Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)

Notes


6577. Samuel Rodman Cory


Newport Mercury
November 2, 1895
Died
In Tiverton, 26th ult., Samuel Cory, in his 80th year.


6591. Samuel Hedly


Newport Mercury
August 27, 1887

Died - In Providence, 21st, Samuel Hedly, 73


Alice ...


Newport Mercury
May 16, 1896

Mrs. Alice Hedle, widow of the late Thomas W. Hedly, leader of the National Bank of Providence, committed suicide Sunday night by inhaling iluminating gas. She had been despondent since her huband's death, nearly two years ago.


6597. Edward T. Cory


Newport Journal and Weekly News
April 26, 1918

Mr. Edward Corey, Middletown's oldest citizen, died at his home on Aquidneck avenue, Thursday afternoon after an illness which had confined him to his bed for six weeks. He was in his ninety-first year but had been comparatively active until last autumn. This spring he became paralyzed in his limbs and was able to help himself only a little.

Mr. Corey was a native of Portsmouth, having been born at Corey's lane May 14, 1827. He was the youngest of the three children of Pardon and Abigail (Lake) Corey and the last of the family to go. He was married in 1859 to Maria Louisa Porter of East Bridgewater, Mass., by whom there were five children - three daughters and two sons. Only one Irving A. Corey of Middletown, survives. Mrs. Corey died in 1886. There are four grandchildren.

By occupation Mr. Corey was a farmer. He was of a retiring disposition and aside from having held the the office of tax collector in Portsmouth, was not identified in the public life of the town. As Middletown's oldest citizen he was the recipient, August 26, 1916, of the gold headed cane given in 1909 by the Boston Post, having been the third to hold it. Mr. Corey had resided in Middletown the past 27 years, coming here from Portsmouth and building the home on Aquidneck avenue where he died.


6599. Samuel Cory


Newport Journal and Weekly News
May 18, 1917

News has been recieved of the death of Mr. Samuel Cory of Acushnet, Mass., formerly of Portsmouth. He is survived by a widow and three children, Messrs. Arthur Cory and Alfred Cory of Acushnet and Mrs. I. Lincoln Sherman of Middletown.


6600. Lydia Cory


Newport Mercury
December 26, 1903
Died
In Portsmoth, 22nd inst., Lydia, wife of Job Sowle, in her 66th year


Job Sowle


Newport Mercury
February 15, 1919
Died
In Jamestown, 11 inst., Jobe Sowle, in his 85th year.


15757. Walter Almond Sowle


Newport Mercury
May 22, 1920

Mr. Walter S. Sowle died at his home on West Main Road recently after a long and painful illness. He was the son of the late Job and Lydia (Cory) Sowle. He was born in this town and spent his entire life here. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Aurilla Sowle, a tein brother, Mr. William T. H. Sowle, and a sister, Mrs. Edward G. Ruggles. another sister, Mrs. Wager Briggs, died several years ago.


Arilla Peckman


Newport Mercury and Weekly News
August 14, 1942

Mrs. Arilla P. Sowle, wife of the late Walter P. Sowle of West Main Road, Portsmouth, died Monday in this city where she had been living in recent years. She leaves a cousin in Jamestown and several others in Westerly where lived before moving to Portsmouth.


15758. William Thomas Hall Sowle


Newport Daily News
November 29, 1957

William Thomas Hall Sowle, 85, former Portsmouth town official and prominent Grange member, died yesterday at a Portsmouth nursing home. He made with a nephew, Mervin C. Briggs of 905 West Main Road, Portsmouth.

Born in Portsmouth, Feb 20, 1872, he was the son of Job and Lydia Corey Sowle. He was a member of the town council from 1914 to 1920; a tax commisioner from 1924 to 1948 and an overseer of the poor and commisioner of the town farm from 1918 to 1932.

Mr. Sowle was an active member of Portsmouth Grange since 1893, and was one of three surviving charter members of Newport County Ponoma Grange. A past member of both granges, he was a member of the Southeastern Rhode Island Past Masters Assn.

Burial will be in Friends cemetery, Portsmouth,


Josephine Bourn Chase


Newport Daily News
March 15, 1952

Mrs.Josephine B. Sowle, wife of William T. H. Sowle of 905 West Main Road, Portsmouth and a life long resident of that town, died this morning in a Providence hospital. She was 72 years of age.

She was born in Portsmouth, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Mason Chase. Mrs. Sowle was a member of the Portsmouth and Ponoma Granges and St. Paul's Methodist Church, Portsmouth.

Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Reginald Rose of Oneco, Conn.; two brothers, Richard H. Chase of this city and Andrew M. Chase of Oakland, Cal., and a sister, Mrs. Alice Holman of this city.

Burial will be in Friends cemetery, Portsmouth.