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Mary Catherine Mowrer

Female 1915 - 1952  (36 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Mary Catherine Mowrer was born on 25 Sep 1915 in Rocky Mount, N.C. (daughter of Hiram Shaub Mowrer and Bertha Pearl Rhodes); died on 2 May 1952 in Illinois; was buried in St. Petersburg, Florida.

    Notes:

    Information from Carol White, 27 Apr 2010, email

    Family/Spouse: John Wayne Donavan. John was born on 12 Jun 1910; died on 30 Sep 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Wayne Donavan
    2. Brian Lee Donavan

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hiram Shaub Mowrer was born on 21 Dec 1883 in Lancaester County, PA; died on 9 Jan 1964 in St. Petersburg, Florida; was buried in Memorial Park Cem., St. Petersburg, Florida.

    Notes:

    He was a jeweler
    Information from Carol White, 27 Apr 2010, email

    Hiram married Bertha Pearl Rhodes on 24 Dec 1908 in St. Joseph County, IN. Bertha (daughter of Jason D. Rhodes and Angeline Tow) was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Indiana; died on 11 Feb 1951 in Rabun County, Georgia; was buried in Memorial Park Cem., St. Petersburg, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Bertha Pearl Rhodes was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Indiana (daughter of Jason D. Rhodes and Angeline Tow); died on 11 Feb 1951 in Rabun County, Georgia; was buried in Memorial Park Cem., St. Petersburg, Florida.

    Notes:

    Information from Carol White, 27 Apr 2010, email

    Children:
    1. Margaret Ruth Mowrer was born on 24 Jun 1910 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN; died on 1 Jul 1993 in Clayton, Rabun County, Georgia; was buried in Roane Cemetery, Rabun County, Georgia.
    2. 1. Mary Catherine Mowrer was born on 25 Sep 1915 in Rocky Mount, N.C.; died on 2 May 1952 in Illinois; was buried in St. Petersburg, Florida.
    3. Paul Robert Mowrer was born on 11 Aug 1920 in Rocky Mount, N.C.; died in Florida.
    4. Ruth Naomi Mowrer was born on 11 Aug 1920 in Rocky Mount, N.C.; died on 1 Jun 1974 in St. Petersburg, Florida.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio (son of Joseph Hector Rhodes and Sarah Kite); died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County;Indiana.

    Notes:

    Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. He died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County, IN. He was buried in Crown Point Cem., Kokomo, Howard County, IN. Served in the Civil War in Company F of the 89 Regimen t of Indiana
    Volunteers. He enlisted at Howard County, IN, Aug 15, 1862, his military
    recorded states he was at the age of 26 at time of enlistment. His
    discharge said he had gray eyes, light hair, dark complexion, was
    farmer by trade and was born in OH. He was Mustered out of service at
    Mobile Ala. July 19 1865 (information from the Indiana State Archives).
    Birth & Death date from his death cert., Kokomo-Howard County Heath
    Department, Book CH-15-D Pg. 34. Obit. in the Kokomo Morning Dispatch
    newspaper (Kokomo, IN) Thursday July 8, 1909, page 1. According to
    obit Jason had ten children and lived at 1310 No. Philips St., Kokomo,
    IN, at the time of his death. Also the Kokomo Tribune, July 7, 1909,
    pg. 1, c.5

    Jason married Angeline Tow on 5 Sep 1861 in Howard County, Indiana. Angeline (daughter of William Tow and Elizabeth Young) was born in Nov 1847 in New London, Indiana; died on 17 Jan 1917 in Culver, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Angeline Tow was born in Nov 1847 in New London, Indiana (daughter of William Tow and Elizabeth Young); died on 17 Jan 1917 in Culver, Indiana.

    Notes:

    Buried at Crown Point Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Sarah Elizabeth Rhodes was born on 23 Dec 1862.
    2. Lowana Dale Rhodes was born on 14 Jul 1866.
    3. Mary Alice Rhodes was born on 30 Oct 1868 in Culver, Marshall In; was buried in Culver, Marshall In.
    4. Ellen Jane Rhodes was born on 20 Feb 1871.
    5. Irene Minnie A Rhodes was born on 20 Jan 1874.
    6. Clara Frances Rhodes was born on 28 Apr 1876.
    7. Schuyler Rhodes was born on 23 May 1878 in Barron County, Wisconsin.
    8. Jesse , Sr. Rhodes Fremont was born on 15 Jun 1881 in Barron, Wisconsin; died on 12 Nov 1972 in Galveston County; Texas.
    9. 3. Bertha Pearl Rhodes was born on 23 Sep 1883 in Indiana; died on 11 Feb 1951 in Rabun County, Georgia; was buried in Memorial Park Cem., St. Petersburg, Florida.
    10. Maude Ann Rhodes was born on 2 Sep 1886; died on 20 Aug 1910 in Kokomo, IN.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Joseph Hector Rhodes was born on 11 May 1810 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH (son of William Rhodes and Susannah); died on 18 Oct 1861 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    Joseph and Sarah (Kite) Rhodes family moved from Urbana in Champaign County Ohio to Hamilton County IN, in about 1835, along with Sarah's father Michael Kite. In the following year they relocated to Boone County near the village of Thornto .it out of the eleven known children of Joseph and Sarah were born there. On March 5, 1852 Joseph H. (Rodes) purchased a farm in Marshall County, IN, for $1,100.00 (Marshall County Deed Book H, page. 509). November of that year he bough t swamp land from the state of Indiana at a $1.25 per acre. In present day Walnut Twp. of Marshall County, IN, Joseph laid out the village of Fremont, on Nov. 6 1856. He named it in honor of Col. John C. Fremont who was voted that day as th e Republican candidate for President. Joseph laid the village of Fremont out along side the community of Sidney. The following year Joseph opened a small grocery store. In 1859 Joseph, along with seventeen others voted to join the two communi ties of Fremont and Sidney into the town of Argos. :Plymouth Pilot-News, Plymouth, Marshall County IN, Nov. 9, 1979 (from the Marshall County Historical Soc., Plymouth IN); Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, McDonald, VOL. 1 , page. 119, 120); History of Indiana, Special Edition for Marshall County, Vol. II, Brant, Fuller & County, 1890, page. 65, 66; History of Marshall County, Indiana, 1836 to 1880, by Daniel McDonald, 1881, page. 145, 146; The Story of Marshall C ounty, page. 44. To this day plat maps of Argos bear the name of Joseph Rhodes. Birth and death date from, Marshall County, Ind., Cemeteries Vol. 2, by Wendel C. and Jean C. Tombaugh, page. 120.

    Joseph married Sarah Kite on 25 Sep 1831 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. Sarah (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer) was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA; died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Sarah Kite was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer); died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    After the death of Joseph, Sarah worked as a housekeeper. She also sold off lots in the town of Argos, which were left to her by late husbands estate. The last land record found on Sarah (Kite) Rhodes was
    on 17 Nov 1873, when she sold land in the town of Argos (recorded in Deed Book 8 pg. 395 in the Marshall County Courthouse at Pymouth IN).
    Her remaning property was later seized by the county sheriff and sold for deliquent taxes.
    OBITUARY: from a news paper, The Bourbon Mirror, (Bourbon, Marshall County IN) Dec. 10 1874 "From Argos ---- Died of brain fever, on 3d inst., the widow of Joseph Rhoads. She was a consistent member of the Chistian church, and leaves a large circle of relatives and friend to mourn her loss".: From a news paper, the Marshall County Repubican, (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) Dec. 10 1874 "Argos Items ---- Died, on 3d inst., Mrs Rhodes, aged 63 years"

    Children:
    1. Lemuel Rhodes was born on 7 Aug 1833 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH; died on 9 Oct 1910 in Plymouth, Marshall County, IN.
    2. 6. Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County;Indiana.
    3. Mary Rhodes was born on 6 Mar 1837 in Hamilton County, IN; died on 25 Aug 1907 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    4. Elizabeth Rhodes was born about 1839 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 24 May 1904 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN.
    5. George Washington Rhodes was born about 1842 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 7 Mar 1885 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    6. Joseph R. Rhodes was born on 15 May 1844 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 15 Apr 1906 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried on 17 Apr 1906 in Jacoby Cemetary, Center Twp., Marshall County, IN.
    7. Michael Rhodes was born on 10 Apr 1846 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 28 Aug 1907 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Aug 1907 in Chetek, Barron County, WI.
    8. William Rhodes was born on 25 Dec 1850 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 19 Sep 1928 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN.
    9. Benjamin Franklin Rhodes was born on 11 May 1852 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 6 Mar 1916 in Barron, Barron County, WI.
    10. Susan Rhodes was born about 2 Dec 1853 in Marshall County, IN; died on 27 Nov 1906 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN.
    11. Isaac Rhodes was born on 1 Feb 1855 in Marshall County, IN; died on 17 Nov 1921 in Greensberg, Decter County, IN.

  3. 14.  William Tow was born about 1819 in TN.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y

    William married Elizabeth Young. Elizabeth was born about 1828 in IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Elizabeth Young was born about 1828 in IN.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Y
    Y
    Y
    Y

    Children:
    1. 7. Angeline Tow was born in Nov 1847 in New London, Indiana; died on 17 Jan 1917 in Culver, Indiana.


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