Reuben Flowers (1827-1891) was the son of Arter and Polly Kyte Flowers.

From a previous marrige, Reuben had two sons, Abraham (no information on) and James Washington, who came to Missouri with his father.

Reuben homesteaded land in Texas Co. MO. receiving the land title in 1857. He also served some time in the Civil War.

Reuben married Mary R. Morris in 1861. She was the daughter of Elder William Jasper and Agnes Hart Morris. Mary was born in Kentucky, on the banks of the Mississippi River, Sept 15, 1846. Enroute to Missouri from Tennessee by wagon train, her mother, Agnes Hart Morris, died and was buried in a cemetery on Pigeon Creek near Licking, MO. Mary was cared for by her aunt, Elizabeth Coats, until her father remarried.

Soon after Reuben and Mary Flowers were married. soldiers burned their house. The soldiers let them remove their household furnishings and provisions and did not harm them in any way. It was said that Reuben Flowers was a most gentle man. He was praised by his family for his good nature.

His father-in-law, William Jasper Morris, requested that his wife, Mary, be buried on one side of him and Reuben be buried on the other side in the Union Cemetery.

Children of Reuben and Mary were: Jasper married Nancy Evans; William Arter married Hattie Geaheardt; Samuel married Ellen Stevens; Martha married Harrison Edwards; Margaret married Benjamine Edwards; Polly Kyte married William Larry Ward; Nancy Jane married James Roberson; Milow married Fern Good; Henry married Cynthia Wood; Perry married Allie Marrow; and James Washington married Nannie Kinman.

Contributed by: Nancy Ward Coats.
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Submitted by: Christine Walters