Suzanne Lucinda Sowers

Brief Life History of Suzanne Lucinda

When Suzanne Lucinda Sowers was born on 13 December 1841, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, her father, Matthias Samuel Sowers Sr., was 36 and her mother, Susannah A. Long, was 33. She married Matthias Samuel Shoaf on 10 February 1859, in Fountain, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Junction Township, Osage, Kansas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 7 August 1927, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Globe, Douglas, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Matthias Samuel Shoaf
1839–1904
Suzanne Lucinda Sowers
1841–1927
Marriage: 10 February 1859
William Andrew Shoaf
1860–1942
John Henderson Shoaf
1861–1930
George Washington Shoaf
1863–1937
Sarah Catherine Shoaf
1865–1951
James Elwood Shoaf
1868–1939
Susan Elizabeth Shoaf
1870–1872
Thomas Eldorus Shoaf
1874–1951
Bertha Ann Shoaf
1876–1906
Charles Emmons Shoaf
1879–1953
Maggie Verlina Shoaf
1883–1972
Minnie Augusta Shoaf
1889–1963

Sources (9)

  • Susan Shaaf, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Susanna L Sowers, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • Susannah Lucinda Sowers Shoaf, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1854

Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Sauers , a surname of German origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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