John Lloyd Stowell (7-95 from 6-33), a farmer, born January 1, 1857, near Ft. Recovery, O., married August 11, 188, at Bear Creek, Jay County, Ind., Mary J. Adams, daughter of Thomas G. and Rachel (La Mer) Adams, and who was born July 30, 1867, in Madison Township, Jay County, Ind. They are living, May 1890, at Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas. Their first child was born at Bear Creek, the others in Comanche County, Kansas, as follows:

8-230: Alpheus E. Stowell, born March 23, 1884.
8-231: Earnest Earle Stowell, born March 21, 1886.
8-232: Bertha May Stowell, born May 5, 1888.

This biography is from A Contribution Toward a Genealogy of All Torreys in America: Being Genealogical Notes Showing The Paternal Line of Descent from William Torrey, of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset County, England, A.D. 1567 (?), to Abner Torrey, of Weymoth, Massachusetts With All Descendants of Abner Torrey, by Dolphus Torrey, page 70, published 1890, Detroit: John F. Eby & Co., Printers.

In the original book, Wilmore was incorrectly spelled "Willmore".

This entry is online at books.google.com: http://books.google.com/books?id=rSwfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA70&dq=Willmore+%2BKansas&as_brr=1&output=html.

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