Fannie Isabel Smurr ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Death Notes:

Name: Fannie Isabell Smurr-Sowers
Death Date: 16 Apr 1934
Death Place: Lexington, Richland, Ohio
Birth Date: 08 Mar 1852
Estimated Birth Year:
Birthplace: Orange, Ohio
Death Age: 82 years 1 month 7 days
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Race or Color: Caucasian
Occupation: House-Keeper
Burial Date: 17 Apr 1934
Burial Place: Lexington
Spouse's Name: Bloomer Sowers
Father's Name: Jacob Smurr
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Sophina Jane Fast
Mother's Birthplace: Ashland County, Ohio
Film Number: 1992994
Digital Folder Number: 4001898
Image Number: 2877
Certificate Number: fn 26408
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 21 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 114-115, Roll 930, Dwelling 902, Family 878
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Fanny Smurr..8..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• She 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
Fannie Sowers..Wife..28..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
.

• She 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
Married 31 years
Fannie Sowers..Wife..Mar 1852..48..OH..6/6
(Living with husband and 5 sons.)
.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Lexington, OH on 1920. ⁵

1920 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 226, Dwelling 137, Family 147, Roll 1430
Lexington, Richland County, Ohio
Delaware Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Fannie I. Sowers..Head..67..Widowed..OH
Arthur J. Sowers..Son..46..OH..Laborer, Farm
Charles W. Sowers..Son..24..OH..Bookkeeper, Shop

(Fannie was widowed and living with 2 sons.)
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• She was buried on 17 April 1934 in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, OH.

Fannie married Bloomer Sowers, son of Moses Sowers and Susan Bloomer, on 28 April 1869 in Nankin, OH.^{1 2 3} (Bloomer Sowers was born on 5 October 1838 in Lexington, OH,^{1 2} died on 17 April 1917 in Lexington, OH ¹ and was buried on 26 April 1917 in Lexington, OH.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They 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
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
.

• They 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
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
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  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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