Bloomer Sowers ^{1 2}

  Death Notes:

Name: Bloomer Sowers
Death Date: 24 Apr 1917
Death Place: Lexington, Richland, Ohio
Birth Date: 05 Oct 1838
Estimated Birth Year:
Birthplace: Ohio
Death Age: 78 years 6 months 19 days
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race or Color: Caucasian
Occupation: Retired Merchant
Burial Date: 26 Apr 1917
Cemetery Name: Lexington
Father's Name: Moses Sowers
Father's Birthplace: Penn.
Mother's Name: Susan Bloomer
Mother's Birthplace: VT.
Film Number: 1984012
Digital Folder Number: 4021564
Image Number: 374
Certificate Number: fn 28665
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 137D, District 211, Dwelling 87, Family 99, Roll 1061
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Bloomer Sowers..Head..41..OH..Grain Dealer
(Living with wife and 3 children.)

2. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 139, Dwelling 24, Family 24
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Deleware Street; Home owned no mortgage
Married 31 years
Bloomer Sowers..Head..Oct 1837..62..OH
(Living with wife and 5 sons.)

NOTE - His birth date is believed to be 5 Oct 1838 instead of in Oct 1837. Therefore, his age should have been 61 instead of 62.

3. Cemetery: Lexington Cemetery, 26 April 1917, Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States.

Bloomer married Fannie Isabel Smurr, daughter of Jacob Smurr and Sophia Jane Fast, on 28 April 1869 in Nankin, Ashland, Ohio, United States.^{1 2} (Fannie Isabel Smurr was born on 8 March 1852 in Nankin, Ashland, Ohio, United States,^{1 2 3 4} died on 15 April 1934 in Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States and was buried on 17 April 1934 in Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 5 June 1880, Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 137D, District 211, Dwelling 87, Family 99, Roll 1061
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Bloomer Sowers..Head..41..OH..Grain Dealer
Fannie Sowers..Wife..28..OH..Keeping House
Arthur Sowers..Son..9..OH
Jennie Sowers..Dau..5..OH
Victor Sowers..Son..4m..OH..Jan

2. 1900 US Census, 1 June 1900, Lexington, Richland, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 139, Dwelling 24, Family 24
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Deleware Street; Home owned no mortgage
Married 31 years
Bloomer Sowers..Head..Oct 1837..62..OH
Fannie Sowers..Wife..Mar 1852..48..OH..6/6
Arthur Sowers..Son..Jun 1871..28..OH..Farm Laborer
Victor Sowers..Son..Jan 1880..20..OH..Grocery Clerk
Fred Sowers..Son..Jan 1886..14..OH..At School
George Sowers..Son..Nov 1893..6..OH
Charles Sowers..Son..Mar 1895..5..OH

  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Bloomer Sowers
Bride's Name: Fannie I. Smurr
Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1869
Marriage Place: Ashland, Ohio
Bride's Marital Status: Single
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00894-5
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 2079406
Reference Number: v 3 p 480 rn 523
Collection: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
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It is strange that the parents named two of their sons, George. The county birth record for the first George born in 1880 actually shows a given name of Charles which is also the name for the last son of the parents. That county record showing the name Charles may actually be a transcription error; it is not know for sure. The documents from his early years seem to show the name of Victor but documents later on show the name as G. Victor Sowers.
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