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Name | Chauncey Sawyer Flowers [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] | ||||
Suffix | I | ||||
Born | 12 Apr 1895
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Gender | Male | ||||
Residence | 1910
Ortega, Duval, Florida, USA [9]
– Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son | ||||
Military Draft | 1917
504 Brown St;reet, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [10]
– Age: 22; MaritalStatus: Single | ||||
Military | 1918 [11]
– 351st Field Artillery on the deck. | ||||
Military | 1919
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
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Physical Description | DraftBoard: 2; EyeColor: Brown; HairColor: Black; Height: 6 Ft 2; PhysicalBuild: Medium [10] | ||||
Associate | Samuel H Lawyer [12, 13] | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 21 Mar 1921
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [14]
– Struck With Salt Shaker 21 Mar 1921 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 5 May 1929
– SHOOTS AND KILLS MAN AT HOTEL BAR Headline_Sunday Courier_5 May 1929 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 6 May 1929
– Kills Friend As They Argue Over Cards_6 May 1929 | ||||
Criminal | 14 May 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [18]
– Chauncey Flowers Found to Have Killed Friend in Self-Defense in Coroner\'s Inquest_14 May 1929 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 14 May 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [19]
– Flowers Held in Lawyer Slaying_14 May 1929 | ||||
Criminal | 4 Jun 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [20]
– Chauncey Flowers Trial Opened in Manslaughter Case_Harrisburg Telegraph_04 Jun 1929 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 4 Jun 1929
– Murder Charge Dismissed in Flowers Case_4 Jun 1929 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 5 Jun 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [23]
– Jury May Receive Flowers Case Today_5 Jun 1929 | ||||
Criminal | 6 Jun 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [24]
– Flowers Acquitted of Manslaughter_6 Jun 1929 | ||||
Criminal | 6 Jun 1929
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [25]
– Flowers Is Acquitted Of Manslaughter Charge_6 Jun 1929 | ||||
Residence | 1930
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [6]
– Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head | ||||
Criminal | 29 Feb 1932
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [26]
– Flowers Amongst 19 Arrested in Series of Raids Late Saturday_Evening News_29 Feb 1932 | ||||
Newspaper Clipping | 6 Nov 1933
Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA [27]
– Betty Brown Being Sought By City Police-Negress Charged with Slashing Chauncey Flowers_6 Nov 1933 | ||||
Race | Black [10] | ||||
Veteran | WWI: 351st Heavy Artillery | ||||
Name | Chauncey Floisers [9] | ||||
Name | Chauncey S Flowers | ||||
Name | Chauncey S. Flowers [6, 7, 8] | ||||
Name | Chauncy Sawyer Flowers [10] | ||||
Name | Chauney Sawey Flowers [10] | ||||
Occupation | 20 Dec 1935
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [28]
– Dreamland Cafe ---Chauncey Flowers Manager | ||||
Died | 8 Jun 1936
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Person ID | I4081
SOALsearch Last Modified |
5 Mar 2022 | |
Father | Harry Florence Flowers, II (Age 84 years) b. 23 Feb 1844, Putnam, Florida, USA d. 7 Jul 1928, Boiling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Mother | Nancy Jeannette Sawyer (Age 90 years) b. 7 Apr 1873, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Jul 1963, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years) | |
Relationship | natural | |
Family ID | F1383
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Family | Earnestine Hagans (Age 47 years) b. 27 Jul 1902, Swainsboro, Emanuel, Georgia, USA d. 26 Jun 1950, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 47 years) | |||||
Married | 21 Apr 1920
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Last Modified | 5 Mar 2022 | |||||
Family ID | F1359
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