Florence Mabel Tilton

1891 - 1972  (81 years)

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

  
  

  Family	Fred John Sowers,   b. 16 Mar 1892, Liberty Township, Logan County Ohio d. 19 Oct 1980, Bellefontaine, Ohio (Age 88 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

  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

  [S448] GEDCOM file imported on 29 Mar 2003.