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"Death of Mrs. A. J. Sowell.
Center Point, Texas, June 19. – Died at Del Rio, Texas, on June 16, 1902, Mary Lillian, wife of A. J. Sowell and daughter of Captain F. G. and Sarah A. Tinsley. She was born in Gonzales county in 1856. Her grandfather, Dr. John T. Tinsley, was one of the colonist under Green De Witt, who settled his colony at the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers, the present site of the town of Gonzales. Dr. Tinsley was in the fight with the Mexicans in 1835 near Gonzales when a force came there to take the historic little cannon. In 1836, when Santa Anna was overrunning Texas Dr. Tinsley was active in procuring supplies and ammunition for the Texas army, and during the short stay of General Houston at Gonzales before the memorable flight of the Texans on the receipt of the news of the fall of the Alamo the Tinsley house was his headquarters. Mrs. Sowell was a grandniece of Isaac Tinsley, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The fatal illness of deceased was consumption. Two daughters had succumbed to the dread ravages of the human race prior to her demise. At her request she was carried to Uvalde and placed beside a beloved daughter who died at that place two months before while on the way out to Del Rio, whither Mr. Sowell had started with his beloved ones in hopes that the change would be beneficial."
- Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), Saturday, 21 June 1902, p. 5.
Obituary provided by FAG Member Oscar #47009592∼
Mary Lillian Tinsley married Andrew J. Sewell on December 15, 1872 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
"Death of Mrs. A. J. Sowell.
Center Point, Texas, June 19. – Died at Del Rio, Texas, on June 16, 1902, Mary Lillian, wife of A. J. Sowell and daughter of Captain F. G. and Sarah A. Tinsley. She was born in Gonzales county in 1856. Her grandfather, Dr. John T. Tinsley, was one of the colonist under Green De Witt, who settled his colony at the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers, the present site of the town of Gonzales. Dr. Tinsley was in the fight with the Mexicans in 1835 near Gonzales when a force came there to take the historic little cannon. In 1836, when Santa Anna was overrunning Texas Dr. Tinsley was active in procuring supplies and ammunition for the Texas army, and during the short stay of General Houston at Gonzales before the memorable flight of the Texans on the receipt of the news of the fall of the Alamo the Tinsley house was his headquarters. Mrs. Sowell was a grandniece of Isaac Tinsley, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The fatal illness of deceased was consumption. Two daughters had succumbed to the dread ravages of the human race prior to her demise. At her request she was carried to Uvalde and placed beside a beloved daughter who died at that place two months before while on the way out to Del Rio, whither Mr. Sowell had started with his beloved ones in hopes that the change would be beneficial."
- Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), Saturday, 21 June 1902, p. 5.
Obituary provided by FAG Member Oscar #47009592∼
Mary Lillian Tinsley married Andrew J. Sewell on December 15, 1872 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
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"Death of Mrs. A. J. Sowell.
Center Point, Texas, June 19. – Died at Del Rio, Texas, on June 16, 1902, Mary Lillian, wife of A. J. Sowell and daughter of Captain F. G. and Sarah A. Tinsley. She was born in Gonzales county in 1856. Her grandfather, Dr. John T. Tinsley, was one of the colonist under Green De Witt, who settled his colony at the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers, the present site of the town of Gonzales. Dr. Tinsley was in the fight with the Mexicans in 1835 near Gonzales when a force came there to take the historic little cannon. In 1836, when Santa Anna was overrunning Texas Dr. Tinsley was active in procuring supplies and ammunition for the Texas army, and during the short stay of General Houston at Gonzales before the memorable flight of the Texans on the receipt of the news of the fall of the Alamo the Tinsley house was his headquarters. Mrs. Sowell was a grandniece of Isaac Tinsley, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The fatal illness of deceased was consumption. Two daughters had succumbed to the dread ravages of the human race prior to her demise. At her request she was carried to Uvalde and placed beside a beloved daughter who died at that place two months before while on the way out to Del Rio, whither Mr. Sowell had started with his beloved ones in hopes that the change would be beneficial."
- Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), Saturday, 21 June 1902, p. 5.
Obituary provided by FAG Member Oscar #47009592∼
Mary Lillian Tinsley married Andrew J. Sewell on December 15, 1872 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
"Death of Mrs. A. J. Sowell.
Center Point, Texas, June 19. – Died at Del Rio, Texas, on June 16, 1902, Mary Lillian, wife of A. J. Sowell and daughter of Captain F. G. and Sarah A. Tinsley. She was born in Gonzales county in 1856. Her grandfather, Dr. John T. Tinsley, was one of the colonist under Green De Witt, who settled his colony at the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers, the present site of the town of Gonzales. Dr. Tinsley was in the fight with the Mexicans in 1835 near Gonzales when a force came there to take the historic little cannon. In 1836, when Santa Anna was overrunning Texas Dr. Tinsley was active in procuring supplies and ammunition for the Texas army, and during the short stay of General Houston at Gonzales before the memorable flight of the Texans on the receipt of the news of the fall of the Alamo the Tinsley house was his headquarters. Mrs. Sowell was a grandniece of Isaac Tinsley, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The fatal illness of deceased was consumption. Two daughters had succumbed to the dread ravages of the human race prior to her demise. At her request she was carried to Uvalde and placed beside a beloved daughter who died at that place two months before while on the way out to Del Rio, whither Mr. Sowell had started with his beloved ones in hopes that the change would be beneficial."
- Houston Daily Post (Houston, TX), Saturday, 21 June 1902, p. 5.
Obituary provided by FAG Member Oscar #47009592∼
Mary Lillian Tinsley married Andrew J. Sewell on December 15, 1872 in Guadalupe County, Texas.
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