Samuel was born in Ohio [1-3 & 5-6] in 1876 to Manasses [2 & 6] and Catherine (Wetsel) Flohr. He married Gussie Mosier in 1901 in Seneca, Ohio. They raised a family of 2 children, a girl and a boy. Samuel was a minister in the Reformed Church. Samuel died in 1941 in Wayne County, Ohio [7]. He was buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Wayne County, Ohio.
1. 1880 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Springfield Township (Samuel J., age 4, born in Ohio, living with his father Manasses Floor). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
2. 1900 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Springfield Township (Milden J., age 23, born in Ohio, living with his father Manasses Flohr). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
3. 1910 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Wayne County, East Union Township (Samuel J. Flohr, age 33, born in Ohio, married nine years, working as a minister of the Gospel). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
4. On September 12, 1918 Samuel J Tilden Flohr signed his draft registration card. On it he stated he was born November 26, 1876. He said he was a minister of the Gospel at St. Paul's Reformed Church. He said his wife was Gussie Amanda Flohr. He was listed as medium height and medium build with brown hair and eyes. [World War I Draft Registration Cards available on ancestry.com.]
5. 1920 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Wayne County, Paint Township (Samuel J.T. Flohr, age 43, born in Ohio, working as a minister at the Reformed Church). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
6. 1930 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Wayne County, Mount Eden Township (S.J.T. Flohr, age 54, born in Ohio, a minister of the Reformed Church, living with his wife and his widowed father Manassee). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
7. State of Ohio. Department of Health. Division of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death. File No. 77452. [Ohio death certificates available at Family Search.]
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51021698/samuel-jones_tilden-flohr
Initial profile prepared by Kimberly Schmugge. Changes, additions, and sources added by K. Jones.
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