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]

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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.