Eleventh Generation

255. Claude Raymond SOWLE Sr. was born on 27 October 1878 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^48,91,134 He graduated in 1898 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁴ from Tomah High School. He served in the military about 1898 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁵ as a Corporal in Company K of the 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. His unit served in Puerto Rico, leaving on April 28th, 1898 and returning home on September 18th, 1898. The unit was based in the Winnebago County area of Wisconsin. Claude appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹³ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁴ Claude died in April 1954 at the age of 75 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,91,134 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Claude Raymond SOWLE Sr. and Luetta Belle SCOTT were married on 31 December 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^53,91,134 Luetta Belle SCOTT, daughter of Frank Bruce SCOTT and Nancy Amelia COLE, was born on 8 February 1879 in North Leeds, Columbia County, WI.^134,136 (This is a picture of Luetta and her daughter Luetta Jeanette.) She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹³ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁴ Luetta died on 11 December 1963 at the age of 84 in West Allis, Milwaukee County, WI.^134,137 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Claude Raymond SOWLE Sr. and Luetta Belle SCOTT had the following children: