Edward Franklin Bowers was born in Greenfield, New Hampshire, in 1838,[REF] the 11th of 12 children born to Herbert Bowers (1793 - 1860) and Phoebe Taylor Bowers (1796 - 1874).
In 1869, Bowers married Olive Joan Ehle "Ollie" (1851 - 1943) in Prescott, and they eventually had four children in Skull Valley, near Prescott.