Absalom Bower was born April 1 1785 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to John I Bower and Elizabeth Rhoades or Wright.
He married Susannah Kootz and had children:
1. John Bower
2. Elizabeth Bower
He also had children with Catherine Sheets, whom he never married. She lived and raised her children in a cave.
1. John Sheets
2. Tip Sheets
3. Loucinda Sheets, b. November 4, 1821
4. Linville William Douglas Sheets, b. abt 1822
5. Jacob Sheets, b. August 23, 1823
6. Mary Polly Sheets, b. December 24, 1829
7. Jordan Sheets, b. January 15, 1832
8. Nancy Sheets, b. February 23, 1833
9. Elizabeth Ann Sheets, b. abt 1836
He died February 16, 1857 in Jefferson, Ashe County, North Carolina and is buried in Colvard-Bower Cemetery.