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Surnames: COWAN, FLORY, HOLLARS, MITCHELL, OWEN, SHERRARD, WORKMAN
Classification: Obituary
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, March 24, 1938,Volume
LXII, Number 21, Page 8, Column 4, “DEATH’S HARVEST. Mrs. Ella Owen Dies After Long
Illness.” [Transcribed January 21, 2004 from microfilm of the original newspaper on file
in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library.]
Mrs. Ella OWEN, wife a J. A. (Dock) OWEN, died this morning at 10 o’clock at their home
near New Tulip following a long illness. Mrs. OWEN, was born May 16, 1861, the daughter
of Ephraim COWAN and Eliza (TUTTLE) COWAN.
Survivors are the husband, Mrs. Jewie MITCHELL and Mrs. Laura HOLLARS, daughters; two
granddaughters, Mrs. Olive SHERRARD and Mrs. Madge FLORY. One daughter, Mrs. Ada WORKMAN,
preceded her mother in death.
Funeral services will be held at Union Valley Church in Highland Township Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery at Bloomfield.
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NOTES—RLJ: 1880 US CENSUS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Highland Township, 24A, 1 Jun 1880,
Dwelling 24, Family 26, Lines 36—39: COWAN, Eliza (w, f, 54, Widow, Keeping house, KY, GA,
KY), Anna (w, f, 23, dau, at home, IN, VA, KY), Ellen (w, f, 19, dau, at home, IN, VA,
KY), Sarah (w, f, 12, dau, at home, IN, VA, KY).
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Link to the Obituary of her mother, Eliza (TUTTLE) COWAN [1825IN—1904IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of her daughter, Ada (OWEN) WORKMAN [1883IN—1906IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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