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Kansas Family Group Sheet for Samuel P. SOWERS Family
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Submitted by: John M. Sowers
Email address: sowgenealogy@sunflower.com
Husband: Samuel P. SOWERS
Birthdate: 2 Mar 1817
Birthplace: Montgomery Co., VA
Death date: Sep 1904
Place of death: Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS
Father: John SOWERS
Mother: Sarah PHARES
Marriage date: 3 Feb 1895
Marriage place: Floyd Co., VA
Wife: Elizabeth BOWMAN
Birthdate: 8 May 1819
Birthplace: Botetourt Co., VA
Death date: 27 Feb 1895
Place of death: Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS
Father: Christian BOWMAN
Mother: Hannah RHINEHARDT
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Mary Madiline SOWERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 Feb 1842
Birthplace: VA
Death date: 26 Jul 1923
Place of death: Fruitland, Payette Co., ID
Marriage date: 27 Feb 1865
Marriage place: Lyon Co., KS
Spouse's name: Story Low Sargent
Child No. 2: Calysta SOWERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Oct 1845
Birthplace: VA
Death date: 17 Aug 1865
Place of death: Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:
Child No. 3: Sarah SOWERS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 9 Dec 1848
Birthplace: VA
Death date: unknown
Place of death:
Marriage date: 14 Apr 1878
Marriage place: Lyon Co., KS
Spouse's name: Samuel REDMOND
Child No. 4: Pleasant Enoch SOWERS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Jul 1852
Birthplace: Pulaski Co., VA
Death date: 8 Feb 1898
Place of death: Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS
Marriage date: 5 Feb 1889
Marriage place: Floyd Co., VA
Spouse's name: Nancy Isael SOWERS
Child No. 5: Hannah Isabel SOWERS
Sex:
Birthdate: 28 Aug 1857
Birthplace: Pulaski Co., VA
Death date: 21 Jul 1951
Place of death: Emporia, Lyon Co., KS
Marriage date: 12 May 1878
Marriage place: Americus Twp., Lyon Co., KS
Spouse's name: Elijah Brown GRANT
Documentation: Samuel brought his family to Kansas in 1860 to avoid the conflict
between the North and the South. He settle on ground in northern Americus
Twp., Lyon Co., KS.
SOURCES:
Sowers family bible, Idaho death certificate, obits from the Emporia Gazette,
headstones in the Dunlap Cemetery, obit in the Independent Emterprise, Pahette,
ID. Calysta Sowers was buried on the Samuel Sowers home place and was
marked by a headstone in the pasture on the west side of the property.
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