Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County" and "Ancestors of the Author," pp. 430 and 797. "Pleaman Smith is a lawyer and lives at Seguin, and served his district in the Twenty-fourth Legislature as a Democratic nominee."
Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas 1900.
Census of 1900 - P.S. Sowell, Seguin, Guadalupe County, age 44, born August 1856 in Texas, lawyer, wife Emma H.
FamilySearch .
Pleamon Smith Sowell, birth date 8/8/1856, death date 3/28/1914, burial in San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Guadalupe County.
Find a Grave .
Obituary, Judge P.S. Sowell, Stamford, Tex., San Antonio Express, 3/30/1914, p. 4, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date Saturday night, 3/28/1914. "He was formerly a law partner of Judge F.C. Weinert, present Secretary of State, and was also a member of the State Legislature at one time."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .