors of Henry Brower, 
grandfather of Dr. William, lived for two generations before him. 
Gilbert, son of Henry Brower, married Lydia Urner, to whom were born four 
children, of whom the eldest (Harrison) is deceased; the surviving three are 
Rev. Isaac U., Sallie m., and William.  The latter, Dr. William, was born Feb. 
25, 1842, in East Coventry, and was married, Sept. 18, 1869, to Sallie M., 
daughter of Joseph Kendall, of Limerick Station, Montgomery Co., by whom he has 
one child living, Blanche, born March 9, 1872.  He spent his boyhood days upon a 
farm, and began his academic education at Oakdale Seminary in the summer of 
1858.  The two following summers were spent at Freeland Seminary (now Ursinus 
College).  He entered the Pennsylvania State Normal School, at Millersville, 
Pa., in the summer of 1861, where he was also in attendance in 1862 and 1863, at 
which time he was a member of the senior class.  He taught school for six terms, 
and entered upon the study of medicine in the spring of 1865.  He attended 
lectures at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, and there was graduated 
March 9, 1867. 
He then located at Spring City, and soon acquired a large practice, where and in 
which he is now most successfully engaged.  He has taken an active part in 
school matters, and has served uninterruptedly on the school board for the past 
thirteen years.  The schools of Spring City are among the best in the county, 
which is in large measure due to his zeal and labors on the board.  He has also 
served for several years as a director in the Phoenixville Fire Insurance 
Company, and his public spirit has been of great aid to the community, which 
deservedly holds him in high repute.
  His mother was an Urner, descended from that well-known family, which came 
originally from canton Uri, in Switzerland, and having from thence been driven 
by persecutions, settled in the province of Alsace, from which the three 
brothers, John, Jacob, and Martin Urner, came to America about 1708.