Washington Cemetery
Taylor County, Iowa

Inscription: Emma Wife of B. H. Sowash Died Apr 30, 1897 Aged 39 y 7 m 18 d
Emma Howard, daughter of Hyman Madison Howard and Olive Avery , was born Sept. 12, 1857 in Ashtabula Co., Ohio and died April 30, 1897 in Creston, Union Co., Iowa. She married Bennett Hutchinson Sowash Dec. 15, 1878 at Conway, Taylor Co., Iowa.