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Fred John Sowers

Male 1892 - 1980  (88 years)


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

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

    Family Florence Mabel Tilton,   b. 28 Jul 1891, Casstown, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1972, Bellefontaine, Ohio -Latham Care Center Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 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 
    • 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 
    1. [S448] GEDCOM file imported on 29 Mar 2003.


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