Fred John Sowers

1892 - 1980  (88 years)

• Name	Fred John Sowers  [1]
  Birth	16 Mar 1892	Liberty Township, Logan County Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Oct 1980	Bellefontaine, Ohio
  Burial	22 Oct 1980	West Liberty Cemetery
  Person ID	I3923	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	John W. Sowers,   b. 23 Jun 1861, Grant County, Indiana d. 4 Dec 1952, Near West Liberty, Logan County OH (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Mary Eliza Crowl,   b. 7 Oct 1862, Harrison Township, Champaign County, OH d. 14 Aug 1947, Near West Liberty, Logan County OH (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1887	Springhills Presbyterian Church, Champaign County OH
  Family ID	F1226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Mabel Tilton,   b. 28 Jul 1891, Casstown, Indiana d. 18 Oct 1972, Bellefontaine, Ohio -Latham Care Center (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1914	West Liberty, Ohio
  Children	+ 1. Mabel Florence Sowers,   b. 16 Dec 1915, Logan County, Ohio d. 26 Mar 1994, Bellefontaine, Logan County OH (Age 78 years) + 2. Mildred Irene Sowers + 3. John Fred Sowers
  Family ID	F1222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Notes

  1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 14, Line 65, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has Fred J. living with parents, age 8. 1910 Census, Ohio, 110-0134-0107, Logan County, has Fred living with parents, age 18. 1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 195, Sheet 3, Line 8, Logan County, has Fred J. living with wife Florence M. and two daughters, Mable F., and Mildred I. Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg October 20, 1980, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio. FRED JOHN SOWERS - BELLEFONTAINE - Fred John Sowers, 88, of 1104 Erie St., died in Mary Rutan Hospital at 12:55 a.m. Sunday following several days of illness. A retired farmer, he was born in Liberty Township, Logan County, on March 16, 1892, a son of John and Mary Crowl Sowers. He was a member of the First United Church of Christ in West Liberty. He married the former Florence Tilton at West Liberty on Feb. 14, 1914. She died on Oct. 18, 1972. Survivors include a son, John F. of Bellefontaine; two daughters, Mrs. Gorden (Mable) Graham of Bellefontaine and Mrs. Wilbur (Mildred) Allender of Springfield; one sister, Lulu Hartman of Urbana; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandch Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Eichholtz Funeral Home, Bellefontaine, by the Rev. Tom Marlin, pastor of the United Church of Christ in West Liberty. Burial will be in the West Liberty Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 2 to 4 and from 7 to 9 p.m The Farm Journal Directory of Logan County for 1916, found in the Logan County Library states that Fred abd Florence Sowers were tenants on a 106 acre farm in Union Twp. Logan County Ohio. They had 4 horses and 35 cows. Mabel is not listed alt hough she was born in 1915. They had a telephone.

  
  

• Sources

  [S448] GEDCOM file imported on 29 Mar 2003.