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Moses Sowers
(Abt 1808-)
Susan Bloomer
(Abt 1813-)
Jacob Smurr
(1827-1889)
Sophia Jane Fast
(1830-1910)
Bloomer Sowers
(1838-1917)
Fannie Isabel Smurr
(1852-1934)
Arthur Justin Sowers
(1871-1939)

 

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Arthur Justin Sowers 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 28 June 1871, Lexington, OH 1 3 5
  • Died: 18 March 1939, Lexington, OH at age 67 5
  • Buried: 20 March 1939, Lexington, OH 5

bullet   Cause of his death was Automobile accident.

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bullet  Birth Notes:


Name: Justin A. Sowers
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1871
Birthplace: Lexington, Richland, Ohio
Race: White
Father's Name: Bloomer Sowers
Mother's Name: Fannie Smurr
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04033-9
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 541348
Reference Number: v 1 p 379
Collection: Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: Arthur Justin Sowers
Death Date: 18 Mar 1939
Death Place: Lexington Village, Richland, Co, Ohio
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1871
Birthplace: Lexington, Richland Co., Ohio
Death Age: 67 years 8 months 21 days
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race or Color: Caucasian
Occupation: Laborer
Residence: Lexington, O.
Burial Date: 20 Mar 1939
Burial Place: Lexington, Ohio
Father's Name: Bloom Sowers
Father's Birthplace: Lexington, Ohio
Mother's Name: Fannie Sm... Sowers
Mother's Birthplace: Nankin, Ohio
Film Number: 2023710
Digital Folder Number: 4026402
Image Number: 2058
Certificate Number: fn 19870
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lexington, OH on 5 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 137D, District 211, Dwelling 87, Family 99, Roll 1061
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Arthur Sowers..Son..9..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 28 Jun 1871, then his age should have been 8 instead of 9.
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Lexington, OH on 1 June 1900. 3

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 139, Dwelling 24, Family 24
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Deleware Street; Home owned no mortgage
Arthur Sowers..Son..Jun 1871..28..OH..Farm Laborer
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lexington, OH on 1920. 4

1920 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 226, Dwelling 137, Family 147, Roll 1430
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Delaware Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Arthur J. Sowers..Son..46..OH..Laborer, Farm
(Living with widowed mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 28 Jun 1871, then his age should have been 48 instead of 46.
.

• He was buried on 20 March 1939 in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, OH.


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Sources


1 George F. Sowers, World Family Tree Vol. 003, Ed. 1, Tree #5643 (Brøderbund Software, Inc., Release date: February 9, 1996).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 211, p. 137D, dwelling 87, family 99, Bloomer Sowers and Fannie Isabel Smurr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 18 Jan 2019); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1061.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 139, sheet 1B, dwelling 24, family 24, Bloomer Sowers and Fannie Isabel Smurr; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 8 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Lexington, Richland County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 226, sheet 13A, dwelling 137, family 147, Fannie Isabel Smurr; index and images (accessed 29 Mar 2018); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1430.

5 Ohio Department of Health, death certificate 19870 (18 March 1939, Richland County), Arthur Justin Sowers; digital image, FamilySearch.org, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1307272 : accessed 8 Jul 2010).


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