On 6 Oct 2005 at 10:47, Frank Myers wrote:
Marilyn,
My suggestion is that you go first to Morrisson-Reeves
Library in Richmond (just east of the courthouse). There
you can get a list of SOWER burials in Zion Lutheran
Cemetery, East Germantown as well as all other cemeteries
in
the county. You can use the list to check off the grave
sites as you find them. Talk to Marilyn Nobbe at the
library.
Also at the library, you will find a list of Wayne County
marriages from earliest times to the early 1920s as well
as
Wayne County histories that will almost certainly mention
the Sower(s) family.
I have a few Sowers that married into families of my
direct
line. If you connect with Henry C. Sowers (1839-1918),
Henry E. Sowers (1804-1860), Salome Sowers (1796-1864) or
Susan Lavina Sowers (1848-1904), let me know and we'll
compare genealogies.
Good luck in your search!
Frank L. Myers
Additionally, be sure to check all possible spellings...
My wife's g-grandparents (actually quite a few of her
family) are buried there and they spelled it Sauter. I have
also seen Sowder, Souder and Sower and a couple of others I
can't recall right now.
My wife's g-grandmother was Rachal Frederica Sauter who
was married to George Washington Briar Sr. His father BTW
spelled his name Brier.
We have Rachal's father as Frederic Sauter married to an
Erika Pierson, both said to be from Bavaria.
Rachel Sauters came to America with her parents, 3
brothers and 2 sisters.
--
"farmer"
Hewick Midwest
The master in the art of living makes little distinction
between his
work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and
his body,
his information and his recreation, his love and his
religion. He
hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision
of
excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide
whether he
is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.
~ James A. Michener, attributed
Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
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