Susannah married John King on 8 Jul 1824 in Champaign County, OH. John was born about 1798 in MD; died on 25 Dec 1880 in German Twp., Clark, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850 Census, Ohio, German twsp., Clark County, Page 30B, Dwelling 405, has Mary living with her parents, age 22.
John King 52 MD, shoemaker, Susan 44 OH, Mary 22 OH, Elizabeth 20, James 19, William 17, Oliver 14, Matthew 12, Lutetia 10, Thomas 8, Sarah J. 6, Harriet 4


OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg. Thursday January 4, 1894, West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio.

DEATH - MARY E. KING was born August 17, 1826, near Tremont, Ohio, and died at her home near West Liberty, Dec. 27, 1893, aged 67 years, 4 months and 10 days.
She united with the M.E. church in 1845, being a member for nearly forty-nine years. She was married to SAMUEL SOWER, Jan. 2, 1851, at Tremont. Of this union, nine children were born, eight sons and one daughter. The husband and four soner world, leaving four sons and the daughter, and a large number of friends and relatives to sincerely mourn her death.
Funeral services were conducted at South Union church by Rev. Swank, on Friday, and the body was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery.

Mary married Samuel Sower on 2 Jan 1851 in Tremont, Ohio. Samuel was born on 31 Jan 1826 in Tremont, Clark County, Ohio; died on 29 Sep 1891 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; was buried in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The tombstone says"

Peter Maxwell Sour
son of S. and M.E. Sour
Died Jan. 3, 1857
Aged 2 y's 24 Ds
Dear little lamb for earth too fair
Has gone to Heaven
to dwell forever there."

There is a lamb at the top of the tombstone.

Notes:

1860 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling # 826, has Edward living with his parents, age 2.

1870 Census, Ohio, Brown twsp., Miami County, Dwelling 306, Page 265B, has Edward living with parents, age 12.

1880 Census, Ohio, S.V. Dist. 2, E.D. 21, Dwelling 13, Harrison twsp., Champaign County, has Edward living with parents, age 22.

1900 Census, California, Vol. 39, E.D. 152, Sheet 20, Line 38, Valuntario St., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, has Edward Sour (Sowers) living with his wife Emma. The census indicated his occupation as a farm laborer, married for 19 years a nd never having children.

1910 Census, California, 109-0067-0179, Santa Clara County, has Edward Sawer (Sowers) living with his wife Emma.

1920 Census, California, Vol. 120. E.D. 123, Sheet 4, Line 6, 52 North First Street, Campbell, Santa Clara County, has Edward Sower living with wife Emma.

Family/Spouse: Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92 E.D. Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae, Cecil F., and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R., and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oakland Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County has John living with wife Laura, four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter Dorothy I. Bolen

1890 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling #826, has Laura living with her parents, age 9 month.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg Friday, July 8, 1935, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

PARALYSIS CAUSES DEATH - Funeral of Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer To Be Held Saturday - Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer died Thursday at 2:15 p.m. of paralysis after an illness of but a few days. She was stricken Tuesday at her family home, 220 Oaklanor some time. Living in the home with her were her son, Herschel Strayer, and wife and baby son and another son, Ray Strayer.
Laura Ellen Sower-Strayer was born Sept. 5, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sower. When she was quite young they moved to a farm near Tremont City, later moving to the vicinity of West Liberty. She was the only daughter in a fafhhers having preceded her in death.
She was united in marriage with John E. Strayer, July 11, 18885, his death occurring in August of 1923. They moved to a farm in the vicinity of West Liberty, later moving to West Liberty, then to Bellefontaine.
The deceased was the mother of seven children. Those who remain are Mrs. Ernest Yoder, of West Liberty; Floyd P. Strayer, of Urbana; Willis W. Strayer, Ray Strayer and Herschel Strayer, of Bellefontaine. There are 12 grandchildren and threng. One granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bolen Stevens, who now resides in Lima, was reared by Mrs. Strayer from infancy.
The following brothers remain, John Sower, of West Liberty; Rev. Grant Sower, of Ferry, Mich., and Edward E. Strayer of Campbell, Calif.
Mrs. Strayer was long a member of the Congregational church in West Liberty. She was a loving mother and always helpful and considerate.
Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home with Dr. C.E. Rice pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery.



Funeral Services - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg. July 1935.

MRS. STRAYER IS BURIED - Services for Mrs. Laura Strayer were held in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. C. E. Rice, pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge.
The following pallbearers served at the burial in West Liberty cemetery. Floyd, Willis, Ray and Herschel Strayer and Ernest Yoder and Glenn Willitts.




Death certificate: Vol: 7878, Cert. NR. 43968, Logan County, Ohio

Family/Spouse: John Edward Strayer. John was born on 15 Jul 1861 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died on 19 Aug 1923 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The picture in the scrapbook shows 4 generations starting with John Fred Sowers. The back row is Richard Allender being held by Mildred Allender, John Sowers (son of Fred and Florence), and William Graham being held by Mabel Graham. The ft w is Florence Sowers, Barbara Allender, John Sowers, Marjorie Graham and Fred Sowers.

Marjorie Graham remembers that John Fred Sowers gave his great-grandchildren pennies. He lived into his 90's. She remembers him staying at her house when she was a child and sitting on the front porch.


Notes from Mabel Sowers Graham say that he did not like the name John King and changed it so that he went by John W. Sowers all is life. He moved to Clark County, Ohio, when he was a child and to Liberty Township, Logan County, in 1884.


An article about John Sowers is found in Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III Biographical is found at the Logan County District Library (G 977.14 M533). The article is as follows;

The entire career of John Sowers, of Liberty township, has been devoted to the vocations of farming and stock-raising, and during the past 28 years he has occupied his present property of 150 acres. He is a native of Grant county, Ind., born Ju ne 23, 1861, a son of Samuel and Mary (King) Sowers, natives of Clark County, Ohio. The parents, after their marriage, moved to Grant County, Indiana, but in 1865 returned to Clark County, and about 1885 came to Logan County where they made the ir home until their deaths. They followed the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, and won the esteem and respect of their fellow-citizens by their honorable lives. Mr. and Mrs. Sowers were the parents of nine children, of whom five are living : Edward, Elmer, Grant, John and Laura. John Sowers secured his education in the public schools of Champaign County where his parents had moved when he was about seven years of age, and after leaving school, remained with his father on the hom e place until 1892. In that year he rented his present property, a tract of 150 acres on which he has operated for a period of 28 years. Mr. Sowers has met with success, both in general farming and stock raising, and has 45 acres in corn, feed ing his grain to his 40 head of hogs. Mr. Sowers was married May 18, 1887 to Mary Crowl, who was born in Champaign County, Ohio, October 7, 1862, daughter of William and Ann (Mc Caughey) Crowl, and to this union there have been born two childre n; Lulu, who married Oscar Hartman and had two children, Muriel and Grace Marie: and Fred, who married Florence Tilton and has two children, Mabel and Mildred. William Crowl was born in Washington County, Maryland, whence he moved to Urbana Ohi o. There he married Ann McCaughey, who was born in Washington County, Indiana, and they settled on a farm in Champaign County where they passed the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Sowers was their only child. Mr. and Mrs. Sowers are consisten t members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is Republican, and his service to his community have included official work as a member of the school board.

The Farm Journal Directory of Logan County, 1916, found at the Logan County Library, states that John W. and Mary E. Sowers are the tenants of a 150 acre farm on R4 West Liberty. It states they have two children, but son, Fred, had moved away . They had 4 horses and 35 cows. They had a telephone.

1910 Census for Liberty Township, Logan County Ohio, lists John Sowers as head on the family, living with his wife Mary, son Fred, daughter, Lulu, and brother Elmer. John and Elmer were both born in Indiana; everyone else born in Ohio. John'so ccupation was listed as general farmer and Lulu's occupation was listed as seamstress.

John married Mary Eliza Crowl on 18 May 1887 in Springhills Presbyterian Church, Champaign County OH. Mary was born on 7 Oct 1862 in Harrison Township, Champaign County, OH; died on 14 Aug 1947 in Near West Liberty, Logan County OH; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan County OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His obituary was found in the scrapbook of his great-niece Mabel Sowers Graham.

Elmer W. Sowers, 68, was found dead in the barn, at the home of his brother John W. Sowers, and wife, with home he resided, one mile north of West Liberty, on the Bellefontaine road, last Friday afternoon, near 3 o'clock. Mr.. Sowers had eate n a hearty dinner, smoked a cigar, and about one o'clock went to the barn to look after some cattle. Mrs. Sowers was busy at her work and thought nothing about Elmer not returning to the house, and when her husband, who was away, came home abou t 3 o'clock, he went to the barn and found his brother lying dead on the barn floor. Dr. Herbert L. Mikesell, of West Liberty, County Coroner, was called, and gave a verdict of death from a heart attack.


The obituary states he was born in Grant county, Indiana and moved with his parents first to Clark County, Ohio, then to Champaign County, and later to Logan County, where he lived with his brother, John, for over fifty years. He was of a famil y of nine children, eight brothers and one sister, of whom three brothers and the sister survive. They are Edward Sowers of California; Grant Sowers of Elkhart, Indiana, John W. Sowers of West Liberty, and Mrs. Laura Strayer of Bellefontaine.

He was apparently in good health and his death came as a great shock to the family and entire community. For a great many years he had belong to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and cherished the teachings of this Order. He leaves many re latives and friends to mourn his passing.

Mabel Sowers Graham always referred to him as Uncle Batch ( I wonder if that was because he was a bachelor).

Notes:

In Grant Sower's obituary there is no " s" on his name. The correspondence I have addressed to him also spells his name Sower. I believe my mother Mabel Sowers told me a dispute between brothers resulted in the spelling differences but I dotw any details.

His obituary states that Grant Sower spent his early years in Ohio in Logan and Champaign Counties where he attended high school, Normal school and the old Urbana University. He traced his lineage to the founding of Philadelphia in 1681. Eac h of the eight succeeding generations of the Sower family had contributed a Methodist minister. Rev. Mr. Sower was married to Louena Windson, daughter and granddaughter of Methodist ministers. Following his marriage Rev. Sower spent four year s teaching school and was superintendent of schools at Rushylvania before deciding to devote his life to the ministry. His first charge was at Rossville in 1895 and he served 18 years in the Ohio Conference before transferring to the Detroit co nference in 1913. in 1936 he went on a retired basis and the next year he and his family moved to North Muskegon, Michigan, where he served eight years until ill health caused him to retire in 1945. Rev. Mr. Sower was widely known as a lecture r and writer of special articles and poetry. While in Fenton, Michigan, he was appointed in 1925 a special speaker for the League of Nation's World Court Association in recognition of his platform work and press articles on international affair s which were widely circulated.

I have in my possession in 2000 a scrapbook containing poetry and articles written by him as well as letters from President Coolidge's secretary.

Grant married Louena Windsor on 8 Sep 1891 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Louena was born on 15 Dec 1872 in New Holland, Ohio; died on 26 May 1954 in North Muskegon, Michigan; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, West Liberty, Logan County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg September 14, 1916, Log
an County, Ohio.

Alda Mae, daughter of Edward and Laura Strayer, was born in Champaign county, near West Liberty, September 28, 1883, and departed this life at the home of her parents in West Liberty, Ohio September 8, 1916, aged 32 years, 11 months and 1

She was united in marriage to John H. Bolen, March 15, 1906. To this union three children were born - two sons and one daughter.
In early life she united with the Christian Church at West Liberty, and was a faithful worker in the church, Sunday School, and Endeavor Society of which she was a member.
After moving from this vicinity to Bucyrus she became affiliated with the United Brethren Church and was a member of the same at the time of her death.
She had been ill for a period of about three years, but about six weeks ago was brought to the home of her parents. She was very patient in her sickness and the end came as a sweet relief from her suffering, but was a painful separation
r loved ones. During her illness she was tenderly cared for by her mother and loved ones who did all they could to make her comfortable. The home she once made happy with friendly welcome and a kindly smile is broken, but God knows best.
She is survived by her husband, two sons, Edward Hartley and Raymond Robert, and one daughter, Dorothy Isabell; also her parents, two sisters, and four brothers, and many other relatives and friends.

Be near to bless me when I wake,
Ere thro' the world my way I take;
Abide with me till in Thy love
I lose myself in Heaven above.

The funeral services were held at the home on Newell street, Sunday afternoon, at one o'clock, in charge of Rev. E.C. Hamilton. There were many beautiful flowers, and a large assemblage of relatives and friends present to pay a last tr.air View cemetery.
The following relatives and friends from a distance were present at the funeral: Wm. Bolen, Byhalia; C. A. Bolen, Fostoria; Mrs. Thomas Patterson, Mrs. Robert Reeder, Mrs. Cora Rock, Mrs. John Lippincott, James Funk and daughter, Gertr,wcett, wife and daughter, and Mrs. Shick, Bellefontaine; J.J. Prater, Mrs. Foreman Prater, Mrs. Elmer Prater, Northfield; Irwin Prater and wife, Rushsylvania; H.U. King and wife Urbana; Mrs. Ben Phenegar and Walter Phenegar, DeGra ff; Ray Sidesinger and wife, Continental; Mrs. Cora Stinchcomb, Springfield.




More About ALDA MAE STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 41, West Liberty Cemetery, LoganCounty, Ohio.
Death Certificate: Vol. 2047, Cert. Nr. 56824, Logan County, Ohio.

Alda married John H. Bolen on 15 Mar 1906 in Logan County, Ohio. John was born on 19 Apr 1881 in Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio; died in Aug 1932 in Mansfield, Richland County, OH; was buried in Mansfield Cemetery, Richland County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Glenn Willits. Walter was born on 19 Jul 1888 in Ohio; died on 10 Nov 1959 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes for ADDIE BELLE STRAYER:
1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Lib
erty twsp., Logan County, has Addie living with parents, age 10.

Addie was employed as a telephone operator.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. July 26, 1955, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

MRS. ERNEST L. YODER DIES - West Liberty Women, 65, Had Been Ill Two Years - Mrs. Ernest L. (Addie Belle) Yoder, 65, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday at her home in West Liberty. She had been ill two years and bedfast since April.
She was born April 26, 1800, in Salem township, Champaign county, a daughter of Ed and Laura Sowers Strayer.
Surviving are her husband, to whom she was married Dec. 9, 1916 and four brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana, Herschel Strayer, 721 south Main street, Bellefontaine, Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine, and Willis Strayer of Dayton. A so, and two sisters are dead.
The deceased was a member of the West Liberty Methodist church where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. Virgil Hair, of Midway, former pastor of the church, will officiate assisted by Rev. Gilbert Thomas of the McKeessl be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the Troyer-Lynn funeral home in West Liberty after 7 p.m. Tuesday and until noon Thursday.

Family/Spouse: Ernest Leroy Yoder. Ernest was born on 8 Aug 1885 in Ohio; died in Jun 1965 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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-Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner - July 28, 1961, Logan County, Ohio -

FLOYD P. Strayer, 68, of 734 South Main Street, Urbana, was stricken by a heart attack at 6:45 p.m. on South Main street sidewalk, in that city and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Urbana Mercy Hospital, where he was taken by thse of West Liberty and previous to moving to Urbana 49 years ago was a teacher in Logan County schools. He was born September 12, 1893, a son of John E. and Laura (Sowers) Strayer. He was associated with the Urbana public schools fo r 34 years and served as Principal of the Central Ward school for a number of years, retiring in 1955. He was a member of the Urbana Methodist church and a life member of the National Education Association. Survivors are his widow, Gladys; thre e sons, Paul of Toledo; Robert of Rfd 2, Urbana; and William of Columbus; a daughter Miss Dorothy Strayer of Columbus and two brothers, Willis Strayer of North Palm Beach, Florida and Ray R. Strayer of Miami, Florida, both former Bellefontaine r esidents. One brother, Hershel Strayer of Bellefontaine and two sisters, Mrs Ernest Yoder and Mrs. Glenn Willets of West Liberty are deceased. One son Floyd Jr., gave his life in action in 1945 when he was shot down over Burma while serving in t he United States Army Air Force. Funeral services will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. in the Neff funeral home, Urbana, with Rev. Ralph E. Simester, pastor of the Urbana Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in the St. Paris Cemetery.






More About FLOYD PEARL STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Cemetery, St Paris, Champaign County, Ohio

Notes for GLADYS KATHERINE KITE:
Gladys was a school teacher.
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[Br?U2derbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Sep 29, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.78302.157]

Individual: Strayer, Gladys
Birth date: Jun 21, 1896
Death date: Mar 1975
Social Security #: 278-34-9338
Last residence: OH 43081
State of issue: OH


More About GLADYS KATHERINE KITE:
Burial: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Cemetery, St Paris, Champaign County, Ohio

Floyd married Gladys Katherine Kite on 24 Dec 1919 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Gladys was born on 21 Jun 1896 in St. Paris, Ohio; died after 21 Jun 1974 in Riverside Hospital, Columbus, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Ohio, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 5, 1971 -
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WILLIS W. STRAYER, 76 North Palm Beach, Florida, where he resided with a son, Willis Richard Strayer and family, died Tuesday in that city following a prolong illness. He was a former resident of Bellefontaine, a retired employee of thed Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
He was born June 3, 1895, in Logan County. His wife, the former Lova Fultz, preceded him in death in 1935. Survivors with his son are five grandchildren. Mr. Strayer was a member of the Bellefontaine Lutheran Church.
The body will arrive in Bellefontaine Friday afternoon, being sent to Columbus by plane, and will be received here by Eichholtz funeral home. Funeral rites will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home and burial will follow in tmetery, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

Willis married Lova Leona Fultz on 18 Jun 1930 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Lova was born on 18 Feb 1904 in Bellefontaine, Ohio; died on 23 Apr 1935 in Bellefontaine, Ohio; was buried in Philadelphia Cemetery, Union Township, Logan County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary - Bellefontaine Examiner

RAY P. STAYER , 72, 5756 Devonshire Boulevard, Miami, Florida, formerly of Bellefontaine died Tuesday at 10:15pm in the hospital where he was admitted last Saturday. Death followed several years of ill health. Mr. Sowers was born in West Libe rty, October 30, 1898, a son of John and Laura (Sowers) Strayer, and was an employee of the former New York Central Railroad for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Strayer left Bellefontaine in 1962 to make their home in Florida.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10am at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Miami, followed by the cremation, the ashes to be interred in St. Thomas Columbarium Church Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to Mrs. Ray P. Strayer or Miss Agnes Armitage at the Strayer address in Miami, to be added to the building fund for a retirement home for the parishioners of the Episcopalian church.

Birth recorded in Logan County, Ohio, Vol. 3, 1893-1908, Page152.

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has Percy living with parents, age 1.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Ray living with parents, age 21.

Ray married Opal Frances Bean on 30 May 1939 in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Opal was born on 10 Mar 1904 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died on 4 Jan 1994 in Belleontaine, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Herschel living with parents, age 17.


- OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 1959

Herschel Robert Strayer, 56, 721 south Main Street, died at 1025 p.m. Saturday in Mary Rutan Hospital. Hospitalized on several occasions, he had last been a patient at Mary Rutan hospital Dec. 12.
He was an engine dispatcher for the New York Central System for 37 years. Born July 28, 1902, in West Liberty, a son of John Edward and Laura Sower Strayer, he was graduated from Bellefontaine high school in 1921. In 1939 he married tol

The deceased became ill about five years ago when he experienced such tired feeling that a local physician advised a series of blood tests be taken for confirmation and diagnostic reasons. He entered University hospital, Columbus, whedt
rles Doane, confirmed that Mr. Strayer was ill of a disease of the bone marrow which is unable to manufacture red blood cells. While at the hospital in Columbus, four blood transfusions were administered and his health then improved.
In the earlier stages of the disease only a pint of blood was needed every three or four weeks but it progressed so rapidly that he received 71 pints in 1957 and many more than 100 pints in 1958. He had a rare type of blood, A-Negatit co-operative in having this type of blood available at regular intervals via the Red Cross blood program.
Surviving with his wife are a son, John Robert, of Pensacola, Fla., and three brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana; Willis Strayer, Dayton and Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine.
The deceased was a member of the First Lutheran Church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Eichholtz funeral home in charge of Rev. Olen A. Peters. Burial will be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.------

Herschel married Agnes Helene Angle in Aug 1930 in Degraff, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Oscar Hartman. Oscar was born on 25 Jun 1879 in Clark County, OH; died after 25 Jun 1958 in A Columbus Hospital. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Fred married Florence Mabel Tilton on 14 Feb 1914 in West Liberty, Ohio. Florence was born on 28 Jul 1891 in Casstown, Indiana; died on 18 Oct 1972 in Bellefontaine, Ohio -Latham Care Center; was buried in West Liberty Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary for Muriel Sower, Bellefontaine Examiner, April 22, 1937

LONG ILLNESS ENDS

Miss Muriel E. Sower Will Be Buried at West Liberty

Kindred of this city have had word of the death of Miss Muriel E. Sower, which occurred at the Ingham Sanatorium in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, April 21.
Miss Sower had long been ill of tuberculosis. She was 30 years old and the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Sower, their only child. The family home was in this city a number of years ago.
Miss Kate Windsor, Oakland square, is an aunt of the deceased, and Hershel Strayer and Ray and Willis Strayer are cousins of the deceased.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist church in Lainsburg, Mich. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery Monday at 3 p.m.

Funeral notice for Murial Sower, Bellefontaine Examiner, April 23, 1937

Interment of Miss Muriel E. Sower, whose death occurred Wednesday at Lansing, Mich., will be made Monday at 2 p.m. in the West Liberty cemetery. Funeral services were to be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church in Laingsburg, Mich . MissSower was the only child of Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Sower, and the family home was in Bellefontaine a number of years ago.

Notes:

After the death of Edward's mother, no one was able to care for him, his brother Robert and his sister Dorothy. Dorothy was taken in by her mother's parent and Edward, along with his brother Robert, was placed in the Richland County Childreo e in Mansfield, Ohio. Room and board, plus clothes was paid by his father. Later, they moved to the Crawford County Children's Home that was recently opened and was much better for it had far less children and was more like a big family. It wa s a very unhappy part of their life. The superintendents were a retired couple with 3 children of their own. Edward was in the 7th or 8th grade at the time. In 1920, when his father remarried, he came to live in Mansfield with his brother, Rob ert. In 1923, Edward was forced to drop out of school in his junior year when his father burned his hands in order to help out with the family. Edward went to work for the Ohio Brass Company in Mansfield. He was able to finish hiseducation b y taking extension courses at Lincoln University in Cleveland, Ohio. Edward stayed with the Ohio Brass up to the time he retired.

Edward married Naomi G. Etzwiler in 1928. Naomi died on 6 Apr 1966 in Richland County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Zelma Reed on 25 Nov 1933. Zelma was born on 30 Jan 1911; died in Jul 1980 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio; was buried in Mansfield Memorial Park. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Raymond was placed in the Richland County Home after his mother died. Later, with his brother, Edward, they were transferred to the children's home in Crawford County. His father re-married in 1920 when he was able to leave the homei e with his father and step-mother. After graduation from Mansfield High School, he worked as a radio announcer for a short time before the station moved to Akron. He then worked at the Mansfield Tire and Rubber Company until he went to work at t he Mansfield Printing Company where he retired as a plant supervisor after 41 years.

Family/Spouse: Nellie Lindecker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dorothy was very young when her mother died in 1916. She was raised by her grandparents, John Edward and Laura Sowers Strayer.

Dorothy married Clarence Hobart Stevens on 6 Nov 1930 in Visalia, Kentucky. Clarence was born on 4 Jun 1902 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio; died on 6 Jul 1961 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Chauncey K. Haynes on 23 Oct 1965. Chauncey was born on 14 Nov 1902 in Newport, Ohio; died on 2 May 1982 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Paul William Bauser. Paul was born on 4 Mar 1910; died on 25 Oct 1985 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Horace Gladden Swysgood on 10 Feb 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wynn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jim Ewing. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Albert Edward , Jr. Wendling. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Second Lieutenant Floyd K. Strayer, Serial Number 02059641, served in the United States Air Force, 9th Bomber Squadron, 7th Bomber Group, Heavy, during World War II and was killed at sea during action at Great Coco Island in the South Pacift s noted from the World War II Honor Roll Tablets of the Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, which is located at the Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines. Floyd received the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.

Family/Spouse: Peggy Ann Hubbard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ullom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Helen Louise (Baker) Aldridge [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Jane Drake [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Pegi Channell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wesley Brooks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Noble Edwin Henesy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Betty Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - dtg. March 1994, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Oh
io.

MABLE FLORENCE GRAHAM - Pastors Preston Van Deursen and David Moreland
will conduct services for Mable Florence Graham, formerly of 209 Miami, at 11
a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church. She died at 12:05 a.m. Saturday,
March 26, 1994, at Heartland of Bellefontaine at the age of 78.
Mrs. Graham was born Dec. 16, 1915, in Logan County, a daughter of
Fred and Florence Tilton Sowers, and married Gorden Graham in Rushsylvania on
May 25, 1941. He preceded her in death Dec. 14, 1971.
Surviving are a son, William Graham of New Philadelphia; one daughter,
Mrs. Max (Marjorie) Bixler of Bellefontaine; a brother, John Sowers, also of
Bellefontaine; one sister, Mildred Allender of Springfield, and three
grandchildren.
Mrs. Graham taught school in Zanesfield, Belle Center and Riverside,
and retired from Bellefontaine in 1979 after 29 years of teaching. She was a
graduate of Bowling Green State University, and was a member of the First
Lutheran Church and its Charity Circle, Delta Gamma Gamma, Mary Rutan Hospital
Guild I, Bellefontaine Women's Club, the Logan County Retired Teachers
Association and the Agrarian Club.
Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Eichholtz Funeral
Home, and one hour prior to services Tuesday at the church. Interment will be
in Zanesfield Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Organ Fund or Bell Choir
Fund of her church.



MABEL GRAHAM
SSN 275-46-0782 Residence: 43311 Bellefontaine, Logan, OH
Born 16 Dec 1915 Last Benefit:
Died 26 Mar 1994 Issued: OH (1964)

Mabel married Gorden Wilson Graham on 25 May 1941 in Rushylvania, Logan County OH. Gorden was born on 27 Feb 1913 in Belleville, Mifflin County PA; died on 14 Dec 1975 in Bellefontaine, Logan County OH; was buried on 17 Dec 1975 in Zanesfield, Logan County OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mildred married Wilbur Allender [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Joyce Joan Moore [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alice Mary Harnett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Marta Belle Bright [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Furman Shaw Woodard, Rev. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gary married Inge Marianne Porath [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Samuel Earl , Sr. Slick [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rosemary Dillon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lynda Breckenridge. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joan married Russell Sherman Strayer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Katherine married Nicholas Noah Lumbreeze [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karen married Daniel , Jr. Esquinas [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Karen married Gary Lee Swisher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Yelom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bruce married Linda Sue Witkes [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Connie married Ronald Frank Shaffer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roberta married Walter Craig Wilson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jeannie Leslie [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Kathleen Brandon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Floyd married Angelica R. Worbanich [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An obituary of Sandra Sue Henesy states that she died from second and third degree burns on 75% of her body when her dress caught fire June 24. When her sixth birthday came, her parents gave the party in her hospital room. She still wast w , but improvement seemed to be rapid later. Her mother put the cake in the freezer - "for when she came home." Mrs. Henesy said Sandra's death was sudden An autopsy was held, but the results were not known Wednesday night. Sandra's parents a re not sure how her dress caught fire. The little girl told them about a "fire in a can," but they think she was playing with matches. The mishap occurred outside, behind a shed. She attended Sunday School at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Marjorie married Max Eugene Bixler [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Cheryl Anne Swanson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Terrence Raymond O'brien [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha Jane Cook. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Joan Marie Yoakam [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Kent Travis Amey [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Sowers was killed when the automobile in which they were riding went out of control on slippery pavement and struck two other vehicles in southern Knox County. Sowers, was pronounced dead at Knox Community Hospital East in Mt. Vernon.e deeived a BA in Journalism from The Ohio State University on Friday, June 11, 1982. He was a very promising young man with a great personality. He had graduated from Indian Lake High School where he was a valedictorian, a member of Nationa l Honor Society, member of the baseball team and active in the music department.

Springfield Daily News, April 2, 1977, p. 12
Boy, 8, Stuck By Truck, Dies of Injuries
Bellefontaine - Brian Miller, 8, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Miller of Bellefontaine, Route 2, died in Lima Memoria Hospital shortly before noon Friday as a result of injuries received when he was struck by a truck on April 11.
He and a playmate, Brenda Castle, 11, reportedly ran onto a county road to retrieve a ball and were struck by a truck driven by John A. Sower, 17, of Bellefontaine, Route 4. Castle was pronounced dead on arrival at Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellhly after the accident and Miller was transferred to Lima Memorial Hospital the same day and never regained consciousness.

Family/Spouse: James Joseph Howe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Belinda married Bradford Carl [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Charles Gardner [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Rebecca Marie Hall [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mona Hawley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Jody Morton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Timothy Glen Snyder [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Valerie married Bobby Gene Kelly [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Diana married Richard Fruean Ah Mu [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Debra Lee Simon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Cathy Dianne Davis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Patricia Ann (Demko) Herman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Star married Barry Lynn Defibaugh [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married Kevin James Kutz [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married William Arthur Lee [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married David William , Jr. Wagner [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Michelle married Bryan Thomson Child [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary for Charles G. "Chip" Graham, Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg. September 29, 1997.


Charles G. "Chip" Graham, 17, son of William and Cheryl Ann Swanson Graham, of 606 10th Dr., N.W.,New Philadelphia, died Friday evening, September 26, 1997, at Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh.

He was a senior at New Philadelphia High School, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, A-Team, Delphian Chorale and the Marching Quaker Band. He also was a member of the First United Methodist Church of New Philadelphi a and its teen choir.

He is also survived by a sister, Christie Graham, grandparents Hazel and Charles Swanson of Tappan Lake and Vera Crescio of New Philadelphia; aunt and uncles, Marjorie and Max Bixler of Bellefontaine and Aubrey and Betty Jo Gatewood of Frankling ton, La., and many great aunts and uncles.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mabel and Gorden Graham and Willena C. Swanson.

Services will begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the New Philadelphia High School gymnasium with the Revs. Dr. Jerry Paull, Don Perks, and Jonathan Butefa officiating. After the services a procession will follow the New Philadelphia Quaker Band to Eas t Street Cemetery for burial. The band parents will host a a reception after the committal at the First United Methodist Church Annex.

Visitation will be in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church today from 2-4 and from 6- p.m.

The Graham family requests memorials be made to the Chip Graham Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o New Philadelphia Quaker Foundation, 343 Ray Ave. N.W. New Philadelphia. The Linn Hert Geib Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Family/Spouse: Jennifer Hoback. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leigh Ann Ryan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

OBITUARY - dtg. December 29, 1988, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

JOHN AUSTIN SOWERS-DANIEL WAYNE SOWERS - John Austin and Daniel Wayne Sowers, twin sons of David and Joey Sowers of Delaware, were stillborn Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Grant Hospital in Columbus.
Survivors include their parents; two sisters, Courtney and Kelly; and a brother, Jay, all at home. Also surviving are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sowers of Bellefontaine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoakam of Delaware; Charles Yoakam of
Graveside services for the family will be held in Resurrection Cemetery in Westerville. The Rutherford-CorbinFuneral home in Worthington is in charge of arrangements.

Notes:

OBITUARY - dtg. December 29, 1988, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

JOHN AUSTIN SOWERS-DANIEL WAYNE SOWERS - John Austin and Daniel Wayne Sowers, twin sons of David and Joey Sowers of Delaware, were stillborn Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Grant Hospital in Columbus.
Survivors include their parents; two sisters, Courtney and Kelly; and a brother, Jay, all at home. Also surviving are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sowers of Bellefontaine and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoakam of Delaware; Charles Yoakam of
Graveside services for the family will be held in Resurrection Cemetery in Westerville. The Rutherford-CorbinFuneral home in Worthington is in charge of arrangements.

Notes:

Obituary, Bellefontaine Examiner, October 11, 1989
Faith Rose Amey was stillborn at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Oct
ober 10, in Mary Rutan Hospital. She was the daughter of Kent and Deborah Sowers Amey, who reside at 200 Green Street.
Other survivors include a sister, Rachel Joy, Amey, at home; paternal grandparents, Howard and Colleen Amey of Lakeview; maternal grandparents, John and Joyce Sowers of Bellefontaine; maternal great grandmother, Helen Moore of Bellefontaine;dreat-grandmother, Cloe Ream of Kenton.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date. Eicholtz Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association

Faith married Joseph Wayne Lewis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warren James III Williams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married John Wise [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]