1868 - 1957 (88 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Louise Tyree was born on 29 Jun 1868 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 5 Jun 1957 in Gibson County, Indiana. Notes:
Charles Sterling Owens shows differing parents, in error, for Louise Tyree. He instead shows her as the daughter of William R. Tyree and Rhonda Ann Henderson.
However, according to Paul Williams, The Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana death record for Louisa Tyree Sowder (Bk H48, Pg 121) shows her father as William Tyree and her mother as Ellen Forgy. Paul Williams also supplied the following copy of Louise's obituary:
Name: Princeton Daily Democrat
Repository: Princeton Public Library - Genealogy
130 S. Hart Street Princeton, IN - 47670 (812) 385-4464
Detail:Micro film year 1967
Date:Thursday, June 6, 1967
Notes:Possible discrepancy year of birth
Note: Obit mentions stepbrothers BUT does not mention stepsister Caroline Coomer
Actual text: Mrs. Lelu Sowder, 88, died at 3:15 P.M. Wednesday at the home of a daughter Mrs. Fannie Wallace of Princeton. She had been ill for the past 3 months. Other survivors include 2 sons, Thomas of Princeton and Samuel J. of Indianapolis, 3 other daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth McLemore of Oakland City, Mrs. Pearl Cox and Mrs. Thelma Lemmons both of Princeton; a sister Mrs. Amanda McLemore of Princeton; 2 step- bothers, Jesse and William Tyree of Princeton 22 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 P.M. Saturday in the Wright & Kendall Funeral Home by the Rev. Allan Vine. Burial will be in the Maple Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 P.M. Thursday.
Louise married Jahilo H. "Jay" Sowder on 8 Sep 1887 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Jahilo was born on 8 Feb 1869 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 18 May 1936 in Gibson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Viola Sowder was born on 19 Dec 1889 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 2 May 1890 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
- 3. William Thomas Sowder was born on 17 Mar 1891 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and died.
- 4. Nannie B. Sowder was born on 20 Aug 1893 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 14 May 1938 in Gibson County, Indiana.
- 5. James M. Sowder was born in Feb 1895 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and died.
- 6. Elizabeth Ellen "Lissie" Sowder was born in Jun 1898 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died about 1971 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
- 7. Fannie Ray Sowder was born on 26 Mar 1900 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and died.
- 8. Charles H. Sowder was born about 1903 in Kentucky; and died.
- 9. Pearl Sowder was born about 1905 in Kentucky; and died.
- 10. Samuel Jay Sowder was born on 7 May 1907 in Kentucky; and died.
- 11. Lucy Sowder was born about 1913 in Kentucky; and died.
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Generation: 2
2. | Viola Sowder (1.Louise1) was born on 19 Dec 1889 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 2 May 1890 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. |
3. | William Thomas Sowder (1.Louise1) was born on 17 Mar 1891 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and died. Notes:
Charles Sterling Owens shows that William married Edna TUTTLE, and that he died in April, 1970.
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4. | Nannie B. Sowder (1.Louise1) was born on 20 Aug 1893 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died on 14 May 1938 in Gibson County, Indiana. Notes:
(Research):Census Listings:
1920 Census
Indiana, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp
February 1920
SD 77 ED 13 Sheet 7B
163-163
Ahlemann, Alva Hd M W 25 M Ind Germany/German Indiana Labor
er Farm
Ahlemann, Nannie Wf F W 25 M Ky Ky Ky
Nannie married John Alva Ahlemann on 20 Aug 1919 in Gibson County, Indiana. John was born between 1893 and 1895 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | James M. Sowder (1.Louise1) was born in Feb 1895 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; and died. Notes:
Charles Sterling Owens shows that he married Aline CROUCH.
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6. | Elizabeth Ellen "Lissie" Sowder (1.Louise1) was born in Jun 1898 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky; died about 1971 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. Elizabeth married James Logan McLemore before 1917. James (son of William F. McLemore and Amanda "Manda" "Mandy" Jane Tyree) was born on 10 Mar 1894 in Kentucky; died on 7 Mar 1979 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Alvin S. McLemore was born on 17 Mar 1919 in Indiana; died about 1938; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana.
- 13. Living
- 14. Living
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10. | Samuel Jay Sowder (1.Louise1) was born on 7 May 1907 in Kentucky; and died. Notes:
Charles Sterling Owens shows that he married Ruthanna ALLETT around 1935 in Louisville, Kentucky, and that he died in March 1988.
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Generation: 3
12. | Alvin S. McLemore (6.Elizabeth2, 1.Louise1) was born on 17 Mar 1919 in Indiana; died about 1938; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana. |
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