Sumner {Age 5} is recorded on the 1880 census at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Civil engineer.
Sumner and Keturah married
on 12 May 1909
in the home of Keturah's parents
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania.
No children were born to them.
They are recorded on the
1910 & 1920 & 1930 & 1940 census
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pensylvania.
On 12 September 1918 Sumner signed the draft for service in WW I.
OBITUARY - 26 February 1947:
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Sumner Gowen died this morning in Phoenixville Hospital. He had been ill
for the past two weeks, death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Gowen was a graduate of Wakefield
High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had been employed as civil engineer at the Phoenix Bridge Company for more than 40 years.
He was a member of of the Society of Civil Engineers; Technology Club of Philadelphia; and, the Phoenixville Country Club.
The loss of Sumner's tall figure, erect carriage, and characteristic smile also takes something from the personality of Phoenix-
ville. One might say of him that although he lived more than forty years in Pennsylvania, he was 'forever New England' in speech and manner. He had the quiet reserve and intellectual interests of the New Englander, with a Yankee's dry whimsical humor.
A friend of his spoke of his pleasure in skating, in the days when all Phoenixville turned out to enjoy the ice above Black Rock dam. He dressed for skating almost exactly as he dressed for business, with dark hat and overcoat and no interest in gay sweaters, caps, or scarves. But his long legs traveled easily and rather leisurely over the smooth ice and his pleasure in it was apparent.
He was one of Phoenixville's first golf enthusiasts and one of the organizers of the Phoenixville County club. Some of us remember when he was one of a group of volunteers who spent their weekends picking up stones by hand to clear the future fairways.
At the Phoenix Bridge Company his niche
will not soon be filled, and he will be long remembered as a designer of unusual skill, who designed many important structures.
His outstanding gift for mathematical calculation made him one of the best in his field, and his colleagues found him a likeable and stimulating associate.
In the words of an officer of the company, "We depended on him, and shall find it difficult to adjust ourselves to his loss."
Interment in Morris Cemetery.
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Civil engineer.
Sumner and Keturah married
on 12 May 1909
in the home of Keturah's parents
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania.
No children were born to them.
They are recorded on the
1910 & 1920 & 1930 & 1940 census
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pensylvania.
On 12 September 1918 Sumner signed the draft for service in WW I.
OBITUARY - 26 February 1947:
*************************
Sumner Gowen died this morning in Phoenixville Hospital. He had been ill
for the past two weeks, death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Gowen was a graduate of Wakefield
High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had been employed as civil engineer at the Phoenix Bridge Company for more than 40 years.
He was a member of of the Society of Civil Engineers; Technology Club of Philadelphia; and, the Phoenixville Country Club.
The loss of Sumner's tall figure, erect carriage, and characteristic smile also takes something from the personality of Phoenix-
ville. One might say of him that although he lived more than forty years in Pennsylvania, he was 'forever New England' in speech and manner. He had the quiet reserve and intellectual interests of the New Englander, with a Yankee's dry whimsical humor.
A friend of his spoke of his pleasure in skating, in the days when all Phoenixville turned out to enjoy the ice above Black Rock dam. He dressed for skating almost exactly as he dressed for business, with dark hat and overcoat and no interest in gay sweaters, caps, or scarves. But his long legs traveled easily and rather leisurely over the smooth ice and his pleasure in it was apparent.
He was one of Phoenixville's first golf enthusiasts and one of the organizers of the Phoenixville County club. Some of us remember when he was one of a group of volunteers who spent their weekends picking up stones by hand to clear the future fairways.
At the Phoenix Bridge Company his niche
will not soon be filled, and he will be long remembered as a designer of unusual skill, who designed many important structures.
His outstanding gift for mathematical calculation made him one of the best in his field, and his colleagues found him a likeable and stimulating associate.
In the words of an officer of the company, "We depended on him, and shall find it difficult to adjust ourselves to his loss."
Interment in Morris Cemetery.
Sumner {Age 5} is recorded on the 1880 census at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Civil engineer.
Sumner and Keturah married
on 12 May 1909
in the home of Keturah's parents
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania.
No children were born to them.
They are recorded on the
1910 & 1920 & 1930 & 1940 census
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pensylvania.
On 12 September 1918 Sumner signed the draft for service in WW I.
OBITUARY - 26 February 1947:
*************************
Sumner Gowen died this morning in Phoenixville Hospital. He had been ill
for the past two weeks, death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Gowen was a graduate of Wakefield
High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had been employed as civil engineer at the Phoenix Bridge Company for more than 40 years.
He was a member of of the Society of Civil Engineers; Technology Club of Philadelphia; and, the Phoenixville Country Club.
The loss of Sumner's tall figure, erect carriage, and characteristic smile also takes something from the personality of Phoenix-
ville. One might say of him that although he lived more than forty years in Pennsylvania, he was 'forever New England' in speech and manner. He had the quiet reserve and intellectual interests of the New Englander, with a Yankee's dry whimsical humor.
A friend of his spoke of his pleasure in skating, in the days when all Phoenixville turned out to enjoy the ice above Black Rock dam. He dressed for skating almost exactly as he dressed for business, with dark hat and overcoat and no interest in gay sweaters, caps, or scarves. But his long legs traveled easily and rather leisurely over the smooth ice and his pleasure in it was apparent.
He was one of Phoenixville's first golf enthusiasts and one of the organizers of the Phoenixville County club. Some of us remember when he was one of a group of volunteers who spent their weekends picking up stones by hand to clear the future fairways.
At the Phoenix Bridge Company his niche
will not soon be filled, and he will be long remembered as a designer of unusual skill, who designed many important structures.
His outstanding gift for mathematical calculation made him one of the best in his field, and his colleagues found him a likeable and stimulating associate.
In the words of an officer of the company, "We depended on him, and shall find it difficult to adjust ourselves to his loss."
Interment in Morris Cemetery.
dwelling in the household of his parents.
Cause of death - Heart attack.
Occupation - Civil engineer.
Sumner and Keturah married
on 12 May 1909
in the home of Keturah's parents
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania.
No children were born to them.
They are recorded on the
1910 & 1920 & 1930 & 1940 census
at Phoenixville, Chester, Pensylvania.
On 12 September 1918 Sumner signed the draft for service in WW I.
OBITUARY - 26 February 1947:
*************************
Sumner Gowen died this morning in Phoenixville Hospital. He had been ill
for the past two weeks, death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Gowen was a graduate of Wakefield
High School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had been employed as civil engineer at the Phoenix Bridge Company for more than 40 years.
He was a member of of the Society of Civil Engineers; Technology Club of Philadelphia; and, the Phoenixville Country Club.
The loss of Sumner's tall figure, erect carriage, and characteristic smile also takes something from the personality of Phoenix-
ville. One might say of him that although he lived more than forty years in Pennsylvania, he was 'forever New England' in speech and manner. He had the quiet reserve and intellectual interests of the New Englander, with a Yankee's dry whimsical humor.
A friend of his spoke of his pleasure in skating, in the days when all Phoenixville turned out to enjoy the ice above Black Rock dam. He dressed for skating almost exactly as he dressed for business, with dark hat and overcoat and no interest in gay sweaters, caps, or scarves. But his long legs traveled easily and rather leisurely over the smooth ice and his pleasure in it was apparent.
He was one of Phoenixville's first golf enthusiasts and one of the organizers of the Phoenixville County club. Some of us remember when he was one of a group of volunteers who spent their weekends picking up stones by hand to clear the future fairways.
At the Phoenix Bridge Company his niche
will not soon be filled, and he will be long remembered as a designer of unusual skill, who designed many important structures.
His outstanding gift for mathematical calculation made him one of the best in his field, and his colleagues found him a likeable and stimulating associate.
In the words of an officer of the company, "We depended on him, and shall find it difficult to adjust ourselves to his loss."
Interment in Morris Cemetery.
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