KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN 
COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.  PUBLISHED IN STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1909.

LEANDER M. SOWLE, 03 Sep 1838 - 06 Aug 1909

                    Leander M. Sowle
   Who departed this life at Angola, Ind., Aug. 6, 1909, was 
born in Evans Mills, Jefferson county, New York, Sept. 3, 
1838, and moved to Indiana at the age of 11 years, locating 
in Fremont, Steuben county, Ind.
   When eighteen years of age he removed to Angola and 
commenced clerking for George Emerson, who kept a dry goods 
store, and Mr. Sowle worked in Mr. Emerson's store ten years.
   Nov. 3, 1862, he married Zella Crockett.  During the war 
he clerked in a sutler's camp in the Cumberland mountains, 
and returning to Angola after the war he entered into the 
mercantile business with Lawrence Gates.  Later he went into 
the merchant tailoring business, where he established quite a 
large and prosperous business.  After sustaining heavy losses 
during a severe business panic, he clerked for Thomas Gillis 
for several years.  For a short period thereafter he went to 
Battle Creek, Mich., remaining two years and returning to 
Angola he entered into the painting and decorating business 
and continued in this line until a few months prior to his 
death.
   Mr. Sowle's demise was very sudden and unexpected even to 
members of his family, and was a severe blow to his many 
friends and acquaintances in Angola and elsewhere.  Mr. Sowle 
was a man who had many staunch friends, being a man of high 
ideals and fine character.  Always patient, and of a lovable 
disposition, he was beloved by all who knew him.  His home 
life was characteristic of the man.  His devotion to his 
family and friends was one of his manly, characteristic 
qualities.  He was unselfish and charitable to a marked 
degree, and he and his wife lived an ideal home life, being 
one of the most devoted of couples.  Mr. Sowle had a kind and 
cheerful word for everyone with whom he came in contact, and 
he was never so happy as when doing for others.  While not at 
the time of his death, affiliating with any denomination, he 
was a man who was a firm believer in all that was noble and 
good.
   He is survived by his wife, Lazella Sowle, his sons, Roy 
O. Sowle, of Dayton, Ohio, Guy D. Sowle, of Clovis, New 
Mexico, and daughter, Mrs. Lillian Bartlett, of Detroit, and 
his sisters, Mrs. Sarah Burdick, of Fort Wayne, and Mrs. 
Julia Kane, of Hillsdale.  There were born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Sowle five children, two of whom Leila and Ray having 
preceded their father to the great beyond.  Ray Sowle, who 
died Jan 22, 1900, will be remembered by his many friends and 
acquaintance(s), by whom he was loved and respected.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Leander M. Sowle, 03 Sep 1838 - 06 Aug 1909, on 3 Nov 1862 
(23 Nov per license) married Lazella/Zella (Crockett) Sowle, 
1845 - 1930.  They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, 
Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.  Leander was the son of Adam 
W. A. Sowle, 20 Jan 1806 - 18 Oct 1877, and Experience 
(Whaley) Sowle, 16 May 1809 - 06 Jan 1899.  They are buried 
at Circle Hill Cemetery.  Leander was the grandson of Joseph 
Sowle, 30 Apr 1785 - 01 Apr 1862 (30 Apr 1875 per 
familysearch), and Rachel (Allen) Sowle, 1790 - 15 Feb 1851.  
They are buried at Sowle Cemetery.  Lazella was the daughter 
of Oliver Asa Crockett, 04 Mar 1818 - 15 Mar 1904, and his 
1st wife, Laura M. Scoville, 1825 - 1867.   Oliver and Laura 
are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.

CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE OF LEANDER AND LAZELLA:
   Leila M. Sowle, 20 Dec 1863 - 29 Jul 1864, buried at 
Circle Hill Cemetery.
   Roy O. Sowle, no dates.
   Lillian M. (Sowle) Bartlett, 1869 - 1933, married Judge C. 
L. Bartlett, no dates.  Lillian is buried at Circle Hill 
Cemetery.  Judge Bartlett's burial place unknown.
   Guy D. Sowle, 1872, no date of death, On 22 Dec 1895, 
married Nellie (Carpenter) Sowle, no further information.
   Ray T. Sowle, 1875, 22 Jan 1900, buried at Circle Hill 
Cemwetery.
   A son, Claude Sowle, is listed as 2 years of age on the 
1880 United States Census.

SIBLINGS:
   Leander was one of 11 children.  Those listed as living in 
the "History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," are:
   Orin/Orrin (09 Dec 1834 - 22 Nov 1886, burial place 
unknown)
   Dwight Sowle,
   Julia (Sowle) Kane (listed in obit)
   Sarah A. (Sowle) Burdick (listed in obit)

"Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837-1899"
"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885," pages 690, 691, 
biography of father, A. W. A. Sowle; pages 691, 692, 
biography of uncle, Francis Sowle; page 654, biography of 
uncle, Abel Sowle, page 676, biography of uncle, Christian 
Fast; page 652, biography of uncle, Walter Ingersoll, pages 
655, 656, biography of uncle, Loton Wells.
Steuben Republican, 23 Mar 1904, page 1, columns 5,6, 
obituary of father-in-law, Oliver Asa Crockett.
Steuben Republican, 28 Jun 1893, "City of the Dead", Adam W. 
A. Sowle.
Steuben Republican, 15 Nov 1893, "City of the Dead", Rachel 
Sowle.
Steuben Republican, 18Aug 1909, "Old Settlers" death list, 
Leander M. Sowle.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, page 103; Vol. 2, pages 1717, 1718.
www.familysearch.org:
   Individual Record for Lazella (Zella) Crockett, Leandere 
M. Soule (their spelling),Experience Whaley, Adam W. A. Soule 
(their spelling).
   Family Group Record for Joseph Soule (their spelling).
   1880 United States Census, Lee M. Sowle, Angola, Steuben 
County, Indiana, Family History Library Film #1254312, NA 
Film #T9-0312, page #331C.
   1880 United States Census, Adam W. A. Sowle, Angola, 
Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film 
#1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #331D.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net