I was just going through some old mail and read your message below. Irma did not die in 1914 per the 1930 census. Thought you might want this information. 1930 Census Tomah City ED 36, Monroe Co, Wisconsin (image 18) 1221-761-272 SOWLES, Harvey, head, male, white, age 84, widow, born Vermont Ethel, daughter, female, white, age 48, single, born Wisconsin Forrest, son, male, white, age 30, single, born Wisconsin MANLEY, Cecil, son in law, male, white, age 42, married, born Iowa MANLEY, Irma, daughter, female, white,age 44, born Wisconsin Diana Heser Morse ----- Original Message ----- From: <kitnkaboodle@prexar.com> To: <WIMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:59 AM Subject: [WIMONROE ] Re: SOWLE - MAYFLOWER - VERMONT - TOMAH - WISCONSIN This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SOWLE MACOMBER MANLEY CURTIS COLSON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/744.1 Message Board Post: I was asked the following question after my initial posting. "Which MANLEY family in Monroe Co. is linked to this group?" To which I replied: Irma Agnes SOWLE (daughter of Harvey M. and Edna King Smith Sowle) born abt.1886, m. Cecil MANLEY abt. 1914. Irma died abt. 1914. Irma Agnes was one of fourteen children from this marriage. Brothers and sisters include Claude Raymond, Harold Burdette, Ethel Claire, Edith May, John Cleveland, Hiram Wesson, Lucie Edna, Ernest Kyle, Albert Winifred, Harriet Marguerite, Forest Smith, Florence Fern and Cecil Carl. Harvey M. SOWLE was born Feb. 11, 1846 in Dorset, Vermont, died 1931 in Tomah, married in 1869 in Tomah to Luella M. JACKSON, and in 1878 in Tomah to Edna King SMITH. Harvey M. Sowle was the son of Hiram A. and Harriet E. (COLSON) SOWLE. Hiram A. Sowle was the son of Wesson and Elizabeth (CURTIS) SOWLE. Wesson SOWLE was the son of James and Patience (MACOMBER) SOWLE. Most of the above information is taken from the MONROE COUNTY (Wisconsin) HERITAGE BOOK. I have no further information about Cecil MANLEY. If you connect to this line through Cecil MANLEY, I would like to share information. James and Patience (Macomber) SOWLE are both descended from signers of the Mayflower Compact. James Sowle's line of descent is documented in "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Three, George Soule" which I own a copy of. Additionally, James SOWLE fought in the Revolutionary War. I have obtained his service documentation from the National Archives. ______________________________