Person:Valentine Sowers (1)

Watchers
Valentine V. Sowers
m. 14 Mar 1850
  1. Israel George Sowers1851 - 1939
  2. Samuel SowersAbt 1853 -
  3. William Michael Sowers1859 - 1935
  4. Thomas W. SowersAbt 1862 -
  5. Joseph Sowers1866 - 1942
  6. Benjamin Franklin Sowers1866 - 1944
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Valentine V. Sowers
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 25 Oct 1824 Rowan County, North Carolina
Census[3] 1850 Jackson Twp, Fountain County, Indiana
Marriage 14 Mar 1850 Fountain County, Indiana(9 children)
to Mary Martha Myers
Census[4] 1870 Jackson Twp, Fountain County, Indiana
Census[5] 1880 Grove Twp, Jasper County, Illinois
Death[1][2] 11 Mar 1897 Jasper County, Illinois
Burial[1] Gila Lutheran Cemetery, Gila, Jasper County, Illinois

Fountain County, Indiana, 1850 census:[3]

Sowers, Valentine 24 yrs Farmer (real estate = $200) b. North Carolina
      Mary M. 21 yrs b. Indiana

Fountain County, Indiana, 1870 census:[4]

Sowers, Valentine 45 yrs Farmer (real estate = $700; personal estate = $300) b. North Carolina
      Mary M. 38 yrs Keeping house b. Ohio
      Israel 19 yrs Farm laborer b. Indiana
      Samuel 17 yrs At home b. Indiana
      Michael W. 10 yrs At home b. Indiana
      Thomas W. 8 yrs b. Indiana
      Benjamin 4 yrs b. Indiana
      Joseph 4 yrs b. Indiana
Campbell, Belle 19 yrs At home b. Indiana

Jasper County, Illinois, 1880 census:[5]

Sowers, V. V. 54 yrs [no occupation] b. North Carolina (parents, b. North Carolina)
      Mary M. 51 yrs Wife b. Indiana (parents, b. North Carolina/Kentucky)
      Thomas 18 yrs Son at home b. Indiana (parents, b. North Carolina/Indiana)
      Joseph 14 yrs Son b. Indiana (parents, b. North Carolina/Indiana)
      Benjamin 14 yrs Son b. Indiana (parents, b. North Carolina/Indiana)
      Michael 20 yrs [blank] Farmer b. Iowa (parents, b. North Carolina/Indiana)
      Martha 18 yrs Wife b. Indiana (parents, b. Indiana)
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 FamilyHart Database (Rootsweb) - wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi op GET db familyhart id I197283.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fountain, Indiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    p. 3B, dwelling/family 37/37.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fountain, Indiana, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    p. 52A, dwelling/family 51/49.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Jasper, Illinois, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 157, p. 242B, dwelling/family 117/121.