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Florence Mabel Tilton

Female 1891 - 1972  (81 years)


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  • Name Florence Mabel Tilton  [1
    Birth 28 Jul 1891  Casstown, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Oct 1972  Bellefontaine, Ohio -Latham Care Center Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial West Liberty Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3924  Carl
    Last Modified 20 May 2012 

    Family Fred John Sowers,   b. 16 Mar 1892, Liberty Township, Logan County Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1980, Bellefontaine, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1914  West Liberty, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mabel Florence Sowers,   b. 16 Dec 1915, Logan County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1994, Bellefontaine, Logan County OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +2. Mildred Irene Sowers
    +3. John Fred Sowers
    Family ID F1222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2014 

  • Notes 
    • Florence Tilton Sowers graduated from Bellefontaine High School in 1909. The June 8, 1909 edition of the Bellefontaine Examiner lists her as a graduate. She stayed in Bellefontaine during the week with an uncle and aunt Milton and Jennie M nle she attended high school. After graduation, Mabel thinks she took a Patterson exam to qualify as a teacher. She taught school in a one-room school located somewhere on what is now Ludlow Road south of Bellefontaine.


      Obituary, Florence Tilton Sowers, Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. October 19, 1972.
      MRS. FRED SOWERS
      The death of Mrs. Fred (Florence Mabel) Sowers, 81, 1104 Erie Street, occurred at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday at the Latham Care Center, Inc. where she had been a patient since 1971. Death followed a long illness.
      Mrs. Sowers was born in Casstown, Ind. July 28, 1891, a daughter of John W. and Rosanna Henderson Tilton. She was a member of the United Church of Christ in West Liberty.
      On Feb. 14, 1914, the deceased was married in West Liberty, to Mr. Sowers who survives with a son, John F. Sowers, R. 4 Bellefontaine; two daughters, Mrs. Gorden (Mabel) Graham, R. 1 Bellefontaine, and Mrs. Wilbur (Mildred) Allender, Springfield , seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and a brother, George Tilton, R. 2 Huntsville. Three brothers and one sister are dead.
      Funeral services in charge of Rev. Milton Sumerel, will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Eicholtz funeral home and burial will follow in Fairview cemetery, West Liberty.
      Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

  • Sources 
    1. [S448] GEDCOM file imported on 29 Mar 2003.


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