Margaret Mary Mowrey Sanders

Margaret's parents, Flora Rebecca Easterday and John Luther Mowrey, were married November 7, 1888. It was the second marriage for both of them.

1899

Margaret was born on May 11, 1899

According to this land survey map, the John Luther Mowrey residence was located north of Cross Roads, just west of Bell Creek.

1900 Census

In June of 1900 the family was living in Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana. The household included:
John Luther (Margaret's father)
Flora Rebecca (Margaret's mother)
Bessie Amanda Mowrey (Margaret's half-sister; daughter of John Luther Mowrey and Harriet Susanna Sharts)
John Hanson Mowrey (Margaret's half-brother; son of John Luther Mowrey and Harriet Susanna Sharts)
Margaret
Charles Simmons (Margaret's half-brother; son of Flora Rebecca Easterday and James Milton Simmons)

Childhood photo (date unknown)

Flora Easterday Mowrey holding Margaret Mowrey

Childhood photo (date unknown) Margaret Mowrey

Childhood photo (date unknown)

Margaret Mowrey

1905

November 1915, Margaret and her parents (John Luther and Flora Rebecca) visit the Cross Roads Lutheran Church parsonage.

Extended family gathering at the Mowrey home in November, 1905. Margaret is in the front row wearing a dark dress, toward the right, standing next to her mother Flora Rebecca who is wearing a light dress. She was 6 1/2 years old.

In this photo, taken on the same day in November, 1905, Margaret is in the front row on the right. Her mother Flora is directly behind her, and her father John is standing next to Flora.

1908

Margaret and her parents (John Luther and Flora Rebecca), together with Margaret's uncle George Mowrey and cousin Mary Susan Mowrey Kelly (daughter of George Mowrey and Elizabeth Marshall), visit Theodore A. Mowrey and his wife Bertha Lee Windsor Mowrey, on Sunday, March 29, 1908. Theodore was Mary Susan's brother (also Margaret's cousin).

1910 Census

Margaret does not appear in the 1910 census with her parents. John Luther and Flora Rebecca are living together, with no children listed, at the residence in Salem Township, Delaware County. John Luther died the following year in 1911.

1912

Margaret and her mother Flora visit relatives in Cross Roads in July, 1912. By this time, Margaret and Flora had moved to Middletown, IN.

1913

Margaret and her mother Flora, along with Flora Manuel, visit Albert Weldy and his wife Julia Ardella Mowrey Weldy (Margaret's half-sister). Flora Manuel was Flora's niece, the daughter of John Manuel and Jane Simmons (sister of Flora's first husband, James Simmons).

Childhood photo (date unknown)

Margaret Mowrey

1914

Middletown High School Yearbook, 1914 (Freshman year)

Der Deutsche Verein (German) club

Margaret is in 2nd row, 3rd from left

In June 1914, Margaret attends dance at the Welsh Hotel at Middletown, IN. John Sanders is also at the dance.

Welsh Hotel in Middletown, Indiana (three story building at the far corner).

Two months after the dance, Margaret and John are married.

Marriage License and Certificate (August 19, 1914)

1914 newspaper article with further details of the marriage.

Margaret Mowrey (date of photo unknown)

1915

In January 1915, Margaret and John Sanders attend a Sunday dinner party hosted by Margaret's mother Flora.

In May 1915, Margaret and John Sanders attend a Julia Ardella Mowrey Weldy's 40th birthday party. Julia was Margaret's half-sister. Photo provided by Jamie Mowrey, granddaughter of Ralph Mowrey (Julia's nephew).

1915 newspaper article with further details on the party.

In December 1915, Margaret and John's first child, Phyllis Jeanette, is born.

Judy Mundell, Margaret's granddaughter, reports that Margaret gave birth to Phyllis at home, 714 Columbia Avenue, Middletown, IN.

1916

April 1916, Margaret and John Sanders are visited by Margaret's half-brothers Charles Henry Gentry Simmons and John Hanson Mowrey and their families.

August 1916, Margaret, John, and Phyllis visit with Jasper Sanders (John's father) and family. Mary Sanders (likely Mary Gertrude Sanders Lester; John's sister) spends the week with Margaret and John.

September 1916, Margaret and John visit Margaret's half-sisters Bessie Amanda Mowrey Fisher and Julia Ardella Mowrey Weldy, and their families.

1917

In early March 1917, Margaret, John, and Phyllis move to Muncie, Indiana, where they lived at 543 S. Gharkey Street.

In late March 1917, Margaret's mother Flora moves in with Margaret, John, and Phyllis in Muncie, IN

1918

February 1918, Margaret, John, Phyllis, and Flora move to Middletown and are living on Columbia Avenue.

In May 1918, Margaret and John's second child, Loretta Marian, is born at home.

Margaret and John, with daughters Phyllis and Marian

1919

Margaret and John's third child, Grace Elizabeth, is born August 24, 1919.

November 1919, Margaret, John, and family, along with Margaret's half-sister Julia Ardella Mowrey Weldy and her family visit Margaret's half-sister Bessie Amanda Mowrey Fisher and her family.

1920

1920 Federal Census enumerated January 6, Margaret and family residing at "Building 202" on Columbia Avenue, in Middletown, IN.

Building 202 refers to 714 Columbia Avenue.

January 1920, Margaret, John, and family host Margaret's half-brother Charles Simmons, his wife Goldie Mae Bowman Simmons, and their family (children John Milton, Flora Catherine, and Charlene Mae).

April 1920, Margaret and John, along with daughters Phyllis, Marian, and Grace, visit Margaret's half-brother Charles Simmons and his wife Goldia Mae Bowman Simmons.

December 1920, Margaret sings in Christmas cantata at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Middletown, IN. Margaret was accompanied by nieces Carol Weldy Cain on cello and Ruth Weldy on violin. Carol and Ruth were daughters of Albert Weldy and Julia Ardella Mowrey Weldy (Margaret's half-sister).

This postcard (dated November 8, 1906) includes a photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is now the United Methodist Church, and can be seen on Google Maps at 625 High Street, Middletown, IN . The appearance of the church has not changed significantly over the past 120 years.

Any publications of The Middletown News newspaper after 1920 are not available.

1921

Margaret and family entertain at home on Columbia Avenue in Middletown, IN.

Margaret and John's fourth child, Paul Edward, is born July 9, 1921.

Circa 1922. Margaret, standing, left side, in light dress. Standing to her left are half-brother John Hanson Mowrey, Cecil Jordan Cain, Frank Wesley Mowrey, and Daisy May Dakin. Kneeling to her left are Winifred Gladys Miller and Carol Catherine Weldy. Kneeling to her right are Leora Madge Weldy and John Albert Beall. Seated in front, from left to right, are Loretta Marian Sanders, Phyllis Jeanette Sanders, Paul Edward Sanders, Eleanor Kathleen Mowrey, John Francis Sanders, and Grace Elizabeth Sanders.

1923

February 1923, Margaret and John Sanders host meeting of the Young Married People's class of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Middletown, IN.

February 1923, Margaret and John Sanders, along with their children, are guests of John's parents Jasper Sanders and Malinda Cordelia Fadely Sanders.

September 1923, Margaret and John Sanders, along with their children, and Margaret's mother Flora Rebecca and half-brother Charles Simmons, attend Easterday reunion at home of Minnie Gertrude Easterday Johnson (Flora's half-sister) and her husband James Johnson.

September 1923, Margaret and John Sanders, along with their children, attend family dinner. (photos?)

Date unknown. At the residence of Jasper Andres 'Jack' Sanders and Malinda Cordelia Fadely Sanders (parents of John Francis Sanders. Margaret is standing in the center in solid light dress. Over her right shoulder is Jasper Sanders, and to the right of Jasper is Malinda Fadely Sanders.

Date unknown. Margaret is on the right, wearing a hat and holding a box camera.

Date unknown. Margaret is holding a box camera.

1924

October 1924, Margaret and John Sanders, along with their children, and Margaret's mother Flora Rebecca and half-brother Charles Simmons and his family, attend dinner at home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Graves in Middletown, IN.

1924, residence at 714 Columbia Avenue, Middletown, IN. Margaret with her four children (l-r) Grace Elizabeth, Paul Edward, Phyllis Jeanette, and Loretta Marian, and Margaret's half-brother.

Date unknown. Margaret with two of her children (l-r) Loretta Marian and Grace Elizabeth.

Date unknown.

Margaret died May 18, 1925 following a brief illness.

Margaret Mowrey Sanders cookbook

In September 1918, Margaret prepared a book of recipes.

Margaret Mowrey Sanders cookbook - Pyxorium Genealogy

September 1918