OBIT:
Last Wednesday morning at about three o'clock, at his home in Loleta, Judge D. H. Sowash passed to his final rest after an extended illness.
Judge Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1834. Some fifty-six yeas ago, he was married to Keziah Crosscut and of that union, one son was born who died in childhood. He came to Humboldt County in 1860 settling in Arcata, later going to Loleta, where he had been a resident for 20 years
He had served as Justice of the Peace of Loleta Township for 18 years and was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Judge Sowash, while not occupied with judicial duties, conducted a harness shop. He was an active member of the IOOF Lodge of Loleta, and had gone through the chairs and also served as deputy grand master to District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church.
Besides a widow, he leaves a deputy grand master of District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church. Besides a widow, he leaves a sister, Mrs. A. Leuffer, of San Francisco, who was with him at the time of his passing; one brother, Jacob Sowash of Eureka, and two foster children, Oscar Rodgers of Loleta, and Mrs. Minnie Campbell of Portland.
Judge Sowash had a host of friends in Ferndale, as well as in other parts of the county, and the news of his death is received with sincere sorrow.
Ferndale Enterprise, February 15, 1918
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History of Humboldt Co., CA 1915:
D. H. SOWASH.—The success that has come to D. H. Sowash in his life battle has been due entirely to his own efforts. He was thrown on the world when he was a child of only eleven years, and secured his education by working for his room and board while attending school. He was a talented boy and very earnest and industrious and by the time he was twenty-one years of age he had saved $500 with which to make his start in business. Later, when he had reached a state of affluence, he became interested in the oil industry and through unfortunate operations lost all his savings, and was again obliged to start at the bottom, seeking for this purpose the same town and the identical building that had been the scene of his first business venture.
His first money was made by trading horses, he having for this line the fabled gift of a "David Harum," and it was thus that he accumulated most of his first $500. He has been in the harness business for much of his lifetime, that being the line of his first undertaking, and the one to which he has always returned. He has a prosperous shop in Loleta, where he deals in harness, whips, robes, and all horse goods, and in the manufacture of harness, running in connection a boot and shoe repair shop. He is also justice of the peace, having served in this capacity now for sixteen years, and giving such satisfaction that at the last primary election he received the nomination without opposition.
Mr. Sowash is the son of Joseph Sowash, a pioneer and frontiersman of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he keeping always just a little ahead of the march of civilization. He cleared two or three farms in western Pennsylvania, and then sold them to move further west, repeating the same process in Ohio. He was married in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Jane Ann Armstrong, a native of that county, and descended from a very long-lived family, her mother living to be one hundred three years old. Some time after his marriage Mr. Sowash went to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and where his wife died when the subject of this article was eleven years of age. Later the father married again, the second wife being a widow from Kentucky, and there they established their home, where the father died twenty-eight years later, at the age of eighty-four. There were nine children in the family, three daughters and six sons, and these were left to shift for themselves after the death of their mother.
D. H. Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pa., July 9, 1834, and was some five or six years of age when the family removed to Ohio. He grew to manhood in Scioto County, and went up into Pike County when he was nineteen, remaining there for a year. When he was a child of nine years he met with an accident which cost him his right leg, and this hampered him seriously in his efforts to secure an education, although he met with a marked degree of success. When he was twenty-one he returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in business in Westmoreland county. Investing his $500 in a stock of goods and employing an expert harness-maker, he opened a harness shop and there himself learned the trade. He was married in Westmoreland County December 2, 1861, to Miss Keziah M. Grosscup, a native of that county, and after four years he disposed of his business there and went into Venango county, Pa., where he worked in the old fields, first as shipping-master, later as pumper, and then as machinist in charge of the machinery.
After four years spent thus he began operating independently and soon lost everything that he had saved. He then returned to Westmoreland County and began again at the bottom, opening a harness shop in the same building that he had occupied many years before, at Murraysville. Later another oil boom struck Armstrong County, Pa., and he moved with his family into that part of the state, settling at Parker City. Here they met with a sad accident through the loss of their only child by fire, and after a year they returned to Westmoreland County and reengaged in the harness business there, meeting with his customary success in this line, which he has followed continuously since.
Later he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he followed the same line at Toronto, remaining for ten years, at the end of which time he came to California, locating first in Arcata, and later removing to Loleta, where he now makes his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowash became the parents of two children, the son whose death was due to the accident by fire being William H., then aged seven years, and another son who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Minnie, the wife of Henry Ott, a harness-maker of Ferndale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sowash are very popular in Loleta, where they have lived since 1895, and also in Arcata where they made their home from 1886 to the time of their coming to Loleta. They are both members of the Congregational Church in Loleta, and take an active and influential part in its affairs.
Mr. Sowash is a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of business managers, while Mrs. Sowash is the superintendent of the Sunday School and also president of the Ladies' Aid Society and one of its most earnest and, enthusiastic workers. Mr. Sowash is also a very prominent member of the Odd Fellows, having united with that organization in 1860, and has been through all the chairs, and also served one term as deputy grand master of District 102, of Humboldt County, Cal.
Last Wednesday morning at about three o'clock, at his home in Loleta, Judge D. H. Sowash passed to his final rest after an extended illness.
Judge Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1834. Some fifty-six yeas ago, he was married to Keziah Crosscut and of that union, one son was born who died in childhood. He came to Humboldt County in 1860 settling in Arcata, later going to Loleta, where he had been a resident for 20 years
He had served as Justice of the Peace of Loleta Township for 18 years and was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Judge Sowash, while not occupied with judicial duties, conducted a harness shop. He was an active member of the IOOF Lodge of Loleta, and had gone through the chairs and also served as deputy grand master to District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church.
Besides a widow, he leaves a deputy grand master of District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church. Besides a widow, he leaves a sister, Mrs. A. Leuffer, of San Francisco, who was with him at the time of his passing; one brother, Jacob Sowash of Eureka, and two foster children, Oscar Rodgers of Loleta, and Mrs. Minnie Campbell of Portland.
Judge Sowash had a host of friends in Ferndale, as well as in other parts of the county, and the news of his death is received with sincere sorrow.
Ferndale Enterprise, February 15, 1918
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History of Humboldt Co., CA 1915:
D. H. SOWASH.—The success that has come to D. H. Sowash in his life battle has been due entirely to his own efforts. He was thrown on the world when he was a child of only eleven years, and secured his education by working for his room and board while attending school. He was a talented boy and very earnest and industrious and by the time he was twenty-one years of age he had saved $500 with which to make his start in business. Later, when he had reached a state of affluence, he became interested in the oil industry and through unfortunate operations lost all his savings, and was again obliged to start at the bottom, seeking for this purpose the same town and the identical building that had been the scene of his first business venture.
His first money was made by trading horses, he having for this line the fabled gift of a "David Harum," and it was thus that he accumulated most of his first $500. He has been in the harness business for much of his lifetime, that being the line of his first undertaking, and the one to which he has always returned. He has a prosperous shop in Loleta, where he deals in harness, whips, robes, and all horse goods, and in the manufacture of harness, running in connection a boot and shoe repair shop. He is also justice of the peace, having served in this capacity now for sixteen years, and giving such satisfaction that at the last primary election he received the nomination without opposition.
Mr. Sowash is the son of Joseph Sowash, a pioneer and frontiersman of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he keeping always just a little ahead of the march of civilization. He cleared two or three farms in western Pennsylvania, and then sold them to move further west, repeating the same process in Ohio. He was married in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Jane Ann Armstrong, a native of that county, and descended from a very long-lived family, her mother living to be one hundred three years old. Some time after his marriage Mr. Sowash went to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and where his wife died when the subject of this article was eleven years of age. Later the father married again, the second wife being a widow from Kentucky, and there they established their home, where the father died twenty-eight years later, at the age of eighty-four. There were nine children in the family, three daughters and six sons, and these were left to shift for themselves after the death of their mother.
D. H. Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pa., July 9, 1834, and was some five or six years of age when the family removed to Ohio. He grew to manhood in Scioto County, and went up into Pike County when he was nineteen, remaining there for a year. When he was a child of nine years he met with an accident which cost him his right leg, and this hampered him seriously in his efforts to secure an education, although he met with a marked degree of success. When he was twenty-one he returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in business in Westmoreland county. Investing his $500 in a stock of goods and employing an expert harness-maker, he opened a harness shop and there himself learned the trade. He was married in Westmoreland County December 2, 1861, to Miss Keziah M. Grosscup, a native of that county, and after four years he disposed of his business there and went into Venango county, Pa., where he worked in the old fields, first as shipping-master, later as pumper, and then as machinist in charge of the machinery.
After four years spent thus he began operating independently and soon lost everything that he had saved. He then returned to Westmoreland County and began again at the bottom, opening a harness shop in the same building that he had occupied many years before, at Murraysville. Later another oil boom struck Armstrong County, Pa., and he moved with his family into that part of the state, settling at Parker City. Here they met with a sad accident through the loss of their only child by fire, and after a year they returned to Westmoreland County and reengaged in the harness business there, meeting with his customary success in this line, which he has followed continuously since.
Later he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he followed the same line at Toronto, remaining for ten years, at the end of which time he came to California, locating first in Arcata, and later removing to Loleta, where he now makes his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowash became the parents of two children, the son whose death was due to the accident by fire being William H., then aged seven years, and another son who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Minnie, the wife of Henry Ott, a harness-maker of Ferndale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sowash are very popular in Loleta, where they have lived since 1895, and also in Arcata where they made their home from 1886 to the time of their coming to Loleta. They are both members of the Congregational Church in Loleta, and take an active and influential part in its affairs.
Mr. Sowash is a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of business managers, while Mrs. Sowash is the superintendent of the Sunday School and also president of the Ladies' Aid Society and one of its most earnest and, enthusiastic workers. Mr. Sowash is also a very prominent member of the Odd Fellows, having united with that organization in 1860, and has been through all the chairs, and also served one term as deputy grand master of District 102, of Humboldt County, Cal.
OBIT:
Last Wednesday morning at about three o'clock, at his home in Loleta, Judge D. H. Sowash passed to his final rest after an extended illness.
Judge Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1834. Some fifty-six yeas ago, he was married to Keziah Crosscut and of that union, one son was born who died in childhood. He came to Humboldt County in 1860 settling in Arcata, later going to Loleta, where he had been a resident for 20 years
He had served as Justice of the Peace of Loleta Township for 18 years and was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Judge Sowash, while not occupied with judicial duties, conducted a harness shop. He was an active member of the IOOF Lodge of Loleta, and had gone through the chairs and also served as deputy grand master to District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church.
Besides a widow, he leaves a deputy grand master of District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church. Besides a widow, he leaves a sister, Mrs. A. Leuffer, of San Francisco, who was with him at the time of his passing; one brother, Jacob Sowash of Eureka, and two foster children, Oscar Rodgers of Loleta, and Mrs. Minnie Campbell of Portland.
Judge Sowash had a host of friends in Ferndale, as well as in other parts of the county, and the news of his death is received with sincere sorrow.
Ferndale Enterprise, February 15, 1918
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History of Humboldt Co., CA 1915:
D. H. SOWASH.—The success that has come to D. H. Sowash in his life battle has been due entirely to his own efforts. He was thrown on the world when he was a child of only eleven years, and secured his education by working for his room and board while attending school. He was a talented boy and very earnest and industrious and by the time he was twenty-one years of age he had saved $500 with which to make his start in business. Later, when he had reached a state of affluence, he became interested in the oil industry and through unfortunate operations lost all his savings, and was again obliged to start at the bottom, seeking for this purpose the same town and the identical building that had been the scene of his first business venture.
His first money was made by trading horses, he having for this line the fabled gift of a "David Harum," and it was thus that he accumulated most of his first $500. He has been in the harness business for much of his lifetime, that being the line of his first undertaking, and the one to which he has always returned. He has a prosperous shop in Loleta, where he deals in harness, whips, robes, and all horse goods, and in the manufacture of harness, running in connection a boot and shoe repair shop. He is also justice of the peace, having served in this capacity now for sixteen years, and giving such satisfaction that at the last primary election he received the nomination without opposition.
Mr. Sowash is the son of Joseph Sowash, a pioneer and frontiersman of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he keeping always just a little ahead of the march of civilization. He cleared two or three farms in western Pennsylvania, and then sold them to move further west, repeating the same process in Ohio. He was married in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Jane Ann Armstrong, a native of that county, and descended from a very long-lived family, her mother living to be one hundred three years old. Some time after his marriage Mr. Sowash went to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and where his wife died when the subject of this article was eleven years of age. Later the father married again, the second wife being a widow from Kentucky, and there they established their home, where the father died twenty-eight years later, at the age of eighty-four. There were nine children in the family, three daughters and six sons, and these were left to shift for themselves after the death of their mother.
D. H. Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pa., July 9, 1834, and was some five or six years of age when the family removed to Ohio. He grew to manhood in Scioto County, and went up into Pike County when he was nineteen, remaining there for a year. When he was a child of nine years he met with an accident which cost him his right leg, and this hampered him seriously in his efforts to secure an education, although he met with a marked degree of success. When he was twenty-one he returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in business in Westmoreland county. Investing his $500 in a stock of goods and employing an expert harness-maker, he opened a harness shop and there himself learned the trade. He was married in Westmoreland County December 2, 1861, to Miss Keziah M. Grosscup, a native of that county, and after four years he disposed of his business there and went into Venango county, Pa., where he worked in the old fields, first as shipping-master, later as pumper, and then as machinist in charge of the machinery.
After four years spent thus he began operating independently and soon lost everything that he had saved. He then returned to Westmoreland County and began again at the bottom, opening a harness shop in the same building that he had occupied many years before, at Murraysville. Later another oil boom struck Armstrong County, Pa., and he moved with his family into that part of the state, settling at Parker City. Here they met with a sad accident through the loss of their only child by fire, and after a year they returned to Westmoreland County and reengaged in the harness business there, meeting with his customary success in this line, which he has followed continuously since.
Later he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he followed the same line at Toronto, remaining for ten years, at the end of which time he came to California, locating first in Arcata, and later removing to Loleta, where he now makes his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowash became the parents of two children, the son whose death was due to the accident by fire being William H., then aged seven years, and another son who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Minnie, the wife of Henry Ott, a harness-maker of Ferndale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sowash are very popular in Loleta, where they have lived since 1895, and also in Arcata where they made their home from 1886 to the time of their coming to Loleta. They are both members of the Congregational Church in Loleta, and take an active and influential part in its affairs.
Mr. Sowash is a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of business managers, while Mrs. Sowash is the superintendent of the Sunday School and also president of the Ladies' Aid Society and one of its most earnest and, enthusiastic workers. Mr. Sowash is also a very prominent member of the Odd Fellows, having united with that organization in 1860, and has been through all the chairs, and also served one term as deputy grand master of District 102, of Humboldt County, Cal.
Last Wednesday morning at about three o'clock, at his home in Loleta, Judge D. H. Sowash passed to his final rest after an extended illness.
Judge Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, July 9, 1834. Some fifty-six yeas ago, he was married to Keziah Crosscut and of that union, one son was born who died in childhood. He came to Humboldt County in 1860 settling in Arcata, later going to Loleta, where he had been a resident for 20 years
He had served as Justice of the Peace of Loleta Township for 18 years and was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Judge Sowash, while not occupied with judicial duties, conducted a harness shop. He was an active member of the IOOF Lodge of Loleta, and had gone through the chairs and also served as deputy grand master to District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church.
Besides a widow, he leaves a deputy grand master of District 102 of Humboldt County. He was a staunch member of the Congregational Church. Besides a widow, he leaves a sister, Mrs. A. Leuffer, of San Francisco, who was with him at the time of his passing; one brother, Jacob Sowash of Eureka, and two foster children, Oscar Rodgers of Loleta, and Mrs. Minnie Campbell of Portland.
Judge Sowash had a host of friends in Ferndale, as well as in other parts of the county, and the news of his death is received with sincere sorrow.
Ferndale Enterprise, February 15, 1918
-------------------------
History of Humboldt Co., CA 1915:
D. H. SOWASH.—The success that has come to D. H. Sowash in his life battle has been due entirely to his own efforts. He was thrown on the world when he was a child of only eleven years, and secured his education by working for his room and board while attending school. He was a talented boy and very earnest and industrious and by the time he was twenty-one years of age he had saved $500 with which to make his start in business. Later, when he had reached a state of affluence, he became interested in the oil industry and through unfortunate operations lost all his savings, and was again obliged to start at the bottom, seeking for this purpose the same town and the identical building that had been the scene of his first business venture.
His first money was made by trading horses, he having for this line the fabled gift of a "David Harum," and it was thus that he accumulated most of his first $500. He has been in the harness business for much of his lifetime, that being the line of his first undertaking, and the one to which he has always returned. He has a prosperous shop in Loleta, where he deals in harness, whips, robes, and all horse goods, and in the manufacture of harness, running in connection a boot and shoe repair shop. He is also justice of the peace, having served in this capacity now for sixteen years, and giving such satisfaction that at the last primary election he received the nomination without opposition.
Mr. Sowash is the son of Joseph Sowash, a pioneer and frontiersman of Pennsylvania and Ohio, he keeping always just a little ahead of the march of civilization. He cleared two or three farms in western Pennsylvania, and then sold them to move further west, repeating the same process in Ohio. He was married in Westmoreland County, Pa., to Miss Jane Ann Armstrong, a native of that county, and descended from a very long-lived family, her mother living to be one hundred three years old. Some time after his marriage Mr. Sowash went to Ohio, where he engaged in farming, and where his wife died when the subject of this article was eleven years of age. Later the father married again, the second wife being a widow from Kentucky, and there they established their home, where the father died twenty-eight years later, at the age of eighty-four. There were nine children in the family, three daughters and six sons, and these were left to shift for themselves after the death of their mother.
D. H. Sowash was born in Armstrong County, Pa., July 9, 1834, and was some five or six years of age when the family removed to Ohio. He grew to manhood in Scioto County, and went up into Pike County when he was nineteen, remaining there for a year. When he was a child of nine years he met with an accident which cost him his right leg, and this hampered him seriously in his efforts to secure an education, although he met with a marked degree of success. When he was twenty-one he returned to Pennsylvania and engaged in business in Westmoreland county. Investing his $500 in a stock of goods and employing an expert harness-maker, he opened a harness shop and there himself learned the trade. He was married in Westmoreland County December 2, 1861, to Miss Keziah M. Grosscup, a native of that county, and after four years he disposed of his business there and went into Venango county, Pa., where he worked in the old fields, first as shipping-master, later as pumper, and then as machinist in charge of the machinery.
After four years spent thus he began operating independently and soon lost everything that he had saved. He then returned to Westmoreland County and began again at the bottom, opening a harness shop in the same building that he had occupied many years before, at Murraysville. Later another oil boom struck Armstrong County, Pa., and he moved with his family into that part of the state, settling at Parker City. Here they met with a sad accident through the loss of their only child by fire, and after a year they returned to Westmoreland County and reengaged in the harness business there, meeting with his customary success in this line, which he has followed continuously since.
Later he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where he followed the same line at Toronto, remaining for ten years, at the end of which time he came to California, locating first in Arcata, and later removing to Loleta, where he now makes his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sowash became the parents of two children, the son whose death was due to the accident by fire being William H., then aged seven years, and another son who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Minnie, the wife of Henry Ott, a harness-maker of Ferndale. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sowash are very popular in Loleta, where they have lived since 1895, and also in Arcata where they made their home from 1886 to the time of their coming to Loleta. They are both members of the Congregational Church in Loleta, and take an active and influential part in its affairs.
Mr. Sowash is a member of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of business managers, while Mrs. Sowash is the superintendent of the Sunday School and also president of the Ladies' Aid Society and one of its most earnest and, enthusiastic workers. Mr. Sowash is also a very prominent member of the Odd Fellows, having united with that organization in 1860, and has been through all the chairs, and also served one term as deputy grand master of District 102, of Humboldt County, Cal.
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