of Boone County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
F. M. Stowell d. 1902
F. M. Stowell⚭ Zilpha McCreery
childrenLyle Stowell · Harold Stowell · Paul Stowell · Robert Stowell · Marian Stowell
Their story
What the record says
Furniture merchant.
Homesteaded near Miller, South Dakota, then in 1883 moved to Ida County, Iowa.
To Parkersburg, Butler County in 1892 where he ran a furniture store.
Came to Boone in July 1896 and organized F. M. Stowell & Company furniture business.
Member Masons, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, and Odd Fellows.
President of Boone Business Men's Association and of the Iowa State Association of Funeral Directors.
Married Zilpha McCreery on 26 March 1889 while residing in Ida County.
Died March 1902.
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