TENTH GENERATION

595. Sudie (Susan) SWINDLE was born on Sep 3 1874 in Hyde Co., North Carolina. She appeared on the census in 1880 in Hyde Co., North Carolina. 8 in 1880. She appeared on the census in 1920 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina. She died on May 22 1968 in Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina. Newspaper clipping
MRS. SETH GOWER
Mrs. Sudie Swindell Gower, 93, died Wednesday at Rex Hospital in Raliegh. She was the window of Seth Gower and the daughter of the late L. E. and Sallie Ann Swindell of Hyde County. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Keith Roberson, from Pennington-Smith Funeral Home in Raleigh at 11 a.m. Friday with graveside rites in Westview Cemetery in Kinston at 2 p.m. by Rev. David Alexander of Gordon Street Christian Church. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ben Rhue of Raleigh with whom she made her home; three sons, H. M., H. E. and R. H. Gower Sr. of Kinston; seven grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and one half brother, Rufus Harris of Pantego. She retired. Copy of letter from Peggy Sue Rhue McCarthy to Margaret Green Gower 7/5/1994

She was married to Seth Henry GOWER (son of James Henry GOWER and Francis E. NEAL). Seth Henry GOWER was born on Oct 11 1860 in Hyde Co., North Carolina. He was a Laborer- Cotton Mill in 1920 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina. He resided 712 Atlantic Ave. in 1920 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina. He appeared on the census in 1920 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina. 58 in 1920. He died on Mar 6 1923 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina. For many years we could not prove the birth or death of Seth Gower. We had a family story that he was the captain on a boat that serviced the sound in Hyde county and that he came ashore and died of Pneumonia. A couple of years ago my Mother advised that they had moved to Kinston and that he died in the great flu epidemic so we look in the Lenoir County records during that period and still did not find him. In March of 1998 I took my mother with me to the Lenoir County Courthouse and we searched each death record from 1917 to 1919 and still did not find Seth. The next day I decided to check the 1920 census to prove he was no longer living and thinking that was probably the closest I would ever get to the time of his death. Much to our surprise on the 1920 census Seth was still living in Kinston on Atlantic avenue. We went back to the Lenoir County Courthouse and started checking every death record from 1920 forward and finally found him in 1923. He had been incorrectly listed as Garner in the death index. We advised the clerk who told us the change would have to be approved by Raleigh so hopefully some day this will be corrected. At this time his death is listed in the death records of Lenoir County as Seth Henry Garner.

Info from death certificate.
Date of Birth 10/11/1860
Age 62 years 4 months 25 days
Occupation of Deceased Mechanic
Name of Employer Cotton Mill
Birthplace Hyde Co.
Name of Father James Gower
Birthplace of Father Hyde co.
Maiden Name of Mother Francis
Birthplace of Mother Hyde co.
Information Mrs. S. H. Gower
Register # 285
Page 123
Cause of Death Hyperteate Pneumonia of lungs
Dr. Floyd P. Wooten
Place of Burial Belhaven, N. C.
Undertaker Edwards or Gower He was married to Sudie (Susan) Swindell.

Sudie (Susan) SWINDLE and Seth Henry GOWER had the following children:

child+1042 i. Rufus Hoyt "Buddy" GOWER Sr..
child1043 ii. Harrie GOWER was born on Jan 14 1894.
child1044 iii. Harvey GOWER was born on Feb 12 1897.
child1045 iv. Hue "Red" GOWER was born on Dec 28 1898. He died in Jul 1981 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina.
child1046 v. Hollan Earl "Hollie" GOWER was born on Jun 9 1901. He died in 1969 in Kinston, Lenoir Co., North Carolina.
child1047 vi. Ruby Louise GOWER was born on Jun 10 1904. She died in Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina.

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