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Female Sophia E. Via Click to view Sophia E. Via in the family tree

Sophia E. was born on June 17th, 1898 in Albemarle, Virginia.  Sophia E.'s father was Algretus Rice Via and her mother was Martha Frances Wood.  Her maternal grandfather is Clifton R. Wood and her maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Ann Sandidge. She had seven brothers and three sisters, named Jacob W., John Arrington, Daniel Rice, Benjamin Franklin, Hezekiah A., Samuel E., David Morgan, Mary Ann, Frances Isabella and Martha G..  She was the youngest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 82 in April 1981 in Staunton City, Augusta, Virginia.


Sophia E.'s family with Paul Bowman Sanger

‌Sophia E. and Paul Bowman were married in a religious ceremony on June 25th, 1919 in Virginia.


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