Abigail J Rowan [R2b1a7], daughter of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born 12 November 1844 in Ohio Co KY. She married James W Ford at Heflin in Ohio Co on 12 November 1872 at Abbie's parent's home. The couple lived at Hartford after their marriage. James was born at Fordsville in Ohio Co on 25 January 1842, son of Elisha M Ford and Nancy Hardwick. He was a captain in Company C, 9th Infantry of the Confederate Army, and was a Hartford druggist. Abbie died 18 April 1917 at Hartford and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Hartford. After she died, James lived with their daughter Jessie at Hartford. James died in 1927 and is also buried in Oakwood Cemetery. They had a daughter-

a.     Jessie R Ford, b 5 Oct 1875

James W Ford’s father had siblings Martha Ford, born in 1819, and Harvey T Ford, born about 1829. (64,76,SC,L, 1qnsumvwp)

        Adabelle A Rowan [R2b1b9b], daughter of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 20 December 1872 in Ohio Co KY. She married Clement L Maple in Ohio Co on 13 April 1897 at the home of her parents. He was born at Jeffersonville, Clark Co IN on 3 May 1863, son of George J Maple and Mary Elizabeth _____ (both from Jefferson Co KY). Adabelle and Clem lived in Ohio Co for years, then were in Jefferson Co CO in 1910, but back in Ohio Co at Hartford in 1920. He was a farmer. They died at their daughter's home at Yuma, CO: Adabelle on 20 May 1946 and Clem on 13 October 1946. Both are buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery in Ohio Co. They had two children-

1.     Theodore Bryan Maple, b 17 Feb 1898

2.     Yuma Wray Maple, b 31 Oct 1906 (HT,MM, RN, 6q,157r,1sumwf,44v)

        Agnes Rowan [R2a1], daughter of Andrew Rowan (Jr), was born soon before June 1755 in York Co PA. The same minister who married Andrew’s sister Margaret Rowan [R2g] in 1775 was the minister who baptized Agnes on 4 June 1755. (MA,108)

        Agnes Nancy Rowan [R2f], daughter of Andrew Rowan and Agnes _____ of York Co PA, was born by 1750, probably in the 1740s, in Fawn Township, Lancaster Co (now is Peach Bottom Twp, York Co in southeast corner of PA). She married Moses Cook on 18 December 1788 in Nelson Co KY and they lived in Barren Co KY. There was a Moses Cook and a George Cook family in Barren Co KY in 1820. (AR, 4m,13i)

        Alexander Rowan [R2b1d5], son of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 9 November 1846 in Ohio Co KY, and died “July 17, 1847 age 8 mo 8 days” according to his gravestone in the Rowan Cemetery near Heflin. (AR,GA,HT)

        Alexander Cass Rowan [R2b1d6], son of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 25 July 1848 at Livermore in Ohio Co, KY. He married Sallie F Hansford in 1873. She was born 22 October 1850 at Livia in Daviess Co. Alex was a farmer. He died 1 January 1904 of pneumonia and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery three miles east of Livermore. After Alex died, Sallie lived with her son Guy at Hartford. Sallie died 2 December 1924 at age 74 in McLean Co and is also buried in Pleasant Hill. They had five children, but only son Guy was still alive in 1910-

a.     Lonnie Rowan, b 20 Dec 1874

b.     Minnie Florence Rowan, b 22 Nov 1876

c.     Randall H Rowan, b 6 Nov 1878

d.     Hugh Rowan, b 2 Oct 1881

e.     Guy Cass Rowan, b Dec 1883 (N,HT, RN,2dc, 1scpumv)

        Alexander Hamilton Rowan [R2b1c1], son of Stephen Reid Rowan and Nancy Ann Reid, was born 30 August 1840 in Shawneetown, IL. He was a heavy drinker; there were unpaid liquor bills claimed against his estate for $103.51 and for $14.25 for the years 1893 and 1894. Alex was a farmer. He attended Miami University at Oxford, OH. On 28 May 1862 he joined the Union Army at age 21 in Shawneetown, and was mustered out on 25 September 1862 at Camp Chase. While in the army, he was a private in Company A, 86th Regiment, Ohio Infantry. Alex apparently married, but had no wife in 1870 nor in 1880. He lived at Shawneetown and his widowed mother lived with him and his children. In 1870 he was a lawyer. Alex died at Shawneetown on 8 May 1894 and was buried in Westwood Cemetery, east of town (northwest of Old Shawneetown). The administrator of his estate was his nephew Junius L Rowan. His three children were all born in IL-

a.     Minnie Rowan, b 1858 (age 12 in 1870, 20 in 1880). (22rs)

b.     James Rowan, b 1867, was not in the 1870 census with his father. (22s)

c.     Maggie Rowan, b 1868, was not in the 1870 census with her father. (22s) (DR,LL, 22nqrsp)

        Alexander Harwood Rowan [R2b1b4d], son of William Andrew Rowan and America R Tanner, was born 10 December 1866 in McLean Co. He was first a farmer, but went into business with his brother Lewis operating a towboat for log rafts on the Green River. Alexander drowned on 13 April 1912 on the Green River near Rockport, Ohio Co KY. He married Sara Elizabeth McNeil about 1889. She was born in October 1867 in McLean Co, daughter of Edward F McNeil and Amelia D Bomar. Sara died in 1938 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Livermore with Alexander. They had two children by 1900, both born in McLean Co-

1.     Thomas Harwood Tanner Rowan, b 19 Oct 1891

2.     Annie Laurie Rowan, b 31 Jan 1897 (GA, 2rudc)

        Alexander Richard Rowan [R2b1b], son of Stephen Rowan and Katherine Reid, was born 11 January 1798 in Hardin Co KY. He grew up and lived his life along No Creek in Ohio Co, a short distance from Heflin and Hartford. Alexander became a medical doctor and for many years was the only doctor in the area. He married America Simmons in Ohio Co on 25 December 1828. She was born in Bullitt Co KY on 28 July 1810, daughter of Cephas Simmons and Cynthia Shain. The marriage bond was posted by both Dr Rowan and by America's brother Osborn S Simmons, indicating that Dr Rowan was already financially established in the community. Besides being a country doctor, he was a farmer. He was also a strong sympathizer for the Confederate cause (Ohio and McLean Counties were mostly for the Union cause), and for a time was a member of the House Of Representatives in 1838 from Ohio Co.

        Dr Rowan and America spent most of their lives in the No Creek community, and America died there on 20 March 1865. She was buried in the Rowan family Cemetery seventy-five yards behind their home. Alexander (see picture) was a large man, near 400 pounds, and was too big to ride a horse. Since it was too hard to get into a buggy, he had a steer or oxen broken to ride, and even had a saddle and bridle on it so he could make his sick calls riding on this animal. Anticipating death from his bad heart, he went into Hartford in the Fall of 1877 and ordered a large coffin for himself. Dr Rowan (see picture) was worried that if he should die without the coffin already made, it would be a long delay in getting one. After the coffin was built, he took it home for storage. In December of 1877 he came down with cancer and lingered on until he died on 6 July 1878. Because of the effects of the cancer, he was not much more than a skeleton when he was lowered into his large coffin. He was buried with America in the Rowan family Cemetery behind his home. On his gravestone, made two and a half years after his death, is the inscription

Dearest Father We Will Try

To Meet You Happy When We Die

Trusting It May Be Our Lot

That We Will Never Be Forgot

On her stone is the inscription

And Now She Dwells In Fairer Clime

In Mansions Of The Blest

And Who Would Call Her Back To Earth

From Her Sweet Home Of Rest

Oh Mother Dear A Short Farewell

That We Meet Again Above

And Rove For Angel Love To Dwell

Where Trees Of Life Bear Fruits Of Love

        Alexander and America had ten children, all born in Ohio Co-

1.     girl Rowan, born 1829-1830, died by August 1840.

2.     Mary Eliza Rowan, b 5 Dec 1831

3.     Charlotte Mizella Rowan, b Feb 1834

4.     William Andrew Rowan, b 6 Apr 1836

5.     Richard Alexander Rowan, b 27 Jul 1838

6.     Missouri Ann Lou Rowan, b 1841

7.     America Elvira Rowan, b 12 Feb 1843

8.     Martha E Rowan, b 1846

9.     John Butler Rowan, b 10 Aug 1848

10.   Laura F Rowan, b 1851

In addition to ten children, Dr Alexander Rowan also had many slaves. They are shown in the order that the census taker listed them in the 1850 census; slaves on 9 August 1860 are in the second column:

1 Mulatto male, age 38          age 55

1 Mulatto female, age 32       age 45

1 Mulatto male, age 15          age 23

1 Mulatto male, age 13          age 21

1 Mulatto male, age 12

1 Mulatto male, age 9            age 18

1 Mulatto male, age 7            age 17

1 Mulatto male, age 1            age 14

1 Mulatto Male                      age 10

1 Mulatto female                   age 4

1 Mulatto male, age 23

Note that all were Mulatto, but the obvious parents were also Mulatto. Hence, this is not evidence that Dr Rowan fathered any of the slave children. And living next door was Dr Rowan’s parents-in-law. They had eight slaves.

Of the adult Rowan males in Ohio Co in 1850, three were slave owners: brothers William Cooper Rowan, Alexander Rowan, and John Rowan.

In the early1980s, great-great grandsons Eugene Atherton and John E Young visited Dr Rowan’s and America’s home site at No Creek. The old home was no longer standing, but the present owners of the property pointed out where the old home used to stand, more than a century before. And the present owners said that the flowers presently growing around the site of the old home were planted by America. Those flowers were still growing, more than 120 years later, forming the shape of their original home. (58,64,65,66, 67,76,N,L, GA,JY,AR,ME,RE, HT,MM,NR, 5h,2r,31b, 1ijknqrsuvpc)

      Alice Rowan [R2b4], daughter of Captain William Rowan and Sara Elizabeth Cooper, was born between July and September 1773 in York Co PA. She married John Douglass on 16 March 1797 in Nelson Co KY; her brother John Rowan posted the bond. John Douglass was born before 1765, probably in PA, and died in November 1812 in Ohio Co. Andrew Rowan, Alice's brother, was the administrator of John's estate, and neighbors Thomas Stevens, Chesley Calloway, and William Rogers appraised the estate in December 1812. Alice and John lived in Ohio Co soon after the beginning of the county since John Douglass was a bondsman for the 17 August 1799 marriage of Phillip Taylor, and was a witness in a deed of sale for his brother-in-law Stephen Rowan on 5 August 1808.

      Alice married Joshua G Cooper in Ohio Co on 14 September 1815. He was born in PA (York or Lancaster Co), and moved to Ohio Co when he was a young man. He died in 1826 in Ohio Co. Alice died in Ohio Co in April 1851. She had three sons-

a.   William Rowan Douglass, b 1801-1810

b.   John Douglass Jr, b 4 Mar 1812

c.   Lorenzo Dow Cooper, b 31 Mar 1819 (64,76, AR,GA,L,4m,1pzn)

      Alice Douglass Rowan [R2b3h], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 14 September 1813 in KY at Federal Hill in Bardstown. She was obviously named after her father's sister Alice who married John Douglass. The younger Alice married Daniel Hughes of MS, and “Alice D Rowan” married Sidney Shaw on 26 October 1832 in Nelson Co, but he was not found in 1840 nor in 1850. He must have died in the 1830s, by 1840, and Alice then married Dr Henry May Wakefield after 1840. She had no children when she died on 30 November 1854. (57,LL,4m)

      Allen Rowan [H1a8b], son of James Rowan and Agnes Hawkins, was born in 1901 in Daviess Co KY, and lived at Owensboro when his father died in 1961. (WW)

      Alvirta Rowan [H1d4], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 30 May 1872 in Daviess Co KY. She married Howard McFarland about 1892 and they lived at Vanover, Daviess Co in 1900. In 1920 they lived in Upper Town, Daviess Co. He was born 8 February 1871 in KY. Alvirta, under the name Alberta, died in Daviess Co on 17 November 1932. The informant for her death certificate was her husband, so he is the person who supplied the spelling of her given name, census records often showed her as Alvirta. Her parents’ names were given as Everett Rowans and Mary Fields. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. She and Howard had at least four children-

a.   child McFarland, died young. (WW)

b.   Christina Clemmie McFarland, b 31 Oct 1898

c.   John William McFarland, b 6 Nov 1903

d.   Georgia Mary Ann McFarland, b 7 Feb 1907

Living next door in 1900 was widower Ed Rowan. Upper Town was a district of Daviess Co to the east of Owensboro. (WW, B,KYd,3uwf)

      Alvis Edward Rowan [R2b1b9a4], son of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 16 October 1907 at Beaver Dam in Ohio Co KY. He lived at Hartford and married Ada Ree Bennett on 7 October 1933 at Hartford. She was born 8 August 1911 at Centertown, daughter of Jake T Bennett and Mary Ann Bennett. After their marriage they lived in Hartford. Alvis was a farmer and a coal miner. He died 15 February 1970 at Hartford and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery at Beaver Dam; Ada then moved to Livermore, McLean Co but died in Daviess Co on 5 July 1998. They had three children-

a.   child Rowan, b & d in May 1934

b.   Martha Ann Rowan, b 24 Mar 1935

c.   Daniel Edmond Rowan, b 9 May 1945 (HT, RN,Z,MM,1mfbd,3d)

      Amelia S Rowan [R2b1d9], daughter of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 27 May 1853 in Ohio Co KY and died of “flux” (dysentery) in Ohio Co on 24 July 1853. (1d)

      America Elvira Rowan [R2b1b7], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born 12 February 1843 in Ohio Co KY. She married Artemus Robert Pirtle at Dr Rowan's home at No Creek on 7 March 1867. He was born at Caneyville, Warren Co, on 6 November 1841, son of John Pirtle and Clarissa Roberts. Artemus was a surveyor and a farmer. He died at Owensboro in 1926 and America on 13 June 1928, in Ohio Co. They had nine children, all born at Heflin in Ohio Co-

a.   John Reed Pirtle, b 21 Feb 1868

b.   Herman Rowan Pirtle, b 12 Feb 1870

c.   Lottie F Pirtle, b 8 May 1872

d.   Lillah Gertrude Pirtle, b 8 May 1872

e.   Mary Catherine Pirtle, b 8 Feb 1876

f.    William Wayne Pirtle, b 25 Mar 1878

g.   Henry Malcolm Pirtle, b 3 Sep 1881

h.   Artemus Robert Pirtle Jr, b 22 Feb 1884

i.    Grover Cleveland Pirtle, b 1 Apr 1887 (OB, HT, MM,AR,1nmqrsu)

      Andrew Rowan [R2b2], son of Captain William Rowan and Sara Elizabeth Cooper, was born in 1770 in York Co PA. In 1782, when he was a boy of twelve, he traveled with his family down the Ohio River from PA to the KY frontier. On the way they tied up at the mouth of the Little Kanawha to cut firewood and to let the cattle go ashore to graze. Andrew borrowed a gun and sneaked off into the woods to kill a deer. He aimed at a buck and wounded it, and followed the wounded animal in the snow until nearly night before he realized that he was lost. Then he followed a creek downstream, hoping it would lead him back to the river. When he could no longer see to travel, Andrew went to sleep under a fallen tree, putting his hat over his feet to keep them from freezing. Late on the third day he found the camp of his distraught family. He had not seen a fire or tasted food during all that time. His feet were so badly frozen that he lost the first joint of both big toes.

      In 1785 Andrew was listed on a Nelson Co Virginia tax list, living at Rhodesville (now Calhoun in McLean Co KY), as was his father. Andrew was again listed on a 5 September 1789 Nelson Co tax list on the same large farm with his brother Stephen, and father.

      Andrew sold two female slaves in Jefferson Co soon before 1801. He was a well proportioned robust and athletic man, six feet two and one half inches tall. He married Sarah “Sally” Allen, her second marriage, on 11 August 1807, probably in Breckinridge Co. Sally was a daughter of James Allen. She was a minor when she married her first husband in 1794, so must have been born after 1773.

      Andrew and Sally lived in Ohio Co in 1810, but Breckinridge Co court records place him in that Co in 1819 and years afterwards. Sally's first marriage was to William Singleton, but she was widowed by 26 April 1802 when William's estate was appraised. Andrew lived in Hardinsburg in 1828 when he owned land in Breckinridge Co. He was appointed to be the sheriff of Breckinridge Co on 18 March 1822; Joseph Allen, probably his brother-in-law, posted bond. Immediately upon assuming office, Andrew appointed his step-son Stanley Singleton as the Deputy Sheriff. Stanley later that year resigned, on December 16, but soon again resumed his position, on January 20. Andrew was also the first sheriff of Henderson Co. In November 1812 he was named the administrator of the estate of his brother-in-law John Douglass Sr, late husband of Andrew's sister Alice.

      Andrew, and presumably his family, traveled east to attend the marriage of his niece Mary Jane Rowan (daughter of Judge John Rowan) to William Steele in Nelson Co on 8 December 1817. Andrew was a witness to that marriage. He was called Andrew Rowan Sr then, and since only his brother Stephen had a son named Andrew, Andrew Sr could have been called senior in distinction to his nephew Andrew Joseph Rowan. But from 1820 census records we know that Andrew had a son, so it is here assumed that the use of the title “Sr” was in deference to a son of the same name.

      According to Ohio Co death records, Sally died before Andrew, and he died 14 April 1853 in Ohio Co at “age 84.” They appear to have had two children-

a.   Eliza C Rowan, b 1807-1810

b.   Andrew Rowan Jr, b 1811-1817

Sarah Allen and her first husband William Singleton were married in Nelson Co on 27 Jun 1794. William had four sons and a daughter: John, French, Allen, Mary R “Polly,” and Stanley Singleton; the last three were minors when William wrote his will on 20 Nov ____ (1801? His was the second known will recorded in Breckinridge Co, which was formed in 1799 from Hardin Co). Since the first two children were not called minors in his 1794 will, William must have been married before his marriage with Sarah, and had two children from that marriage. Daughter Polly married John M Riley by 14 Sep 1820; Allen received title to a Negro Tom from Andrew Rowan (i.e., from Allen's mother) in Jan 1817, so he must have been born by 1795 to have be an adult in January 1817. Allen married Mary R Enlows in Hardin Co on 31 May 1821, and also married Mary T Waide in Hardin Co on 22 Jun 1824; he was shown to be an adult at both marriages. Stanley Singleton was born in KY in 1797, and was a deputy sheriff of Breckinridge Co in Jun 1813. He lived next to Andrew and Sarah in 1820 in Breckinridge Co, and married Mrs Mary Huston on 6 Sep 1828 in Breckinridge Co. She was born in KY in 1795. In the 1830 census of Breckinridge Co, Stanley was living in Hardinsburg. There was a young girl under the age of five, an older teenage male, and a man in his twenties in the household. Stanley had five slaves. No one of the age of Andrew Rowan was living with Stanley. The two children shown in Andrew's household in 1810 in Ohio Co could not have been Sarah's from her first marriage.

      William Singleton's will was recorded in Nelson and in Breckinridge Counties, but he lived in Breckinridge Co when he died; executors were Joseph Allen and Sarah Singleton. (84,85,MM, 1hnz,8m,4tm, 11ijpy, 6z)

      Andrew Rowan Jr [R2b2b], probably a son of Andrew Rowan and Sarah Allen, was born in Ohio Co or Breckinridge Co KY between 1811 and 1817. He was probably dead by 1850, without issue. (JY,4m,11i)

      Andrew Alexander Rowan [R2b1b9a], son of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 20 October 1870 in Ohio Co KY. He lived in Ohio Co all his life and married his third cousin Lillie Elvira Shaver there at her parents' home on 7 March 1897. She was born at Buford on 12 April 1880, daughter of Henry Cephas Shaver and Emily Adaline Baird. Andy was a farmer. He died on 27 March 1929 in Ohio Co; Lillie died near Hartford on 27 February 1954. She is buried in Mt Hermon Cemetery near Beda. They had six children by 1910-

1.   Claud Victor Rowan, b 28 Dec 1897

2.   Walter Haden Rowan, b 5 Jul 1900

3.   Raymond Shultz Rowan, b 15 Feb 1903

4.   Alvis Edward Rowan, b 16 Oct 1907

5.   Emma Rose Rowan, b 10 Jul 1910

6.   Violet Sunshine Rowan, b 10 Jun 1914 (58, 76, HT,RN, MM,1smuwfd)

      Andrew Joseph Rowan [R2b1e], son of Stephen Rowan and Katherine Reid, was born in 1809 in Ohio Co. In 1845 he sold 228 acres on No Creek in Ohio Co to William C Rowan, and sold a lot at Livermore in 1851 to Charles Worthington. Andrew probably lived close to Livermore since he was Livermore's third postmaster. He was also a saddler. From sketchy information, it would appear that Andrew did marry and lived in Mercer Co KY. Further information on Andrew's early years may lie there. He died of a high fever on 10 April 1852 in Ohio Co and is buried in the Rowan family Cemetery near Heflin. (GA, 1zd)

      Angela Lynn Rowan [R2b1b5b1a2a], daughter of Phillip Dale Rowan and Kathy Lynn Haynes, was born 26 April 1974 at Owensboro, KY. In 2006 she lived at Cox’s Creek, Nelson Co. (RN, 3b,4P)

      Angela Maureen Rowan [H1d8f10], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 11 April 1954 in Daviess Co KY. She married Michael Anthony Webb on 3 November 1984 at Owensboro, KY. Angela had a son-

a.   Leondo Ray Rowan, b 14 Oct 1976 in Daviess Co KY. (3b) (WW,3b)

      Ann Rowan [R2b3g], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 3 May 1812 in the first built section of Federal Hill at Bardstown, KY. She married Dr Joseph Rhodes Buchanan of Frankfort at her parent's Louisville home on 11 December 1841. Dr Buchanan later became a noted physician and scientist. He was born at Frankfort in 1814, son of Dr Joseph Buchanan, philosopher and inventor. Ann died 28 December 1876 at the Galt House, a Louisville hotel. They had four children-

1.   Rowan Buchanan, b 1842

2.   Lytle Buchanan, b 1 Dec 1844

3.   Anselan Buchanan, b 9 May 1847

4.   Alice Wakefield Buchanan, b 11 Aug 1850 (57, 63,LL,BH)

      Anna E Rowan [R2b1a5], daughter of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born on 25 March 1839 in Ohio Co KY and lived at Buford. In 1910 her close neighbor was Guy Rowan [R2b1d6e]. Anna died on 20 March 1914 in Ohio Co and was buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. Anne never married. (RN, 1knqsupvdc)

      Anna Mae Rowan [H1d8b], daughter of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 15 January 1912 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY, and died 29 June 2004 at Owensboro. She married George Mathis Wickliffe on 14 November 1936 in Daviess Co. (WW)

      Anna Maria Rowan [H1a2], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born in October 1864 in Ohio Co KY (was age 8 in 1870, 16 in 1880). She married Morris Newton on 24 March 1881 at Owensboro at Clint Griffith’s home. Morris was born in September 1855 at Vanover, Daviess Co KY, son of Morris Newton and Angeline (Adaline in 1870) _____. Morris was age 50 in 1910, 63 in 1920, and 68 when he died in 1923. Ann and Morris lived at Evansville, Vanderburgh Co IN in 1900 and into the 1920s. Morris died 31 August 1923 at age 68 at Evansville. Anna continued to live at Evansville with her son Arquilla; her daughter Thelma lived next door in 1930. Anna died before 1953 in KY. She and Morris had nine children by 1900 with all still alive and all born at Evansville, IN-

a.   Henry Newton, b 27 Dec 1881

b.   Josephine Newton, b Feb 1883

c.   Arthur Newton, b 25 Aug 1886

d.   Walter Newton, b. 25 Aug 1886

e.   Preston A Newton, b 27 Feb 1889

f.    Morris Newton, b 21 Oct 1890

g.   Beulah Mae Newton, b Apr 1892

h.   Arquilla Newton, b 17 Dec 1895

i.    Thelma M Newton, b 23 Aug 1899 (1r,3s, 51uv)

      Anna Marie Rowan [H1d8f11], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born and died 4 October 1955 at Owensboro, KY. She was buried there in a Catholic cemetery. (WW)

      Annie Rowan [H1e8], daughter of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 4 November 1889 at Owensboro, KY. (WW,3u)

      Annie Elizabeth Rowan [H1g], daughter of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____, was born in September 1856 in Ohio Co KY. Annie’s mother died when Annie was a girl or a young teen. Guardian Bond book #4 (Volume 2, page 19) in April 1870 in Ohio Co recorded that Levi Rowan, of color, for Ann Rowan, of color, would be Annie’s guardian; James Rowan and Edward Bell were sureties. Annie grew up in Ohio Co and married Noah Bell at Owensboro, Daviess Co on 1 March 1877 at her brother Ed Rowan’s home. Witnesses were Charles Henderson and David McFarland. Annie was a school teacher. Noah Bell was born in January 1855 in Ohio Co, probably in the Belltown Community where so many of the Bell families lived in those years. Annie and Noah moved to Evansville, IN about 1905, and she worked there running a boarding house. Noah worked in a music store. He died in the 1910s and Annie was a widow, still living at Evansville (at 711 Oak St), and still running a rooming house. Niece Theresa Hayden, age 18 and born in IL, lived with Annie in 1920. Annie was not fond after 1920. She and Noah had two sons; neither was married by 1910, and both were still living at home-

1.   Ulysses Simpson Bell, b 16 Jan 1879

2.   Luther Walter Bell, b 23 Aug 1882 (WW, 3um, 51vw)

      Annie Laurie Rowan [R2b1b4d2], daughter of Alexander Harwood Rowan and Sara Elizabeth McNeil, was born 31 January 1897 in McLean Co KY. She married Walter Hilgadiack. He was born 8 November 1901, and died 4 July 1963 in Daviess Co. Annie kept up the family ties with her cousins living at Tyronza, AR. The AR cousins believe that the original Rowan research was done by Annie, or she hired a researcher to do it. Annie died 19 January 1968 at Tyronza. Both are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. Annie had no children. (GA,AR,KYd,Z, 2u, 3c)

      Arkel Griffin Rowan [R2b1b9e1], son of Lyghtle Oscar Rowan and Gertrude Bennett, was born 16 July 1903 in KY, probably at Owensboro. He married Anna May Hill on 17 May 1922. She was born at Owensboro on 3 March 1904, daughter of Andrew Jackson Hill and Martha Elizabeth DeBruler. They lived at Owensboro. Griffin died 19 September 1966 in Daviess Co and Anna May on 16 September 1977 in Daviess Co; both are buried at Owensboro's Rose Hill Cemetery. They had twelve children-

a.   James Bartlett Rowan, b 20 Jan 1923

b.   Griffin Rowan Jr, b 26 Jan 1925

c.   Martha Louise Rowan, b 23 Jan 1926

d.   Nelda Fay Rowan, b 16 Jan 1928

e.   Leslie Elizabeth Rowan, b 2 Mar 1930

f.    Betty Alice Rowan, b 17 Apr 1932

g.   Ronald Griffin Rowan, b 18 Jul 1934

h.   Jimmie Lee Rowan, b 26 Jun 1936

i.    Oscar Jackson Rowan, b 27 Jan 1939

j.    Rebecca Ann Rowan, b 17 Feb 1941

k.   Tony Eugene Rowan, b 3 Jan 1943

m.  Phyllis Remonia Rowan, b 14 Feb 1946 (HT, Z,3fcd)

      Arthur Rowan [H1a10], son of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born in October 1879 in Daviess Co KY. In 1900 an Arthur Rowan lived at Livermore, McLean Co and worked in the tobacco fields. He gave his age as 17 years old then. (3s,2u)

      Arthur L Rowan [R2b1d12b], son of Thomas A Rowan and Tabitha A Bates, was born 16 January 1890 in McLean Co KY. He married Eva M Birch in 1909 and in 1910 lived next door to his parents in McLean Co. In June 1917 they lived at Dugger, Sullivan Co IN and Arthur was a coal miner for the Vandalia Coal Mine. Eva was born in KY on 16 August 1893, and died in Muhlenberg Co KY on 29 August 1976 at age 83. Arthur died on 14 September 1960 in Muhlenberg Co, age 70. Their three children were born in McLean Co KY-

1.   Jesse L Rowan, b 1910

2.   Daisy M Rowan, b 16 Jan 1912

3.   James T Rowan, b 6 Aug 1914 (GA,M,Z, 2uv,67w,12d )

      Atkinson Hill Rowan [R2b3d], son of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 30 April 1804 at Frankfort, KY, and died 27 July 1833 at Federal Hill of the cholera epidemic that killed so many of his family. He never married. Judge John Rowan's son was named after Judge Atkinson Hill of Nelson Co. See the Atkinson Hill note following Judge John Rowan’s biography. (56,57,63,LL, BH)

      Augusta Lydia Rowan [R2b1d7], daughter of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 22 July 1851 in Ohio Co, KY. She died “Oct 15, 1851 2 mo 24 days” according to her gravestone and is buried in the Rowan family Cemetery near Heflin. (AR,HT, GA,1c)

      Azro Vincent Rowan [R2b1b5b], son of Richard Alexander Rowan and Martha Jane Holbrook, was born 1 October 1863 at Heflin, Ohio Co KY. He married Minnie L Foster in Ohio Co on 6 October 1887. She was born at Beda on 6 January 1866, daughter of Dr Isaac Foster (born in 1825 in Co Down, Ireland) and Nancy C Carson. Azro and Minnie lived for years at Heflin. He died there on 24 February 1939 of cancer; Minnie died at Hartford on 1 August 1941 of a stroke and both are buried at Owensboro in Rose Hill Cemetery. They had a son-

1.   Richard Ney Rowan, b 19 Jul 1888 (64,RN, HT, 1rsmuwd,3c)

      Barbara R Rowan [H1f2], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born about 1876 in Ohio Co KY. She was not found in 1900, although her parents lived at Livermore, McLean Co then. “Bartra Rowan,” a single Black lady, died in McLean Co on 9 April 1904 of pneumonia at age 28. This was probably Barbara, although the death record says her father was Jake Rowan. Hiram was never known as Jake, but in the years right after 1900 he and Mollie and their children lived at Livermore, McLean Co. (WW, 1s,2d)

      Ben Hardin Rowan II [R2b3e1a1b], son of William Hamilton Rowan and Elizabeth Lowery, was born in 1938 in the Nashville, TN area. He was a retired attorney, living near Nashville in 1989, and had married Jennifer Kingsley. They had four children-

1.   Cathryn Kingsley Rowan, b 19 Apr 1962

2.   Patricia Anne Rowan, b 24 Jan 1965

3.   Ben Hardin Rowan III, b 20 Feb 1967

4.   Deborah Gayle Rowan, b 5 Dec 1968 (BH, NF)

      Ben Hardin Rowan III [R2b3e1a1b3], son of Benjamin Hardin Rowan II and Jennifer Kingsley, was born 20 February 1967. He was a senior at Vanderbilt University in 1988-1989. (BH)

      Benjamin Hardin Rowan [R2b3e1a], son of William Atkinson Hill Rowan and Nancy Hardin, was born 31 October 1878 at Bardstown, KY, where he spent the first years of his life. In 1900 he was living in Jefferson Co, but by 1906 settled at Nashville, TN where he was a bookkeeper. In 1920 he was a deputy clerk for the US Government, and an IRS agent in 1924. He married Alice E Buttorff about 1903. She was born at Nashville, TN in December 1879, daughter of Henry Wilson Buttorff, a Nashville stove merchant (born in PA), and Mary Elizabeth Nokes (born at Nashville). Alice died after 1924 since she was shown with Ben in the Nashville City Directory then. Benjamin later married Gertrude Holt. Gertrude was the one who gathered the family information on her husband's ancestry. She was born 19 May 1899 in Montgomery Co TN, daughter of Richard E Holt and Ruth E _____, and died at Nashville in November 1976. Ben died in 1956. He and Alice had a son-

1.   William Hamilton Rowan, b 8 Oct 1903 (57, P,LL,W,BH,Z,M,4s,159u,6u, 228u, 49Psuvw)

      Bessie Rowan [H1f9], daughter of Hiram Rowan, and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born in December 1891 in Ohio Co KY. In 1900 and 1910 she lived with her parents at Livermore, in McLean Co. Bessie died 3 October 1948 at Norfolk, VA. She married a Mr Smallwood before September 1947, and married Isaac Sampson Francis on 22 September 1947 at Elizabeth City, Pasguotank Co NC. Witnesses at this marriage were Annette Meggs and Ms J. F. Meggs. Isaac was born about 1893 in VA. (WW,2uv)

      Betty Jane Rowan [R2b1d6e4], daughter of Guy Cass Rowan and Rose Cleveland Turner, was born 12 January 1930 in McLean Co KY. (1pf,2b)

      Beulah Lee Rowan [R2b1b9h], daughter of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 10 February 1892 in Ohio Co KY. She married Hollon Thomas Shown, a farmer, on 19 April 1914 at her parents' home in Hartford. Hollon was born near Beda in Ohio Co on 2 August 1889, son of Peter Shown and Phebe Stewart. The couple soon moved to Goshen. In 1920 they lived at West Hartford.

      Beulah died on 23 January 1975 and Hollon on 30 September 1978, both in Ohio Co. They are buried in Beulah Cemetery in Beda. They had three daughters-

1.   Phoebe Corilla Shown, b 9 Sep 1915

2.   Hannah Bell Shown, b 25 Mar 1918

3.   Amelia Maye Shown, b 23 Dec 1924 (76, HT,M, MM,1muwd)

      Betty Alice Rowan [R2b1b9e1f], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 17 April 1932. She married Charles William Ranson. After three children they divorced, and she later married Charles William “Billy” Shock, and had six more children. Betty lived at Owensboro, KY in 2006. Her children were all born in Daviess Co KY-

1.   Charles William Ranson II, b 13 Feb 1950

2.   Linda Mae Ranson, b 8 Feb 1951

3.   Ronald Lee Ranson, b 25 Dec 1953

4.   William Darrell Shock, b 21 Feb 1955

5.   Terry Wayne Shock, b 22 Oct 1956

6.   Roger Dale Shock, b 19 Dec 1957

7.   Sharon Gayle Shock, b 8 Aug 1961

8.   Alice Marie Shock, b 23 Sep 1965

9.   Rachel Melinda Shock, b 18 Jun 1969 (HT, 3Pc)

      Bill Rowan [R2b1d6e2], son of Guy Cass Rowan and Rose Cleveland Turner, was born 12 January 1917 at Hartford, Ohio Co KY and drowned in McLean Co on 15 September 1935 when he was involved in an auto accident. He is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co KY. (2cd,1pwf)

      Bradley Shawn Rowan [R2b1b5b1a2c], son of Phillip Dale Rowan and Kathy Lynn Haynes, was born 5 December 1978 at Owensboro, KY. He lived there in 2006. (RN,3Pb)

      Brian Dale Rowan [R2b1b5b1a2b], son of Phillip Dale Rowan and Kathy Lynn Haynes, was born 28 August 1976 at Owensboro, KY. (RN,3b)

      Brenda Joyce Ann Rowan [H1d8f7], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 22 November 1950. She married Hugh Marshall Duneghy on 8 February 1969 at Owensboro, KY. He was born 7 December 1944, son of Teddy Duneghy and Edna Johnson. They had a son-

a.   Hugh Marshall Duneghy III, b 3 Aug 1969 in Daviess Co KY. (WW,3b) (WW,3b)

      Buckner Rowan [H1c1], son of Ed Rowan and Louise Richardson, was born 20 January 1867 in KY, probably in Ohio Co. He grew up in Daviess Co and lived at Louisville in 1900 and 1910, and was a porter. Buckner married Annie Hayes in 1894. Annie was born in KY on 16 April 1879 and died 12 January 1980. Buckner died 7 February 1955. They had three children by 1910-

a.   Leola Rowan, b 21 Jan 1897

b.   Roger C Rowan, b 7 Sep 1901

c.   Othello Rowan, b 7 Sep 1901 (3s, 6uv)

      Cathryn Kingsley Rowan [R2b3e1a1b1], daughter of Benjamin Hardin Rowan II and Jennifer Kingsley, was born 19 April 1962 at Nashville, TN. She married Van Phillips East III on 1 June 1985 in Nashville. He was born 14 September 1962 at Jackson, MS, son of Van Phillips East Jr and Dorothy Marie Vinson. They were living at Brentwood, Williamson Co TN in 2006. (BH, NF, 180P)

      Charlotte Ann Rowan [R2b1d1], daughter of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 28 September 1836 at No Creek in Ohio Co KY and died 24 October 1838. She is buried in the Rowan family Cemetery near Heflin. (HT,GA, RN)

      Charlotte Mizella Rowan [R2b1b3], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born in February 1834 in Ohio Co. She married Alfred C Tanner, a merchant, in Ohio Co on 26 March 1850. He was born in KY in 1826, son of Frederick Tanner and Julia Flint. Alfred became the Co court clerk in the 1850s, and a lawyer by 1870. Their home was in the portion of Ohio Co that became McLean Co in 1854, so they lived in McLean Co for years after the county was formed. In 1880 they lived at Evansville, IN where Alfred was still a lawyer. Alfred died between 1890 and 1891; in 1891 “Charlotte M Tanner, widow Alf C” was shown in an Evansville city directory, but in 1890 Alfred was shown in the city directory and he was an attorney in the “T & Ireland” law firm. After Alfred died, Charlotte moved from their residence at 719 Upper 2nd Street to 18 Jefferson Ave in Evansville, by 1892, with her two children. In 1895 Charlotte was a keeper in a poor house in Hartford. In 1900 she was back at Evansville, Vanderburgh Co IN. Both her children still lived with her then and into the 1910s. Charlotte died in the 1910s, probably at Evansville. She and Alfred had two children-

a.   Andrew Rowan Tanner, b Jul 1853

b.   Belle G Tanner, b May 1857

Another son of Frederick Tanner and Julia Flint was Thomas Harwood Tanner who married Lydia “Gammer” Whitaker. The Tanner-Whitaker couple were the parents of America Tanner, mother of Julia Flint Rowan. The Whitaker family originally came to Nelson Co VA in 1780 from Monongalia Co VA / PA. (This county was on land claimed by both states.)

At Evansville, IN in 1920 was Mizella (Shown) Tanner, widow of James K Tanner and born in KY in 1853; her widowed daughter Lula D Crow, born in October 1879 at Hartford, KY, lived with Mizella. (87,GA,1nmps, 2qr, 51Psu)

      Claiborne Rowan [R2b1b4i2], daughter of John Proctor Rowan and Jesse Viola Hill, was born 12 June 1916 at Wichita, Kansas. She married Ben Sigman Thompson on 7 October 1933 at Oxford, MS. He was born at Holly Springs MS on 30 August 1907, son of Walter Gray Thompson and Laura Sigman, both of Holly Springs. At Holly Springs Ben was climbing through a fence while hunting on 31 December 1950 and fell. His gun went off, killing him. He is buried in Hill Crest Cemetery. Claiborne continued to live at Holly Springs, never remarried, and died there on 24 December 2005. She and Ben had three children, all born in Memphis-

a.   Ben Sigman Thompson, b 19 Sep 1941

b.   Walter Rowan Thompson, b 27 Nov 1942

c.   Kay Thompson, b 18 Jan 1944 (CR,JY, Z, 31w)

      Claud Victor Rowan [R2b1b9a1], son of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 28 December 1897 at Heflin, KY. He married Jewel Marie Jackson at Centertown on 13 May 1949. They lived at McHenry, and in later years lived close to Hartford. Jewel was born on 23 September 1927 at Equality in Butler Co, daughter of Henry Jackson and Adeline Burden. Claud died in the Veteran's Hospital in Louisville on 8 October 1962 and is buried in Mt Hermon Cemetery. He and Jewel had two children-

a.   Patricia Ann Rowan, b 29 Aug 1948

b.   Douglas Ray Rowan, b 27 Jan 1950 (76,HT, M,1mwf)

      Clemmie Rowan [H1d7], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 7 March 1880 in KY. She married Burrell Edwards on 20 March 1911 at Owensboro and was divorced by 1920. He was born in KY in 1872, son of William Henry Edwards, and in 1920 he lived with nephew Anthony Albert at Bessemer, Jefferson Co KY. Clemmie also married Ed Bryant about 1921. Ed died in Sorgus (Saugus?), CA. Clemmie lived at Owensboro in 1920 and was at Los Angeles, CA in 1963 when her mother died. She died at Los Angeles on 4 December 1978. Clemmie Rowan and Burrell Edwards had a son-

1.   Lee Edwards, died as a child. (WW) (WW, B,CAd,Z,6w)

      Comia Rowan [H1c4], daughter of Ed Rowan and Louise Richardson, was born in 1879 in Daviess Co KY. (3s)

      Crit Rowan [H1e7], son of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 18 February 1887, was a waiter on one of the Ohio River steamboats. He died 20 March 1905 at Louisville. (WW,3u)

      Cynthia Gail Rowan [R2b1b9e1k1], daughter of Tony Eugene Rowan and Betty Sutton, was born 15 April 1969 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Cynthia Jean Rowan [H1d8f6], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 14 April 1949 in Daviess Co KY. She had two children-

a.   Anna Marie Duneghy, b 6 Jun 1971 in Daviess Co. (WW,3b)

b.   Tonya F Miller, b 13 Mar 1986 in Daviess Co. (WW,3b) (WW,3b)

      Daisy M Rowan [R2b1d12b2], daughter of Arthur L Rowan and Eva N Birch, was born 16 January 1912 in McLean Co KY. She married a Mr Kipling and died 9 February 1998 at Central City, Muhlenberg Co. (Z,2b, 67w,12d)

      Daniel Edmond Rowan [R2b1b9a4c], son of Alvis Edward Rowan and Ada Ree Bennett, was born 9 May 1945 at Hartford, KY. He lived at Hartford and married Patricia Miller. She was born on 28 May 1945 (at Owensboro?). On 22 July 1977 Daniel was killed in a Jeep accident in Franklin Co TX and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery at Beaver Dam. Patricia then moved to Owensboro. They had a son-

1.   Steve Edwin Rowan, b 2 Jan 1965 (HT, MM,1b, KYd,TXd)

      Deborah Gayle Rowan [R2b3e1a1b4], daughter of Benjamin Hardin Rowan II and Jennifer Kingsley, was living at Nashville, TN in 1989 and was a sophomore in college. (BH)

      Della Rowan [H1d3], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 1 September 1870 at Bells, Ohio Co KY, and died 7 November 1898. (B,WW)

      Donald Smith Rowan [R2b1b5b1a3], son of Joseph Cullen Rowan and Anna Moline Smith, was born 5 March 1957 at Owensboro, KY. He married Carolyn Faye Hulsey at Hartford on 15 October 1977. She was born at Madisonville, Hopkins Co on 7 May 1960, daughter of Kenneth Hulsey and Alta Hunter. In 1979 Donald was a miner. They lived at Morganfield, Union Co KY in 2006 and had two children-

a.   Justin Christopher Rowan, b 5 Mar 1981 (3b)

b.   Jaime Kristen Rowan, b 19 May 1982 (3b) (RN, 1m,3b,181P)

      Donna Faye Rowan [R2b1b9e1i1], daughter of Oscar Jackson Rowan and Geneva Fay Ezell, was born 28 December 1959 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Donnie Carson Rowan [R2b1b5c3], daughter of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 4 February 1897 at No Creek, Ohio Co KY. She married Gail McClain Carson in 1915 at Wray, CO. He was born 21 June 1897 at Elliott, IA, son of William Emmett Carson and Susan Catherine Spar, and died in April 1983 at Wray. Gail was a carpenter at Wray. Donnie died on 4 September 1952 at Wray. Their six children were born at Wray-

a.   Delbert M Carson, b 16 Feb 1916 and died 27 March 1996 at Denver. (Z,60wf)

b.   Steven E Carson, b 13 Sep 1918, died 27 April 2002 at Tempe, Maricopa Co AZ. (Z,60wf)

c.   Boyd E Carson, b 1 Feb 1921, died at Tucson, Pima Co AZ on 30 September 1988. (Z,60f)

d.   Joan E Carson, b 1923 (60f)

e.   James R Carson, b 1925 (60f)

f.    Thomas J Carson, b Dec 1928 (60f)

Both of Gail’s parents died at Wray. (M,W,58, SR, Z,1u, 60wf)

      Doris Madolin Rowan [R2b1c2a4], daughter of Junius Lloyd Rowan and Laura Eunice Melvin, was born 29 May 1903 at Shawneetown, IL. She married Paul W Hatfield on 22 October 1922 at Omaha in Gallatin Co. He was born at Ridgway, Gallatin Co on 18 July 1901, son of William T Hatfield (of Franklin Co TN) and Susan Catherine Bean. Paul was a mechanic all his life and worked in Harrisburg where he and Doris lived. He died at Shawneetown on 26 June 1966. In the 1970s Doris was living with her daughter Diana in Harrisburg and died 21 August 1991 at Saline, IL. Doris and Paul had two daughters-

a.   Mary Rowan Hatfield, b 1924

b.   Diana Lynn Hatfield (DR,LL,GA,W, Z,22vw)

      Douglas Ray Rowan [R2b1b9a1b], son of Claud Victor Rowan and Jewel Marie Jackson, was born 27 January 1950 in Ohio Co KY. (HT,1b)

      Ed Rowan [H1c], son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____ of Ohio Co KY, was born in Ohio Co KY on 18 September 1841. Before the Civil War, Ed was given to the Jefferson Bell family as a wedding gift, and when the war started, Ed went to war under the Bell name. In 1880 Ed lived at Lower Town, Daviess Co (using his Rowan name). He lived a few doors from his older brother Henry Rowan [H1a]. Ed was had married Louise Richardson about 1866. Louise was born in KY in 1846 and died by 1900; Ed was then a widower living at Vanover, Daviess Co with his younger children. They had seven, all born in KY-

1.   Buckner Rowan, b 20 Jan 1867

2.   Maude Rowan, b abt 1870

3.   Jean Rowan, b abt 1873

4.   Ella Rowan, b 1877

5.   Comia Rowan, b 1879

6.   Willis Rowan, b 22 Feb 1882

7    Elvis Rowan, b 1 Sep 1884

Two granddaughters lived with Ed in 1900: LeeAnna Rowan, born 11 Oct 1889 and Mary Ella Rowan, born 30 May 1890. Mary’s birth date conflicts with LeeAnna’s, so Mary may actually be a year younger. Living next door in 1900 was Alvirta Rowan, daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields.

Mary Eliza Rowan [R2b1b2], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, married Jefferson Bell in Ohio Co on 6 April 1848, and as a wedding gift, her father Dr Alexander R Rowan gave her slave Ed Rowan, who was born in 1841. (WW,W,JY,KYu,3su)

      Elbert Neuman Rowan [R2b1b5c5], son of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 29 May 1900 in Ohio Co KY and died soon after. (58,SR,1u)

      Eliza C Rowan [R2b2a], daughter of Andrew Rowan and Sarah Allen, was born between 1807 and 1810 in Ohio Co KY. She was no doubt named after her paternal grandmother. Eliza's was the only known Rowan marriage in Breckinridge Co before 1850, and Andrew's family was the only Rowan family in the county. Therefore there is little likelihood that Eliza was the daughter of another Rowan. She grew up in Breckinridge Co and in Ohio Co, and in Breckinridge Co she married William W Harwood on 20 December 1832. They were not found in KY in 1840, and in 1850 William W Harwood was living in Daviess Co and had married within the prior year to Mrs Ruth A Montgomery. Ruth was born in KY in 1814, and William was born in Virginia in 1799. Apparently Eliza C Rowan had died. There were no Harwood children living with William in 1850.

In 1850, Ruth's five Montgomery children, all born in KY and living with her and William, were: Laura, age 13; Albina, age 9; Thomas J, age 8; James A, age 6; and Jeremiah, age 5. (85,JY,3n, 11m)

      Eliza Cooper Rowan [R2b3a], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 27 January 1798 at Bardstown, KY in the log cabin built by her father. She married Dr John Milton Harney in 1814. He was born 9 March 1789 in Sussex Co DE. Eliza died on 6 January 1815 and is buried at Federal Hill in Bardstown. After her death, Dr Harney became a Roman Catholic priest and lived at St Rose's Academy 18 miles from Bardstown. He died on 15 January 1825 at Federal Hill and is also buried there. They had one daughter, who was raised by her grandparents-

1.   Elizabeth Cooper Rowan Harney, b 6 Jan 1815 (57, 61,63,78,LL,AR)

      Elizabeth Rowan [R2b1d10], daughter of John Rowan and Sarah Frances Bell, was born 27 June 1856 in McLean Co, and died 15 August 1856. She is buried in the Rowan family Cemetery near Heflin. (AR,HT)

      Elizabeth Rowan [R2b3i], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 31 July 1817 at Federal Hill, Bardstown, KY. She married Daniel Hughes from Memphis, TN. Elizabeth died 1 May 1864. She had no children. (57,LL)

      Elizabeth Rowan [R2b5], daughter of Captain William Rowan and Sara Elizabeth Cooper, married Judge William Louis Kelley on 18 November 1805, and lived in Springfield, about ten miles east of Bardstown. Elizabeth and Judge Kelley died at Bardstown on 26 July 1833 from the cholera epidemic while they were visiting her brother John. (57,78,AR)

      Elizabeth Rowan [R2b3e1a1a1], daughter of William Hamilton Rowan Jr and Nancy Caldwell, married Jerry Taylor. They were living at Nashville, TN in 1989. (BH)

      Elizabeth Elvira “Lizzie” Rowan [R2b1b9g], daughter of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 19 January 1888 in Heflin, KY. She married Ansel Patton in Heflin on 16 February 1907 at her parents' home. He was born at Heflin on 6 November 1884, son of Eli Patton and Mollie E Chinn. Ansel died at Hartford on 3 August 1965 and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. Lizzie died 26 April 1986 at home and is also buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. They had eight children, all born in Ohio Co-

1.   Hazel Marie Patton, b 10 Sep 1907

2.   Jessie L Patton, b 4 Aug 1908

3.   Gaydon John Patton, b 9 Mar 1915

4.   Woodrow Wilson Patton, b 15 Jan 1919

5.   Eli William Patton, b 11 May 1921

6.   Regena Belle Patton, b 8 Nov 1923

7.   Paul Ellis Patton, b 15 Jun 1926

8.   Billie Rowan Patton, b 23 Jun 1932 (RN, HT,OB, GA,1mcuf)

      Ella Rowan [H1d2], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 20 September 1868 at Bells, Ohio Co KY, and died 4 January 1926 at Owensboro, KY (at 2403 W 6th Street). She was buried in Little Flock Cemetery at Sorgho. She married Daniel Crump in 1888. He was born on 1 May 1861 at Oakford, Daviess Co KY, son of Abner Crump from VA and Phoebe Davis from TN. In 1880 Daniel and his parents lived at Oakford, Daviess Co. He died 24 December 1912 at Oakford, Daviess Co of heart failure and was buried in Little Flock Cemetery on Christmas day. The informant for his death certificate was his son Willis. Ella then lived at Lower Town, Daviess Co with a daughter and grandchildren; the same grandchildren were also shown with their parents at Sorgho. In 1900 they lived at Sorgho, Daviess Co where all their children were born. Dan was a farmer and owned his own farm at Sorgho. They had five children in 1900 with all still alive, but Ella claimed she had only four in 1910, with all still alive. The correct information in 1910 should have been five children with four still living-

a.   Stephen A Crump, b Aug 1888

b.   Willis L Crump, b 20 Mar 1890

c.   Della Crump, b 1 Jul 1893

d.   Cecile Crump, b 28 Jan 1895

e.   Georgia I Crump, b Oct 1899

Dan’s widowed mother Mrs Phoebe Crump, born in June 1816 in TN, lived with Dan and Ella in 1900. Phoebe claimed that she only had one child, Dan, but she also had a son named William. She was the second wife of Abner Crump; he had about four children from his first marriage. (WW,B,1r,3rswd)

      Ella Rowan [H1c3], daughter of Ed Rowan and Louise Richardson, was born in 1877 in Daviess Co KY. (3s)

      Ella Rowan [R2b1d12f], daughter of Thomas A Rowan and Tabitha A Bates, was born 27 August 1904 in McLean Co KY, and was a twin of her sister Stella. (2v,Z)

      Ella W Rowan [R2b1b4a], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and America R Tanner, was born 12 November 1858 in McLean Co KY. She married Squire C Tichenor in McLean Co on 10 January 1876. He was born 8 June 1853 in Daviess (now McLean) Co, son of Manley Berry Tichenor and Altha Whitaker. Squire and Ella lived at Livermore. Ella died 11 August 1904 of consumption in McLean Co and is buried on the Crowe farm half a mile east of Nuckols. Squire died at Louisville, Jefferson Co on 9 December 1933 of pneumonia and was buried in the Tanner Cemetery in McLean Co. In 1920 Squire and his daughter Lydia’s two sons, lived with Squire’s sister Mattie in Daviess Co. Ella and Squire had six children, all born in McLean Co-

1.   Gerome Tichenor, b 31 Mar 1878

2.   Charles Hale Tichenor, b 26 May 1879

3.   Lydia Frances Tichenor, b 26 Feb 1881

4.   Lee Tichenor, b Dec 1885

5.   Rowan Tichenor, b 14 Dec 1886

6.   Mary Helen Tichenor, b Nov 1896

Altha Whitaker was a sister Ella Rowan's grandmother Lydia Jane Whitaker. (GA, SC,1q,3w,6d, 2qrsucdm)

      Ellis Rowan [H1d8f], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 10 October 1922 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY. He married Georgia Ann Hayden at Owensboro on 25 October 1941. She was a sister of Mary Lee Hayden who married Ellis’ first cousin Clay Guffy Wilhite [H1d9f], and was a daughter of Lonnie Hayden and Esther Hunter. Ellis lived at Owensboro in 2007. They had eleven children, all born in Daviess Co KY-

1.   Ellis H Rowan II, b 16 Sep 1942

2.   Patricia Catherine Rowan, b 10 Feb 1944

3.   William E Rowan, b 26 May 1945

4.   Thelma Bernice Rowan, b 23 Jun 1946

5.   Katherine Elaine Rowan, b 7 Sep 1947

6.   Cynthia Jean Rowan, b 14 Apr 1949

7.   Brenda Joyce Ann Rowan, b 22 Nov 1950

8.   Richard Lawrence Rowan, b 16 Oct 1951

9.   Kenneth Ray Rowan, b 23 Apr 1953

10. Angela Maureen Rowan, b 11 Apr 1954

11. Anna Marie Rowan, b 4 Oct 1955

Mary Lee Hayden was a witness at the marriage between Ellis and Georgia; a second witness was J T Moorman. (WW, 3bdP)

      Ellis H Rowan II [H1d8f1], son of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 16 September 1942 in Daviess Co KY, and died 22 February 2003 at home at Owensboro. He married Eva Mae Johnson on 7 March 1964 at Owensboro. She was born 15 March 1946 at Belton, KY, daughter of James Johnson and Mary Wilson. Ellis later married Susan Kaye Fortner about 1989 at Owensboro. She was a daughter of Verlin Fortner and Margaret Parker. Ellis had worked for the Housing Authority of Owensboro as a supervisor before his illness. He also lived at Indianapolis, IN for many years and worked in masonary construction while living there. Ellis was buried in Resurrection Cemetery at Owensboro. Ellis and Eva had two children, and with Susan he had three-

a.   Timothy Rowan (WW)

b.   Monica Rowan (WW)

c.   Gregory Rowan (WW)

d.   Ellis Rowan (WW)

e.   Audra Rowan (WW,3b)

      Elsie Bennett Rowan [R2b1b5c2], daughter of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 5 September 1895 at No Creek, Ohio Co KY. She was about 11 years old when her family moved to CO. Elsie married Guy Paul Walsh, a railroad worker, in 1913. He worked in a grain elevator in 1920, and was a plumber in 1930. Guy was born at Stratton, Hitchcock Co NE on 4 June 1894. They lived at Wray, CO. Elsie died on 19 April 1965 at Denver. Guy also died in Denver. When Guy registered for the WW I draft at Wray in June 1917, he said he had two children then. Yet the 1920 census showed two, and one was born in 1919 after the draft registration. Therefore, they had four children, all born at Wray, Yuma Co CO-

a.   Theresa Walsh, b 1914

b.   child Walsh, b & d 1914-1919 at Wray, CO. (M,60w)

c.   Maud Katherine Walsh, b Feb 1919

d.   Florabelle Walsh, b 1922 (58,SR,M,1u, 60wf)

      Elvis Rowan [H1c7], son of Ed Rowan and Louise Richardson, was born 1 September 1884 in Daviess Co KY. “Elvy Rowan” died on 1 May 1906 at Louisville of pneumonia. He was single, age 22, and was born at Owensboro. His home when he died was 1307 Magazine St, Louisville. Elvis was a porter. (KYu,3u,6d)

      Emma Rose Rowan [R2b1b9a5], daughter of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 10 July 1910 at Heflin, KY. She married Charles Tinsley Foster at Rockport, IN on 6 October 1926 and they lived for years at Hartford, KY. Charles was born at No Creek on 17 August 1887, son of John Plummer Foster and Patsy Ann Howard. Emma died at Hartford on 10 February 1971, and Charles died there on 9 December 1978; both are buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Hartford. They had two children-

a.   Winona M Foster, b 7 Aug 1926

b.   Darrell Wood Foster, b 11 Jul 1932 (HT, MM, RN,1wb)

      Eulah Vienna Esperence Rowan [R2b1b4m], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 17 June 1898 at Tyronza, AR. She grew up in Tyronza and in Thayer, MO, and married Jerry Cherry Young on 20 February 1916 at Memphis, TN. Jerry was born 26 October 1888 at Savannah, TN, son of Jeremiah Cherry Young and Anna Laura East. In later years Eulah shortened the spelling of her name to Ula. Jerry and Ula lived at or near Tyronza until 1929 when the economy forced them to try a better life in southern CA. While at Tyronza, they moved often, sometime two or three times per month, going from one rental to another. He was a patient, gentle man of slight build, being 5 feet 6 inches tall, and was an accountant. He died at his daughter Betty's home at Palmdale, CA on 10 April 1953 of a lung tumor. Ula stayed in the Palmdale area for years, and for a while tried to be a real esytate agent. In order to get a job doing that, she had to be a few years younger. Since her brother Proctor in AR was a friend of the county records keeper, Proctor had Ula’s birth date changed to make her younger. But once Ula actually reached retirement age, she then had to get Proc to “re-correct” her birth certificate back to the original date. After she retired, Ula moved north to be near her son Jerry at Stockton. She died at Santa Cruz, CA of complications of old age on 4 June 1976; her attending physician was her grandson Larimore Cummins. Jerry and Ula were first buried in the Old Palmdale Cemetery, but when their son Paul Larimore died and could not be buried next to his parents, both Jerry and Ula were moved to the new Palmdale Cemetery about a mile to the southeast. Their children were-

1.   Jerry Rowan Young, b 23 Apr 1917

2.   Betty Jo Young, b 7 Jun 1921

3.   Paul Larimore Young, b 1 Jun 1923

4.   Gretchen Young, b 15 Feb 1925 (JY,UR,50d, 14m,31vb)

      Everett Rowan [H1f10], son of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born 9 March 1893 at Livermore, McLean Co KY, and was the informant for his father’s death certificate in 1924. Everett was then living at Livermore, McLean Co. He lived with his father in 1920 and was not married then. In 1942 Everett lived at Connersville, Fayette Co IN. He stated in 1942 that the person who he was close to was Etta Poston who lived at 323 Grand Ave, Connersville. Everett was then living at 117 Huston Ave, Connersville. In 1921 he married Nettie B Poston and they lived at Connersville. She was born in KY in 1901 in Ballard Co, daughter of John L Poston and Eliza Pleasant, so they probably married in KY where they lived in 1920. Everett died at Connersville in October 1973. They had three children by 1930, and all were born in KY-

a.   Hallie Rowan, b 1923 (626f)

b.   John Henry Rowan, b 2 Apr 1925 in McLean Co AR, grew up at Connorsville, IN, and died at Rialto, San Bernardo Co CA on 16 August 1992. (CAd,Z,2b,626f)

c.   Freddie M Rowan, b 3 Apr 1927 in Ballard Co. (186b.626f)

In their home in 1930 were two lodgers: Sarah Anderson, age 67, a widow; and Nettie’s sister Seline Poston, age 19 and single; both were born in KY. (WW,M, Z, 2uvwd,186uvwd,626f)

      Everett Rowan [H1d8e], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 13 February 1918 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY, and died 24 March 1961 at Owensboro. (WW,KYd,3b)

      Fannie Rowan, [H1a9], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 5 July 1876 in KY (age 4 in 1870, 30 in 1910, 40 in 1920, 50 in 1930). Fannie married Spencer Sutherland in 1904 and in 1910 they lived with Spencer’s widowed father, and were also then living next door to James Rowan [H1a8] and his wife Agnes Haskins. Fannie and Spencer lived at Vanover, Daviess Co in 1920 and 1930. In 1930 she reported to the census taker that she married at age 30; in 1910 she said she had been married for 6 years. Hence, she was age 30 in 1904, or born about 1874. Actually, her birth date must have been 5 July 1876. She died at Owensboro on 26 May 1953. The informant for Fannie’s death certificate was Mrs Pearl Jackson. Fannie was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Utica. On her death certificate, her parents were given as Henry Rowan and Mary Richardson. Spencer was born 15 January 1886 (born 1882 per WW I draft card) in Daviess Co, son of Charles H Sutherland and Charlotta Willis, and died at Owensboro on 15 June 1942. They had four children by 1910, all born in Daviess Co KY-

1.   Charlotte M Sutherland, b 1905, was not living with her parents in 1920. (3v)

2.   James V Sutherland, b 1907, died in Daviess Co on 7 April 1973. (KYd,3vwf)

3.   Luetheada F Sutherland, b 9 Aug 1907, married a Mr Jackson. She was the informant for her father’s death certificate in 1942, and lived at Owensboro then. Luetheada died in Daviess Co on 26 March 1988 but lived at Fordsville, Ohio Co. It does not appear that Luetheada had children. (Z,3vwfd)

4.   child Sutherland, b & d 1905-1910 (3v) (M,3vwfd)

      Forrest S Rowan, [R2b1b4k], son of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 12 May 1888 at Owensboro, KY. He got as job as a locomotive fireman with the railroad at Thayer, MO, so his widowed mother and younger sister moved there for support. They were at Thayer in 1910. They moved back to Craighead Co AR where Forrest married Carrie Marzee Rains at Jonesboro on 4 October 1914. Forrest at first was a tax collector for Craighead Co and they lived at Jonesboro in June 1917. Forrest later worked for the railroad again, out of Thayer, and died in a train wreck in OK on 10 January 1924. He is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery at Jonesboro. Carrie was born 6 June 1892, daughter of John Mace Rains (born in 1850) and Ruth Ann Jackson (born in 1852), and died 7 August 1971. After Forrest died, Carrie married William Charles Holt at Trumann in 1926, his second marriage also. William was born in AL in 1893 and was a filling station proprietor. Carrie was a school teacher in 1930. She and Forrest had a daughter-

1.   Marzee Ann Rowan, b 28 Aug 1919 (MR, M,HV, 584v,33f)

      Frances Elizabeth Rowan [H1d9], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 16 September 1887 in Daviess Co KY, and died 13 February 1963 at Evansville, IN. When she died she lived with her daughter Dorothy at Evansville. She married Noel Wilhite on 10 July 1906 at Owensboro, KY; witnesses were Francis Hurst, Rachel Ferguson, and Levi Rowan. Noel was born 3 January 1882 in Daviess Co and died 24 July 1961 at Owensboro. In 1920 and 1930 they lived at Vanover, Daviess Co. Frances and Noel moved to Evansville in 1948 and lived there for 15 years. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Owensboro; Frances was buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Owensboro. They had eleven children-

a.   Charley Lee Wilhite, b 23 Jun 1907

b.   Noel Clement Wilhite, b 31 Jul 1909

c.   Beard Parnell Wilhite, b 18 Jun 1914

d.   James Marion Wilhite, b 2 Aug 1916

e.   Mary Pauline Wilhite, b 11 Jul 1917

f.    Clay Guffy Wilhite, b 17 Nov 1919

g.   Hugh Beford Wilhite, b 2 Aug 1922

h.   Henry Clifton Wilhite, b 6 Feb 1925

i.    Rack H Wilhite, b 9 Nov 1927

j.    Carl E Wilhite, b 28 May 1929

k.   Dorothy Lois Wilhite, b 20 Apr 1933 (WW, M,104,KYd,3wf)

      Francis Rowan, parents unknown, was born 1781 in VA, lived in Boone Co KY. Being born in VA tells us that he is not connected with the Rowan families of York Co PA. Francis married Lydia Bruner and had at least four children by 1850. Lydia was born in KY in 1802. This Francis Rowan was the only person with a Rowan name living in KY in 1840 outside of the Ohio Co KY area or Nelson Co KY area and not connected to the Rowan descendants of York Co PA. The early Rowan marriages in Boone KY were: Francis Rowan married Polly Moore on 7 August 1807; Francis Rowan married Lydia Bruner on 6 June 1825; Daniel Rowan married Catherine Bruner on 2 September 1843; and Nancy Rowan married Adam White on 7 January 1837; this Nancy was born in KY in 1816, so was likely a daughter of Francis and his first wife Polly Moore. The twelve children of Francis and his two wives were all born in Boone Co; Polly had nine children, then Lydia had four more-

1.   son Rowan, b 1808-1810 (254hij)

2.   dau Rowan, b 1808-1810 (254hi)

3.   dau Rowan, b 1811-1815 (254ij)

4.   dau Rowan, b 1811-1815 (254ij)

5.   son Rowan, b 1811-1815 (254ij)

6.   son Rowan, b 1811-1815, died in 1920s. (254i)

7.   dau Rowan, b 1816-1820 (254j) / Nancy, b 1816

8.   son Rowan, b 1821-1825 (254j)

9.   dau Rowan, b 1821-1825 (254j)

10. William Rowan, b 1828 (254jn)

11. John Rowan, b 1830 (254jn)

12. Jackson Rowan, b 1834 (254n)

13. Frances Rowan, b 1836 (254n) (JY, 254mjkn)

      Gates Rowan [H1b], son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____, was probably born about 1840 in Ohio Co KY. He had one child-

1.   Katie Rowan, was a school teacher who married Saul Richardson. (W)

      George Rowan [H1e9], son of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 8 July 1895 at Owensboro, KY. In 1910 he lived with his brother John He married Fannie Gaines in Daviess Co in 1911. She was born 12 August 1888 at Owensboro, daughter of Wesley Gaines and Hannah Pointer, and died 15 August 1921 at Owensboro of childbirth, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. George then married Millie Wilson in 1912 in Daviess Co. Fannie’s child with George was-

a.   Bobby Rowan, b 7 Aug 1921 at Owensboro, died the same day. (WW)

See George Henry Rowan. (WW,3u)

      George H Rowan [R2b1d12i], son of Thomas A Rowan and Tabitha A Bates, was born in 1908 in McLean Co KY. (2v)

      George Henry Rowan [H1a1s], son of Harry B Rowan and Amelia Ann Davidson, was born 31 October 1887 in Daviess Co KY. He lived in Daviess Co KY in the 1910s and into the 1920s. He was a porter in 1917 but was a factory worker in 1920. George married Fannie Gaines by about 1911. She was born in KY on 12 August 1888. There were two Fannie Gaines women, both Black, who were born in the 1880s in Daviess Co. One was a daughter of Wesley Gaines (born March 1855 in KY) and his wife Hannah Pointer (born April 1845 in KY); that Fannie married George Rowan [H1e9]. The second Fannie Gaines was born in April 1884 and in 1900 she was a nurse in the Allan Deane home at Owensboro. She must have been the one who became George Henry Rowan’s wife. George and Fannie had four children but three died in Daviess Co as infants-

1.   unnamed daughter Rowan, b & d 16 Mar 1912 in Daviess Co. (3d)

2.   Georgia May Rowan, b 1915 (3s)

3.   Ophelia Rowan, b 10 Jul 1918, died three days later in Daviess Co. (3d)

4.   Bertha May Rowan, b 1 Jul 1920, died 15 Aug 1920. (3d) (3d)

      Georgia Rowan [H1a8f], daughter of James Rowan and Agnes Hawkins, was born in 1918 in Daviess Co KY. She married a Mr Williams and died after 1961. She had three children, born in Daviess Co-

1.   James E Williams, b 29 Oct 1938 (3b)

2.   Charles Daniel Williams, b 18 Jul 1940 (3b)

3.   Deborah J Williams, b 13 Jan 1948 (3b) (WW,3f)

      Gloria Lee Rowan [H1d8c1], daughter of William E Rowan and Georgia Ida Pry, was born 12 August 1935 at Livia, KY. She first married John Bertram Eubanks at Indianapolis on 27 December 1954. Gloria then married William Hayden Bell at Indianapolis on 30 September 1961. William was born 16 April 1939 at Indianapolis, son of Sam Harold Bell Jr and Marjorie L Jones. Gloria had two children-*

      Griffin Rowan Jr [R2b1b9e1b], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 26 January 1925 in Daviess Co KY and died the same day. (HT,3bd)

      Griffin Gene Rowan [R2b1b9e1h2], son of Jimmie Lee Rowan and Marilyn Ann Stanton, was born 4 November 1958 in Daviess Co KY. He died on 28 July 1975 in Daviess Co and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. (HT,Z,3bd)

      Guy Cass Rowan [R2b1d6e], son of Alexander Cass Rowan and Sallie F Hansford, was born 17 December 1883 at Livermore in McLean Co KY. He married Rose Cleveland Turner on 30 September 1909 at Rose's parents' home in Ohio Co. She was born at Livermore on 27 March 1889, daughter of J Virgil Turner of Livermore and Ella Henry of Daviess Co. Guy was a farmer near Livermore. He died in 1938 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. Rose continued to live at Livermore and Nuckols, and died in March 1969. She is also buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. They had four children-

1.   Lucy Ruth Rowan, b 14 Feb 1913

2.   Bill Rowan, b 12 Jan 1917

3.   Sallie Cass Rowan, b 2 Dec 1917

4.   Betty Jane Rowan, b 12 Jan 1930.

Guy’s widowed mother lived with him and Rose after his father died. (MM, RN,N,Z,M 1cumvwf, 2bc)

      Guy Edward Rowan [H1a8e], son of James Rowan and Agnes Hawkins, was born 19 May 1912 in Daviess Co KY, and died 3 September 1939 at Owensboro. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. He had married Beulah Mae _____. (WW,3fd)

      Hallie Rowan, father unknown, was born 27 March 1923 in McLean Co. His mother was Nettie Poston. See John Henry Rowan. (2b)

      Harold Augustus Rowan [H1d8i], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 13 November 1931 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY. He married Olga Josephine Talbott on 24 January 1953 at Owensboro. She was born 14 August 1932 at Owensboro, daughter of Grant Talbott and Gertrude Miller. They had five children, all born at Owensboro, KY-

1.   Valerie Laverne Rowan, b 22 Jul 1953 (WW)

2.   Olga Marilyn Rowan, b 12 Sep 1954 (WW)

3.   Stephine Renee Rowan, b 13 Apr 1956. She married Wayne Wimsatt and they live at Indianapolis, IN. Wayne is a son of Mildred Watson. (WW)

4.   Verne Augustus Rowan, b 18 Jun 1957 (WW)

5.   Jeanette Cristi Rowan, b 29 Sep 1960. She was graduated from Murray State University and is a teacher. (WW)

6.   John Edward Rowan, b 17 Sep 1964 (WW) (WW,3b)

      Harriet Ethel Rowan [R2b1c2a2], daughter of Junius Lloyd Rowan and Laura Eunice Melvin, was born 29 May 1892 at Shawneetown, IL. She married William Harshbarger and lived at Long Beach CA in the 1970s. She died in September 1986. (GA,DR,LL,Z, 22uv)

      Harry Rowan [H1] of Ohio Co KY, was born in 1805 in KY of parents from VA. He was a former slave of one of the Rowan brothers of Ohio Co KY: John, William Cooper, or Alexander Rowan. Harry married Catherine _____ . Her parents were also from VA. Since both of Harry’s parents were from VA, then none of the White Rowan slave owners could have been a parent since they were from PA. Catherine died before Harry, and he then married Lucy _____. She was born in KY 1824 and lived with her step-son James Rowan in 1900. See his biography. Harry and Catherine had seven children, all born in Ohio Co KY-

a.   Henry Rowan, b 1837

b.   Gates Rowan (WW)

c.   Ed Rowan, b 11 Sep 1841

d.   Levi Rowan, b 16 Jun 1842

e.   James Rowan, b Oct 1843, married Ellen Rock in Ohio Co on 26 May 1869. (WW,3u)

f.    Hiram Rowan, b 4 Jun 1849

g.   Annie Elizabeth Rowan, b Sep 1856

It is far easier to keep track of many generations of a family if they had a systematic ID #. Since Harry and his wife do not descend from any of the early White Rowan families of Ohio Co, nor from the early Simmons families who also had slaves (the Simmons pioneers of Ohio Co came from MD), then Harry’s ID will be [H1]. (WW,1r,2d)

      Harry B Rowan [H1a1], son of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 10 November 1860 in Ohio Co KY (was age 10 in 1870, 18 in 1880). He married Amelia Ann Davidson in 1885 in Daviess Co. She was born in May 1868 in KY and died before Harry died. Harry then married Margaret Hayden about 1905. She was born in Daviess Co on 9 May 1867, daughter of Edward Hayden and Ellen Jane Hayden, and died at Owensboro on 21 April 1937. Margaret was buried in a Catholic cemetery. The informant for Margaret’s death record was Sula Rowan, who lived with Margaret at 425 Poplar St at Owensboro. Harry then married a third time to Mrs Martha J Migley on 20 December 1939 at Owensboro. She was born about 1875 in Hancock Co KY, daughter of Louis Davis and Georgia Jackson. Harry died 12 February 1949 at Owensboro and was also buried in the Catholic cemetery. The informant for his death record was James A Ford. On his death record, his parents were shown to be Henry Rowan and Mary. Harry and Amelia had five children, and with Margaret he had a son-

a.   George Henry Rowan, b 31 Oct 1887

b.   Thomas Rowan, b 19 Jul 1888 at Rome, KY, married Viola Brown on 8 January 1910 at Owensboro. (WW)

c.   Giles Rowan, b 29 Oct 1890 at Rome, KY. (WW)

d.   Stella Rowan, b Dec 1894, died before 1954. (WW)

e.   Mary Edna Rowan, b Mar 1899, married James Asher Ford on 12 March 1914 in Daviess Co

f.    James Harry Rowan, b 26 Oct 1908 (WW, 1r,3sd)

      Henry Rowan [H1a], eldest son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____, was born in 1837 in Ohio Co KY. Some sources say he was born in 1825, but the 1870 census shows his ages at 33; the 1880 census shows him and wife Mary living at Lower Town, Daviess Co, and Henry was then age 43. His wife Mary was age 42 then. He was a former slave of William Cooper Rowan [R2b1a] of Ohio Co, but could have been a slave of William Cooper Rowan's brother John Rowan since John Rowan in 1850 had a 12 year old male slave who could have been Henry. It is more likely than Henry was a slave of William C since Henry had a brother named Hiram who was born about 1849; the only Rowan slave owner in 1850 who had males aged 13 and age about 1 was William Cooper Rowan. His slave boys in 1850 were ages 13 and 12, and ages 1 and 4 months.

      Henry married Mary Munt about 1859 and they lived in the Bells Community of Ohio Co in 1870. Mary was a daughter of Giles Munt from VA and Maria Peggy Richardson from VA. The 1900 census gave Mary’s birth date as 27 August 1934, born in VA. There were four sources for Mary’s family name: from the death certificate of Henry’s daughter Minnie and from son Volla, and from records kept and researched by Hugh Bedford Wilhite of Owensboro. Hugh’s record showed that Henry Rowan’s wife was Mary Munt, while Minnie’s death certificate shows Minnie’s mother to be Mary Mouth or Mount. Son Volla’s and daughter Fannie’s death records stated that their parents were Henry Rowan and Mary Richardson. What happened was that Mary Munt first married George Richardson about 1852 or 1853, then she married Henry Rowan in the mid to late 1850s.

      In 1870 Henry’s brother Hiram lived with him and Mary. In their home in 1870 was Giles Richardson, who was Mary’s son from her first marriage. In 1880 they lived at Lower Town (precinct 1) in Daviess Co (and her son Giles then was shown to be a Rowan, not a Richardson). Henry had died by 1900 and widow Mary lived with her daughter Louise at Vanover. Mary’s birth date was then given as 27 August 1834, born in VA, and was age 66. She was born at Richmond, Caroline Co VA, and died at her son Volla Rowan’s home on 8 January 1908; Mary was buried in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery at Utica, KY. They had six children by 1870, all born in either Ohio Co or in McLean Co KY (where William C Rowan’s farms were), and five more by 1882-

1.   Harry B Rowan, b 10 Nov 1860

2.   Anna Maria Rowan, b Oct 1864

3.   Louise Catherine Rowan, b 1 Feb 1865

4.   Minnie Rowan, b 20 Jan 1867

5.   Julia Rowan, b Dec 1868

6.   Volla Rowan, b 21 Jun 1870

7.   Mollie Rowan, b 1872

8.   James Rowan, b 27 Apr 1874

9.   Fannie Rowan, b 5 Jul 1876

10. Arthur Rowan, b Oct 1879

11. Mattie Rowan, b 19 Aug 1882

Henry’s brother Ed Rowan and Ed’s wife Louise lived a few doors away in 1880.

The Munt family moved to Owensboro when Mary was age 11 (in 1845?). Giles Munt and Maria had three known children: Kitty Munt; Mary Munt, and Ellen Munt. Ellen was born 4 May 1827 at Deep Bottom, Culpepper Co VA, and married Riley Ford from Hartford, Ohio Co KY. After Riley Ford died, Ellen married Winston Duke. Ellen was sold to a Collier family, then was given to a Collier daughter who married Frank Griffin. Ellen had two Ford children, then three Duke children. Mary Munt first married George Richardson, probably in 1852 or early in 1853, and had a son named Giles Richardson who was born 12 November 1853 in Ohio Co, and died 10 April 1916in the Sutherland community of Daviess Co. Giles lived with Henry Rowan and Mary Munt in 1870 and 1880. He married Ann Davidson on 29 April 1884 in Daviess Co and they had four children. Mary Munt’s first husband had apparently died in the mid 1850s and Mary then married Henry Rowan about 1859. (WW, 1r,3sd)

      Henry Stephen Rowan [H1d8], son of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 5 July 1885 in Daviess Co. He died 26 February 1964 at Owensboro. Henry married Daisy Reeders on 24 August 1909 in Daviess Co KY at her parents’ home. Daisy was a daughter of Frank Reeders and Rhoda Sutherland, and was born 25 November 1892 at Pettit, Daviess Co. They lived at Pettit until 1955 when they moved to Owensboro, where Daisy died on 15 January 1974. The will of Henry Rowan was proved by Richard A Robertson and Lucille Leftwick. Ellis Rowan was named executor to serve without bond. Henry was buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Owensboro. Their children were-

a.   child Rowan, stillborn (WW)

b.   Anna Mae Rowan, b 15 Jan 1912

c.   William E Rowan, b 17 Sep 1913

d.   James Henry Rowan, b 5 Jan 1916

e.   Everett Rowan, b 13 Feb 1918

f.    Ellis Rowan, b 10 Oct 1922

g.   Thelma Bernice Rowan, b 12 Nov 1925

h.   Leo Rowan, b 9 Jun 1928

i.    Harold Augustus Rowan, b 13 Nov 1931

Written by Henry’s and Daisy’s granddaughter: Memories of my grandparents: Papa Henry raised tobacco, corn, wheat, green beans, potato's, hog's, chicken's, turkey's I don't think it was anything he didn't raise. He had this one goat, I loved to pick at it or throw something at it. Why? I do not know. One day as I was trying to torture that goat, my grandfather came running in from the field toward me. I was to young to know that the crazy goat was about to come at me. Papa Henry came for me just in time. Every child should stay on a farm at least one summer of their life, there is so much they learn.

      My grandmother was never in good health during my childhood. She took ton's of pills. When we went to visit, she would always take me to her dresser in the bedroom. She would say: this is all grandmother's medicine, you must not touch it. If you do it will make you sick. I always saw my grandmother in her apron. She was a good cook. I don't think that it was anything she couldn't cook. She believed that you should be full when you left her table. Her daughter (my mother) would not let me eat fish because of the bones. Mama Daisy told her to give me some fish to eat. So my mother mashed the fish up. You know it didn't look like fish anymore, but I finally got to eat it. On the farm they had these chicken's. I HATED the chicken's. They didn't like me either, they would peck on my legs. But they were good chicken's when I saw them on her table. I remember one time we where getting ready to eat dinner. When a storm came up. She told my parents to come out of the kitchen, because lighting might strike the stove. The back door was open and the stove was still hot. The nuts (my parents) did not listen, an you know what happen? Lighting hit the stove. They (my loving parents) flew out of the kitchen and left their little daring (me) behind. My grandmother had to come and get me. (WW,B)

      Hiram Rowan of Nelson Co KY was born about 1824 in KY. Who his parents were is not yet known. He married about 1843 to E _____, who was also born in KY about 1822. By 1850 they had three children and were living in Nelson Co; the children were all born in KY. They were not found after 1850-

1.   William Rowan, b in 1844

2.   C Rowan (dau), b in 1846

3.   John Rowan, b Feb 1850 (4n)

      Hiram “Top” Rowan [H1f], son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____ of Ohio Co KY, was born 4 June 1849 in Ohio Co. He lived with his brother Henry in 1870, and married Mollie Bennett on 11 February 1873 in Ohio Co. She was a daughter of Will Bennett and Sarah Holbrook. Sarah Holbrook used her maiden name in 1880, not the Bennett name. Sarah was then age 65 and a widow, and was Hiram’s “mother-in-law” living with him and Mollie. In 1900 and 1910 Mollie and Hiram lived at Livermore, McLean Co, Mollie was born 15 March 1855 in Ohio Co, and died 30 January 1918 of tuberculosis at Livermore; she was buried in Buck Creek Cemetery. Hiram then married again, to Hannah _____ by the end of 1919. Hannah was born in KY in 1860. Hiram died 20 April 1924 in McLean Co and was buried in Buck Creek Cemetery at Calhoun, McLean Co. His death certificate said “Found Dead in Bed By Wife.” The wife was not named on the death record. Hiram and Mollie had twelve children by 1900 with ten still alive. Only six were alive in 1910-

1.   Oma R Rowan, b abt 1874

2.   Barbara Rowan, b abt 1876

3.   Lizzie B Rowan, b abt 1878

4.   Sherman Rowan, b Oct 1879

6.   Roger Rowan, b Dec 1883

7.   Josephine Rowan, b Mar 1886

8.   Mary Rowan, b 25 Sep 1888

9.   Bessie Rowan, b Dec 1891

10. Everett Rowan, b 9 Mar 1893

11. Pearl Rowan, b 9 Nov 1895

12. Top Rowan, b May 1900

In 1880, also living with Mollie and Hiram were Claudius and Hillary Holbrook, ages 10 and 8. They were called Hiram’s brothers-in-law, but since Mollie’s mother was then age 65, these two boys could not be children of Mollie’s mother. Perhaps they were instead grandsons of Sarah, and Mollie’s nephews.

In 1910 grandson Robert Terry lived with Hiram and Mollie. Young Robert was age 7 then. (WW, 1s,2uvwd)

      Hubert B Rowan [H1e4], son of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 23 February 1879, was not found after 1880. (WW,1s)

      Hugh Rowan [R2b1d6d], son of Alexander Cass Rowan and Sallie F Hansford, was born 2 October 1881 in Ohio Co KY. He died on 26 February 1882 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. (MM,2c,1v)

      Hugh Carter “Jim” Rowan [R2b1b5c4], son of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 25 January 1899 at No Creek, Ohio Co KY, but grew up in Wray, CO. He married twice, the second wife being Maxine _____, but had no children. He was a house painter and a poultry farmer. Jim died in September 1955 at Denver. (58,SR,W,M,1u,60f)

      Jacob B Rowan, son of William A Rowan from Washington Co VA and Mary Lucinda King from Hawkins Co TN, lived at South Carrollton, Muhlenberg Co KY. Jacob and his father were no known relation to the Rowan families descending from the York Co PA Rowan progenitor of most of the KY Rowan families. Jacob B was born in 1840 in Hawkins Co TN. He married Repsey Lamb Taylor at Greenville, Muhlenberg Co on 19 December 1872, and they lived there for years. Repsey was born 5 January 1845 at South Carrollton, daughter of Silas Taylor and Mary Ellen Tyler, and died at South Carrollton on 6 March 1933, age “88 years, 2 months, 1 days” (death certificate information). After Jacob died, she was a seamstress. Jacob died about 1889. He and Repsey had a daughter-

1.   Mary Lou Rowan, b 8 Aug 1875 at Kelly Station, Christian Co KY, lived in Muhlenberg Co, and married Robert Cook in McLean Co on 8 September 1904. Robert was born in 1863 and died 10 February 1908. Mary Lou died 17 April 1914 at South Carrollton. They had three children born in Jefferson Co, and two who lived beyond infancy. They lived with Mary Lou’s mother at Bremen, Muhlenberg Co after Mary Lou died. (W,12uvwfd)

      Jacob Gratney Rowan [H1e3], son of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 24 February 1874, died in January 1906. He married Manda Russell on 6 April 1892 in Daviess Co and witnesses were James Rowan and James Porter. Gratney was a RR section hand. (WW,1s,3u)

      Jacqueline Denise Rowan [R2b1b9e1i3], daughter of Oscar Jackson Rowan and Patsy Sue Raines, was born 16 July 1971 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Jaime Kristen Rowan [R2b1b5b1a3b], daughter of Donald Smith Rowan and Carolyn Faye Hulsey, was born 19 May 1982 in Daviess Co KY. (3b)

      James Rowan [R2a2], son of Andrew Rowan (Jr), was born before June 1755 in York Co PA. (MA)

      James Rowan [H1e], son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____of Ohio Co KY, was born in October 1843 at No Creek, Ohio Co KY. He served as a musician in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted on 9 June 1864 and was discharged on 6 February 1866. He served in the 109th United States Colored Troops at Louisville, KY on July 5, 1864, and was in the area of Fort Harrison, Dutch Cap and Deep Bottom VA. In October 1864 they were ordered to join the Army at the Potomac before entering Petersburg and Richmond, VA. Their division was present during the fall of Petersburg and pursued the Confederate troops and General Robert E Lee from 3 to 9 April 1865 and witnessed Lee's surrender at the Appomattox Court House. James served on the Rio Grande River in TX until they were mustered out and discharged at Port Lavaca, TX. James was of copper complexion and was 5 foot 7 inches heigh. He was born and raised on the farm of Dr Alexander Rowan about 6 miles from Hartford in Ohio Co, KY. His last slave owner was Richard Alexander Rowan [R2b1b5], son of Dr Alex Rowan. James lived at Pleasant Ridge in Ohio Co from 1866 until 1890, then moved to Pettit in Daviess Co. He received a war pension of $6.00 a month in 1900.

      James married Ellen Rock in Ohio Co on 27 May 1868 in Ohio Co at her parent’s home. Witnesses were Lisa Brown and Edward Bell. In 1870 they lived at Bells, Ohio Co. Ellen was born in October 1850 in Ohio Co, daughter of Jacob Rock (born 1805 in VA) and Clara _____ (born 1815 in KY). James and Ellen lived at Upper Town, Daviess Co in 1900. Ellen died at home at Owensboro on 21 January 1901 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Owensboro. James then married Georgia Ann Hite on 3 September 1901 at Owensboro. Witnesses at this marriage were Isaac Todd and Thornton Wilson. James died 23 January 1903 in Daviess Co. Georgia was born 7 February 1863 in MO and died 6 September 1939 at Owensboro. James and Ellen had ten children, but only five survived to 1910, and with Georgia Hite he had one son-

1.   Mary C Rowan, b Mar 1870

2.   Zulu Rowan, b 1872

3.   Jacob Gratney Rowan, b 24 Feb 1874

4.   Hubert B Rowan, b 23 Feb 1879

5.   John Rowan, b 23 Mar 1881

6.   child Rowan, b & d 1880-1900 (3u)

7.   Crit Rowan, b 18 Feb 1887

8.   Annie Rowan, b 4 Nov 1889

9.   George Rowan, b 8 Jul 1895

10. child Rowan, b & d 1890s (3u)

11. Jimmie Lee Rowan, b 18 Jan 1902

Step-mother Mrs Lucy Rowan lived with James and Ellen in 1870 and 1900. In 1880 she lived with James’ wife’s parents, and was called a sister-in-law. Lucy was a widow by 1870. She was born in KY in 1824, daughter of a NC father. She had two children but none survived in 1900.

David Fields, age 22 in 1880, worked on James’ farm in 1880. (WW,1rs,3u)

      James Rowan [H1a8], son of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 27 April 1874 in Ohio Co KY. He moved to Daviess Co when he was young, and lived there at Pettit for most of his live. Jim married Agnes Haskins on 28 July 1898 in Daviess Co and they lived at Vanover in 1900. She was born in KY on 7 March 1879. Agnes died at Pettit, Daviess Co on 28 February 1938, and in 1939 Jim married Mrs Julia Shively and they lived at Pleasant Ridge. Jim retired in 1954 and moved to Owensboro to live with a daughter. He died 6 March 1961 in Daviess Co and outlived his second wife also. Four of their six children were-

a.   James Harvey Rowan, b 7 May 1899

b.   Allen Rowan, b 1901

c.   child Rowan (3v)

d.   child Rowan (3v)

e.   Guy Edward Rowan, b 19 May 1912

f.    Georgia Rowan, b 1918 (WW,KYd,M, 3smfd)

      James Bartlett Rowan [R2b1b9e1a], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 20 January 1923 in Daviess Co KY. On 6 August 1943 he married Mary Lucille Hagan. She was born on 19 February 1929. They lived at San Diego, CA and had three children-

1.   Judith Faye Rowan, b 31 Oct 1946

2.   Toni Marleen Rowan, b 8 August 1948

3.   James Bartlett Rowan II, b 18 Dec 1950 (HT,3bf)

      James Bartlett Rowan II [R2b1b9e1a3], son of James Bartlett Rowan and Mary Lucille Hagan, was born 18 December 1950 in Daviess Co KY. He married Carla F Stewart on 12 July 1969 and they lived at Owensboro, KY. She was born 27 July 1953 in Daviess Co, daughter of a Mr Stewart and Lena Jolly. James and Carla lived at Owensboro in 2007. By 1979 they had two children-

a.   Monica Amber Rowan, b 21 Jul 1976

b.   Joshua Bartlett Rowan, b 17 Jul 1979 (HT, 3bP)

      James Cullen Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1a], son of Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr and Mary Ellen Ballard, was born 8 March 1955 at Hartford, KY. He married Mary Ann Novkovic at Lake Station, IN on 5 April 1975. She was born on 26 January 1956 of east European parents. James and Mary had a son by 1979-

1.   James Mickell Rowan, b 13 Dec 1978 (RN,1b)

      James Harry Rowan [H1a1f], son of Harry B Rowan and Ann Davidson, was born 26 October 1908 at West Louisville, Daviess Co KY, and died 12 March 1948 at Owensboro. He married Elizabeth Beacham on 13 February 1926 at Owensboro. She was born in 1908 at Owensboro. (WW)

      James Harvey Rowan [H1a8a], son of James Rowan and Agnes Hawkins, was born 7 May 1899 in Daviess Co KY, and died at Pettit, Daviess Co on 29 June 1942 of heart failure. He had married Wilma Mae Gilbert and she outlived him. James H was buried in Utica Cemetery. James and Wilma had a son-

1.   James Robert Rowan, b 27 Aug 1943 at Owensboro, died there twelve days later. He was buried in City Cemetery. (3d) (WW, 3uvd)

      James Henry Rowan [H1d8d], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 5 January 1916 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY, and died 24 May 1991 at Indianapolis, IN. (WW,Z,3b)

      James Mickell Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1a1], son of James Cullen Rowan and Mary Ann Novkovic, was born 13 December 1978 at Lake Station, IN. (RN)

      James T Rowan [R2b1d12b3], son of Arthur L Rowan and Eva N Birch, was born 6 August 1914 in McLean Co KY and died there on 13 October 1914 from an “error in diet.” (M,2bd)

      Jean Rowan [R2c], daughter of Andrew Rowan, was born about 1745 in Fawn Township, Lancaster Co PA (now is in Peach Bottom Twp, York Co, in the southeast corner of PA). There are three researchers who each claim a different marriage for Jean: She married John Buchanan, per source JW; Jean married a Mr Rogers per source MA; and she married a Mr Wilson per source LW.

       There are no records of any Buchanan births in York Co between 1730 and 1800, so if Jean and John had a family, it was not in York Co. (There were no Rowan / Roen / Roman / Rowin births found during those years either.) The second researcher claims Jean married a Mr Rogers, but this family was also not found. And a third researcher says Jean married David Carroll Wilson about 1765 in Cumberland Co PA (source W says they married in Mecklenburg, NC), and they moved to TN. David C Wilson was born about 1742 at Newville, Lancaster Co, in the part which became Cumberland Co in 1750. His parents were Zacheus Wilson and Martha Armstrong. David and Jean lived at Gallatin, Sumner Co TN. This is in north central TN, with the southern borders of Allen and Simpson Counties KY as Sumner Co’s northern border. The marriage with David Wilson seems to be the most plausible information, yet where they married is not known. PA is the probable place, but they lived in Mecklenburg Co NC, in the southwest area of the state. Jean’s many Rowan relatives lived in the southeast part of the state, three and four counties east of Mecklenburg Co. In 1790 in Mecklenburg Co in David’s home were four sons and one daughter; the older children had married and moved to Sumner Co TN by then. And also in Mecklenburg Co in 1790 were David’s brother Samuel Wilson Sr, Benjamin Wilson, Samuel Wilson Jr, and a few other Wilson homes, no doubt all closely related relatives. In 1800, still in Mecklenburg Co, in David’s home were four sons and one daughter; the David Wilson of the 1800 census was age 45 or older, and his wife’s age was the same (there was no 1800 census for TN yet). Brother Samuel Wilson lived next to David in 1800; Samuel’s age was about the same as David’s, but Robert Wilson, also living next door, was a young adult, of age to be a son of either David or Samuel.

      From Source 101, David Wilson married Mrs Sallie McConnell, sister of General James White. David was an officer in the Revolution against England (see note below). David died at Gallatin, Sumner Co TN on 19 December 1803 and his remains lie in an unmarked grave near Gallatin. Jean Rowan was probably his first wife. When she died is not known, but it would appear, from the six year gap in the birth years of the sixth and seventh children, that Jean died about 1780. David married Sallie in 1781 in NC and they moved to Sumner Co TN soon after 1780. Sallie was born about 1753 in Mecklenburg Co; she is the mother of the second six of David’s twelve children. All of Jean Rowan’s children were born in the Mecklenburg Co NC area; Sallie’s were also probably born there, but some lived in the Sumner Co TN area-

1.   James A Wilson, b 1769

2.   Ibby Wilson, b abt 1770

3.   William Wilson, b 1771

4.   Elizabeth Wilson, b 1776

5.   Narcissa Wilson, b abt 1778

6.   Zacheus Wilson, b 1779

7.   David Carroll Wilson, b 1785

8.   Mary Wilson, b 17 Feb 1788, married a Mr Waugh. (W)

9.   Moses Winslow Wilson, married Ms A B Torrance on 16 February 1815 in NC and they had a daughter-

      a.   Adaline Wilson (W) (W)

10. Benjamin Wilson, married Mary Wilson on 20 September 1817. (W)

11. Joseph Lawson Wilson, married Sarah White. (W)

12. Samuel Wilson (W)

In Mecklenburg Co in 1790 there was a Henry Rowan of about the same age as Jean and David. But from 1800 and later census records, this Henry Rowan was actually Henry Roen.

When David C Wilson died in 1803, the state of TN was about half the present size. The western one-third and the southeast portion of the state were Indian lands, not part of TN.

General James White, David C Wilson’s brother-in-law, was born 8 August 1747 and died 14 Aug 1821. He was an American pioneer and soldier who founded White's Fort, which later became Knoxville, TN. He was a Captain in the North Carolina Militia. During the Creek War, he served as a brigadier general in the Tennessee Militia with Andrew Jackson. General White married Mary Lawson in 1770. They had seven children; one son was Hugh White, a presidential candidate in 1836. (W,E,101, JW,MA,JY,41ae)

      Prominent among the early settlers of Sumner County was the Wilson family. Zacheus Wilson was one of three brothers who removed from Pennsylvania and settled in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, about 1760. At that time of the Mecklenburg Convention, May 20, 1775, he was present and signed the Mecklenburg Declaration, pledging himself and his extensive family connection to its support and Maintenance. He was a member of the Convention that formed the State Constitution of North Carolina in 1776. He was a man of liberal education, and very popular in the county in which he lived. His family were Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. His eldest brother, Robert, removed with him to Tennessee, and to Sumner County soon after the close of the Revolutionary War. Zacheus lived to an advanced age, and lies buried in an unmarked grave about one half mile south of Gallatin on the old cotton factory grounds. Samuel Wilson married Miss Knox, daughter of Captain Patrick Knox, who was killed at the battle of Ramseur's Mill. Major David Wilson, brother of Zacheus, a native of Pennsylvania, was an officer of the War of Independence, and for his service received from the State of North Carolina, a track of land in Sumner County, Tennessee, where he settled. He was a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1794, and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a magistrate of Sumner County as early as 1787. His residence was about two miles east from Gallatin. He was a valuable member of the new settlement, and took an active part in all public affairs and in the Indian wars. Wilson County was so named in his honor. He married Sallie McConnell, sister of General James White the father of Hugh Lawson White. His remains lie in an unmarked grave near Gallatin. (Source 101)

      At the close of the Continental war the State of NC made grants of large bodies of land to her soldiers in pay for gallant service in time of battle. The land so granted was situated within the present borders of TN, but then was a portion of NC. Wilson and Sumner Counties were two areas where the Wilson brothers settled. Wilson Co was created in 1799, and at Barton Creek was Samuel Wilson soon after 1799; William Wilson settled at Cedar Creek and Spring Creek, and was the county sheriff in1802; John and Alexander Wilson settled at Stoner Lick Creek. All of these Wilson men settle in Wilson Co around 1799-1802. Thomas Wilson was in the area in 1802. Wilson Co is at the southern border of Sumner Co. These Wilson men in early Wilson Co were likely sons of the earlier named four Wilson brothers. (W,101,113)

      Jesse L Rowan [R2b1d12b1], son of Arthur L Rowan and Eva N Birch, was born in 1910 in McLean Co KY. (67w)

      Jimmie Lee Rowan [H1e11], son of James Rowan and Georgia Ann Hite, was born 18 January 1902 at Owensboro. He married a Ms Jones and they lived at Chicago in 1963. (WW)

      Jimmie Lee Rowan [R2b1b9e1h], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 26 June 1936 in Daviess Co KY. He married Ann Marilyn Stanton on 2 July 1956. Marilyn was born 8 October 1937 in Daviess Co, daughter of a Mr Stanton and Alma Johnson. They lived at Owensboro, KY. Jimmie died on 7 April 1973 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. They had two children-

1.   Susan Ann Rowan, b 2 Jun 1957

2.   Griffin Gene Rowan, b 4 Nov 1958 (HT,Z, 3bc)

      Joe Earl Rowan [R2b1b4d1b] is a son of Thomas Harwood Tanner Rowan and Daisy Bibb, was born in September 1929 at Russellville, Logan Co KY. (AR, 29f)

      John Rowan [R2b3], son of Captain William Rowan and Sara Elizabeth Cooper, was born 12 July 1772 in York Co PA. He was educated at Salem Academy, a school run by Dr James Priestly, and married Agnes “Nancy” Anne Lytle on 29 October 1796 at her parent's home near Lexington. For a wedding present Nancy's parents gave the young couple the land east of Bardstown that would eventually become the Federal Hill plantation immortalized by Stephen Collins Foster (see the following Foster note) in his song My Old KY Home.

      Judge John Rowan built his first home, Federal Hill, near Bardstown on the land given him and Nancy by her parents. He is listed with his brother Stephen on a Nelson Co tax list of 2 June 1800. He and Nancy moved to Frankfort in 1802-1803. John was one of the greatest land lawyers in the state (see following note), successfully matching wits with such eminent KY barristers as Henry Clay, Ben Hardin, and John J Crittenden. John had a distinguished political career: KY secretary of state 1804-1806; United States congressman 1807-1809; member of the state legislature 1813-1817, 1822, 1824; United States senator 1825-1831; he was also commissioned to adjust the United States claims against Mexico in 1839. Rowan Co KY was named for him. John also served for a time as chief justice of the KY supreme court.

      The first census which shows the names of slaves was in 1850, seven years after Judge Rowan died, so we cannot know the names of his slaves unless they were named in deed transfers. But in the 1830 census, in Nelson Co, he did have 19 male slaves and 21 female slaves. Judge Rowan was old in the 1840 census, age 68, and he no longer lived at Federal Hill at Bardstown. He was living at Louisville, and at that time had only two slaves, probably household servants. Family tradition handed down for generations says that the log cabin John had build when he married, became the home for his slaves after the Federal Hill mansion was built years later. In the 1980s, that same cabin was a short distance from Federal hill, and had been used for the grounds keepers tools for many years.

      John died 14 July 1843 at his home on 5th Street in Louisville; Nancy died at her daughter Ann's home in Cincinnati, Ohio on 14 July 1849. She was born 18 September 1772 at Lancaster, PA, daughter of Colonel William Lytle and Mary Anne Steele. John and Nancy had nine children-

a.   Eliza Cooper Rowan, b 27 Jan 1798

b.   Mary Jane Rowan, b 10 Mar 1800

c.   William Lytle Rowan, b 2 Dec 1802

d.   Atkinson Hill Rowan, b 30 Apr 1804

e.   John Rowan Jr, b 9 Feb 1807

f.    Josephine Daviess Rowan, b 18 Jul 1810

g.   Ann Rowan, born 3 May 1812

h.   Alice Douglass Rowan, born 14 Sep 1813

i.    Elizabeth Rowan, b 31 Jul 1817

John Rowan posted bond for the marriage of Eliza Ann Lytle, daughter of William Lytle (John's brother-in-law?), and Charles MacAlester Jr on 5 Oct 1824 in Nelson Co.

Judge John Rowan's family kept up the ties with the Foster relatives in PA. Stephen C Foster's sister Charlotte visited Bardstown in 1828, and John Jr proposed marriage to her. In 1870 Margaret Cairns, age 88 and born in MD, lived with Rebecca and her unmarried daughters at Bardstown. In addition, there were six domestic servants and gardeners living with them.

Judge John Rowan’s very close friend was Judge Atkinson Hill. Judge Rowan’s son was named after Atkinson Hill. Atkinson married Elizabeth B Goodin, daughter of Samuel Goodwin, in PA and came to Kentucky Co VA in 1779. Elizabeth was born about 1761 and died 21 Aug 1829. Atkinson was born in 1755, and died 11 Jun 1824. He became a judge in Nelson Co when Kentucky became a state. They had at least nine children: Rebecca Hill, born 1780, married Wilford Lee in 1796; Sally Hill, born 1782, married Elisha Johnson in 1810; Elizabeth Hill, born 1784, married John Lee in 1803; William Hill, born 1786, married Lucy Abell in 1813; Nancy Hill, born 1788, married Lewis Quigley in 1806; Eleanor Hill, born 1793, married Dorsey Beeler in 1812; Margaret Hill, born 1795, married Wilford Lee in 1821; Eliza Hill, born 1800, married Benjamin Beeler Jr in 1819; and Mary Hill, born 1802, married John Troutman in 1824. Most (all?) of these marriages took place in Nelson Co.

An excellent source of information on Judge Rowan's family and Federal Hill is Randall Capp's The Rowan Story: From Federal Hill To My Old KY Home. (W,57, 63,77,79, AR,LL, BH, 4cm)

From Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H Levin, editor, 1897, page 167: JOHN ROWAN. Among the eminent lawyers and statesmen of Kentucky whose names have shed luster upon the state, that of John Rowan deservedly stands pre-eminent. He rose early to prominence at the bar, and for nearly fifty years, during which he filled many high offices,--on the bench and in the state and national councils,--he was recognized as the peer of the ablest of that galaxy of lawyers and statesmen of his day, whose lives and talents have given to the commonwealth an enduring fame. He was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1771, his father and mother having been born in the same county and neighborhood. He came, on his father's side, of a sturdy Scotch-Irish descent so largely represented in the early history of Kentucky, while his mother, whose maiden name was Cooper, was of Quaker descent. His father, William Rowan, held a valuable office under the crown, but this did not have the effect in the least of weakening his patriotism, for he raised and commanded a company in that struggle. His generous nature had led him to impair, through assistance to others, his own and his wife's very ample fortune, and he lost from the ravages of the war much of the little that he had left. At the close of the war, with the hope of repairing his shattered fortune, he emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky (then a district of Virginia) in the wild lands of which he had invested the remnant of his fortune. He arrived at Louisville in March, 1783, and finding the locality uninviting from prevailing sickness, he resumed his journey the following spring, and settled at the falls of Green river, on land which he had bought before leaving Pennsylvania. After remaining there several years amid the exciting scenes of the frontier, he removed to the vicinity of Bardstown, for better educational opportunities for his children. At Bardstown John Rowan attended the celebrated school of Dr. Priestly, where he received a classical education, having as schoolmates Felix Grundy, Joseph Hamilton Daviess, John Allen and others who rose to distinction. Here his mind began to give evidence of his future greatness. He mastered with ease all the studies of the school, and earned from his accomplished teacher the encomium of "a good scholar, a man of genius." By the light of a cedar torch he studied the classics, and drank in those treasures of the ancients which abided with him to the last. Learning was with him an ambition, – not pursued merely for momentary gratification, but to give nourishment and stimulus to his strong natural mind, that it might grow and expand under the culture of the great masters of antiquity. He exhausted the authors studied by him, the intimate thoughts of the Greek and Latin poets and prose writers became familiar to him, and he acquired from these that Roman majesty of character so uniquely his in after life. After quitting the school of Dr. Priestly, Mr. Rowan was sent by his father to study the law under that master of jurisconsults, George Nicholas, at Lexington. Nicholas was the personal and political friend and confidant of Thomas Jefferson, and was a man of commanding abilities and great professional learning. This is clearly proven by the fact that the young men who were his pupils became the most successful and celebrated lawyers of their generation. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, Isham Talbot, Jesse Bledsoe, Solomon P. Sharp, William T. Barry, John Pope, Robert Wickliffe, John Rowan and others of almost equal celebrity were pupils in his office, and constituted a group of most remarkable men and lawyers. In the study of the law his progress was equal to the wishes of his most sanguine friends, so much so that Nicholas – a man who never flattered--after due probation, pronounced him a thorough lawyer and sent him forth, in his emphatic language, "to succeed." He was admitted to the bar in 1795 and soon attained a high rank in his profession. In 1799 he was elected a member of the convention which framed the second constitution of Kentucky. In 1803 he became involved in a personal difficulty with one Dr. Chambers, of Bardstown, and although he sought to avoid a duel, being forced into it by his adversary, he killed him. Felix Grundy, who was the commonwealth's attorney at the time, resigned his office to avoid prosecuting. In 1804 he was appointed by Governor Greenup, secretary of state, and served until 1806, when he was elected to congress from the Bardstown district, in which he did not reside, – a compliment accorded to no other, it is believed, in the history of the state. He took his seat in 1807, and served with distinction in the eleventh congress. He then devoted himself to the practice of law. His success in civil causes was great, for he was a thorough lawyer, and he brought to their investigation an uncommon fund of learning, which, though not usually possessed by lawyers, is largely auxiliary to the attainment of success. "His mental organization," says one of his early biographers, an eminent member of the bar, "was fitted for advocacy more than the duties of a mere barrister in civil causes, and his wonderful success in defending criminals marks him as having been one of the greatest advocates of America. It may seem to some that this is claiming too much for him, but the annals of the profession, neither in England nor the United States, present a parallel to his success. In defense of life, Rowan stands alone. There was no resisting him, either with the torrent force of his reasoning he tore away the obstruction of prejudice and convinced the jury, or, with the deep and impassioned relation of the wrongs which had induced the commission of an apparent crime, he so filled their hearts that they gave way to mercy in tears. Many jurymen who sat under his eloquence, have said that there was in the manner and the oratory of Rowan a force that overcame them ere they could steel themselves against it,--nay, that they believed to resist him in a capital case was almost impossible." All of his efforts at the bar were in defense and not in the prosecution of unfortunates, with one exception. When very young and poor, he was appointed public prosecutor by, perhaps, Judge Crosby; the place was a sure road to eminence and a lucrative practice. He accepted it, and the first case was a charge of larceny against a widow's son. He prosecuted and convicted him. His feelings overcame him. He resigned, moved a new trial and obtained it; and at the next term acquitted the offender. From that day forward he resolved never to engaged in the prosecution of his fellow man, and that he kept his resolve is shown by his declaration in one of the greatest speeches of his life, made in the successful defense of the Wilkinsons, at Harrodsburg in 1838, (reproduced in "Carlton on Homicide"), that in his nearly fifty years of practice he had never taken a fee nor appeared as an attorney for the prosecution of a fellow man. Whether the reasoning that influenced his course can be sustained or not, his steadfast adherence to his resolve, to his great pecuniary disadvantage, must challenge the admiration of all. He served in the legislature as a member from Nelson county five consecutive terms – from 1813 to 1817– and in 1819 was appointed by Governor Slaughter judge of the court of appeals. While on the bench he delivered, among other able opinions, on against the constitutionality of the act of 1816 re-chartering the Bank of the United States. But the confinement of the bench was distasteful to one of his active habits, and he resigned, after serving two years. The state was in a ferment, growing out of the financial embarrassment which had long distressed the people, and he became conspicuous as a member of the Relief party, which sought to avert the disasters that seemed to threaten general bankruptcy. His services at this juncture are a part of the history of the state; and as an example of his logical power, as well as full presentation of the views and reasons of those up-holding relief enactments, the preamble to the legislation adopted in 1825, condemning the court of appeals for their decision in the case of Lapsley versus Breashear, is commended to the curious reader. In 1823, in conjunction with Mr. Clay, he was appointed by the legislature a commissioner to represent the state before the supreme court, in defense of what was known as the occupying-claimant laws of Kentucky. The petition in the case was drawn by Judge Rowan, and was regarded as an able vindication of those laws; but the court decided them to be in conflict with the compact with Virginia at the time Kentucky became a state. In 1824 he was elected to the United States senate and served until 1830. The debates of the senate during the period of his service show that he participated in the discussion of all the leading questions of the day, and his speeches are largely quoted in Benton's "Abridged Debates." In the discussion upon the bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, and that to amend the judiciary system of the United States, he took a conspicuous part, while upon the resolutions of Mr. Foote, he shared the honors of the debate with Webster, Hayne and Calhoun. Mr. Webster declared that his argument in support of the state-rights theory was masterly in the extreme. One of his biographers has justly said of him: "In him centered the chivalry of Kentucky character; not the gusty and evanescent spirit too prevalent in some quarters, nor the staidness of demeanor approaching cant, to be found in others, but that just medium which betokens sincerity, kindness and resolution. The characteristics of his constituents were reflected in his senatorial career; and while Kentucky has a name in the territorial divisions of our country she may look upon that career with pride and point to that son as an object worthy of emulation." One of Judge Rowan's characteristics was the helping hand he gave to young men in his profession. Many of the most prominent lawyers and jurists of their day read law with him, among them Governor Lazarus Powell, James Guthrie, Judge Henry Pirtle, and Judge John McKinley of the United States supreme court. The last public office he filled was that of commissioner under the convention at Washington for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States against Mexico, on the 11th of April, 1839. In this he labored with great assiduity; and when, upon an adjournment of the commission he had returned to his family in Kentucky, and from a temporary indisposition of health he was unable to return to Washington at the time expected, he resigned his office for fear there might be some disappointment to persons who had business before the tribunal, such was his delicate appreciation of public duty. On the organization of the Kentucky Historical Society in 1838 he was elected its president and held the position until his death. He was devoted in friendships and hated no man; was exceedingly urbane in his manners; hospitable, kind in his habits; of uncommonly interesting colloquial powers. In person Judge Rowan was six feet one and a half inches high, very erect in carriage, with broad shoulders, large, massive head crowned with thick hair. His strongly marked face betokened the character of the man and plainly hinted at his Scotch origin. His presence was stately in the extreme and imposing. He has been described when in excitement of debate as leonine in appearance. He was contemporary with Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Ben Hardin, Richard M. Johnson, William T. Barry, and Solomon P. Sharp, and took rank with the foremost as a leader in formulating public opinion and in the defense of the institutions of a free and enlightened people. His wife, who was a sister of General William Lytle, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Cincinnati, and the grandfather of the distinguished young federal general of the same name, who lost his life at Chickamauga, was a lady well fitted, in all the charms of womanly grace and virtue, to be the wife of such a man; and their home, "Federal Hill," in Nelson county, was the hospitable resort of all the prominent persons of that period, and of their relatives and friends. It is said that it was a visit to that hospitable mansion that inspired Stephen C. Foster to write "My Old Kentucky Home." Although Judge Rowan retained his home in Nelson county, he purchased a residence in Louisville about 1817, and divided his time between the places. He died in Louisville on the 13th day of July, 1843, and was buried in the family burying grounds at Federal Hill. Although he had a family of three sons and six daughters, but four of his children survived him, viz: John Rowan Jr., Mrs. Ann R. Buchanan, Mrs. Alice Wakefield, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, – all of whom have been dead many years.

      John Rowan Jr [R2b3e], son of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 9 February 1807 at Frankfort, KY. He married Rebecca Cairns at Louisville on 10 February 1835. She was born in 1813 in Baltimore Co Maryland, daughter of Major Peter A Cairns and Mary Eden Briscoe. John was educated in Nashville, TN at Cumberland College. He and his family lived in Nelson Co in 1840, the only family with the Rowan name in the county. John was listed as having a professional occupation, and had eight slaves. He was a politician, and was appointed by President Polk to be the Minister in Charge to the kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He inherited Federal Hill upon his father's death. John Jr died 14 August 1855 at Federal Hill and Rebecca on 16 November 1897 of heart failure, also at Federal Hill; he is buried there and Rebecca is buried in Baltimore Co Maryland. When John Jr died he left his wife Rebecca with little money and many debts. She would have lost the Federal Hill plantation had it not been for the legal help provided by William P Boone, and the fact that John Jr's father's estate, also not yet settled, did occasionally provide some money. John and Rebecca had ten children-

1.   William Atkinson Hill Rowan, b 1837

2.   Josephine Rogers Rowan, b 1838

3.   Rebecca C Rowan, b 1840

4.   John Rowan III, b 1841

5.   Lytle Rowan, b 1844

6.   Maude Rowan, b 1851

7.   May Rowan, b 1851

8.   Julia Churchill Rowan, b 1852

9.   Henry Pirtle Rowan, b 1854

10. Margaret Holt Rowan, b May 1855 (57,63, 78,LL,BH, 4kqrs)

      John Rowan [R2b1d], son of Stephen Rowan and Katherine Reid, was born late in 1807 in Ohio Co KY near Livermore. He married Lydia E Stevens in Ohio Co on 18 June 1835, and after her death on 24 July 1853 in Ohio Co, he married Sarah Frances Bell in McLean Co on 2 January 1855. John’s residence was then in McLean Co, and his age at this second marriage was 46 (born in 1807 or 1808). Sarah’s residence was in Ohio, she was single, and was age 34 when she married John. She was born in Woodford Co KY, about five counties east of Ohio Co. Lydia was born in Ohio Co on 18 October 1813 near Livermore, daughter of William Stevens and Nancy Pigman. Sarah was born 11 November 1820, daughter of Thomas Bell III and Elizabeth Hewlett. She died on 19 December 1870, probably in McLean Co (McLean Co was formed from Ohio Co in 1854). Lydia and Sarah are buried in the Rowan family Cemetery at No Creek near Heflin. John was a farmer and lived at the forks of the Owensboro and Hartford roads. He died 31 January 1883, probably in McLean Co, and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. He had 13 children-

In addition to thirteen children, John Rowan also had two slaves as of 27 August 1850; the slaves on 10 July 1860 are in the second column:
1 Black male, age 30            age 39

1 Black female, age 40

1 Black male, age 23

1 Black male, age 12

1 Black female, age 11

1 Black male, age 5

1 Black male, age 4

(W,AR,GA,LL,HT,RN,58,64,1ndm, 2mqrs,12sud)

      John Rowan III [R2b3e4], son of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1841 at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. He never married and died on 22 February 1915. (57,63, LL,4q)

      John Rowan [H1e5], son of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born 23 March 1881 in Daviess Co and died 1 March 1913 at Owensboro of tuberculosis. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. John married Fannie Taylor on 10 June 1904 in Daviess Co. Witnesses at their marriage were Henry and Mattie Taylor. (WW, 3u)

      John A Rowan, parents unknown, married Susan Ann Woolfolk, and died in Woodford Co KY about 1843 (born about 1820?). Susan was born in Woodford Co on 31 October 1820, daughter of Colonel Joseph Harris Woolfolk and Martha Mitchum. After her first husband died, she married David Barrow of LA at Oak Hill, Woodford Co KY on 29 June 1847. They lived in West Feliciana Parish LA in 1850. David Barrow was born 15 September 1805 at Enfield, Halifax Co NC. Susan and John Rowan had no children. (W,283m, 284n)

      John A Rowan [R2b1d4b], son of John Andrew Rowan and Arabelle Howard, was born 1 December 1873 in McLean Co KY. He never married, and died on 23 October 1937, probably at Livermore where he lived for years. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Livermore. (GA,M, 2suvwfc)

      John Albert Rowan [R2b1b9f], son of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 9 February 1884 in Ohio Co KY. He died 5 March 1887 and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. (HT,RN, MM,1c)

      John Alex Rowan [R2b1a3], son of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born on 14 October 1833 in Ohio Co KY. There is no record of any marriage for him. John died 11 April 1866 and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. (1knqpmc)

      John Andrew Rowan [R2b1d4], son of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 4 April 1844 in Ohio Co KY. He married Arabelle Howard in McLean Co on 17 October 1872. She was born 13 January 1843 in Daviess Co, daughter of James W Howard and Mary Whittinghill. John was a McLean Co farmer. He died on 30 October 1876 and Arabelle on 25 November 1928. Both are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. After John died, Arabelle lived at Livermore with her father, then later with her son John. They had three children-

a.   Lewis Rowan, b Jun 1872

b.   John A Rowan, b 1 Dec 1873

c.   Mary Rowan, b 22 Jan 1876 (HT,GA, 1n,3n, 2qrsuvwmc)

      John Butler Rowan [R2b1b9], son of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born on 10 August 1848 at Heflin (formerly called Rowantown) in Ohio Co. He married Martha Corilla Bennett at Martha's home in Ohio Co on 11 April 1869. She was born in Hartford 10 August 1851, daughter of Alexander Barnett Bennett and Frances Ann Benton. John and Martha lived at Heflin where he was a farmer. He died on 2 September 1915 at Heflin of Brights Disease and Martha died 16 June 1916; both are buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. They had eight children, all born in Ohio Co-

a.   Andrew Alexander Rowan, b 20 Oct 1870

b.   Adabelle A Rowan, b 20 Dec 1872

c.   Willie Rowena Rowan, b 6 Apr 1875

d.   Samuel Pendleton Rowan, b 23 Oct 1877

e.   Lyghtle Oscar Rowan, b 31 Aug 1880

f.    John Albert Rowan, b 9 Feb 1884

g.   Elizabeth E Rowan, b 19 Jan 1888

h.   Beulah Lee Rowan, b 10 Feb 1892 (58,76, HT, MM,1qrsucmd)

      John Henry Rowan, father unknown, was born 2 April 1925 in McLean Co KY. His mother was Nettie Poston. Nettie and John were not found in KY in 1930. For a while, John lived in IN, but died at San Bernardino, CA on 16 August 1992. John had a brother Freddie M Rowan, born in Ballard Co KY on 3 April 1927, and a sister Hallie Rowan, born 27 March 1923 in McLean Co. (CAd, Z,2b)

      John Proctor Rowan [R2b1b4i], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 15 May 1883 at Owensboro, KY and died in West Memphis, AR on 15 November 1966. He is buried in Jonesboro. Proc married Jessie Viola Hill, who was born at Bono AR on 3 February 1886, daughter of Harry Hill. Proc and Jessie divorced and she lived in Holly Springs, MS near her daughter. Jesse died on 27 March 1974 and is buried in Hill Crest Cemetery in Holly Springs. Proc was a farmer, and owned a country grocery store. He remarried late in life to Mrs Edna Pritchet, who often ran the store while Proc spent the afternoons fishing. Edna was born in AR on 15 February 1911. After Proc's death, Edna moved to Anthony, New Mexico, and died there in January 1987. Proc and Jesse had two children-

1.   child Rowan, born and died 17 June 1908

2.   Claiborne Rowan, b 12 Jun 1916 (CR, JY,Z, 31w)

      Joseph Cullen Rowan [R2b1b5b1a], son of Richard Ney Rowan and Etta May Bennett, was born 12 February 1913 at Beda, Ohio Co KY. He married Julia Ophelia Hall on 6 October 1934. She was born 17 April 1918 at Plant City, FL daughter of Marcus Lee Hall and Addie Ophelia Barbour. On 15 April 1946 Julia was killed in a car crash near Ensor in Daviess Co. She was buried at Owensboro in Rose Hill Cemetery. Cullen then married Anna Moline Smith at Owensboro on 7 February 1949. She was born at Dukehurst, Ohio Co on 9 July 1920, daughter of James F Smith and Flora E Smith. In 1987 Cullen was living in Hartford, a retired railroad worker. He died there on 11 September 2001. He had three children-

1.   Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr, b 11 Sep 1935

2.   Phillip Dale Rowan, b 6 Feb 1950

3.   Donald Smith Rowan, b 5 Mar 1957 (RN,Z, 3d,1mbw)

      Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr [R2b1b5b1a1], son of Joseph Cullen Rowan and Julia Ophelia Hall, was, born 11 September 1935 at Palmetto, FL. He married Mary Ellen Ballard in the No Creek community in Ohio Co KY on 3 October 1953. She was born at Hartford, Ohio Co on 6 April 1936, daughter of Oscar Ballard and Beulah Casteel. They lived at Beaver Dam in 2007 and had four children-

a.   James Cullen Rowan, b 8 Mar 1955

b.   Larry David Rowan, b 22 Jan 1956

c.   Lou Ann Rowan, b 4 Jul 1958

d.   Rhonda Lynn Rowan, b 14 May 1967 (RN, 1mb)

      Josephine Rowan [R2b1a2], daughter of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born between 1830 and 1832, probably in Ohio Co KY, and died within three years. She is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery in Heflin. (1c)

      Josephine “Josie” Rowan [R2b1a1a], daughter of Lucian B Rowan and Anne Marie Robinson, was born 11 October 1848 in Ohio Co (born at Maxwell, Daviess Co according to her son Leslie). She married Jackson Francis Mohon in Ohio Co on 3 December 1868 at the home of her uncle Gordon Robinson (born in New Jersey in 1833; in 1850 Gordon was living in his parent's home in district 2 of Daviess Co). Jackson was a farmer in Daviess Co when he married Josephine, and she lived in Ohio Co at the time. Therefore, their homes must have been close to the county line. Jackson was born 8 January 1845 at Utica, Daviess Co, fourth child of Jack Harney Mohon (born 1815 in NC) and Frances Johnson (from Daviess Co). Josie died 27 September 1886 in KY, probably at Murray, Daviess Co where she lived in 1880, and was buried in Greenbrier Baptist Church Cemetery in Daviess Co. Jackson died 12 February 1924 at Madisonville, Hopkins Co of heart failure and was buried at Utica, Daviess Co. He and Josie had six children-

1.   John Jackson Mohon, b 10 Jun 1870

2.   Oma Mohon, b 10 Mar 1874

3.   Fannie Mohon

4.   Leslie Mohon, b 25 Dec 1880

5.   Hyla Mohon, b 12 Aug 1882

6.   Verna Mohon, b Dec 1884

Jackson’s mother Frances died in the late 1850s in Daviess Co. (MS, 1nm, 3nsd, 54d)

      Josephine Rowan [H1f6], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born in March 1886 in Ohio Co KY. She lived at Livermore, McLean Co in 1900. (WW, 1s,2u)

      Josephine Daviess Rowan [R2b3f], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 18 July 1810 in Frankfort or Bardstown, KY. She married Colonel William Clark Rogers, and died 30 April 1838. Whether she had any children is unknown. (57,79, AR, LL)

      Josephine Rowan, daughter of Hiram Rowan, and Mollie Bennett, of Ohio Co KY, was born in March 1886 in KY. (WW)

      Josephine Rogers Rowan [R2b3e2], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1838 (age 23 in 1860, 34 in 1870, 42 in 1880) at the Federal Hill home at Bardstown, KY. She married Samuel Chester Reid Jr (picture) in the late summer of 1865 at Federal Hill. He was a son of Commodore Samuel Chester Reid Sr, and was the editor of the New Orleans Picayune. Soon after their marriage they lived at New Orleans, then were back in KY in 1868, then New Orleans again in 1869, and then were in MO in the mid-1870s. Soon before 1880 they moved to Washington DC. Samuel was a very renowned lawyer, and was born in New York City on 21 October 1818 (age 52 in 1870, 61 in 1880). They were still in Washington DC when Josephine’s mother died in 1897, but were not found there in 1900. She and her husband had six children-

a.   Marie Jennings Reid, b 1866

b.   Maud Reid, b 1868

c.   Josephine Reid, b 1869

d.   Samuel Chester Reid, b 24 Feb 1871

e.   John Rowan Reid, b 28 Dec 1875

f.    William Harney Reid, b 28 Dec 1875 (57,63, LL,4kq,153r,109s)

SAMUEL CHESTER REID Jr, son of Captain Samuel C Reid, was born in New York City on 21 October, 1818. He shipped before the mast at the age of sixteen, in 1838 was attached to the United States survey of Ohio River, and in 1839 settled in Natchez, MS, where be studied law under General John A. Quitman, and was appointed United States deputy marshal. He was admitted to the bar of MS in I841, to that of LA in 1844, to the United States Supreme Court in 1846, and served in the Mexican war in Captain Ben McCulloch's company of Texas Rangers, being mentioned for "meritorious services and distinguished gallantry," at Monterey. In 1849 he was attached to the New Orleans Picayune, and in 1851 be was a delegate to the National railroad convention in Memphis, TN, to decide upon a line to the Pacific. In 1857 he declined the appointment of United States minister to Rome. He reported the proceedings of the Louisiana secession convention in 1861, and during the Civil War was the Confederate war correspondent for a large number of southern newspapers. In 1865 he resumed his law-practice (and married Josephine Rogers), and in 1867 he delivered an "Address on the Restoration of Southern Trade and Commerce" in the principal cities of the south. He established and incorporated in 1874 the Mississippi Valley and Brazil steamship company in St. Louis, MO (his twin sons were born there in 1875). He presented the battle-sword of his father to the United States in 1887. Mr. Reid was the author of The United States Bankrupt Law of 1841, with a Synopsis and Notes, and the Leading American and English Decisions (Natchez, 1842), The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers (Philadelphia, 1847), The Battle of Chickamauga, a Concise History of Events from the Evacuation of Chattanooga (Mobile, 1863), and The Daring Raid of General John H. Morgan, in Ohio, his Capture and Wonderful Escape with Captain T. Henry Hines (Atlanta, 1864), and reported and edited The Case of the Private-armed Brig-of-War General Armstrong, with the Brief of Facts and Authorities on International Law, and the Arguments of Charles O'Connor, Sam C. Reid, and P. Phillips, before the United States Court of Claims at Washington, D. C, with the Decision of the Court (New York, I857). He also prepared The Life and Times of Colonel Aaron Burr in vindication of Burr's character, but the manuscript was destroyed by fire in 1850. The above Charles O'Connor (1804-1884) was a NY attorney who ran for the US Presidency in 1872. (See Picture.) (Source: Appleton's Encyclopedia Items in Italics are added to show the corresponding events with his family.)

SAMUEL CHESTER REID (Sr), naval officer, was born in Norwich, CT on 25 August, 1783, and died in New York City on 28 January, 1861. He was the son of Lieutenant John Reid of the British navy, who was taken prisoner in a night boat expedition at New London, CT, and afterward resigned his commission. At the age of eleven the son went to sea, was captured by a French privateer and confined six months at Basseterre, Guadeloupe. Subsequently he served as acting midshipman on the Baltimore in Commander Thomas Truxton's West India squadron, and during the war of 1812 he commanded the privateer brig General Armstrong, with which be fought one of the most remarkable naval battles on record at Fayal, in the Azores islands, 26 and 27 September, 1814. While at anchor in a neutral port, his ship was attacked by a British squadron, consisting of the flag-ship Plantagenet, of 74 guns, the frigate Rota, of 44 guns, and the brig Carnation, of 18 guns, and bearing more than 2,000 men. The General Armstrong carried 7 guns and 90 men. In a series of encounters Reid defeated the enemy, and in his account of the engagement he wrote: “About 3 a.m. I received a message from the American consul requesting to see me on shore, where he informed me the governor had sent a note to Captain Lloyd, begging him to desist from further hostilities. To which Captain Lloyd sent for answer that he was now determined to have the privateer at the risk of knocking down the whole town; and that, if the governor suffered the Americans to injure the privateer in any manner, he should consider the place an enemy's port, and treat it accordingly. Finding this to be the case, I considered all hope of saving our vessel to be at an end. I therefore went on board and ordered all our wounded and dead to be taken on shore and the crew to save their effects as fast as possible. Soon after this it became daylight, when the enemy's brig stood close in and commenced a heavy fire on us with all her force. After several broadsides she hauled off, having received a shot in her hull, her rigging much cut, and her fore-top-mast wounded. She soon after came in again and anchored close to the privateer. I then ordered the General Armstrong to be scuttled to prevent the enemy from getting her off. She was soon afterward boarded by the enemy's boats and set on fire, which soon completed her destruction. They also destroyed a number of houses in the town and wounded some of the inhabitants." The British lost 120 men killed and 180 wounded, while the Americans lost but two killed and seven wounded. A letter written from Faval, by an Englishman who witnessed the scene, describes the second attack: "At midnight, it being about full moon, fourteen large launches, containing about forty men each, were discovered to be coming in rotation for a second attack. When they got within gun-shot a tremendous and effectual discharge was made from the privateer, which threw the boats into confusion, They now returned a spirited fire, but the privateer kept up so continual a discharge it was almost impossible for the boats to make any progress. They finally succeeded, after immense loss, to get alongside of her, and attempted to board at every quarter, cheered by the officers with a shout of ‘No quarter!' which we could distinctly hear, as well as their shrieks and cries. The termination was near about a total massacre. Three of the boats were sunk, and but one poor solitary officer escaped death in a boat that contained fifty souls; he was wounded, The Americans fought with great firmness. Some of the boats were left without a single man to row them: others with three and four. The most that anyone returned with was about ten. Several boats floated on shore full of dead bodies... This bloody and unfortunate contest lasted about forty minutes. At daylight next morning the Carnation hauled in alongside and engaged her, when the Armstrong continued to make a most gallant defense, causing the Carnation to cease firing and to haul off to repair. We may well say ‘God deliver us from our enemies' if this is the way the Americans fight." The defeated vessels were part of an expedition concentrating at Jamalta for a descent upon New Orleans, and their crippled condition prevented their immediate union with Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonail, and consequently the expedition did not reach New Orleans until four days after General Andrew Jackson's arrival, which saved Louisiana from British conquest. After burning the abandoned wreck, Captain Van Lloyd informed the governor that, unless the gallant little crew he had failed to capture should be given to him as prisoners, he would send a force of 500 men to capture them. This was refused, and Reid and his men then took possession of and fortified an old convent, declaring that they would defend themselves to the last; but they were not molested. The attack upon the General Armstrong led to a protracted diplomatic correspondence, from 1815 to the administration of President Zachary Taylor, who took measures to compel Portugal to assert the inviolability of its neutral port, and indemnify the claimants for the loss of the vessel; but after his death the case was submitted to the arbitration of Louis Napoleon, who decided against the Americans The British government afterward apologized for the violation of the neutrality. Congress finally paid the claim in 1882. On his return to the United States, Captain Reid landed at Savannah, and in traveling to the north received many honors. The legislature of New York gave him their thanks and a sword on 7 April, 1815. He was appointed a sailing master in the navy, and held this post until his death, serving, meanwhile, as harbor-master and warden of the port of New York. He invented and erected the signal telegraph at the Battery and the Narrows, and regulated and numbered the pilot-boats of New York, and established the lightship off Sandy Hook. He was also the designer of the present form of the United States flag, proposing to retain the original thirteen stripes and to add a new star whenever a new state should be admitted to the Union. This suggestion was adopted, and a flag conforming to his design was first raised over the hall of representatives in Washington on 13 April 1818. See The Origin and Progress of the United States Flag in the United States of America," by George H. Preble, U.S.N. (Albany, 1872). (Source: Appleton's Encyclopedia)

      Joshua Bartlett Rowan [R2b1b9e1a3b], son of James Bartlett Rowan II and Carla F Stewart, was born 17 July 1979 in Daviess Co KY. In 2007 he lived at Owensboro. (HT,3bP)

      Judith Faye Rowan [R2b1b9e1a1], daughter of James Bartlett Rowan and Mary Lucille Hagan, was born 31 October 1946 in Daviess Co KY. She married Richard Raber, and they later divorced. Judy married Richard J Moore in Daviess Co on 3 June 1978 and was living at Owensboro in the late 1970s. Richard Moore was born about 1945. Judy and Richard Raber had a daughter-

a.   Stacey Renae Raber, b 26 Dec 1969 (HT,3b)

      Julia Rowan [H1a5], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born in December 1868 in Ohio Co KY and grew up in Daviess Co. She married James Hayden in 1888, and in 1900 and 1910 they lived in Daviess Co. James was born in Daviess Co KY in November 1867, and was a son of Mrs Mary Hettie Hayden who lived next door in 1900. This Mary Hayden was born in April 1831 (was age 30 in 1870 while her husband Reason was age 50 then). The probable father of James was Reason Hayden. Reason and his family lived at Curdsville, Daviess Co in 1870; son James was then age 3, their fourth child. In 1880 James and two siblings lived with their mother at Curdsville (she was then age 43), but Reason was not with them. Julia died in Daviess Co on 10 January 1962, age 93. James and Julia had six children by 1900, all alive, and twelve children by 1910, all born in Daviess Co KY and all still alive-

a.   Arelia Dee Joseph Hayden, b 8 Dec 1888

b.   Rose V Hayden, b Dec 1892

c.   Roy B Hayden, b 16 Oct 1894

d.   James G Wilbur Hayden, b 11 Jun 1896

e.   Alonzo Lee Hayden, b 28 Nov 1898

f.    Mary Hayden, b 30 Apr 1900

g.   Fannie Hayden, b 1902

h.   Thomas Hayden, b 12 May 1904

i.    Charles Hayden, b 25 Aug 1905

j.    Lula Hayden, b 1907

k.   John Grover Hayden, b 1908

m.  Estell T Hayden, b abt Apr 1910 (WW, KYd, 1r, 3rsuvwfd)

      Julia Churchill Rowan [R2b3e8], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born 22 November 1852 (age 7 in 1860, 16 in 1870) at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. She never married, lived with her widowed mother at Bardstown, and died at Louisville, Jefferson Co on 26 January 1912 at age 59. She was buried in St Louis Catholic Cemetery at Louisville. (57,63,LL, 4qrs,6d)

      Julia Flint Rowan [R2b1b4c], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and America R Tanner, was born 16 February 1863 in Ohio Co (per her death certificate). She married her second cousin Charles Cephas Atherton on 24 December 1879 in McLean Co, probably at Livermore. He was born 6 January 1855 in Daviess (now McLean) Co, son of Aaron G Atherton and Mary Angeline Simmons. Charles was a farmer near Livermore, and died on 6 November 1930 at Livermore. Julia was a tall, beautiful woman, while Charles was well over six feet tall and big framed. She died on 28 November 1949 at Louisville and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Livermore with Charles. They had ten children, all born in McLean Co on the family farm half a mile north of Nuckols-

1.   Clydelia Lydia Atherton, b 3 Mar 1880

2.   Mayme Atherton, b 16 Jul 1882

3.   Belva Ann Atherton, b 21 Nov 1884

4.   Paul F Atherton, b 15 Sep 1887

5.   Leamon H Atherton, b 20 Nov 1889

6.   Eugene Atherton, b 2 Jun 1892

7.   Lytle Atherton, b 2 Dec 1893

8.   Noble C Atherton, b 25 Nov 1896

9.   child Atherton, b & d in 1898

10. Charles Victor Atherton, b 29 Dec 1902

Charles' grandfather, Charles Simmons, was a brother of America Simmons, Julia Rowan's grandmother. (GA,2qrsuc,6d)

      Junius Lloyd Rowan [R2b1c2a], son of Lloyd Lynn Rowan and Harriet Sydney Jones, was born 19 January 1865 in Shawneetown, IL, and spent most of his life there. He was a farmer, was in the milling business in 1887, and later became the town's mayor. Junius married Laura Eunice Melvin on 25 October 1887 in Shawneetown. She was born 25 January 1870 in Carbondale, but probably grew up in Ridgway. Her parents were Thomas Andrew Melvin and Mary Madaline Willis. Junius died at the home of his daughter Doris on 25 February 1947 in IL, and Laura died in Harrisburg on 3 February 1948. Both are buried in Westwood Cemetery in Shawneetown. They had four children, all born at Shawneetown-

1.   Lynn Lloyd Rowan, b 1 Nov 1889

2.   Harriet Ethel Rowan, b 29 May 1892

3.   Reid Melvin Rowan, b 3 Jan 1895

4.   Doris Madolin Rowan, b 29 May 1903 (DR, GA,LL,W, 22pmuvw)

      Justin Christopher Rowan [R2b1b5b1a3a], son of Donald Smith Rowan and Carolyn Faye Hulsey, was born 5 March 1881 in Daviess Co KY. (3b)

      Katherine Elaine Rowan [H1d8f5], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 7 September 1947 at Owensboro, Daviess Co KY, and died 9 July 2002 at home at Owensboro, KY. She attended Brescia College and worked for South Central Bell Telephone Company. She had no children. Katherine was buried in Resurrection Cemetery. (WW,3b)

      Kenneth Ray Rowan [H1d8f9], son of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 23 April 1953 at Owensboro, Daviess Co KY. He married Carla Bernyce Henry on 31 August 1970 at Owensboro. She was born 26 Feb 1956 in Daviess Co, daughter of Lorenzo Henry and Julia Thompson. They divorced in 2002, but they had three children-

a.   Kady Annette Rowan, b & d 3 Apr 1990 at Owensboro and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery. (WW,3b)

b.   Kenneth Raye Rowan II, b 29 May 1977 at Owensboro, KY, died 4 Dec 2002, Daviess County KY. (WW,3b)

c.   Kelly Nicole Rowan, b 17 Jun 1981 at Owensboro, KY. (WW, 3b) (WW,3b)

      Kevin Eugene Rowan [R2b1b9e1k2], son of Tony Eugene Rowan and Betty Sutton, was born 18 August 1970 in Daviess Co KY. He married Kimberly Kaye Fitzgerald in Daviess Co on 15 July 1988. She was born 27 April 1966 in Daviess Co. Kevin died in Daviess Co on 17 November 1988 at age 18. (HT, KYd, 3bm)

      Kristi Michelle Rowan [R2b1b9e1k3], daughter of Tony Eugene Rowan and Betty Sutton, was born 11 March 1974 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Larry Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1b1], son of Larry David Rowan and Frances O'Rourke, was born 28 December 1975 at Lake Station, IN. (RN)

      Larry David Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1b], son of Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr and Mary Ellen Ballard, was born 22 January 1956 at Beaver Dam, Ohio Co KY. He married Frances O'Rourke at Lake Station, IN on 23 June 1974. She was born on 23 June 1956, and by 1979 they had three children-

1.   Larry Rowan, b 28 Dec 1975

2.   Terry Rowan, b 28 Dec 1975

3.   Lissie Lorine Rowan, b 28 Nov 1979 (RN,1b)

      Laura F Rowan [R2b1b10], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born in 1851 in Ohio Co. She died unmarried between January and April 1880, probably in Ohio Co since her will was probated there. (1qrp)

      Lela Rowan [H1d6], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 18 February 1878 in Daviess Co KY. She died 15 Mar 1929. Lela married Joseph Deser Hayden on 4 September 1900 at Owensboro, KY. He was born in 1880 in Daviess Co and died in 1955. They had eight children-

1.   Cornelia Hayden, b 10 Sep 1901 at Orensburg (Owensboro?), KY, and died 10 February 1979. (WW)

2.   Benedict Hayden, b 3 Apr 1903 in Ky, died in 1945. (WW)

3.   Joseph Deser Hayden II, b 16 Nov 1904 in Daviess Co KY. (WW)

4.   William Henry Hayden, b 8 Jun 1906 in IL, married Ethel Gills who was born at Danville, IL. (WW)

5.   Arthur B Hayden, b 27 Dec 1908 in IL, died 30 April 1973. (WW)

6.   Mary Ella Hayden, b 17 Dec 1909 at Danville, IL, died 17 June 1984 at Richmond, IL. (WW)

7.   Viola Hayden, b 23 July 1911 in IL, married Charles Hammock. (WW)

8.   Lelia Christina Hayden, b 25 Dec 1912 at Danville, IL. (WW) (WW,B)

      Leo Rowan [H1d8h], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 9 June 1928 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY. He married He married Shirley Ann Humphrey at Indianapolis, IN. She was a daughter of Cecil Foxx and Sallie Robinson, and was born 11 August 1936 at Wichita, KS. She and her parents move d to Indianapolis about 1941, and she died there on 22 August 1999. Shirley was buried in Lincoln Memory Gardens at Whitestown, IN. Leo then married Barbara Whitney at Indianapolis. She was a daughter of Mrs Geneva Whitney. Leo and Shirley had a daughter, and with Barbara he had four children-

1.   Tyrone L Rowan, b 10 Dec 19__ at Indianapolis, IN. (WW)

2.   Wanda Rowan, married a Mr Freeman. (WW)

3.   Lynn Rowan (WW)

4.   Mark Rowan (WW)

5.   Dana L Rowan, b 15 Sep 1972 at Indianapolis, IN, died 14 July 1992 at Indianapolis and was buried in New Crown Cemetery at Indianapolis. (WW) (WW,3b)

      Leola Rowan [H1c1a], daughter of Buckner Rowan and Annie Hayes, was born 21 January 1897 in Jefferson Co KY, and died in 1960. She married a Mr Basnite and they had a daughter-

1.   Corrine Basnite, b 15 Oct 1920, died 15 July 1997. She married Joseph Talbot. They had no children. (WW) (WW, 6uv)

      Leta Mabyn Rowan [R2b1b5c1], daughter of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 9 December 1892 in Ohio Co KY. She was a young teenager when her family moved to CO. She married Newton Jasper Carlock, a farmer, by June 1917 and they at first lived next door to his parents at Wray, Yuma Co CO. He was born 25 February 1890 at Stanberry, Gentry Co MO, one of nine children of John James Carlock and Lucetta E Nicholson. Leta died on 29 January 1926 at Wray; Newton also died at Wray, probably soon before 1930. They had two children, both born at Wray-

a.   Waunita M Carlock, b 1921

b.   Gordon Carlock, b 1920s (58,SR,M, W,1u,214u, 213v,60w)

      Leslie Elizabeth Rowan [R2b1b9e1e], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 2 March 1930 in Daviess Co KY. She died on 4 May 1931 at Owensboro of measles complications, and meningitis. She was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. (HT,3bfdc)

      Levi Rowan [H1d], son of Harry Rowan and Catherine _____of Ohio Co KY, was born 16 June 1841 at Hartford, Ohio Co KY. He was mustered into the Civil War on 8 June 1864 at Owensboro at the age of 22 years, and when enlisted, he lived in McLean Co. Levi served in the Union Army 109th Regiment, Company C, United States Colored Troop of Louisville, KY. In October 1864, Levi’s regiment was ordered to join the Union Army on the Potomac before entering the Petersburg and Richmond, VA battles. Their division was under the command of General Grant, during the fall of Petersburg and the pursuit of General Robert E Lee from April 3 though the 9th of April 1865. Later the regiment went to serve on the Rio Grande River in Texas. Levi was stationed there until he mustered out as a Corporal at Port Lavaca, TX on 6 February 1866. Pension File shows William Rowan of Livermore, McLean County, KY as his last slave owner. This would have been William Cooper Rowan [R2b1a].

      Levi married Mary Fields in Ohio Co on 30 May 1866. They lived in the Bells Community until 1870, then at Buford for three years, then lived at Pleasant Ridge, all in Ohio Co. Later they were at Pettit in Daviess Co. Mary was born 12 June 1846 in KY, daughter of her White slave owner William Fields, who was a son of Benjamin Fields. Mary also stated, for pension record purposes, that one of Levi’s prior owners was “Elick Rowan.” This was probably John Alex Rowan [R2b1a3], a son of William C Rowan. See the William Cooper Rowan [R2b1a] biography. William’s slave, a “Black male, age 6" in the 1850 census and “Black male, age 16" in the 1860 census would be Levi Rowan found in the 1870 census of Ohio Co.

      The 21 February 1908 will of Levi Rowan, “a prosperous colored citizen of Pettit,” left to widow Mary Rowan, a house and lot in Pettit, all household goods and 51 acres of the farm owned by Levi Rowan. In addition to this property, his wife was also devised one share of stock in the Greenwood Cemetery association. To Henry Rowan, a son, the remaining 20 acres of the farm were given. In the final distribution after the death of Mary Rowan it was provided that the children shall share alike, but Henry Rowan was to get his allotment of the larger tract so that his land will all be together. Levi’s will was signed in the presence of P L Hurt and Reverend D C Carter. Mary died at Mechanicsville, a suburb of Owensboro, on 1 April 1918. She and Levi had nine children-
1.   child Rowan, died as an infant. (WW)

2.   Ella Rowan, b 20 Sep 1868

3.   Della Rowan, b 1 Sep 1870

4.   Alvirta Rowan, b 30 May 1872

5.   Lizzie Rowan, b 7 Feb 1876

6.   Lela Rowan, b 18 Feb 1878

7.   Clemmie Rowan, b 7 Mar 1880

8.   Henry Stephen Rowan, b 5 Jul 1885

9.   Frances Elizabeth Rowan, b 16 Sep 1887

Mary Fields had probable siblings: Daniel W Fields, born in KY in 1850, and Rowan Ann Fields, born in KY in 1857. These two lived with Levi and Mary in 1870. Mary also had close relatives Hillary Fields, born in 1872, and Claudius Fields, born 1870.

The family bible gave the accurate birth dates for Levi, Mary and all their children. (WW,B,1nqr)

      Lewis Rowan [R2b1d4a], son of John Andrew Rowan and Arabelle Howard, was born in June 1872 in McLean Co KY, and died by 1880. He is buried in Calhoun Cemetery in McLean Co. (GA,2su)

      Lissie Lorine Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1b3], daughter of Larry David Rowan and Frances O'Rourke, was born 28 November 1979 at Lake Station, IN. (RN)

      Lizzie Rowan [H1d5], daughter of Levi Rowan and Mary Fields of Ohio Co KY, was born 7 February 1876 at Owensboro, KY. Lizzie married John K Payne on 22 February 1893 in Daviess Co. Witnesses at their marriage were A Payne and Ed Rowan. John Payne was born 25 March 1873 in KY, son of Hillary Payne and Ellen Paralee Utley, and died 15 June 1957 at Owensboro. They at first lived in at Calhoun, McLean Co with John’s widowed mother, then were in Daviess Co in 1910, and by 1920 were at Vienna, McLean Co for years, but were at Owensboro in later years. Soon after John died, Lizzie moved to Dallas, TX where her daughter Lee Ella and son-in-law lived. Lizzie died 26 September 1961 at Dallas, TX. The death certificate informant for her was Mrs E C Estell (daughter Lee Ella), and she stated that Lizzie’s parents were Levi Rowan and Mary Burr, and that Lizzie was born in Daviess Co. Lizzie was buried in Carver Memorial Cemetery (not in the Dallas area). Lizzie and John Payne had four children by 1900 with three still alive, and six children by 1910 with five still alive-

a.   child Payne, b & d 1893-1900 at Calhoun, McLean Co KY (was this Laura or Louise?). (2v)

b.   Lee Ella Payne, b 14 Feb 1895

c.   Lucinda Payne, b Dec 1896

d.   Howard Kimberly Payne, b 31 Jul 1899

e.   John Hillary Payne, b abt 1903

f.    Charles Payne, b abt 1906

g.   Laura Payne

h.   Louise Payne (WW,B,KYd,3v,2uwf, 178d)

      Lizzie B Rowan [H1f3], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born about 1878 in Ohio Co KY. She was not found in 1900, and her mother had two children who had died by 1900; Lizzie must have been one of them. (WW, 1s,2u)

      Lloyd Lynn Rowan [R2b1c2], son of Stephen Reid Rowan and Nancy Ann Reid, was born 3 December 1844 at Shawneetown, IL. He married Harriet Sydney Jones in 1864 at Covington, KY, upriver from Shawneetown. Harriet was born at Shawneetown on 15 April 1848, daughter of John Thomas Jones and Hannah Maria Docker. Lloyd was a farmer. They lived with their son in 1910 at Shawneetown. Lloyd died in on 6 August 1925 and is buried in Westwood Cemetery at Shawneetown; Harriet died on 1 December 1933 and was buried beside Lloyd. They had a son-

a.   Junius Lloyd Rowan, b 19 Jan 1865 (DR, GA, 22nqrsuvw)

      Lockie Rowan [R2b1b9d2], daughter of Samuel Pendleton Rowan and Louanna J Ford, was born 31 August 1909 at Fairmont, Jefferson Co CO (was age 0/12 in 1910). In 1930 she lived with her aunt and uncle Ada D and Elvis Garland Bryant (born in KY in 1897 & 1884 ) at Canteen, St Clair Co IL where she was a stenographer for a shoe company. Lockie married a Mr Weber and they lived at St Louis, MO. She died on 7 March 1970 and had a daughter-

a.   girl Weber (HT,1p,44v,46f)

      Lois Rosamond Rowan [R2b1b5a1], daughter of Robert Alexander Rowan and Antha Bennett, was born 13 July 1903 at Hartford, Ohio Co KY. She normally used her middle name, and married Ottis Burden at Owensboro on 1 January 1923, and married Mr McWhirter after her first child. In the 1940s she married Clayton Azro Shaver. He was a son of James K Shaver and Laura A Tichenor, and was born 2 September 1874 in Grayson Co KY and grew up in the Beatty Community of Ohio Co; Clayton died on 26 March 1953 of heart failure at Hopkinsville, Christian Co. He lived at Livermore when he died, and was buried next to his first wife in Oak Hill Cemetery at Livermore. Rosamond had cancer and died complications at Livermore on 23 August 1953. She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery next to her parents. She had two children, both born in McLean Co-

a.   Wanda Naomi Burden, b 2 Feb 1924

b.   Leslie Rudolph McWhirter, b 9 Feb 1926

Clayton Shaver’s first wife was Beatrice Addie Davis, born 28 Jun 1874 at Livermore, daughter of Silas Andrew Davis Jr and Mary Emma Freeman, and died at Livermore on 22 Oct 1930. They were married about 1897 and had five children, all born at Livermore: Lena Elizabeth Shaver, born 24 March 1898 in McLean Co, and died at Livermore on 8 January 1919 of influenza; Anna Mae Shaver, born 18 September 1900, died 5 December 1970 at Chicago, IL; Nellie Emma Shaver, born 18 January 1904, died 13 January 1969 in TN; James Franklin Shaver, born and died 1 June 1909; and Nannie Rosemond Shaver, born 22 March 1912, died at Owensboro, Daviess Co on 12 June 1984. (RN,HT,M,W, 1v,2bdc, 314d,585b)

      Lonnie Rowan [R2b1d6a], son of Alexander Cass Rowan and Sallie F Hansford, was born 20 December 1874 in Ohio Co KY. He died 11 September 1876 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. (MM, 2c,1bv)

      Lou Ann Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1c], daughter of Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr and Mary Ellen Ballard, was born 4 July 1958 at Lake Station, IN. She married Tim I Eason at Lake Station on 12 June 1977. He was born 10 December 1955 in IN. They lived at Westland, MI, and at Croswell, Sanilac Co MI. Tim died 27 December 2005 at Croswell. They had two children-

1.   Sabrina Lynn Eason, b 12 Jan 1980

2.   Nicholas A Eason, b Feb 1982 (RN, 148P, 316P)

      Louis P Rowan [R2b1b4e], son of William Andrew Rowan and America R Tanner, was born 15 June 1871 near Livermore in McLean Co. In 1910 he lived with his brother Alexander at Livermore. Louis was a bachelor when he died on 1 December 1924 of “angina pictis” (angina pectoris, a heart defect) in McLean Co. He was buried in Calhoun Cemetery in McLean Co. (GA,2udc)

      Louise Catherine Rowan [H1a3], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 1 February 1865 in Ohio Co KY. She died 15 December 1948 at home at Owensboro. Louise married Henry Kelly in 1888 in Daviess Co. He was born 16 August 1860 in Daviess Co, son of Robert Kelly and Jane _____, and died 6 July 1942 at Owensboro. In 1900 they lived at Vanover, Daviess Co and her mother lived with her and Henry. They were still in Daviess Co in 1910. Louise had 19 grandchildren when she died. She and Henry were buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Owensboro. The 1910 census reported that this marriage was the second one for both of them, and they married in 1888. Henry’s first son, Robert, was not Louise’ son even though she raised him. She had seven children by 1900, all still alive, and ten by 1910 with nine living (she was also counting her husband’s eldest child)-

a.   Hiram Matthew Kelly, b 25 Dec 1888

b.   Ada Lee Kelly, b 14 May 1890

c.   Rosie Kelly, b 3 Nov 1891

d.   Horace Kelly, b Dec 1892

e.   Augustus Kelly, b 23 Jun 1894

f.    Willie Dee Kelly, b 22 Sep 1899

g.   Gordon Kelly, b 28 Aug 1902

h.   Henry Kelly II, b 1906

i.    Geneva Kelly, b 1907

Henry Kelly’s first son Robert Jenkins Kelly was born in August 1882 in KY (1900 census). There was a Robert Kelley, born 14 Feb 1881, who had married Mrs Lizzie Jackson in 1901 and in September 1918 they lived near Owensboro (WW I draft registration). Lizzie was born in KY in 1880. She had two Jackson daughters before she married Robert. (WW,M,1r,3su)

      Lucian B Rowan [R2b1a1], son of William Cooper Rowan, was born 26 February 1826 in Ohio Co; he married Anne Marie Robinson in Daviess Co on 23 February 1848 and they lived at Livermore. Anne was born in NJ on 4 April 1830, daughter of James Robinson from NY (he lived in district 2 of Daviess Co in 1850, family #442) and Margaret _____ (born in NJ). Lucian was a farmer in Ohio Co. He died on 18 October 1852 and is buried in the Greenbrier Baptist Church Cemetery in Daviess Co. This church is close to the point where Daviess, McLean, and Ohio Counties meet. His doctor was Dr Alexander R Rowan [R2b1b], and the administrator for Lucian's estate was Dr Rowan's brother John; both were uncles of Lucian's father. Anne later married John M Howard in Daviess Co on 12 January 1860, his second marriage also, and they lived in McLean Co in 1860. Anne died 7 October 1894. When Anne married John, she gave her birth place as Mercer Co KY. Anne and John Howard are buried in Greenbrier Baptist Church Cemetery in Daviess Co with Lucian. Lucian and Anne had a daughter-

a.   Josephine Rowan, b 11 Oct 1848

John M Howard was born 29 Nov 1831 in Ohio Co and died 16 April 1874. Ann Marie Robinson had a brother Gordon Robinson, born in NJ in 1833. Gordon married and lived in Daviess Co. (MS, GA,1np,3c)

      Lucy Ruth Rowan [R2b1d6e1], daughter of Guy Cass Rowan and Rose Cleveland Turner, was born 14 February 1913 in McLean Co KY. She usually used her middle name, and married Humphrey Atherton, and died on 11 October 1972 in McLean Co. Humphrey was born on 3 March 1913 in McLean Co, son of Lander C Atherton and Jessie Humphry, and was alive when Ruth died. Ruth was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. Humphry died in Daviess Co on 17 November 1995. (84,2bcd, 1pwf,3d)

      Lydia Maude Rowan [R2b1b4b], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and America R Tanner, was born 30 November 1860 in McLean Co. On 12 September 1878 in McLean Co she married Reverend James Hale Peay, a traveling Baptist preacher, and they rarely lived in one place very long afterward. In 1880 they were in McLean Co, in the mid 1880s to the early 1890s they lived in TN, and then moved to AR in the late 1890s, were in MO in 1900, and lived at Little Rock, AR in early 1910. Soon after they moved to Whittier, CA where James died on 14 October 1910. He was buried in Little Rock, AR, but was moved years later to Old Buck Creek Cemetery in McLean Co. James was born 8 January 1859 in KY (son of Reverend John Peay?). Lydia died in 1950 in Little Rock. She and James had five children-

1.   Ben Swindler Peay, b 1 Sep 1879

2.   Lydia Elizabeth Peay, b 11 Dec 1881

3.   Anne Laurie Peay, b 14 Sep 1885

4.   James Thomas Peay, b 27 Mar 1892

5.   Witherington Graves Peay, b 1 Sep 1897 (67, GA, GM,RE,1q,2rsmc, 38u, 52vw)

      Lyghtle Oscar Rowan [R2b1b9e], son of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 31 August 1880 in Ohio Co KY. He may have been born with his name spelled Lyghtle, but as he got older he used the Lytle spelling. He was a farmer and married Gertrude Bennett in Ohio Co on 22 October 1902. They lived at Owensboro. She was born at Fordsville, Ohio Co KY in February 1881, daughter of Edward Raymond Bennett and Mary A Nelson. Gertrude grew up in Daviess Co and died 11 June 1957 in Daviess Co at age 76; she was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. Lytle then married Liddie May Nannie who was born 18 May 1880 and died 17 December 1971 in Muhlenberg Co. Lytle died 4 August 1967 in Hopkins Co. When these two died, they both lived in Daviess Co. He was buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. He and Gertie had three children-

1.   Arkel Griffin Rowan, b 16 Jul 1903

2.   Mattie D Rowan, b 16 Jun 1906

3.   Noel Lee Rowan, b 8 Jan 1908 (HT, MM,Z,M,W,1sum,3dc,54d, 12d)

      Lynn L Rowan Jr [R2b1c2a1a], son of Lynn Lloyd Rowan and Helen Montgomery Paramore, was born 19 January 1919 at Los Angeles Co CA. He died about 1978 (not in CA). (DR, CAb,50f)

      Lynn Lloyd Rowan [R2b1c2a1], son of Junius Lloyd Rowan and Laura Eunice Melvin, was born 1 November 1889 at Shawneetown, IL. In 1910 he lived at St Louis, MO and was a Christian Science healer, and not yet married. In June 1917 he worked in Washington DC, and took a trip to France later that year, arriving back at NY on the passenger ship Rochambeau on 25 November, out of Bordeaux, France. His home then was still Washington DC (at 1757 K Street). Lynn made another trip to France in 1919, and returned on 28 December 1919 at NY. This time he worked as a crewman on the ship SS Lake Sapor. That round trip started 25 September 1919 from Newport Harbor. And in March 1920 he made another round trip, this time to London, as a crewman on the ship Defiance. Lloyd married Helen Montgomery Paramore after June 1917, but in 1930 she was a widow living at Pasadena, CA (648 Oakland Ave) with her mother. Helen was born at St Louis, MO on 20 December 1889, daughter of Frederick W Paramore (born in 1856 in OH) and Harriet Howell Atwater (born in 1866 in CT), and died in Los Angeles Co on 19 February 1954. They had a son-

a.   Lynn L Rowan Jr, b 19 Jan 1919 (GA,DR, LL,M, S,CAbd,X,22uv, 48su,50f)

      Lytle Rowan [R2b3e5], son of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1844 at the Federal Hill home at Bardstown, KY. He never married, grew to manhood, and died before his mother died in 1897. Lytle served in the 2nd and 4th Kentucky Cavalries, Company C, and was a Lieutenant when he was discharged. After the war, he was a lawyer at Louisville, but was not married by 1880. (57,M,63,LL,4q,6s)

      Margaret Rowan [R2g], daughter of Andrew Rowan, was born 20 October 1756 in Fawn Township, York Co PA (in the southeast corner of PA, in the area now contained in Peach Bottom Twp). She was married to William Clark in Adams Co PA on 19 December 1775 by Reverend John Cuthbertson. It would appear that William died by 1778 because there is another marriage record for a Margaret Rowan in Lancaster Co PA on 2 October 1778 to Silas Wolcott. Since Margaret's family was the only Rowan family in the area then, the second marriage could only be Margaret’s. Silas was born 4 August 1755 in NH, son of Josiah Wolcott and Lucy White. He grew up in NJ, then moved to eastern PA. Silas was a Revolutionary War soldier, having enlisted in Northumberland Co on 1 April 1776 as a private in Captain Weitzel's Company, of Colonel Samuel Miles' Regiment. Silas also served in Captain John Robb's Company, Colonel Walter Stewart's 13th Regiment, PA Line. Silas was also one of George Washington’s bodyguards during the memorial winter when the Revolutionary army lay encamped at Valley Forge. Silas was discharged 1 January 1778 at Valley Forge, and in the spring was living at Penn's Valley in Montgomery Co, three counties east of York Co. Because of trouble with the local Indians, they moved up the Susquehanna River, settling in the wilderness of southern NY. Silas cleared land and made his farm and saw and grist mill on a site now covered by Havana, NY. Later he sold the mill and they moved to Ithaca, NY. In 1791 they moved to Luzerne Co PA (the part which became Bradford Co in 1812) for a few years, then to Litchfield Township in Luzerne Co in 1806. In 1839 Silas received a Revolutionary War Pension from the U.S. Government (#W2982). (See 1878 Bradford Co Map and 1792 Eastern PA Map, pages 7-8.)

      He died 4 June 1834 at Litchfield, age 78 years 10 months; Margaret died 20 December 1844 at Litchfield, age 88, 2 months, and was probably the woman born in the 1750s who lived with son Benjamin in 1840. In 1830 they lived next door to Ben. Margaret and Ben are buried in State Line Cemetery at Litchfield (also called Park Cemetery). Margaret and Silas had 11 children-

1.   Mary Wolcott, b 16 Oct 1779

2.   Elijah Micah Wolcott, b 29 Mar 1781

3.   Dorcas Wolcott, b abt 1783

4.   John Rowan Wolcott, b 4 Jul 1785

5.   Loviah Wolcott, b abt 1787

6.   Louisa Jane Wolcott, b abt 1789

7.   Silas B Wolcott, 17 Aug 1793

8.   Minerva Wolcott, b 1794

9.   Benjamin Wolcott, b 19 Sep 1795

10. Margaret Wolcott, b 1797

11. Nancy Wolcott, b 1801, died in March 1827 “age 26" and was buried in State Line Cemetery at Litchfield. (114c)

See the Wolcott Notes in the Allied Family section.

Judge Avery, in his sketches of early life in the [Barton, NY area] valley, says that the first settlers on Cayuta creek were Charles Bingham, Layton Newell, Lyon C. Hedges and Philip Crams; and on the upper waters of the stream Justus Lyons, John Manhart and a family named Reed were the first comers. Silas Wolcott lived on Ellis creek but afterward moved to Ithaca. Moses and Elisha Leonard were other settlers in this locality.... In 1825 the population [of Barton] was 585.... in 1850, 3,522. (54,100,101,102,107,110, AR, MA, 114jkc)

      Margaret Holt “Madge” Rowan [R2b3e10], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in May 1855 (age 5 in 1860, 15 in 1870, 38 in 1900, 54 in 1910, 65 in 1920) at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. Madge was the last Rowan member to hold title to Federal Hill, and sold it to the state in 1922. After the sale she moved to Louisville, but missed her friends in Bardstown, and moved back and lived across the street from the old mansion. She married John M “Jack” Frost about 1896 and they lived at Bardstown. He was born in January 1860 at St Louis, MO, son of General G M Frost of St Louis, MO (but born in NY) and Lilian Graham (born at Hazlewood, St Louis Co), and died 21 February 1915 at Bardstown. John M was buried at St Louis, MO. This was his second marriage. Madge was a widow living at Bardstown in 1920. She had no children, and died 4 February 1925 at Bardstown of pneumonia. She was buried in the family Cemetery on the Federal Hill grounds. (57,63,LL,BH, 4qrsuvdw)

      Martha Ann Rowan [R2b1b9a4b], daughter of Alvis Edward Rowan and Ada Ree Bennett, was born 24 March 1935 at Hartford, KY. She married William David Taylor, a farmer, on 2 April 1955 at Livermore. He was born 3 February 1931 in McLean Co, son of Lee Marion Taylor and Eva Marie Nalley. After their marriage they lived at Livermore. Martha and Billy have four children-

1.   Beverly Jane Taylor, b 26 Jul 1956

2.   David Glenn Taylor, b 10 Nov 1960

3.   Donald Mart Taylor, b 6 Nov 1961

4.   Janet Mae Taylor, b 24 Sep 1962 (MM,HT, 1m,2b,3b)

      Martha E Rowan [R2b1b8], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born in 1846 in Ohio Co KY. She married William Oscar Holbrook at her parents' home on 19 November 1863. He was born in Ohio Co on 21 September 1840, son of Robert Holbrook and Elizabeth Bell, and was a farmer. Martha died after 1880 and William died in at Hartford, Ohio Co on 4 January 1915. He was an Ohio Co farmer. They had two children, both born at Buford, Ohio Co-

a.   Rowan R Holbrook, b Sep 1864

b.   Laura Belle Holbrook, b 1868

William was a brother of Martha Jane Holbrook who married Martha's brother Richard Alexander Rowan. (NR,DR, 1nqrsuvmpd)

      Martha Louise Rowan [R2b1b9e1c], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 23 January 1926 in Daviess Co KY. She married Edward L Manaway on 18 October 1943. He was born in 1925 and on 18 April 1944 he enlisted in the US Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison in IN. He was at that time a cashier. They lived at Owensboro, KY. Martha died at Owensboro on 4 November 2003. They had six children-

1.   Shirley Ann Manaway, b 14 Sep 1944

2.   Patricia F Manaway, b 11 Mar 1947

3.   Edward L Manaway II, b 11 Feb 1948

4.   Griffin Gilbert Manaway, b 14 Feb 1951

5.   Nettie Darleen Manaway, b 14 Apr 1954

6.   April Sue Manaway, b 5 Jul 1958 (HT,M,Z, 3bf)

      Mary Rowan [R2h], daughter of Andrew Rowan and Agnes _____ of York Co PA, was born 3 May 1760 in Fawn Township, York Co (southeast corner of PA, in the area now contained in Peach Bottom Twp). She married William Adams about 1785 and moved to Jefferson Co Virginia (now KY) by 1787 where they lived for many years, then finally moved to Oldham Co KY. Whether she and her husband were one of the families who came with her brother William down the Ohio River is unknown. William Adams was born in PA, probably Lancaster Co, on 4 September 1763, son of William Adams (died 17 September 1818 in Henry Co KY) and Nancy _____. Mary Rowan died 3 September 1823 in Jefferson Co KY. Her gravestone says “Wife of William Adams.”

      The 1830 census of Oldham Co shows two William Adams men; one was William (Jr), and one was of William Adams, widower of Mary Rowan. In William Sr’s home there were two young teenage boys (born 1816-1820). One was likely James Darwin Adams, son of William Sr’s late son Martin Adams who had died in 1827. Perhaps both boys were Martin’s sons. William wrote his will on 24 January 1835 and died on 13 March 1838 in Oldham Co; both are buried in Adams family cemetery #2 (officially is Oldham Co’s cemetery #25). Will's will went into probate in Oldham Co on April 9 that year. They had six children, all born in Jefferson Co KY / VA-

1.   Martin Adams, b 1787

2.   Agnes Adams, b 28 Sep 1789

3.   Mary Adams, b 18 Oct 1793

4.   William Adams, b 14 Feb 1795

5.   Susanna Adams, b 6 Mar 1798

6.   Lucinda Adams, b 1803

7.   James Allen Adams, \b 8 Oct 1804

William Adams, husband of Mary Rowan, had brothers David and Francis, as named in the 5 Nov 1835 will of David in Oldham Co. (74,RR, 17p,23jknpc)

      Mary Rowan [R2b1d4c], daughter of John Andrew Rowan and Arabelle Howard, was born on 22 January 1876 and died on 11 July 1876. She is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. (GA,2c)

      Mary Rowan [H1f7], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born 25 September 1888 in Daviess Co KY, and died in August 1977 at Greenscastle, IN. She married Jiles J Jackson on 15 July 1919 at Owensboro, Daviess Co, KY. This was the second marriage for both. His first marriage was to Mattie _____. Jiles was born in Daviess Co on 2 March 1882 (per WW I draft record, and was born 2 March 1882 per WW II draft record and by SS Records). He was age 38 when he married Mary. Witnesses at their marriage were Lee Hymes and Nellie Galbrart (Gilbert?). Mary and Jiles moved to Shawnee, Allen Co OH about 1926 and lived at Lima, OH in the 1940s. His name was probably correctly spelled with a G in Giles), but he was illiterate when he was young, and couldn’t read how his name was spelled most of the time by others (as Giles). Finally when Jiles learned to read and write, he spelled it with a J (as Jiles). When he lived at Lima, OH he worked in construction. Jiles died in December 1964 in OH. They had three children, all born in Daviess Co KY. Mary’s son from her first marriage used the Jackson name in 1930. She had seven children; the first five were born in Daviess Co KY-

1.   James H Jackson, b 1911. Jackson was his step-father’s name. (625f)

2.   Hazel M Jackson, b 30 May 1920, grew up at Lima, OH, and married a Mr Foote. Hazel died 19 June 1991 in OH. (Z,3b,625f)

3.   Floyd Jackson, b 27 Dec 1921, lived most of his life at Lima, OH. He died there on 21 January 1989. (Z,3b,625f)

4.   Luther Jackson, b 24 Aug 1923 (3b,625f)

5.   Earl Jackson, b 9 Apr 1925, grew up at Lima, OH, and died at Dayton, Montgomery Co OH on 9 September 1997. (Z,3b,625f)

6    Myrl Jackson, b Aug 1927 (625f)

7.   Richard Jackson, b Jun 1929 (625f) (WW,M, Z,2u,3b,625f)

      Mary Ann Rowan [R2b1b4d1c], daughter of Thomas Harwood Tanner Rowan and Daisy Bibb, was born 13 October 1931 in Logan Co KY. (AR, 27b)

      Mary C Rowan [H1e1], daughter of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born in March 1870 (1rs)

      Mary Catherine Rowan [R2b1d3], daughter of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 1 December 1841 in Ohio Co, KY. She married John K Sullivan in McLean Co on 30 November 1865. He was born 17 December 1836 in Muhlenberg Co near South Carrollton, son of Raleigh Sullivan and Lucy Nall. John was a teacher and a stock raiser. He spent two years in Ohio Co during the Civil War, and there met Mary. They lived at South Carrollton. John died by 1900, probably in Muhlenberg Co, and Mary died there on 12 April 1916 at Central City. She was buried at South Carrollton. After John died, his brother Robert Sullivan moved in with Mary and remained with her for years. He died in Muhlenberg Co on 5 March 1917 of tuberculosis. She and John had six children-

a.   John William Sullivan, b 1867

b.   Robert Sullivan, b Feb 1870

c.   Lydia Sullivan, b 1872

d.   Stephen W Sullivan, b Jul 1874

e.   Minnie Rowan Sullivan, b 7 Aug 1876

f.    Lucy M Sullivan, b Sep 1878

Raleigh Sullivan and Lucy Nall married in Muhlenberg Co on 14 Apr 1834. (64,HT,GA, 12rsuvd, 2qm)

      Mary Eliza Rowan [R2b1b2], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born 5 December 1831 at Heflin, Ohio Co KY. She married Jefferson Bell Sr in Ohio Co on 6 April 1848. He was born in Jefferson Co KY on 22 February 1819, son of Thomas Bell III and Elizabeth Hewlett. Jeff died on 4 October 1860 in Ohio Co, and Mary on 6 December 1914 at Buford in Ohio Co. They were both buried in Mt Carmel Cemetery. In 1910 Mary lived with her son Sam. She and Jefferson had six children, all born in Ohio Co in a community near Buford called “Belltown” (they had 61 decedents within the next two generations, thus they were Belltown). All were still alive in 1910-

a.   Alexander Thomas Bell, b 29 Dec 1848

b.   Elizabeth M Bell, b Jul 1850

c.   America Bell, b 13 Nov 1851

d.   Sarah Frances Bell, b 22 Sep 1853

e.   Samuel William Bell, b 19 May 1855

f.    Jefferson Bell Jr, b 24 Oct 1858

Mary Eliza Rowan’s uncle John Rowan [R2b1d] married Sarah Frances Bell. Sarah F was a sister of Mary’s husband Jefferson Bell.

As a wedding present, Mary Eliza Rowan’s father gave her a gift of slave Ed Rowan, who was born in 1841. As of 2008, there is no definite proof that Mary was the person who received Ed as a gift, but family tradition handed down in Ed’s family said that he was a Rowan slave, and the only Rowan who married a Bell before the civil war (when the gift was made) was Mary, daughter of Dr Rowan. Ed Rowan served in the Civil War under the Bell name, but after the war he reverted back to his Rowan name. (DR,OB,JY,WW, 1nqbkgrsumvd)

      Mary Elizabeth Rowan [R2b1b4f], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born on 24 November 1876 at Owensboro, KY. She married Lawrence Lorenzo Coleman in AR on 2 December 1902. He was born at Oakland City, Pike Co IN on 1 July 1872, son of Francis Henry Coleman and Mary Elizabeth Parker. Lawrence received a pharmaceutical degree from Oregon State College, and was a teacher and a pharmacist. He and Mary lived in the Philippines for years, then settled in OR by 1920 (or by 1908?). On 22 July 1908 Mary arrived at Vancouver, British Columbia on the ship SS Monteagle, returning via Yokohama from a trip to Manilla. She was shown on the ship manifest as being a teacher. Mary died at Portland on 11 December 1922 of cancer, and Lawrence died on 21 September 1930, also at Portland. Both are buried there. They had a daughter, who lived with her father's housekeeper after his death-

1.   Mildred Frances Coleman, b 26 Aug 1913 (MC,S, W,MR,3s,77wfd)

      Mary Jane Rowan [R2b3b], daughter of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 10 March 1800 in the log house built by her father at Bardstown before Federal Hill was built. She married her maternal cousin William Steele on 8 November 1817 in Nelson Co; the witness at the marriage was Andrew Rowan Sr, her uncle. Mary’s husband was born 1 January 1788, one of the 11 children of Richard Steele Jr and Martha Makemie Breckinridge. William owned the Kanawah Salt Company. They moved to Cincinnati, Ohio after their marriage, but when visiting her family back in Bardstown, Mary and her husband died there of the cholera epidemic on 27 July 1833. Both are buried at Federal Hill. Two of their children also died in the epidemic. They had three children in all-

1.   Mary Jane Steele, b c1818

2.   John Rowan Steele, b 1818-1820s

3.   boy Steele, b 1820s, died in July 1833 of cholera and is buried at Federal Hill.

William Steele's older brother was John Rowan Steele, born 16 Jun 1783. Another older brother was Richard Steele Jr, born 20 September 1775 and who was the ancestor of the Steele families of Jefferson Co and Louisville, KY. Richard Steele, the father-in-law of Mary J Rowan, was himself one of the eight children of Richard Steele Sr and Rebecca Makemie. Richard Steele Jr had a sister Mary Steele, born 5 Aug 1736 who married on 27 Oct 1761 General William Lytle, son of John and Jane Lytle of PA. (57,63,8, LL, 4m)

      Mary Marjorine Rowan [R2b1b5c7], daughter of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 22 May 1902 at Hartford, KY. She married Clifford C Carson on 19 July 1919 in Wray, Yuma Co CO. He was born 23 November 1901 in OH, son of William Emmett Carson and Susan Catherine Spar. Clifford was a carpenter. Mary died 9 September 1969 at Wray and Clifford died there on 1 January 2005. They had eight children-

a.   Jack Leonard Carson, b 3 Jul 1920

b.   Paul Russell Carson, b 14 Mar 1922

c.   Mildred Grace Carson, b 21 Nov 1924

d.   Leland Earl Carson, b 22 Feb 1927

e.   girl Carson, born 10 March 1929 at Wray, CO, and died by the end of the month.

f.    boy Carson, born 10 March 1929 at Wray, CO, and died by the end of the month.

g.   Clifford Clyde Carson, b 3 Dec 1930

h.   Garry Housel Carson, b 18 Nov 1935 (L,Z, 58,SR, 60f)

      Marzee Ann Rowan [R2b1b4k1], daughter of Forrest S Rowan and Carrie Marzee Rains, was born 28 August 1919 in Jonesboro, AR. She married Benjamin Franklin Hyneman on 12 December 1943. He was born in July 1906 in MS, son of Hal Hugh Hyneman and Bertie Ellen Grisham. Frank spent his young childhood in Savannah, TN where his father worked on a ferry boat to cross the TN River near Savannah. In the Trumann AR area, Frank was a farmer, land owner, and businessman. He had heart trouble, and on a trip to the Mayo Clinic at Minneapolis for a checkup, he died in his hotel room at Minneapolis on 29 October 1981, and was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro. Afterwards Marzee lived at Jonesboro, AR chose to one of her sons. She died at Jonesboro on 27 January 2007. She and Ben had two sons, both born at Memphis, TN-

a.   Benjamin Rowan Hyneman, b 12 Dec 1949

b.   Hal Franklin Hyneman, b 6 Apr 1955 (MR, HV, 9w)

      Matilda Rowan, was a slave of John Rowan [R2b1d] of Ohio Co KY. She was born in 1814 in KY. She could not be her master’s daughter since John was born in 1807. Matilda died in McLean Co on 27 December 1855 at age 41 of pneumonia. (2d)

      Mattie Rowan [H1a11], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 19 August 1882 in Daviess Co KY. She lived with her brother James in 1900. (3u)

      Mattie D Rowan [R2b1b9e2], daughter of Lyghtle Oscar Rowan and Gertrude Bennett, was born 16 June 1906, probably at Owensboro, KY, and died the same day. She is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery west of Heflin. (HT)

      Maud Vitula Rowan [R2b1b5c8], daughter of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 9 April 1904 at Hartford, KY. She married James Wiley Milner on 20 August 1920 at Denver, CO. He was born 6 October 1898 at Huntington, TX, son of John D Milner and Mary Etta Barge. James owned and operated a sawmill and cotton gin; he was also an electrician, and was one of the builders of the Los Alamos, New Mexico Science Lab during World War II. James died at Albuquerque, NM on 3 December 1973, and Maud died on 13 May 1976, also at Albuquerque. Both are buried in Sandia Memory Gardens in Albuquerque. They had five children-

a.   Viola Glenola Milner, b 1 Dec 1922

b.   James Wesley Milner, b 1923-1925

c.   Loretta Mary Milner, b 20 Feb 1926

d.   Betty Jo Milner, b 22 Dec 1928

e.   Barbara Alice Milner, b 1 Jan 1940 (58, SR)

      Maude A Rowan [R2b3e6], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1851 (age 9 in 1860, 18 in 1870, 30 in 1880, 58 in 1910) at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. She was a twin to her sister May. Maude married Charles Starr after 1880; they were living in VT when her mother died in 1897. In 1910 she was a widow living at Daytona Beach, FL. Maude died after February 1925 and was the last surviving member of the Rowan family who lived at Federal Hill. She had no children. (57,63, LL, 4qrs,156v)

      May Rowan [R2b3e7], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1851 (age 9 in 1860, 18 in 1870) at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. She was a twin to her sister Maude. May married George Bryan in the 1870s, but they had no children. She died before 1997 when her mother died. (57,63,LL, 4qr)

      Minerva “Minnie” Bell Rowan [R2b1d11], daughter of John Rowan and Sarah Frances Bell, was born 4 January 1858 in McLean Co KY (at Livermore?). She married James Robert Moseley in McLean Co on 23 March 1886. He was born 25 September 1859 in McLean Co, and died 20 November 1913 of pneumonia at Livermore. He was a son of William Moseley and Elizabeth Atherton and was a bookkeeper. After he died, Minnie’s daughters Bessie and Frances lived with her. Minnie died 10 February 1929 at Livermore and is buried there in Oak Hill Cemetery with James. They had four children-

a.   Bessie Moseley, b 26 Jan 1888

b.   Rowan W Moseley, b 27 Sep 1889

c.   Robert Browder Moseley, b 31 Aug 1893

d.   Frances Elizabeth Moseley, b 16 Jan 1897 (RN, OB,FM,SC,GA, 2qrsmuvwd)

      Minnie Rowan [H1a4], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 20 January 1867 in Ohio Co KY (age 41 in 1910). She married twice. Her first husband was Daniel Davidson, married on 17 April 1889 in Daviess Co, and confirmed with the 1900 census which reported that they had been married for 11 years. After he died in the late 1900s, Minnie married Peter Folks in April 1910; this was also not his first marriage. The 6 May 1910 census shows that they had been married less than a month, so they married in April 1910; they lived at Vanover, Daviess Co then. Peter had eight children when they married, and all were still alive.

      Daniel Davidson was born in July 1867 in KY and died soon after 1900. Peter Folks was born in KY in 1871 and died in the 1920s. The 1910 census taker showed all children in their home with the Folks name. Three of Minnie’s children from the 1900 census were also found living with Minnie and Peter (using the Folks name) in 1910. Minnie and her Davidson children lived at Vanover, Daviess Co in 1900 with Daniel Davidson. The 1900 and 1910 censuses both reported that Minnie had six children, with four still alive each time. And at the rate they produced children, about one every eighteen months, then the two dead children must have been born in the late 1890s where there was an apparent gap of 6 years where children might have been born but did not survive. In 1910, Peter’s youngest children were ages 1, 2 4, and 6 years old. So he quickly married Minnie after his first wife died. Peter’s youngest, son Delbert, died within the next 10 years.

      In 1920 Minnie and Peter lived at Lower Town, Daviess Co (she was then age 42). Since we know that they married in April 1910, then any Folks children born nine months later must be Minnie’s, but there were none. If Minnie and Peter had children, they died as infants, before 1920. There were only Peter’s younger children from his first marriage in their home in 1920; the youngest was age 12 (Carrie Folks). Minnie was the only mother that these younger children ever knew. Peter was born in KY in 1871 and died in the 1920s since Minnie was a widow in 1930.

      Minnie died at her daughter Gertrude’s home on 24 November 1953 at Owensboro. Gertrude was the informant for Minnie’ death certificate, and that death certificate revealed her mother’s maiden name as Mary Mouth. Minnie’s six children-

a.   Martha H Davidson, b Jan 1890

b.   Mary H Davidson, b Apr 1891

c.   Ruth Davidson, b 29 Mar 1892

d.   Ellen Gertrude Davidson, b Jun 1894

e.   child Davidson, b & d 1890s (3uv)

f.    child Davidson, b & d 1890s (3uv) (1r,3svwd)

      Minnie Florence Rowan [R2b1d6b], daughter of Alexander Cass Rowan and Sallie F Hansford, was born 22 November 1876 in Ohio Co KY. She was educated at Logan College and taught school. Minnie never married; she died on 29 January 1903 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. (RN, MM,2c,1v)

      Missouri Ann Lou Rowan [R2b1b6], daughter of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born 1841 in Ohio Co. She married Elijah C Woodward at her father's home at No Creek on 2 October 1866. He was born in Ohio Co in 1838, son of Stephen D Woodward and Sarah A Crowe. At first they lived with his parents at Livermore. Missouri Lou died on 18 July 1877 in Ohio Co of consumption at age 36, and Elijah then married Mrs Susannah Ann (Shaver) Baird and they lived at Buford in 1880. Susannah was born in KY 21 September 1839, daughter of Jacob Shaver and Sarah Ann Simmons, and died 11 December 1902 in Ohio Co. She and Elijah had no known children, and Elijah was dead by 1900. Missouri and Elijah had three children-

a.   America A Woodward, b 1867

b.   Stephen A Woodward, b 1870

c.   Mary Blanche Woodward, b 28 May 1873

Susannah Shaver’s children from her first marriage, with James Gordon Baird (1828-1863), were: Ezra Clinton Baird, born in Ohio Co on 24 Dec 1861, married Amelia Garner Tichenor, and died 12 Apr 1944 in Ohio Co; and Sallie M Baird, born 1864 in Ohio Co at Bells, and died in 1875 in Ohio Co. (DR, RN,MM,OB, 2qr,1nqmrspd)

      Misty Orean Rowan [R2b1b9e1i4], daughter of Oscar Jackson Rowan and Patsy Sue Raines, was born 19 December 1978 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Mollie Rowan [H1a7], daughter of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born in 1872 in either Ohio Co or Daviess Co KY. If she married, it was in Daviess Co where she grew up. (3s)

      Monica Amber Rowan [R2b1b9e1a3a], daughter of James Bartlett Rowan II and Carla F Stewart, was born 21 July 1976 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Nelda Fay Rowan [R2b1b9e1d], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 16 January 1928 in Daviess Co KY. She married Elmer Lee Hickenbottom, but after two children they divorced. Elmer was born at Owensboro on 17 June 1923, son of Louis J Hickenbottom and Felid Anderson. Fay then married Dale Maugherman on 7 August 1955. They lived at Waterloo, IN. Fay died there on 4 November 1997. Dale was born 13 June 1918 and also died at Waterloo, in August 1982. Elmer Hickenbottom died 31 January 1971 in Dade Co FL. Fay’s children were-

1.   Carolyn Sue Hickenbottom, b 8 Nov 1947

2.   Freeman Lee Hickenbottom, b 15 Apr 1949 (HT, Z,FLd,3bf)

      Noel Lee Rowan [R2b1b9e3], son of Lyghtle Oscar Rowan and Gertrude Bennett, was born 8 January 1908 in KY, probably at Owensboro. He never married and died 23 March 1976 at Owensboro. He is buried there in Rose Hill Cemetery. (HT,Z,3d)

      Oma R Rowan [H1f1], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born about 1874 in Ohio Co. She was age 6, a daughter, in 1880, and age 36 in 1910. Oma had married a Mr Dean from MS about 1900, and married Rev Handy Watson on 20 November 1909 at Calhoun, in McLean Co. Handy was born in Lee Co AL, son of Bill Rollard and Celia Brook. In 1910 Oma and Handy lived at Livermore, McLean Co. Oma had four children-

1.   Willie Dean, b 1901 in KY (3v)

2.   child Dean, b & d 1900s. (3v)

3.   child Dean, b & d 1900s. (3v)

4.   Ora Lee Watson, b 9 Dec 1910 at Livermore, KY, moved to Indianapolis, IN in 1929. She married Fred Quarles, and died 26 August 1984 at Indianapolis. She was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis. (WW,2w)

Handy Watson married twice before he married Oma, and had two daughters from one of those marriages: Cynthia Watson, born December 1881 in KY, and Cattie Watson, born in October 1889 in KY. (WW,1s,3v,2w)

      Oscar Jackson Rowan [R2b1b9e1i], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 27 January 1939 in Daviess Co KY. He married Geneva Fay Ezell at Livia, KY on 20 December 1958. She was born 6 November 1941 at Olaton, Ohio Co, daughter of a Mr Ezell and Myrtle Tomas. After two children they divorced, and Jack then married Patsy Sue Raines on 3 April 1971 in Robertson Co TN. Patsy was born 3 July 1944 in Muhlenberg Co, daughter of a Mr Raines and Ms Olean Hines. This was her second marriage also; her family name was Crafton when she married Jack. Patsy and Jack both lived at Owensboro just before they married. She was born 3 July 1944. In the 1970s Jack and Patsy lived in the Utica-Buford area. He died in Daviess Co on 1 July 1984. Jack's four children are-

1.   Donna Faye Rowan, b 28 Dec 1959

2.   Victoria Lynn Rowan, b 25 Aug 1966

3.   Jacqueline Denise Rowan, b 16 Jul 1971

4.   Misty Olean Rowan, b 19 Dec 1978

Patsy Sue’s first marriage to a Mr Crafton produced a son: Dennis Shane Crafton, born 10 October 1969 in Daviess Co. (HT, KYd, 3b,1b, 345m)

      Othello “Chuck” Rowan [H1c1c], son of Buckner Rowan and Annie Hayes, was born 7 September 1901 in Jefferson Co KY, and died 24 January 1990 at Louisville. He married Clara Robinson. She was born 17 September 1898 and died 21 January 1980 at Louisville. They had no children. (WW, Z,6v)

      Patricia Ann Rowan [R2b1b9a1a], daughter of Claud Victor Rowan and Jewel Marie Jackson, was born 29 August 1948 in Ohio Co KY. (HT,1b)

      Patricia Anne Rowan [R2b3e1a1b2], daughter of Benjamin Hardin Rowan II and Jennifer Kingsley, was born 24 January 1965. She married Mike MacIntyre in 1989. (BH)

      Patricia Catherine Rowan [H1d8f2], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 10 February 1944 in Daviess Co KY. She married James Walter Mays on 12 April 1975 at Owensboro. He was born 9 September 1945 at Sunshine, KY, and died 22 September 2006 at Louisville, son of Robert Mays and Geneva Vaughn. Patricia graduated from Brescia College at Owensboro and earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education and was a teacher. James was graduate of West Kentucky Vocational School where he received degrees in carpentry and masonry and later from Murray State University. James served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1971 where he received three purple hearts. He retired from the U S Postal Service after 20 years of service. He was buried in Resurrection Cemetery at Owensboro. Their two children were born in Daviess Co KY-

a.   Brian K Mays, b 22 Jun 1980 (WW,3b)

b.   Alisha Lynette Mays, b 13 Jan 1976 at Owensboro. (WW, 3b) (WW,3b)

      Pearl Rowan [H1f11], daughter of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born 9 November 1895 in KY, and died 25 April 1918 in McLean Co of tuberculosis. She was buried in Buck Creek Cemetery at Calhoun, McLean Co. She never married. (WW,2uvd)

      Phillip Dale Rowan [R2b1b5b1a2], son of Joseph Cullen Rowan and Anna Moline Smith, was born 6 February 1950 at Hartford, KY. He married Kathy Lynn Haynes at Beaver Dam on 21 June 1969. She was born at Hartford on 4 February 1950, daughter of James Darrell Haynes and Mildred Kathleen Carter. They lived at Owensboro and by 1980 had three children, all born at Owensboro-

a.   Angela Lynn Rowan, b 26 Apr 1974

b.   Brian Dale Rowan, b 28 Aug 1976

c.   Bradley Shawn Rowan, b 5 Dec 1978 (RN, 1mb, 3pP)

      Phyllis Remonia Rowan [R2b1b9e1m], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 14 February 1946 in Daviess Co KY. She married Charles Raymond Embry on 12 June 1964. He was born on 16 September 1946 at Hardinsburg, Breckinridge Co KY, son of a Mr Embry and Dorothy Shock. They lived at Owensboro in the 1970s and Phyllis lived at Utica in 2006. They had four children-

1.   Charles Raymond Embry, b 17 May 1965

2.   Jeffrey Allan Embry, b 5 Dec 1967

3.   Griffin Wayne Embry, b 5 Dec 1968

4.   Barbara Lynn Embry, b 23 Sep 1970 (HT, 3Pb)

      Prudence Ione Rowan [R2b1b4j], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 9 November 1885 at Owensboro, KY and moved to Tyronza, AR when she was a girl. She married Lawrence Stanley Echols on 9 June 1906, probably at Jonesboro, AR. He was born 23 March 1881 at Jonesboro, son of Martin Van Buren Echols and Mary Martha Bird. Lawrence and Prude died at Jonesboro, he on 26 February 1962 and Prude on 7 March 1968. Both are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro. Prude was a school teacher. They had four children-

1.   Oscar Van Buren Echols, b 13 Mar 1907

2.   Eugene Stanley Echols, b 16 Mar 1909

3.   Syble Echols, b 1910-1912

4.   Wanda Lee Echols, b 1 Jun 1913 (JY, RE,M, EE, W,Z,33uvwd)

      Randall H Rowan [R2b1d6c], son of Alexander Cass Rowan and Sallie F Hansford, was born 6 November 1878 at Buford in Ohio Co KY. He died on 29 December 1903 of pneumonia and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. (N,RN,1suv,2c)

      Raymond Shultz Rowan [R2b1b9a3], son of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 15 February 1903 at Heflin, KY. He never married, and died of cancer at Hartford on 11 December 1969. Ray is buried in Mt Hermon Cemetery. (76,HT,RN,MM, 1wfd)

      Rebecca Ann Rowan [R2b1b9e1j], daughter of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 17 February 1941 in Daviess Co KY. She married Walter Ray Ford on 4 August 1962. He was born on 30 April 1923 in Henderson Co, son of Walter A Ford and Mary Jewel, but grew up at Hartford. His father was from Ohio Co. They had one daughter-

1.   Sherry Darleen Ford, b 17 Jul 1958 (HT,3b, 321b,1f)

      Rebecca B Rowan [R2b3e1b], daughter of William Atkinson Hill Rowan and Nancy Hardin, was born in March 1880 at Bardstown, and died at the age of 18 months. (57,63, LL,BH,4s)

      Rebecca C Rowan [R2b3e3], daughter of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1840 at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. She never married, lived with her mother, and preceded her death of 1897. (57, 63,LL,4kqrs)

      Reid Melvin Rowan [R2b1c2a3], son of Junius Lloyd Rowan and Laura Eunice Melvin, was born 3 January 1895 at Shawneetown, IL. In June 1917 he lived at San Diego, CA and was a freight clerk for Santa Fe Railroad. He married Mary Hall in 1928 and they lived at Phoenix, AZ in 1930. She was born in IN on 3 May 1901. In the 1940s they lived at Berkeley, Alameda Co CA. He was then working for the Texas & Pacific Railroad as a clerk. Reid died 15 December 1980 at Menlo Park, San Mateo Co CA. Mary died there on 26 December 1961. The T&P RR was merged into the MO Pacific RR in 1976. (GA,LL,DR, M,Z,CAd, 22uv, 47f)

      Rhonda Lynn Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1d], daughter of Joseph Cullen Rowan Jr and Mary Ellen Ballard, was born 14 May 1967 at Lake Station, IN. (RN)

      Richard Alexander Rowan [R2b1b5], son of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born on 27 July 1838 at No Creek in Ohio Co. He married Martha Jane Holbrook in Ohio Co on 22 December 1859 and farmed the property next to his parents. Martha was born at Buford on 19 July 1843, daughter of Robert Holbrook and Elizabeth Bell. Martha was a sister of William O Holbrook who married Richard's sister Martha Rowan. Richard died on 8 July 1902 in Ohio Co; Martha died 3 June 1914 at Heflin of heart failure. Both died in Ohio Co and both are buried there in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. They had three children, all born in Ohio Co-

a.   Robert Alexander Rowan, b 19 Oct 1860

b.   Azro Vincent Rowan, b 1 Oct 1863

c.   Stephen Oscar Rowan, b 28 Feb 1870 (64, RN, DR, OB,1knqrsumd)

      Richard Lawrence Rowan [H1d8f8], son of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 16 October 1951 in Daviess Co KY. He married Cynthia K Goff on 13 June 1975 in Daviess Co. She was born about 1956. They had two children-

a.   Jason Deon Rowan, b 11 Sep 1976 in Daviess Co KY. (3b)

b.   Holly Marie Rowan, b 22 Dec 1980 in Daviess Co KY. (3b) (WW,3b)

      Richard Ney Rowan [R2b1b5b1], son of Azro Vincent Rowan and Minnie L Foster, was born 19 July 1888 near Hartford, KY. His middle name came from his mother's brother Joseph Ney Foster who died in 1886. Richard, called Ney, grew up in Ohio Co where he was a farmer. He married Etta May Bennett at Beda on 6 October 1909 at her father's home. She was born at Beda on 25 May 1893, daughter of William C Bennett and Henrietta Park. Etta died at Hartford on 30 April 1975 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. In May 1980 Ney finally sold his car and quit driving. He died 23 September 1984 in Hartford and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro. They had two sons-

a.   Joseph Cullen Rowan, b 12 Feb 1913

b.   Wendell Ney Rowan, b 12 Sep 1924 (76, GA,RN, MM,M,1muvw,3c)

      Ricky Doyle Rowan [R2b1b9e1g3], son of Ronald Griffin Rowan and Dorothy Wilcox, was born 23 April 1959 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Robert Alexander Rowan [R2b1b5a], son of Richard Alexander Rowan and Martha Jane Holbrook, was born 19 October 1860 in Ohio Co KY. He married Lena Newton in Ohio Co on 7 October 1886, but she left him for another man. In 1900 he was divorced and living with his cousins Charles and Lee Tichenor near Hartford. Robert married his cousin Antha D Bennett at Beda on 26 March 1903. She was born between No Creek and Heflin in late 1880, daughter of Reuben A Bennett and Susan Elizabeth Ellis. Robert was a (Simmons) second cousin to his father-in-law. For years Robert and Antha lived at Livermore. He was a farmer, and died 28 October 1942 of heart failure at Livermore; Antha died in Daviess Co on 14 September 1971 but lived in McLean Co then. Robert and Antha were buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. They had a daughter-

1.   Lois Rosamond Rowan, b 13 Jul 1903 (58, RN,HTMM,1rstmv,2cd,3d)

      Robert Eugene Rowan [R2b1b9e1g2], son of Ronald Griffin Rowan and Dorothy Wilcox, was born 16 September 1956 in Daviess Co KY. (HT, 3b)

      Roger Rowan [H1f5], son of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born in December 1883 in KY. In 1900 he lived with his family at Livermore, McLean Co. He was not found after 1900. (WW,2u)

      Roger C Rowan [H1c1b], son of Buckner Rowan and Annie Hayes, was born 7 September 1901 in Jefferson Co KY. He married Mollie C Brown. She was born 1 August 1903 and died 3 February 1983 at Louisville. Roger died 22 August 1976 at Louisville. They had three children, all born in Jefferson Co KY-

1.   Roger C Rowan Jr, b 16 Jul 1928, died 27 December 1983 at Washington D C. He married Marcella Jones and they had a daughter. (WW, Z,6b)

2.   Gloria M Rowan, 28 May 1930, married a Mr Dawson. (WW,6b)

3.   Lula Ann Rowan, b 9 Mar 1939. (WW,6b) (WW, Z,KYd,6v)

      Ronald Griffin Rowan [R2b1b9e1g], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 18 July 1934 in Daviess Co KY. He married Dorothy S Wilcox on 2 March 1954. She was born 13 January 1932 at Morgantown, Butler Co KY, daughter of a Mr Wilcox and Martha Burden. Ronald and Dorothy lived at Owensboro and had three children-

1.   Ronald Griffin Rowan II, b 17 Jan 1955

2.   Robert Eugene Rowan, b 16 Sep 1956

3.   Ricky Doyle Rowan, b 23 Apr 1959 (HT,3b, 96b)

      Ronald Griffin Rowan II [R2b1b9e1g1], son of Ronald Griffin Rowan and Dorothy Wilcox, was born 17 January 1955 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Rose Rowan [R2d], daughter of Andrew Rowan, was named in her uncle Matthew Rowan's 1760 NC will. She was likely born in the mid-18th Century in Fawn Township, York Co PA (southeast corner of PA, in the area now contained in Peach Bottom Twp). No record of a marriage for her has been found. (MA)

      Rose Reed Rowan [R2b1b4h], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 15 September 1880 at Owensboro, KY. She married John Adam Emrich at Jonesboro, AR about 1900. He was born on 12 June 1865 at Hawesville, Hancock Co KY, son of John Emrich Jr and Elizabeth Schmidt, both immigrants from Germany in 1848. Rose died, probably at home near Tyronza, on 26 October 1918 of uremic poisoning after the birth of her youngest child, and was buried in Jonesboro's City Cemetery. About 1923 John married Frances V “Frankie” Killough in Memphis. She was born in TN 7 January 1890 and was a school teacher. John owned and ran a general merchandise store at Tyronza, AR, and was also in the ginning business. He died at Tyronza on 8 May 1938, and is buried in Tyronza Cemetery. Frankie died 31 January 1976 at Tyronza and is also buried in Tyronza Cemetery. John and Rose had eight children, all born at Tyronza-

1.   unnamed boy Emrich, born 1901, died at Tyronza when three days old; he is buried in Jonesboro's City Cemetery.

2.   Oscar Rowan Emrich, b 5 Aug 1902

3.   John Harwood Emrich, b 25 May 1905

4.   Margaret Emrich, b 11 Sep 1907

5.   Ruth Mary Emrich, b 4 Jun 1910

6.   Dorothy Emrich, b 12 Dec 1912

7.   Sara Emrich, b 16 Aug 1916

8.   Donald Proctor Emrich, b 30 Sep 1918 (ME, RE,UR,Z,JY,31vwfc)

      Rosamond Rowan [R2b1b5a1], daughter of Robert Alexander Rowan and Antha Bennett, was born 13 July 1903 at Hartford, Ohio Co KY. See Lois Rosamond Rowan [R2b1b5a1].

      Roy Lee Rowan [R2b1d12d], son of Thomas A Rowan and Tabitha A Bates, was born in 29 August 1899 (1898 per 1900 census, taken on 18 June 1900, and was age 10 in 1910, 19 in 1920) at Island, McLean Co KY. In 1920 he lived with his brother Arthur at Dugger, Sullivan Co IN and was a coal miner, and was then age 19. His correct birth date must be August 1899. Roy was not married by the end of 1919. He did marry Lora Ann _____, and she was born 10 July 1905. When Roy died on 8 April 1965, he was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro, and Lora also had her gravestone placed next to Roy, but with just her birth date. She married later, to a Mr Higgs, and died at Owensboro on 28 February 1980. Although census records show that Roy was born in August 1899, his gravestone and Social Security records show a 29 August 1901 birth date. (GA,Z, 2uv, 67w,3c)

      Sabina Rowan who died in Carter Co KY on 3 July 1878 was the second wife of John Rowan of Randolph Co and Wirt Co VA (now WV). John was born in 1794 in MD. Sabina was Sabina Skaggs, born in Fayette Co VA in 1812, daughter of Richard Skaggs and Susannah Wood from VA. John’s first wife was Thankful Penny who married John Rowan in Randolph Co on 24 June 1819. She died in the 1840s in Randolph Co and John then married Sabina about 1842. In 1850 they lived in Randolph Co VA, then in Wirt Co VA in 1860, then in Roane Co WV in 1870. John was still alive when Sabina died in Carter Co KY of consumption. She was a school teacher. Why she lived and died in Carter Co KY is not known; Carter Co is in northeast KY, nine counties west of Randolph Co WV and six counties west of Wirt Co and Roane Co WV. It is doubtful that John Rowan was a close cousin of the Rowan families of central KY or of eastern PA. (311mkn,312q, 135r,310d)

      Sally Cass Rowan [R2b1d6e3], daughter of Guy Cass Rowan and Rose Cleveland Turner, was born 2 December 1917 in McLean Co KY. She married her cousin Gaydon John Patton [R2b1b9g3] on 13 January 1937 at Centertown. Her line is continued under his name. (84,HT, 2b,1pmw)

      Samuel Pendleton Rowan [R2b1b9d], son of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 23 October 1877 in Ohio Co KY. He married Louanna J Ford in Ohio Co on 26 January 1905 at Luther Miller's home. She was born in Ohio Co on 29 May 1878, daughter of Edmond Willet Ford and Sarah Sarilda Baird. Louanna was a No Creek school teacher and Sam was a farmer. They lived in Ohio Co after their marriage but in 1910 were at Fairmont, Jefferson Co CO. Samuel died 19 August 1916 at west Hartford in Ohio Co of undetermined causes, and was buried in Goshen Cemetery near Beaver Dam. Louanna died at St Louis, MO on 27 May 1956 and was buried with Sam. They had three children-

1.   girl Rowan, born and died 4 July 1908 and is buried in Goshen Cemetery at Beaver Dam.

2.   Lockie Rowan, b 31 Aug 1909

3.   Wilma T Rowan, b 7 Nov 1914 (HT, MM, 1msud, 44v)

      Sara Frances Rowan [R2b1d13], daughter of John Rowan and Sarah Frances Bell, was born 20 April 1861 in McLean Co KY. She married John Foley on 24 June 1888 and in 1900 they lived at South Carrollton, Muhlenberg Co. He was born 30 July 1860 at Hawesville, Hancock Co KY (25 miles upriver from Owensboro), and died 23 July 1903. Sara died 21 May 1941 at Livermore and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery at South Carrollton, Muhlenberg Co. They had two children-

a.   Marie Foley, b 24 Jan 1891

b.   Timothy Rowan Foley, b 31 Aug 1893 (GA, SC, FM,2rsd,12u)

      Sarah Rowan. parents unknown, was born in KY in 1840. In 1880 she was single, living with widower Joshua Howard at Livermore, McLean Co. (2s)

      Sarah Isabelle Rowan [R2b1a6], daughter of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born on 26 March 1841 in Ohio Co KY. She married Dr James Phillip Cox on 2 March 1863 in Ohio Co at her parent's home. Dr Cox was born 16 November 1831 at Cox's Creek in Nelson Co, son of John Bemiss Cox and Lucinda Phillips. James died in Daviess Co on 26 October 1883 and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. Sallie died 7 January 1898 and is also buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. She and Dr Cox had six children-

a.   William Bemiss Cox, b 1864

b.   Lucinda Abigail Cox, b 21 Sep 1866

c.   Anna Elizabeth Cox, b Oct 1869

d.   James Roy Cox, b 25 Mar 1873

e.   Orien Noel Cox, b 26 Dec 1878

f.    Rowan Paul Cox, b 19 May 1883 (MM, GA, SC,1nqrmp,2qs)

      Sherman Rowan [H1f4], son of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born in October 1879 at Buford, Ohio Co KY. He was one of the two siblings who died by 1900. (WW,1s,2u)

      Stella Rowan [R2b1d12g], daughter of Thomas A Rowan and Tabitha A Bates, was born 27 August 1904 in McLean Co KY, and was a twin of her sister Ella. Stella married Rollie Buck Alsip at Horton, Ohio Co, on 2 July 1919 and at first they lived at Centertown. He was a coal miner from 1917 or before. He was born at Owensboro on 27 March 1892, son of Jeff Alsip and Mollie Beckferth. In 1920 they lived at Centertown, Ohio Co, but about 1922 they moved to Evansville, IN. He was still a coal miner in 1930. They lived at Evansville in the 1940s. Stella died there on 5 August 1991, age 86. Buck died 14 August 1951 at Marion, IL, at age 61 but was buried in Evansville. They had nine children-

1.   James Hubert Alsip, b 22 Jun 1920

2.   Charles R Alsip, b 1925

3.   Irma L Alsip, b Oct 1926

4.   Mary M Alsip, b Mar 1929

5.   Fred Alsip, b 1930s(?)

6.   Robert Lee Alsip, b 19 Apr 1934

7.   Sharon J Alsip, b abt 1938

8.   Elizabeth Alsip, b Mar 1939

9.   Betty Jean Alsip, b Jan 1940 (GA,104,M, Z,2v,1mw, 51f)

      Stephen Rowan [R2b1], son of Captain William Rowan and Sara Elizabeth Cooper, was born about 1765 in York Co PA. He was a young man when his father moved the family to Jefferson (now Ohio) Co Virginia (now KY) where he spent most of his life. On 27 January 1797 Stephen married Katherine Reid in Nelson Co, and they lived in Ohio Co. If Stephen was married before Katherine, it is unknown. Katherine was born in Scotland between 1766 and 1770, and died 28 June 1832 at No Creek in Ohio Co. Her parents are not known, but there were a few Reid men on the 1796 Nelson Co tax lists: George, Joseph, James, and two Johns (with the last name spelled Reed); the 1797 tax list of Nelson Co shows David, James, George, Joseph, and John (with the last name spelled Read).

      Stephen was on Nelson Co tax lists of 1785 (shown with his father, and listed as “son Stephen” at Rhodesville), in 1789, 1790, and 1800; on 7 June 1796 Stephen and his brother Andrew signed as witnesses in Hardin Co (now Ohio Co) to transfer land between Robert Baird and Ignatius Pigman. Both Baird and Pigman lived in the area now called Ohio Co, so it would seem that Andrew and Stephen traveled between the Green River area and Bardstown for a few years. On 18 July 1797 Stephen bought 230 acres from William McLung and wife Susan, land lying and being in Hardin Co on the second West Fork of Bear Creek, a branch of Green River, and bounded on the west by property of a William Nourse. On 28 April 1801 John and Andrew Rowan, John Douglass (husband of Alice Rowan), and Elizabeth Rowan signed a deed transferring their shares of land in Ohio Co (inherited from their father William Rowan) to their “beloved brother Stephen Rowan.”

      Stephen died 3 November 1841 at No Creek. Both he and his wife are buried in the Rowan family Cemetery near their home a short distance north of No Creek. They had five children, all born in the No Creek Community-

a.   William Cooper Rowan, b Oct 1794

b.   Alexander Richard Rowan, b 11 Jan 1798

c.   Stephen Reid Rowan, b 1804

d.   John Rowan, b 1807

e.   Andrew Joseph Rowan, b 1809 (65,76,HT, GA, DR,AR,4mzt, 1hjzk,2s)

      Stephen Oscar Rowan [R2b1b5c], son of Richard Alexander Rowan and Martha Jane Holbrook, was born 28 February 1870 at Hartford, KY. He married Flora Adeline Carson at her parents' home in Ohio Co on 12 February 1891. She was born near Hartford on 21 February 1872, one of 17 children of Thomas Henry Carson and Delilah Vitula Bennett. Stephen was a farmer near Hartford, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He and Flora moved to Wray, CO in 1906, where they both died, she on 20 January 1910 and he on 4 November 1964. After Flora died, Stephen lived with his son Hugh at Wray. They are buried in Wray, and had nine children-

1.   Leta Mabyn Rowan, b 9 Dec 1892

2.   Elsie Bennett Rowan, b 5 Sep 1895

3.   Donnie Carson Rowan, b 4 Feb 1897

4.   Hugh Carter Rowan, b 25 Jan 1899

5.   Elbert Neuman Rowan, b 29 May 1900

6.   William Gayden Rowan, b 29 May 1900

7.   Mary Marjorine Rowan, b 22 May 1902

8.   Maud Vitula Rowan, b 9 Apr 1904

9.   Wesley Dean Rowan, b 25 Jan 1907 (L,RN, OB, HT,SR,1mub,60f)

      Stephen Reid Rowan [R2b1c], son of Stephen Rowan and Katherine Reid, was born in 1804 in Ohio Co KY. He moved to Shawneetown, IL in the 1830s because of his hatred of slavery. He bought land there in 1837 and married Nancy Ann Reid at Shawneetown. She was born at Eddyville in Livingston Co (now Lyon Co) KY on 22 May 1806, daughter of Dr John Reid and Margaret _____ (both foreign born). This Reid family moved to Shawneetown in 1808, and is no known relation to Katherine Reid, Stephen's mother. Stephen served in the Union Army and attained the rank of Major, and served in the Illinois State Legislature. He died at Shawneetown on 10 December 1865 and Nancy on 16 March 1890. Both are buried in Westwood Cemetery just west of Shawneetown. They had two sons, both born at Shawneetown-

1.   Alexander Hamilton Rowan, b 30 Aug 1840

2.   Lloyd Lynn Rowan, born 3 Dec 1844 (LL, DR,8nqp,22rs)

      Stephen William Rowan [R2b1d2], son of John Rowan and Lydia E Stephens, was born 7 June 1838 in Ohio Co KY. He never married, and was a farmer until 1873 when he went into merchandising in Livermore. Stephen enlisted in Captain Pendleton's Company of the Confederate Army in September 1861, and was discharged as a sergeant in April 1865; he was in the Orphan Brigade. Stephen died 8 August 1910 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in McLean Co. (64,HT, GA,MM,1n,2qrsc)

      Steve Edwin Rowan [R2b1b9a4c1], son of Daniel Edmond Rowan and Patricia Miller, was born 2 January 1965 at Monterey, CA. He lived at Owensboro, Daviess Co KY in 2006. (MM, HT, CAb,3P)

      Susan Ann Rowan [R2b1b9e1h1], daughter of Jimmie Lee Rowan and Marilyn Ann Stanton, was born 2 June 1957 in Daviess Co KY. She married Anthony D Hayden on 31 December 1976 and they lived at Owensboro. Tony was born in January 1956. (HT,3Pb)

      Susannah Rowan [R2e], daughter of Andrew Rowan, was born by 1750 in Fawn Township, Lancaster Co (now is York Co PA in southeast PA, in the area now contained in Peach Bottom Twp) and died about 1770. (MA,W)

      Terry Rowan [R2b1b5b1a1b2], son of Larry David Rowan and Frances O'Rourke, was born 28 December 1975 at Lake Station, IN. He lived there in 2006. (RN,184P)

       Thelma Bernice Rowan [H1d8g], daughter of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeders, was born 12 November 1925 at home at Pettit, Daviess Co KY. She married Bethel Yose Wickliffe on 25 December 1947 at Owensboro, his second marriage. Soon after they moved to Indianapolis, IN where he began working for Ingans Meat Packing Company. He was with that business for 23 years, then he worked for the US Postal Service until retirement. Bethel was born 31 August 1920 at South Carrollton, Muhlenberg Co KY, son of Harrison Wickliffe and Probia Collins, and died 2 November 1991 at Indianapolis. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery at Indianapolis. Bethel joined the US Navy at Louisville, KY on 24 October 1939 and served for six years. He was a veteran of World War II. They had a daughter-

      Thelma Bernice Rowan [H1d8f4], daughter of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 23 June 1946 at Owensboro, Daviess Co KY, and died 5 August 1953 at Owensboro of rheumatic fever. She was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery at Owensboro. (WW, 3bd)

      Theodore Rowan, parents unknown, was born in December 1867 in KY. He married Mary Brown in Daviess Co on 25 July 1889; witnesses were Albert Perkins and J Harrison. Theodore and Mary lived at Owensboro in 1900 and he was a janitor. Mary was born at Owensboro on 6 January 1869, daughter of Sid (or Cyrus?) Brown and Dollie Buckner, and died 17 October 1931 at Owensboro. Theodore and Mary divorced before 1920 and Mary then lived at Owensboro with some of her children, now all adults. She had six children by 1900, all born at Owensboro, KY-

1.   Noah Rowan, b Nov 1889, died before 1950. (3u)

2.   Louis Rowan, b 14 Dec 1890 in KY, died at Owensboro on 10 March 1929. He was a salesman. Louis’ death record named his parents as Theodore Rowan Sr and Mary Brown, both born in KY. Louis had married Anna Mae _____ by June 1917, then was a widower by the end of 1919. So Anna Mae had died between the summer of 1917 and the end of 1919. (M,3ud)

3.   Eugene Rowan, b Aug 1891, was dead before 1950. (N,3u)

4.   Harry Rowan, b 9 Jul 1892. He was married and had a child by June 1917, and lived at Owensboro then. Harry and his wife Ruth were still at Owensboro in 1920, but in 1930 and past 1950 they lived at Rockport, Spencer Co IN. About 1915 Harry married Ruth Thomas (see daughter May L). Ruth was born in IN on 3 June 1897. Their first children were born in IN, so Harry and Ruth probably married in the Rockport area. Harry worked in a garage. Ruth died at Rockport in February 1982. She and Harry had eight children, all but daughters Margaret and May were born in IN-

      a.   Mary E Rowan, b Apr 1916 (3w,26f)

      b.   Helen L Rowan, b May 1918 (3w,26f)

      c.   May L Rowan, b 20 Jun 1920 at Owensboro, KY; the mother was Ruth Thomas. This daughter died by 1930, probably at Rockport, IN. (26b)

      d.   Margaret H Rowan, b 1921 at Owensboro, KY. (26f)

      e.   Pauline Rowan, b 1923, was named after her aunt Pauline Rowan, who had died in 1922. (26f)

      f.    Ruth E Rowan, b 1925 (26f)

      g.   Harry Rowan Jr, b 14 Oct 1926, died at Rockport, IN on 31 August 1986. (Z,26f)

      h.   Caroline Rowan, b Feb 1929 (26f)

In 1910 Ruth Thomas was a (White) daughter of widow Mrs Eva Thomas (a Black woman born in 1859 in IN) who lived at Rockport, IN.

Spencer Co IN is the county immediately north of Daviess Co KY. (WW, M,Z,3u,26f)

5.   Pauline Rowan, b Feb 1895 in KY, married a Mr Bradshaw, and then was a widow in 1920, living with her mother at Owensboro. Pauline died 2 November 1922 of tuberculosis at Owensboro. She was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. (3uwd)

6.   Theodore Rowan, b 11 Sep 1902 at Owensboro, died 17 June 1950 at Owensboro. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Theodore had married Lellie Mae Freeman on 27 October 1923 at Owensboro; both claimed they were age 23 when married. Witnesses were Annie Mae Brown and Janet Freeman. Lellie’s parents were William Freeman and Fannie _____. Lellie outlived Theodore. He ran a garage. (3uwd)

7.   Albert F Rowan, b 1903, lived at Kansas City, MO in 1950. (WW,3w)

Mary Brown had a sister Henrietta Brown, who was born about 1871. They were nieces living with the Maurice Valentine family at Upper Town, Daviess Co in 1880. Mary Brown was age 6 months in 1870, living in the home of Mrs Mariah Brown (born KY in 1911) at Owensboro. A young couple named Cyrus and Dollie Brown, ages 25 and 21 then, were also living with Mariah. (3muwd)

      Thomas A Rowan [R2b1d12], son of John Rowan and Sarah Frances Bell, was born 10 October 1859 in McLean Co, KY. He was a farmer and married Isla Sanders in McLean Co on 6 June 1882. She must have died for there is an unclear gravestone with Thomas' name in Pleasant Hill Cemetery on which the date says 19 November 1885; this must be Isla's gravestone since Thomas was still alive in 1910. Thomas married Tabitha A Bates in McLean Co on 24 June 1886. She was born in June 1872 at Island, McLean Co (age 35 in 1910), daughter of Jesse Bates and Mary Lott (Tabitha’s parents were born in KY in 1823 & 1831). In 1910 they lived at Beach Grove, McLean Co.

      Thomas died at Palmyra, Christian Co KY on 15 July 1914 in the Western State Hospital of “chronic nephritis” (Brights disease). Whomever filled in his death certificate did not know Thomas, but the only clues that this was the right Thomas was that he was born in KY in 1859, was age 55, was married, and was from McLean Co. All other answers were “Do not know.” Tom had at least ten children, with five still alive in 1910-

a.   child Rowan, b & d by 1900

b.   Arthur L Rowan, b 16 Jan 1890

c.   child Rowan, b & d by 1900

d.   Roy Lee Rowan, b 29 Aug 1899

e.   child Rowan, b & d 1900-1910

f.    Ella Rowan, b 27 Aug 1904

g.   Stella Rowan, b 27 Aug 1904

h.   child Rowan, b & d 1900-1910 (2v)

i.    George H Rowan, b 1908

j.    child Rowan, b & d 1900-1910 (2v) (GA, HT,2qrsuvmc, 314d)

a.   Tom Rowan, b 23 Jan 1927 in Logan Co KY. (27bf)

b.   Joe Earl Rowan, b Sep 1929 (29f)

c.   Mary Ann Rowan, b 13 Oct 1931 in Logan Co KY. (27b) (AR,GA,Z, M,2uc)

      Tom Rowan [R2b1b4d1a], son of Thomas Harwood Tanner Rowan and Daisy Bibb, was born 23 January 1927 in Logan Co KY. He died at Lincoln Park, Wayne Co MI in February 1984. (Z,27bf, AR)

      Toni Marleen Rowan [R2b1b9e1a2], daughter of James Bartlett Rowan and Mary Lucille Hagan, was born 8 August 1948 in Daviess Co KY. She married James Britton on 2 February 1967, divorced and then married Jack Ray Bickett on 20 September 1969, and later divorced him. Toni lived at Owensboro and had a child from each marriage-

a.   James Britton II, b 7 Sep 1967

b.   Zacharie Dylan Bickett, b 14 Oct 1970 (HT,3b)

      Tony Eugene Rowan [R2b1b9e1k], son of Arkel Griffin Rowan and Anna May Hill, was born 3 January 1943 in Daviess Co KY. He married Betty Sutton on 11 April 1964. She was born in Daviess Co KY on 31 May 1943, daughter of a Mr Sutton and Flona Elliott. They lived at Maceo and had three children-

1.   Cynthia Gail Rowan, b 15 Apr 1969

2.   Kevin Eugene Rowan, b 18 Aug 1970

3.   Kristi Michelle Rowan, b 11 Mar 1974 (HT,3b)

      Top Rowan [H1f12], son of Hiram Rowan and Mollie Bennett of Ohio Co KY, was born in May 1900 at Livermore, McLean Co KY. He married Mary _____. (WW,2u)

      Ula Rowan [R2b1b4m], daughter of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 17 June 1898 at Tyronza, AR. See Eulah Vienna Esperence Rowan.

      Victoria Lynn Rowan [R2b1b9e1i2], daughter of Oscar Jackson Rowan and Geneva Fay Ezell, was born 25 August 1966 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Violet Sunshine Rowan [R2b1b9a6], daughter of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 10 June 1914 at Heflin in Ohio Co KY. She married Raymond J Wigginton at Rockport, IN on 5 December 1931. He was born in Ohio Co on 20 January 1913, son of Ernest Wigginton and Sophie Jolly. Violet died at Owensboro Co on 5 March 1983, age 68, and Raymond died there on 9 March 1989, age 76, They had three children, all born in Ohio Co-

a.   Ernest Harold Wigginton, b 28 Nov 1932

b.   Dimple Fay Wigginton, b 14 Sep 1935

c.   Reva Lou Wigginton, b 16 May 1941 (MM, HT,RN,Z,1wf,3d)

      Volla Rowan [H1a6], son of Henry Rowan and Mary Munt, was born 21 June 1870 in Ohio Co. He grew up in Daviess Co. He was shown to be a daughter in the 1880 census, in error. Volla married Mrs Rhoda (Sutherland) Watson in 1901, her second marriage, and in 1910 they lived next door to his brother James in Daviess Co. Rhoda was born 25 April 1868 in KY, daughter of Charles Sutherland and Charlotte Willis. She had four children from her first marriage, but none with Volla by 1920. He must have been light skinned because he and Rhoda were shown as White people in the 1920 census, living at Vanover. Volla died at Sutherland in Daviess Co on 23 August 1936 of tuberculosis. His death certificate gave his parents’ names as Henry Rowan and Mary Richardson. Volla was buried in Utica Church Cemetery in Daviess Co. Rhoda died in Daviess Co on 15 May 1950 and was buried with Volla. (3svwd)

      Walter Haden Rowan [R2b1b9a2], son of Andrew Alexander Rowan and Lillie Elvira Shaver, was born 5 July 1900 and died on 8 April 1901. He is buried in Mt Hermon Cemetery in Ohio Co. (HT)

      Wendell Rowan [R2b1b4g1], son of William Andrew Rowan and Hattie Violet, was born 31 July 1899, probably in Craighead or Poinsett Co AR, and died as a young man when he was “killed by a horse.” After his father died, he was raised by his maternal grandparents, and in 1910 lived at Quannah Twp, Comanche Co OK. He may be buried at Joiner, Mississippi Co AR. Wendell had no children. (AR,RE,185v)

      Wendell Ney Rowan [R2b1b5b1b], son of Richard Ney Rowan and Etta May Bennett, was born 12 September 1924 at Owensboro, KY. He died at Manatee, FL on 27 June 1927. (FLd,RN, 3b)

      Wesley Dean Rowan [R2b1b5c9], son of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 25 January 1907 in Wray, CO and died on 8 February 1907. (58,SR)

      William Rowan [R2b], son of Andrew Rowan of York Co PA, was born in County Down Ireland in 1728. He was a little boy when his father moved to Fawn Twp, York Co PA (southeast corner of PA, in the area now contained in Peach Bottom Twp) where he grew up. In nearby Lancaster Co on 9 June 1767 he married Sara Elizabeth Cooper, a Quaker, at the Reformed Quaker Church. She was born in York Co between 1737 and 1740, daughter of John Cooper and Alice Gill. William's sons attended the old Presbyterian Classical School in Slate Ridge not far from his home. He was sheriff of York Co in 1777, and was the tax collector in 1778. He was listed in the 1772 York Co tax list at Fawn Township, having property worth £18.

      When the American Revolution broke out he was at the head of a volunteer company going to the front where he remained in service for six months, the period for which the men under his command had enlisted. (See State Militia note at the end of these biographies). William was in the Fourth Battalion, York Co, PA Militia, and was a lieutenant in August of 1776, and a captain in the Fourth Battalion in December 1776. During the war, he spent his and his wife's sizeable fortune backing the American cause.

      William, in April 1779, made a settlement between Hawkin's Branch & Boonesborough Road, and about one mile from Dicks River, in Kentucky Co Virginia. William Weathley (see item at end of this biography) was his agent to file this claim for 400 acres with the Virginia Land Commission. The price for the land was 10 shillings per 100 acres. At the close of the Revolution in the spring of 1780, in the hope of repairing his shattered fortune, Captain Rowan traveled to the wilderness of the western county of VA, Kentucky Co. On 1 April 1780 he was at Bowman's Station, six miles east of Harrodsburg, and made another trip in 1781. These trips were no doubt made to check out the new territory for the big trip yet to come. William mortgaged his farm which he bought from his brother Andrew after his father's death, receiving £100 on the loan, and probably used this money to finance the 1782 trip to the newly formed Jefferson Co VA, and to buy land there. Long after he and his family settled in their new land, his loan went into default for non-payment, and he lost the land to the mortgage holder. The 1772 York Co tax list shows William owning land in Fawn township, and the 1783 list shows William owning £105 worth of taxable property.

      In 1782 Captain Rowan and his family traveled overland; there was an established highway westbound from York to southwest PA, which they probably used. On 10 October 1782 Captain Rowan and five other families set sail in Rowan's two flat bottom boats from the Monongahela River near the mouth of Redstone Creek in southwest PA. Rowan's family consisted of his wife, three sons, and his daughters. They headed downstream for The Falls of the Ohio River, 600 miles from Pittsburgh. At that time there were no Whites living on the Ohio, or near it, on either side from Wheeling to the Falls of the Ohio. The whole distance was one entire, unbroken wilderness, inhabited only by savages and they at deadly hostility with the Whites. The boat had been constructed with the sides higher than a man's head, of plank too thick to be perforated by a rifle ball, and with post holes for defense in case of attack. One of the sons, John Rowan, recounted years later “We expected a voyage of not more than six or seven days.” In fact, the journey took about five months, during which many hardships were suffered.

      At Limestone, near the present Maysville in northeast KY, three of the families headed overland toward the interior, where they were killed by the Indians. The rest of the party continued down river to The Falls of the Ohio, arriving 10 March 1783. Rowan and his family built a cabin (or used one already built on his prior trips?). A Major Bedinger killed a rattle snake near the Rowan cabin and showed the snake to Mrs Rowan, who declared that “if any one would swallow a rattle snake's heart alive, it would bring him good fortune.” Her son Andrew, a boy of twelve, immediately opened the snake and taking from it the still quivering heart, swallowed it in a twinkle.

      After remaining near the Falls through that summer and the following, during which they replenished their supplies and were joined by three new families to replace the three who were lost to the Indians, the pioneers left in April of 1784, headed for the Long Falls of Green River (later became Rhodesville, where Fort Vienna was built, then renamed Calhoun in McLean Co KY). Keep in mind that the original counties covered much more area than the present counties of the same name. The Falls from which they left in the month prior was also in Jefferson Co. The three original counties, formed from Kentucky Co VA in 1780, were Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln Counties.

      Rowan and his party, upon leaving The Falls in April 1784, proceeded down the Ohio. The Rowan boats, one for the families and one for the cattle, ran into a party of Indians who threatened to attack the vessels. The boats had descended the Ohio about 100 miles from The Falls, and were near the center of the river gliding along very securely about ten o'clock at night when an ominous yelling of the natives was heard some two or three miles down river, on the northern shore. The yelling continued and it was concluded that the Indians had captured a boat that had passed the two Rowan boats about mid-day, and were massacring their captives. The two Rowan boats were lashed together, and the best practical arrangements were made for defending them. The seven men were distributed by Captain Rowan to the best advantage in case of attack, and the boats were moved close to the south (VA) shore, with as little noise by the oars as possible, but not so close that any possible Indians on the south shore could reach them. The Indian fires were extended along the north shore at intervals for half a mile or more, and as the boats reached a point about opposite the central fire, Rowan's party was discovered, and commanded to come to. All on board remained silent, for Captain Rowan had given strict orders that no one should utter any sound but that of his rifle, and not that until the Indians should come within powder burning distance. The Indians united in a most terrific yell, rushed to their canoes, and gave pursuit. The flat boats floated on in silence; not an oar was pulled. The Indians approached within less than a hundred yards, with a seeming determination to board. Just at this moment, Mrs Sara Rowan rose from her seat, collected the axes, and placed one by the side of each man, where he stood with his gun, touching him on the knee with the handle of the axe as she leaned it up by him against the side of the boat, to let him know it was there, and returned to her seat, retaining a hatchet for herself. The screaming Indians continued hovering on the rear for nearly three miles, when awed by the inference which they drew from the silence observed on board, they relinquished continued pursuit. None but those who have a practical acquaintance with Indian warfare can form a just idea of the terror that their hideous yelling is calculated to inspire. Judge Rowan, who was then ten years old, states that he could never forget the sensations of that night, or cease to admire the fortitude and composure displayed by his mother on that trying occasion. There were seven men and three boys in the boats, with nine guns in all. Mrs Sara Rowan, in speaking of the incident afterward, in her calm was said “we made a providential escape, for which we ought to feel grateful.”

      This near encounter occurred a short distance above the Yellow Banks, the present area of Owensboro. It was here that the women and children and the cattle were landed and proceeded overland, a distance of about twenty five miles, to the Long Falls, while the boats went on downstream to the mouth of Green River and then up that stream to the same destination. (See the Rowan’s Enlargement note at the end of these biographies.) The arrival date for the group who walked from the landing at the Yellow Banks was 11 May 1784. In the new land William finally settled upon land that he bought before he left PA and to which he supposed he had good title. The point upon which he proposed to settle, or in effect, to build a fort, was by computation 100 miles from any other forts, which were the nearest settlements to the proposed settlement of Captain Rowan. This site was soon renamed Fort Vienna. On the second day after their arrival, Indians stole all their horses, and for the next two years they did without. Later that year, still in Jefferson Co VA, William was one of three men who appraised the estate of Thomas Talbot, deceased. In 1785 this part of Jefferson Co became Nelson Co VA. Between 1785 and 1788 nine counties were formed, but were still counties of VA and were called jointly as the Kentucky Territory; Nelson Co was one of them. On 1 June 1792 these nine VA counties became the 15th US State, and in 1793 this part of Nelson Co became Hardin Co KY; in 1799 it became Ohio Co KY. There were yet two or three court cases later in 1784 where William was involved in lawsuits, probably over land rights. And he was on a jury in Jefferson Co about this time.

      In 1785 William was listed on a Nelson Co VA tax list, living at Rhodesville (now is Calhoun in McLean Co KY), as was his son Andrew; this was still in the same area where William had land claims from years before. He was again found on a 5 September 1789 Nelson Co tax list in the same house with sons Stephen and Andrew. After living at Rhodesville for two to three years, the Rowan family moved east to Bardstown; in February 1787 William and sons are not listed in the Nelson Co tax list. They apparently had moved to Bardstown to send their son John to school. They settled in a log house owned by William Lytle just outside of town. Petition was received by the Virginia Legislature on 1 November 1788 requesting the granting of titles to lots in “Bairdstown.” Among the signers were Charles Broughton and William Rowan. Tax lists for Nelson Co show William, Stephen and Andrew there in 1790 also; but William only in 1791 and 1792. In the 12 May 1795 tax list were William Rowan included with 3 Whites 21 or older and 1 White age 16 to 21.

      On 12 August 1795 William signed a deed with the county judges in Nelson Co in which he and Elizabeth promised to take in a young girl named Lidia Fitzgibbins “aged three years six months and twenty two days” as an apprentice until her eighteenth year. Lidia was to be taught “in a common degree the art of spinning, sewing, knelling, & housewifery.” She was apparently an orphan.

      William was a Congressman from Nelson Co in 1795 (Nelson Co was formed from Jefferson Co in 1784). Sometime near the end of the 1790s they moved back west to what was to become the new Ohio Co, and William was the first county clerk of the new county, taking office on 1 July 1799 and serving until his death the following summer. William was over six feet tall, while Sara was five foot seven inches, both being tall for people of the 18th century. He died in July 1800 in Ohio Co, and Sara by April 1803. They had five children-

1.   Stephen Rowan, b c1765

2.   Andrew Rowan, b 1770

3.   John Rowan, b 12 Jul 1772

4.   Alice Rowan, b Jul-Sep 1773

5.   Elizabeth Rowan, b 1770s?

It is interesting to note that the Jefferson Co court records of the 1780s gave names of men who would later be ancestors of the descendants of William Rowan, or of their spouses. And some of these men would have new Kentucky state counties named after them: Bell, Breckenridge, Broughton, Cox, Oldham, Pottenger, Reid, to name a few.

Charles Broughton was the father of Mary “Polly” Broughton who married William Shain, and also the father of Nancy Broughton who married Francis Shain (spelled Shane). William Shain and Polly were ancestors of many of the Simmons families of Ohio Co one generation later. Charles Broughton was from Westmoreland Co in southwestern PA; they moved to Nelson Co VA in 1784-1785, although Charles had made a settlement in Jefferson Co in 1780. (75,76, 77, 78, 79, 81,99, DR, GA,AR, 6p,4t, 2s, 17pyt, 1nyz)

From Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H Levin, editor, 1897, page 167, in a biography of Judge John Rowan, this part concerned John’s father William Rowan: “William Rowan, held a valuable office under the crown, but this did not have the effect in the least of weakening his patriotism, for he raised and commanded a company in that struggle. His generous nature had led him to impair, through assistance to others, his own and his wife's very ample fortune, and he lost from the ravages of the war much of the little that he had left. At the close of the war, with the hope of repairing his shattered fortune, he emigrated from Pennsylvania to Kentucky (then a district of Virginia) in the wild lands of which he had invested the remnant of his fortune. He arrived at Louisville in March, 1783, and finding the locality uninviting from prevailing sickness, he resumed his journey the following spring, and settled at the falls of Green river, on land which he had bought before leaving PA. After remaining there several years amid the exciting scenes of the frontier, he removed to the vicinity of Bardstown, for better educational opportunities for his children.”

      William Rowan lived in Fayette Co KY in the 1820s and had a daughter named Sinai Rowan who married Dr J L Maxwell in Fayette Co on 1 May 1823. The origin of this family is unknown. This William Rowan was not found in KY in 1820 nor in 1830. (JY,57m)

      William Rowan [H1c5], son of Ed Rowan and Louise Richardson, was born 22 February 1882 in Daviess Co KY. (KYu,3u)

      William Andrew Rowan [R2b1b4], son of Alexander Richard Rowan and America Simmons, was born on 6 April 1836 in Ohio Co KY at No Creek. He married America R Tanner at Alfred C Tanner's home in McLean Co KY on 29 January 1856. America was born on 19 November 1841 in Ohio (now McLean) Co, daughter of Thomas Howard Tanner and Lydia Jane Whitaker. She was delivered at birth by Will's father Dr Rowan, and was named after Will's mother. Will and America lived in McLean Co until she died on 14 August 1872. She is buried in the Tichenor Cemetery in McLean Co, as was her oldest daughter.

      Will was a tobacco dealer, river boat gambler, and sometimes farmer. Old folks in Ohio and McLean Counties in the 1980s remember tales their grandparents told about “cousin Willie” who had a penchant for brawling. Once he and several of his cousins were in a knife fight with the neighbor boys in which Will was cut in the abdomen and was lying on the ground. Dr Rowan called his brother-in-law, who was a big man, to stop the fight so Alex could patch up Will's wound. The Simmons brother-in-law waded into the melee, cracked a few jaws, and stopped the fight. Dr Alex then had his brother-in-law hold Will down while he sewed up his son. Will would often get drunk and rowdy, and gamble away his earnings. Another time, probably years later, Will was in an Owensboro saloon and got into an argument with the bartender. The bartender knocked him down and Will pulled out his Bowie knife. Luckily, a policeman came in and stopped the impending disaster.

      When Will's wife died he had five children ranging in age from a young teenager to a baby. His mother-in-law Lydia Jane “Gammer” Whitaker managed the children much of the time, but also a teen named Frances Matilda Hand moved in and helped mind Will's youngsters. Within a couple of years the teen married Will at Hartford on 13 February 1876, much against the advice of the Tanner family.

      Frances M Hand was born on 27 September 1858 at Whitesville in Ohio Co KY, daughter of Henry C Hand and Keziah Matilda “Kizzy” Griffith (see picture). Frances was apparently abandoned by her father and moved in with Will Rowan's sister Mary E Rowan and Jeff Bell, and eventually moved over to the Tanner household to help out with the Will's young children. For a time in 1870 she was living with the Thomas A Steward family.

      After twenty years of marriage, Frances and Will went down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River, then to AR where they traveled by covered wagon to the Tyronza area where they arrived in 1896. Perhaps on the way they visited Will's Rowan cousins at Shawneetown in Gallatin Co IL since the Illinois clan had kept the family ties for years by visiting the relatives in Ohio Co. When the trip to AR was made, Will's children from his first marriage had all grown, and one daughter had moved to AR about the same time as Will and Frances. On 25 July 1898 Will died at Tyronza of a stroke or heart failure while working in the field on their farm; he is buried in Jonesboro a few miles to the north. Frances, in need of support, moved to Thayer, MO where her son Forrest had just begun working for the railroad. She and her youngest child lived with Forrest at Thayer in 1910, but within 4 years they were back in Jonesboro. Frances lived for many more years a mile south of Jonesboro, but was living with her daughter Mary Elizabeth at Portland, OR in 1920. Frances died at Jonesboro on 11 December 1946. She is buried in the City Cemetery in Jonesboro next to her daughter Rose’s grave. William Rowan had seven children with Frances, making twelve in all-

a.   Ella W Rowan, b 12 Nov 1858

b.   Lydia Maude Rowan, b 30 Nov 1860

c.   Julia Flint Rowan, b 15 Feb 1863

d.   Alexander Harwood Rowan, b 10 Dec 1866

e.   Louis P Rowan, b 15 Jun 1871

f.    Mary Elizabeth Rowan, b 24 Nov 1876

g.   William Andrew Rowan, b 3 Aug 1878

h.   Rose Reed Rowan, b 15 Sep 1880

i.    John Proctor Rowan, b 15 May 1883

j.    Prudence Ione Rowan, b 9 Nov 1885

k.   Forrest S Rowan, b 12 May 1888

m.  Eulah Vienna Esperence Rowan, b 17 Jun 1898

Henry C Hand, and Kizzy Griffith were married at her parent's home in Ohio Co on 12 Jul 1857. Kizzy was also born in KY about 1840, daughter of Isaac Griffith and Matilda Evans from NC. Kizzy and a daughter, Frances' young sister, may have died in a house fire in Ohio Co around 1863, and afterward “Henry abandoned Frances and moved north to Indiana” (Source UR). Henry returned to Ohio Co on the day of Frances' marriage with Will Rowan, but she would not allow him to see her; he left and was never heard from again. (M,GA,UR, GM,MC, MR,OB,N, 475r,476s, 1knmqbd, 28s,3s, 2qrsu,77w, 33f)

      William Andrew Rowan [R2b1b4g], son of William Andrew Rowan and Frances Matilda Hand, was born 3 August 1878 at Owensboro, KY. He married Hattie M Violett in October 1898. William died at Jonesboro, AR on 31 July 1899 of cholera and is buried in Jonesboro. Hattie probably also died at the same time. Hattie’s father and step-mother Julia Frances ____ then raised William’s son Wendell. In 1910 the boy and his grandparents lived at Quannah, Comanche Co OK. What happened to Hattie is not known, but the two most common reasons for the grandparents raising the grandchildren are because the parents died, or one parent died and the other married again. Hattie was born in Ballard Co KY in 1878, daughter of Stephen Hanson Violett and Sarah Elizabeth Parkham. Hattie and William had a son-

1.   Wendell Rowan, b 31 Jul 1899

Hattie’s father married Julia in 1887, so she wasn’t Hattie’s mother. Sarah Elizabeth Parkham and Stephen H Violett married in Ballard Co KY on 15 Nov 1876. Hattie M Violett was a sister of John Lucian Violett. Lucian was born 11 Dec 1883 in KY and lived at Tyronza, AR and in Comanche Co OK. (RE,N,M, 3s,185v,31w,186msu)

      William Atkinson Hill Rowan [R2b3e1], son of John Rowan Jr and Rebecca Cairns, was born in 1837 (age 22 in 1860) at the Federal Hill home in Bardstown, KY. He was a hot tempered and impulsive young man, and when young he worked as a clerk in the Louisville Chancery Court, a job obtained for him by his uncle William P Boone. William borrowed against his share of his inheritance to outfit himself for the war, and enlisted in the Confederacy on 23 April 1861 at Louisville. He remained for the duration of the Civil War, and was wounded twice. He was promoted to the rank of captain after three months, and later was made a colonel.

      After the war ended, William was elected Co court clerk of Nelson Co for three terms (Bardstown is the county seat). He married his childhood sweetheart Nancy Hanks Hardin in Nelson Co on 20 September 1877, at the age of 40. She was born about 1844 in Fleming Co, daughter of Rowan Hardin and Eliza Cardwell, and lived in Fleming Co prior to her marriage. William was a lawyer when he married. He and Nancy lived at Bardstown in 1880, but later lived at Nashville for years. In 1897 he was living in WA State in Clallam Co. William was lost at sea and presumed drowned in 1900. They had two children-

a.   Benjamin Hardin Rowan, b 31 Oct 1878

b.   Rebecca B Rowan, b Mar 1880 (57, 63,LL, BH, 6u, 4qms)

      William Cooper Rowan [R2b1a], son of Stephen Rowan and Katherine Reid, was born in October 1794 in Hardin (now Ohio) Co. He married Abigail J Barnett on or soon after 24 December 1829 in Ohio Co. Considering the birth date of William's son Lucian, Abbie must have been a second wife. She was born in Ohio Co on 22 February 1803, daughter of Joseph Barnett and Jean Barnett, and died 23 November 1844; Will died 4 February 1879 and both are buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery near Heflin. There is an Ohio Co marriage record for a “William Rowan” on 23 December 1828 to Mahala Miller; the bond was paid by William Miller. Although the marriage date does not agree with Lucian's birth date, this marriage must be noted. William had seven children, all born in Ohio Co, and he was a slave owner (see below)-

1.   Lucian B Rowan, b 26 Feb 1826

2.   Josephine Rowan, b 1830-1832

3.   John Alex Rowan, b 14 Oct 1833

4.   William Joseph Rowan, b 1836

5.   Anna E Rowan, b 25 Mar 1839

6.   Sarah Isabelle Rowan, b 26 Mar 1841

7.   Abigail J Rowan, b 12 Nov 1844

Joseph Barnett and Jean Barnett were cousins and were the first couple to be married in Ohio Co.

William C Rowan had slaves, as of 27 August 1850, and his slaves of 9 August 1860 are in the second column; note that William C Rowan had two farms in 1860, one in McLean Co and one in Ohio Co. McLean Co was split from Ohio Co in 1854, so there could be just one farm straddling the new county line:

1 Black female, age 45

1 Black female, age 42

1 Black male, age 28             age 38, in McLean Co

1 Black females, age 17        age 30

1 Black females, age 17        age 30

1 Black male, age 17

1 Black male, age 15

1 Black male, age 13

1 Black female                      age 23

1 Black males, age 12           age 22

1 Black males, age 12           age 21

1 Black male, age 9

1 Black female, age 8            age 20

1 Black male, age 6               age 16

1 Black male, age 4               age 16

1 Black female, age 3            age 15

1 Black female, age 1            age 11

1 Mulatto female, age 1        age 10 and Black

1 Black male, age 4 mo

1 Black female, age 22

1 Black male, age 1               age 12

Whether Black or Mulatto was noted in the assumption that William C Rowan might be the father of any Mulatto slave. The above list was as taken as the census taker listed them; it is assumed that these people were shown in family groups, especially of those under age 10 or so. (58,65, 76,LL,1jkmnqrc)

      William E Rowan [H1d8c], son of Henry Stephen Rowan and Daisy Reeters (Retus?), was born 17 September 1913 at Pettit, Daviess Co KY, and died 3 February 1992 at Indianapolis, IN. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. William married Georgia Ida Pry on 22 March 1935 at Owensboro. She was born 17 November 1914 at Utica, Daviess Co KY, daughter of Walker Pry and Julia Wright, and died 30 December 1982 at Owensboro. Georgia was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro. William and Georgia must have divorced because she married R C McFarland on 23 March 1940 in Daviess Co. William served in the US Army from 12 September 1942 through 9 February 1946, and was discharged as a Sergeant. William and Georgia had a daughter-

      William E Rowan [H1d8f3], son of Ellis Rowan and Georgia Ann Hayden, was born 26 May 1945 in Daviess Co KY. He married Earleen _____, and married Alma L Shelton on 21 June 1998 in Daviess Co, Ky. William and Earleen had a child, and with Alma he had two-

a.   Kew L Rowan, b May 1977 (3P)

b.   James M Rowan, b Jul 1979 (3P)

c.   Ricco D Rowan, b Jul 1980 (3P) (WW,3b)

      William Gayden Rowan [R2b1b5c6], son of Stephen Oscar Rowan and Flora Adeline Carson, was born 29 May 1900 in Ohio Co KY and died 23 February 1901. He is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. (58,SR, GA)

      William Hamilton Rowan [R2b3e1a1], son of Benjamin Hardin Rowan and Alice Buttorff, was born 8 October 1903 in the Nashville, TN area. He attended Vanderbilt University and married Elizabeth Lowery of Hopkinsville, Christian Co KY. She was born 30 May 1902, and in 2000 was living in Nashville. William was an engineering professor at Vanderbilt University. He died in May 1974 at Nashville, and Elizabeth died there on 1 April 2000. They had two sons-

a.   William Hamilton Rowan Jr, b 1933

b.   Ben Hardin Rowan II, b 1938 (LL,BH,Z, 49Pw)

      William Hamilton Rowan Jr [R2b3e1a1a], son of William Hamilton Rowan and Elizabeth Lowery, was born in 1933 in TN. He first married Nancy Caldwell, and after two children married Sarah Connely from Cedar Hill, TN. Sarah was born in July 1929. They were living in Nashville in 2006. William is a computer science professor at Vanderbilt University. His two children are-

1.   Elizabeth Rowan

2.   William H Rowan III (BH,49P)

      William H Rowan III [R2b3e1a1a2], son of William Hamilton Rowan Jr and Nancy Caldwell, lives in Nashville, TN. He was not married as of 1988. (BH)

      William Henry Rowan was born 23 April 1890 in Daviess Co KY and died 21 December 1954 at Owensboro. He married and outlived his wife. His death records says his mother was Mary Walls. (WW)

      William Joseph Rowan [R2b1a4], son of William Cooper Rowan and Abigail J Barnett, was born in 1836 in Ohio Co KY. He died on 5 December 1898 and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery. William J never married. (RN, 1knqpc)

      William Lytle Rowan [R2b3c], son of John Rowan and Agnes Anne Lytle, was born 2 December 1802 at Frankfort, KY. He married Eliza Boyce of Harrodsburg in September 1826 in Mercer Co, but lived in Nelson Co just before he married. She was a daughter of R Boyce. William posted the bond for and witnessed the marriage of George Robinson and Eliza Hunter on 30 April 1827 in Nelson Co. While on a trip to Washington D.C., they stopped at his father's home at Bardstown, and became victims of the cholera epidemic that killed so many of his close relatives. William died at Federal Hill at 3:00 pm on 27 July 1833, and Eliza the day before William. They are buried at Federal Hill. They had no children. (LL,57,59, 63,73, 78, 282m)

      Willie Rowena Rowan [R2b1b9c], daughter of John Butler Rowan and Martha Corilla Bennett, was born 6 April 1875 in Ohio Co KY. She died 3 September 1895, unmarried, and is buried in Woodwards Valley Church Cemetery at Heflin. (MM,HT, RN,1cs)

      Wilma T Rowan [R2b1b9d3], daughter of Samuel Pendleton Rowan and Louanna J Ford, was born 7 November 1914 in Ohio Co KY. She married George Summers and they lived at St Louis, MO. Wilma died near St Louis at Valley Park on 5 July 1996. George was born 12 August 1912 and also died at Valley Park, in November 1977. They had two sons. (HT,Z,1pb)

      Zulu Rowan [H1e2], daughter of James Rowan and Ellen Rock, was born in 1872 in Ohio Co KY. (1s)

      Addie A Royce [R2g9d1b], daughter of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born in 1870 in Mecosta Co MI. (122s)

      Albert Alonzo Royce [R2g9d1j], son of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born 15 June 1891 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI. He died in November 1962. (M,Z,122buv)

      Charles Henry Royce [R2g9d1c], son of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born 13 November 1871 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI, and probably died by 1900 since he was not found after 1880. There were two birth records for Charles Henry Royce; the other one was on 13 November 1872. The earlier one is probably the correct one since the next child born was William, on 8 June 1873. (122bs)

      Clarence E Royce [R2g9d1f], son of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born in June 1877 in Mecosta Co MI. He lived at Cadillac, Wexford Co in 1910 and had married Lou Lavern Fellows on 27 June 1906 at Hinton, Mecosta Co. She was born at Otisco, Ionia Co MI on 15 January 1878, daughter of George W Fellows and Susan McClellan. They had no children by 1910, but by 1920 had two-

1.   Mona L Royce, b 1913 (229wf)

2.   Delos C Royce (son), b 11 Dec 1914, died 6 August 1991 at Cadillac, Wexford Co. (Z,MId, 229wf) (201s,122sum, 229vwf)

      Etta L Royce [R2g9d1g], daughter of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born 6 October 1879 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI. (122bsu)

      Fredrick Lindley Royce [R2g9d1e], son of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born 8 August 1875 in Mecosta Co MI. Fred married Phoebe E Stafford on 24 December 1905 at Hinton, Mecosta Co and they lived at Millbrook in 1910. In September 1918 they lived in neighboring Isabella Co, but in 1920 Fred lived at Detroit, was still married, but Phoebe was not with him. They had apparently separated, then divorced after 1920, because “Phoebe E Stafford Royce” married Roy Tiffany at Stanton, Montcalm Co on 26 November 1924. Fred was then a tool maker for an auto factory. In 1930 he worked as a driver for an ice plant. Phoebe was born at Bridgewater, Williams Co OH in December 1883, daughter of Eugene Stafford and Josephine VanCurler, and in 1900 lived a few doors from Fred at Millbrook. Phoebe and Fred had a son-

1.   Orville F Royce, b 1907 at Millbrook, MI. (122v)

Phoebe’s son from her first marriage to Clyde Orr was Ralph R Orr, born in 1902 in MI. Ralph married Pearl Elmdorf at Stanton, Montcalm Co on 26 November 1924, the same day that his mother Phoebe married for the third time. (M, 230s,122sumv,238m,148wf)

      George W Royce [R2g9d1d6], son of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born 15 March 1910 at Roland, Isabella Co MI. He died in the Muskegon, MI area on 8 December 1995. (Z,123v, 122w)

      Herbert Lee Royce [R2g9d1d2], son of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born 9 January 1900 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI. In 1918 he lived at Blanchard, Isabella Co. Herbert married Pearl _____ about 1922 and in 1930 they lived at Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Co. Pearl was born in 1904 in MI. They had three children by 1930, all born in MI-

a.   Erwin Royce, b 1923 (231f)

b.   Neoma Royce, b 1925 (231f)

c.   Donald Royce, b 1929 (231f) (M,123v, 122uw, 231f)

      Mildred Pearl Royce [R2g9d1d3], daughter of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born 12 July 1902 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co. She was shown as a son in 1910, and normally used her middle name during her lifetime. (W,123v, 122w)

      Miles Delbert Royce [R2g9d1d5], son of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born 21 July 1907 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI. He married Dorothy M _____ about 1929 and they lived at Muskegon Heights, MI, as did his brother Herbert. Dorothy was born in MI on 27 July 1911, and died at Muskegon on 18 August 1999. Miles died on 1 December 1961 at Muskegon. He worked in a foundry at Muskegon in 1930, as did his father. They had a daughter-

a.   Shirley M Royce, b Jan 1930 at Muskegon Heights, MI. (231f) (Z,W, 123v,122w,231f)

      Nora E Royce [R2g9d1h], daughter of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born in 1881 in Mecosta Co MI, and was not married by 1910; she was an epileptic, and was overlooked by the 1900 census taker. (122v)

      Opal Royce [R2g9d1d4], daughter of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born and died about 1904 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI. (W,123v)

      Ruby Ethel Royce [R2g9d1d1], daughter of William Frances Royce and Georgiana Fellows, was born 21 May 1898 at Millbrook, Mecosta Co. (122bu, 123v)

      Ruth Royce [R2g9d1i], daughter of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born in May 1886 in Mecosta Co MI. (122u)

      William Frances Royce [R2g9d1d], son of Sarah Sophronia Wolcott and James Edwin Royce, was born 8 June 1873 in Mecosta Co MI. He married Georgiana Fellows on 22 June 1897. In 1900 they lived at Millbrook, but moved to Isabella Co soon after. In 1910 and at least until September 1918 they still lived in Isabella Co. In 1920 they were living at Millbrook again. Georgiana was born at Otisco, Ionia Co MI on 17 May 1879, daughter of George W Fellows and Susan McClellan, and died at Muskegon, Muskegon Co MI on 5 November 1977. Georgiana was a sister of Lou Fellows who married Frank’s brother Clarence E Royce. William Francis normally used the nickname Frank. In the 1920s they moved to Muskegon Heights, Muskegon Co and Frank had a job working in a foundry, instead of farming. He died at Muskegon on 22 October 1940. By 1910 they had six children, all born in MI-

1.   Ruby Ethel Royce, b 21 May 1898

2.   Herbert Lee Royce, b 9 Jan 1900

3.   Mildred Pearl Royce, b 12 Jul 1902

4.   Opal Royce, b abt 1904

5.   Miles Delbert Royce, b 21 Jul 1907

6.   George W Royce, b 15 Mar 1910 (M,Z,W, 122sw, 231fd)

      Anne Wilson Rudersdorf [R2c5b3c2a], daughter of Florence Ray Wilson and William Morris Rudersdorf, was born 11 January 1932 at Houston, TX. She married Leo Herbert Stakemiller Jr and they lived at Houston. He was born at Houston on 19 June 1927, son of Leo Herbert Stakemiller and Lola Minnie Harlow. Anne and Herbert Jr had three children, all born at Houston-

1.   Leo Herbert Stakemiller III, b 1 May 1954 (89b)

2.   Stephen Andrew Stakemiller, b 3 May 1957 (89b)

3.   Susan Lynn Stakemiller, b 11 Feb 1959 (89b) (89b)

      William Morrison Rudersdorf Jr [R2c5b3c2b], daughter of Florence Ray Wilson and William Morris Rudersdorf, was born 31 July 1948 at Houston, TX. He married Toni R Rail at Houston on 22 September 1982. Toni was born in November 1947. They lived at Houston in 2007. There is a marriage record for William and Elizabeth Ann Harnel at Fort Bend on 27 September 1968, but that ended in divorce ten years later. (89bmP, 609m)

      Alvin LaMar Rummer [R2g1b3e1], son of John Clifford Rummer and Nancy M _____, was born 5 January 1885 at Benezette, Elk Co PA. He married Claire _____ in 1917. She was born 14 March 1898 in PA. Alvin was a physical education school teacher. In 1930 they lived at Forty Fort, Luzerne Co and in the 1940s they lived at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co. He was still working for the school district there in the 1940s. Alvin died in October 1962 and Claire in November 1978. They had three children by 1930-

a.   June Rummer, b 1918 (125w,127f)

b.   Louise Rummer, b Nov 1919 (125w,127f)

c.   Alvin Rummer Jr, b 1922 (127f) (M,Z, 125uvw, 127f)

      Amanda Rummer [R2g1b3a], daughter of Phoebe J Munn and Andrew Jackson Rummer, was born in January 1853 in PA, probably in Elk Co. She married John Raymond Gardner about 1872. John was born in 1842 in Province Que, Canada of parents from Scotland, and he was a lumberman at Jay, Elk Co PA in 1880. Amanda married again, to Eli Blackman in 1887 and they lived at Benezette, Elk Co. He was a foreman at a saw mill. Eli was born in May 1856 in PA. They had no children, but with John she had two-

1.   James Raymond Gardner, b 19 Apr 1873

2.   Grace Ellen Gardner, b 15 Mar 1874

Living next door in 1880 was Amanda’s first cousin Wilburn Munn [R2g1b1c] (born PA in 1854) with wife Adaline (born PA in 1858), and two children. (W,115q, 125su)

      Betty L Rummer [R2g1b3e4], daughter of John Clifford Rummer and Cuba Cutura Bulock, was born in 1920 at Flemington, Clinton Co PA. (119f)

      Ellen Launa Rummer [R2g1b3c], daughter of Phoebe J Munn and Andrew Jackson Rummer, was born 2 April 1860 in Elk Co PA and died 28 October 1950 at Medix Run, Elk Co. She married David Foster Chase about 1876 and they lived at Benezette, Elk Co for years. He was born 18 March 1851 at Rock Hill, PA, eldest child of Milton Chase and Lorana _____ (Mead?), and died 13 November 1917 at Medix Run, Elk Co. They had eleven children with seven still alive in 1900, and sixteen children by 1910 with ten alive. Some children who died young may have been twins. All were born in Elk Co PA-

1.   child Chase, b & d 1876-1880 (125u)

2.   child Chase, b & d 1876-1880 (125u)

3.   Claude Alvernon Chase, b 10 Apr 1881

4.   Milton M Chase, b Sep 1883

5.   Charles Clarence Chase, b 18 Apr 1886

6.   John Clifford Chase, b 18 May 1889

7.   child Chase, b & d 1876-1900 (125u)

8.   Emery Harrison Chase, b 14 Jun 1893

9.   Phyra M Chase, b Oct 1894

10. child Chase, b & d 1876-1900 (125u)

11. Hall James Chase, b 20 Dec 1899

12. Edwin J Chase, b 16 Mar 1902

13. child Chase, b & d 1900-1910 (125v)

14. child Chase, b & d 1900-1910 (125v)

15. child Chase, b & d 1900-1910 (125v)

16. child Chase, b & d 1900-1910 (125v)

Granddaughter Phyra E Chase lived with Ellen and her two youngest sons in 1920. Phyra was born in 1905 in PA. (W,115q, 125nquvwf)

      Emma Loretta Rummer [R2g1b3b], daughter of Phoebe J Munn and Andrew Jackson Rummer, was born in 1855 at Jay, Elk Co. She was named after her mother’s younger sister. Emma married a Mr Chase, and married Harry English. It is also likely that she (or her older sister Amanda?) had a daughter named Mary J, then married again. Mary J was a granddaughter left to Emma’s mother Phoebe to raise-

1.   Mary J ____ (Chase? / English?), b Nov 1879 (W,115q)

      Jennifer Rummer [R2g1b3d], daughter of Phoebe J Munn and Andrew Jackson Rummer, was born in 1866 in Elk Co PA. (W)

      John Clifford Rummer [R2g1b3e], son of Phoebe J Munn and Andrew Jackson Rummer, was born 13 January 1868 in Elk Co PA and died 16 August 1944. In 1900 he lived at Benezette, Elk Co and worked in a saw mill. He had married Nancy M _____ about 1885. She was born in March 1867 in PA and died in the 1910s. John then married Cuba Cutura Bulock. This was her second marriage also. She was born at Castanea, Clinton Co PA in December 1876, daughter of Joseph Bulock and Margaret T _____, and had first married about 1901 when she was age 24. John and Nancy had two children by 1910 and were then living next door to his mother. John and Cuba lived at Flemington, Clinton Co PA and had two children, making four in all-

1.   Alvin LaMar Rummer, b 5 Jan 1885

2.   Marzella E Rummer, b Jul 1896

3.   W Vance Rummer, b 18 Oct 1916

4.   Betty L Rummer, b 1920

Joseph Bulock was a Private in the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. He was born 1841 and died in 1891 and was buried in Flemington Cemetery next to Margaret. (W,125suv, 119sufc)

      Marzella E Rummer [R2g1b3e2], daughter of John Clifford Rummer and Nancy M _____, was born in July 1896 in Elk Co PA. (125uv)

      W Vance Rummer [R2g1b3e3], son of John Clifford Rummer and Cuba Cutura Bulock, was born 18 October 1916 at Flemington, Clinton Co PA, and died at Lock Haven, Clinton Co on 2 February 1992. (Z,119wf)

      John Dayton Salmon [R2b1b2f6a], son of Edna Bell and Napoleon B Salmon, was born 1 November 1918 in McLean Co KY, and married late in life. He died in Clark Co on 6 October 1974 but lived in Daviess Co then. He was buried beside his parents in Rose Hill Cemetery at Owensboro, KY. (HT,Z, 2b, 3c, KYd)

      Charles S Sanders [R2g1c2i], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in November 1872 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA, but grew up in Missaukee Co MI. He lived in Isabella Co MI in 1900 with his widowed mother and sister Florence, and was then a barber. Charles married Mrs Alma Cameron in 1905 and in 1910 they lived at Rolland, Isabella Co. Alma was born in MI in 1875 and was a milliner (ran a women’s hat shop). She had a son Ernest Cameron, born in 1891, from her first marriage. (W,275s,123v)

      Clarence R Sanders [R2g1c2e4], son of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born in 1903 in Mecosta Co MI. (122v)

      Cora Sanders [R2g1c2e1],daughter son of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born in September 1893 in Mecosta Co MI. (122uv)

      Florence Sanders [R2g1c2e5], daughter of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born in 1903 in Mecosta Co MI. (122v)

      Florence Amelia Sanders [R2g1c2c], daughter of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born 27 April 1853 (age 18 in 1870, 46 in 1900) at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA. She married Samuel Spencer in July 1869 and at first lived at Orangetown, Rockland Co NY where he was a school teacher. In 1880 they lived at Kalkaska, Kalkaska Co MI, and he was then a religious minister. From the various birth places of their children, Samuel must have been a traveling preacher. He was born in NJ in 1837. In 1900 Florence lived at Rolland, Isabella Co and was then a widow; she lived with her widowed mother and her youngest son in 1900 (on June 13). Florence was also picked up on the 1900 census living with her son Herbert at Chicago, IL (on June 8). Florence died in Los Angeles, CA on 12 September 1947. Two of her daughters had married and moved there. Her six children were all living in 1900-

1.   Herbert L Spencer, b Sep 1871

2.   May Spencer, b 28 Feb 1873

3.   Nellie W Spencer, b 16 Sep 1876

4.   Fletcher Spencer, b Oct 1879

5.   Harry Spencer, b Mar 1884

6.   Vincent M Spencer, b Mar 1889

7.   Mollie Spencer, b Mar 1890 (CAd, 114q, 278r, 276s,123u, 55u)

      Glenn A Sanders [R2g1c2a2a]. son of Walter Avery Sanders and Daisy S _____, was born 24 September 1915 in MI. He died 27 July 2002 at Zephyrhills, Pasco Co FL. Glenn enlisted in the US Army at Kalamazoo on 18 April 1941, and at that time was single, and was an auto serviceman in Mecosta Co. (Z,M, 122wf)

      Horace E Sanders [R2g1c2a], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in May 1848 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA. He moved to Pioneer, Missaukee Co MI in the late 1870s. He had married Parris V Gleason in 1872 in PA. She was born in PA in May 1847. Horace died 4 June 1915, probably at Caldwell, Missaukee Co where he lived in 1910, and was buried in Lake City Cemetery. Percess died by 1910, probably in Missaukee Co. They had three children by 1910; all grew up in MI-

1.   Maggie Bell Sanders, b 1874

2.   Walter Avery Sanders, b 2 Mar 1875

3.   Iver D Sanders, b 28 Nov 1891 (W,114nqr, 275suvc)

      Iver D Sanders [R2g1c2a3], son of Horace E Sanders and Parris V Gleason, was born 28 November 1891 at Pioneer, Missaukee Co MI. He was married by June 1917 and was a grocery store clerk then at Reeder. In 1920 he and his wife Hattie M _____ lived at Lake City, Missaukee Co; in 1930 they lived at Reeder. Hattie was born in PA in 1890. In 1942 they were living at Windham Twp, Bradford Co PA. They had a daughter-

a.   Viola M Sanders, b Nov 1918 in Missaukee Co MI. (275wf) (M,275uvwf)

      Johanna Sanders [R2g1c2e7], daughter of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born in 1908 in Mecosta Co MI. (122v)

      John Sanders [R2g1c2d], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was probably born in the 1850s in Bradford Co PA, and died young. He never showed on any census record. (W,275s)

      John Lake Sanders [R2g1c2e3], son of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born 30 May 1900 in Mecosta Co MI. He was a section man for the P M Railroad in 1918 at Blanchard, Isabella Co. In 1930 he was a druggist living at St Johns, Clinton Co MI and had married Edith R _____ in 1924. She was born in MI in 1898. John died at St Johns in May 1968. They had a son-

a.   Robert R Sanders, b 1927in MI. (268f) (M, Z,122uv,268f)

      Joseph M Sanders [R2g1c2e], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in March 1859 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA. Joseph lived at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI in 1900 and 1910. He had married Maggie _____ about 1893. She was born in OH in November 1867. They had three children by 1900, all born in MI-

1.   Cora Sanders, b Sep 1893

2.   Robert Erwin Sanders, b 2 Jun 1898

3.   John Lake Sanders, b 30 May 1900

4.   Clarence R Sanders, b 1903

5.   Florence Sanders, b 1903

6.   Joseph Sanders, b 1908

7.   Johanna Sanders, b 1908

Joseph’s brother Raphael lived next door in 1900. (W,114r,275s, 122u)

      Joseph Sanders [R2g1c2e6], son of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born in 1908 in Mecosta Co MI. (122v)

      Kenneth W Sanders [R2g1c2a2b]. son of Walter Avery Sanders and Daisy S _____, was born 8 June 1918 in MI and died in Mecosta Co on 14 September 2002. (Z,122wf)

      Maggie Bell Sanders [R2g1c2a1], daughter of Horace E Sanders and Parris V Gleason, was born in 1874 in Bradford Co PA. She grew up in MI and married Martin Iverson on 16 September 1891 at Pioneer, Missaukee Co MI, and died 6 December 1899 in Missaukee Co. She was buried in Lake City Cemetery. Martin was born in December 1863 in Norway, son of Iver Iverson and Jennie Hansen. In 1900 he was a widower living with Maggie’s parents at Pioneer. Martin married again, on 24 November 1904, to Jessie A Truax and lived with her at Reeder, Missaukee Co. Jessie was born in MI in 1884, daughter of Salathial Truax and Nancy Miller. Martin died 24 September 1919 and was also buried in Lake City Cemetery. Jessie later married a Mr L C Barlow in 1924. Maggie had two daughters-

a.   Bertha Enid Iverson, b Feb 1893

b.   Grace Maggie Iverson, b Dec 1894

Martin and Jessie also had children. One was an unnamed infant who died in 1912 and was buried with Martin. His other children with Jessie were: Clyde M, born 1907; Clarence S, born 1908; Earl L, born 1909; Iva G, born 1915; and Charles W, born 1916. (275smuvwc)

      Nathan Sanders [R2g1c2b], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in October 1850 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA. He was shown in the 1850 census, age 1/12; the census taker came late, in early November. (W,114nqr,275s)

      Raphael H Sanders [R2g1c2f], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in May 1862 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA. He lived next door to his brother Joseph at Millbrook, Mecosta Co MI in 1900. Rafael had married Cora Davis at Millbrook on 8 December 1890, but in 1900 he was single again. He married again to Margaret Leona Moore [R2g9d4b] on 15 May 1905 at Millbrook and they lived at Rolland, Isabella Co MI in 1910. Cora was born in 1864. Margaret was born in MI in 1878, daughter of Betsey Estella Wolcott [R2g9d4] and Robert H Moore, and was Raphael’s third cousin. Raphael worked for the track department for the railroad. They had no children by 1910. (W,114r,275s, 122u,123v)

      Robert Erwin Sanders [R2g1c2e2], son of Joseph M Sanders and Maggie _____, was born 2 June 1898 in Mecosta Co MI. He was an automobile mechanic in 1918 and lived at Blanchard, Isabella Co. (M,122uv)

      Walter Avery Sanders [R2g1c2a2], son of Horace E Sanders and Parris V Gleason, was born 2 March 1875 in Bradford Co PA and grew up in Missaukee Co MI. He married Daisy S _____ about 1914 and they settled at Green, Mecosta Co MI by September 1918. Daisy was born in MI in 1880, daughter of a father from Scotland and a mother from England. Walter died in Mecosta Co in the 1920s and Daisy remained at Green. They had two sons, both born in MI-

a.   Glenn A Sanders, b 24 Sep 1915

b.   Kenneth W Sanders, b 8 Jun 1918 (M, 275suv, 122wf)

      Warren Sanders [R2g1c2h], son of Jerusha Munn and Robert Sanders, was born in October 1869 at Litchfield, Bradford Co PA, and died in the 1870s. (114r)

      David Keith Schmidt [R2b1b2a6a1b], son of Dennis Keith Schmidt and Jo Ann Young, was born 13 January 1977 at Marietta, GA. (OB)

      Dennis Keith Schmidt [R2b1b2a6a1], son of Lydia Ernestine Bell and Keith Gelpin Schmidt, was born 16 December 1943 in IL. He married Jo Ann Young on 27 March 1967. She was born at Tampa, FL on 28 August 1946, daughter of David Young and Marjorie _____. They were living in Marietta, GA in 1981. In 2006 Dennis and his daughter lived at Cumming, Forsyth Co GA. He and Jo Ann had two children-

a.   Janna Elizabeth Schmidt, b 21 Aug 1973

b.   David Keith Schmidt, b 13 Jan 1977 (OB, 187P)

      Janna Elizabeth Schmidt [R2b1b2a6a1a], daughter of Dennis Keith Schmidt and Jo Ann Young, was born 21 August 1973 at Marietta, GA. She lived at Cumming, Forsyth Co GA in 2006. (OB,187P)

      Patricia Jane Schmidt [R2b1b2a6a3], daughter of Lydia Ernestine Bell and Keith Gelpin Schmidt, was born 26 July 1956. She married Gary Joe Suitt on 25 July 1981. (OB)

      Ronald Bruce Schmidt [R2b1b2a6a2], son of Lydia Ernestine Bell and Keith Gelpin Schmidt, was born 12 June 1951 in IL. (OB)

      Gordon Boone Scott [R2b3a1a4a], son of Anna May Boone and James Lee Scott, was born 6 November 1897 at Saratoga Springs, NY, and lived there into the 1910s. He married Natalie Powell Garvey on 7 December 1929 at NY City. Gordon died at Westhampton Beach, Suffolk Co NY in May 1978. They had a daughter-

1.   Natalie Powell Scott, b 1 Nov 1930 (LL, Z, 66uv)

      Natalie Powell Scott [R2b3a1a4a1] daughter of Gordon Boone Scott and Natalie Powell Garvey, was born 1 November 1930, probably in NY City. (LL)

      Ella Scroggs [R2c4a2e2], daughter of Margaret Cherry and Calvin S Scroggs, was born in December 1872 (age 58 in 1930) at Carthage, Panola Co TX. She moved to Navarro Co about 1879, and married Alonzo “Lonnie” Noble about 1889. They remained at Kerens, Navarro Co into the 1930s. Lonnie was born in Navarro Co in February 1867, son of William Pittman Noble and Eliza Owen. He was a grocery merchant in their early years of marriage, but in 1920 he was a newspaper manager and owner. He retired by 1930. Lonnie died at Kerens on 9 June 1930. Ella died at Austin on 30 June 1957. She and Lonnie had six children with five children still alive in 1910, all born at Kerens, Navarro Co TX-

a.   Calvin Nelson Noble, b 28 Aug 1890

b.   child Noble, b & d 1890s. (382uv)

c.   Marvin C Noble, b 9 May 1895

d.   William Geddess Noble, b Jul 1897

e.   Percy Alonzo Noble, b 11 Sep 1899

f.    Marguerite E Noble, b 1904 (W,382Nsuvf, 409d)

      Geddes Scroggs [R2c4a2e1], daughter of Margaret Cherry and Calvin S Scroggs, was born 27 September 1865 at Carthage, Panola Co TX, and moved to Navarro Co when she was age 15. She lived at Keatchie, Desoto Par LA when she was a girl, but was at Kerens, TX in 1880. Geddes died 4 January 1942 at home at Corsicana, Navarro Co and was buried in Restland Cemetery at Kerens with her husband. Geddess was named after her father’s brother James Geddes Scroggs. Geddes married William Noble in 1885 and they lived at Kerens. He was born 5 January 1863 in Navarro Co, son of William Pittman Noble and Eliza Owen, and died 16 September 1905 at Kerens. Geddes was a widow living at Kerens in 1910, and her mother, also a widow, lived with Geddes. In 1930 Geddes lived with her daughter Neita at Corsicana. They had six children, all born at Kerens, with just three still alive in 1900 and 1910-

a.   child Noble, b & d 1880s (382uv)

b.   Arthur Lee Noble, b 15 Sep 1886

c.   Neita Noble, b 10 Jun 1892

d.   child Noble, b & d 1885-1900 (382uv)

e.   William S Noble Jr, b 21 Nov 1895

f.    child Noble, b & d 1885-1900 (W,365r, 382Nsuvfdc)

      Marshall Godfrey Seibel Jr [R2g1a2c1c], son of Ruth Garvin Robinson and Marshall Godfrey Seibel, was probably born in the 1930s or early 1940s at St Louis, MO. (RR)

      Mary Garvin Seibel [R2g1a2c1a], daughter of Ruth Garvin Robinson and Marshall Godfrey Seibel, was probably born in the 1930s or early 1940s at St Louis, MO. (RR)

      Nicholas John Seibel III [R2g1a2c1b], son of Ruth Garvin Robinson and Marshall Godfrey Seibel, was probably born in the 1930s or early 1940s at St Louis, MO. (RR)

      Medrith Merrill Seymour [R2b1a1a2c1], daughter of Frances Ioma Fielden and Frank Merrill Seymour, was born 30 May 1936 in Little Rock, AR. She married Alton Larry Douglass on 11 February 1955 at Little Rock. He was born at Little Rock on 25 January 1935, son of Alton Jennings Douglass and Renee Jewell Joiner. Alton is an IBM systems engineer. They live at Woodbridge, Virginia and have two children-

a.   Christopher Alton Douglass, b 9 Jun 1958

b.   Kathleen Dawn Douglass, b 13 Sep 1961 (MS,W)

      Wilburn P Shaffer [R2g1b1e2], son of Iantha Munn and _____ Shaffer, was born 11 February 1890 at Challenge, Elk Co PA. In June 1917 he was a mine worker in Elk Co. When he registered for the WW I draft, he went by the name William, not Wilburn. In 1920 he was a motorman for the small coal trains in the coal mines. He was not married then. (M,W, 115u,125w)

      John Carl Shannon [R2g2d3b5], son of Caroline Evaline Wolcott and Patrick Joseph Shannon, was born 3 February 1907 at Athens, Bradford Co PA. John died 13 October 1966 of heart failure at Sayre. He had married Dorothy D Stroud. She was born 8 September 1916 at Athens, daughter of Frank Stroud and Cora Ellis, and died at Sayre on 28 June 1993. Both were buried in Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens. (W,Z, 114vwfc)

      Marjorie H Shannon [R2g2d3b2], daughter of Caroline Evaline Wolcott and Patrick Joseph Shannon, was born in August 1898 at Athens, Bradford Co PA, and was not married by 1930. (114uvwf)

      Maurice Wolcott Shannon [R2g2d3b1], son of Caroline Evaline Wolcott and Patrick Joseph Shannon, was born 25 January 1895 at Athens, Bradford Co PA. He was a lineman for the telephone company in June 1917 and married Velma A _____ in 1928. She was born in PA in 1908 and they lived at Athens into the 1940s. She was Velma A in the 1930 census and Velma S on her husband’s draft registration information. Maurice died in 1965 and was buried in Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens. His gravestone says his birth year was 1898, in error; his actual birth date was taken from his WW I and WW II draft cards. Census information consistently puts his birth year as 1895. They had son-

a.   Terrance S Shannon, b 13 Mar 1930 (M, 114uvwf)

      Maxwell J Shannon [R2g2d3b3], son of Caroline Evaline Wolcott and Patrick Joseph Shannon, was born in 1901 at Athens, Bradford Co PA and died at Athens on 25 August 1902 of pneumonia. He is buried in Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens. His gravestone says “son of Pat J & Carrie.” (114vcd)

      Parker M Shannon [R2g2d3b4], son of Caroline Evaline Wolcott and Patrick Joseph Shannon, was born in 1903 at Athens, Bradford Co PA. He died 10 December 1960 at Johnson City, NY and was buried in Tioga Point Cemetery at Athens. (114vwfc)

      Terrance S Shannon [R2g2d3b1a], son of Maurice Wolcott Shannon and Velma A _____, was born 13 March 1930 at Athens, Bradford Co PA, and died 18 February 2003 at Newport Richey, Pasco Co FL. (Z,114f)

      George Frederick Sharp [R2c4e6a2], son of Rosalee Armstrong and William Beverly Sharp, was born 30 June 1895 at San Francisco, CA. In 1900 he lived with his aunt Caroline Armstrong and uncle Amos Zeigler at Branciforte, Santa Cruz Co CA, and lived with his uncle Edgar Armstrong at Oakland, CA in 1910. In June 1917 he was married, lived at Berkeley, and was a student at Berkeley University. In 1920 he was a clerk at the Oakland ship yard. George married Carol E Marcus (1920 and 1930 wife’s name), and Corrine _____ (1942 wife’s name). Carole was born in CA in 1898. In 1942 he and his wife lived at Berkeley and he was an attorney. He and Carol had two children by 1920, both born at Berkeley or Oakland, then another four daughters born at Oakland in the 1920s-

a.   George Frederick Sharp Jr, b 20 May 1917

b.   Winifred W Sharp, b 22 Aug 1918

c.   Olive M Sharp, b 1 Sep 1920

d.   Vivian E Sharp, b 13 Feb 1922

e.   Ida Laverne Sharp, b 2 Jul 1925

f.    Lois Adele Sharp, b 2 Oct 1926 (M,534u, 535vw)

      George Frederick Sharp Jr [R2c4e6a2a], son of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 20 May 1917 in Alameda Co, probably at Berkeley since his father was a university student there at the time. He married, then on 18 November 1941 he enlisted in the US Army at San Francisco, just a month before the Pacific campaign of WW II started. (M,535bwf)

      Ida Laverne Sharp [R2c4e6a2e], daughter of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 2 July 1925 at Oakland, CA, never married and died in Contra Costa Co on 11 August 1992. (CAd,535bf)

      Lillian Delores Sharp [R2c4e6a1b], daughter of William Beverly Sharp Jr and Lillian Thomas, was born 3 December 1920 at San Francisco, CA. She married a Mr Cary and died at San Diego on 29 March 1991. She had a son-

1.   William Edward Cary, b 28 Jul 1945 at San Diego, CA. (65b) (CAd,536bf)

      Lois Adele Sharp [R2c4e6a2f], daughter of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 2 October 1926 at Oakland, CA. (535bf)

      Olive M Sharp [R2c4e6a2c], daughter of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 1 September 1920 at Berkeley, CA. In October 1947 she returned from a trip to Honolulu, HI and her name was then Sharp, so she apparently had not yet married. (S,535bf)

      Velma V Sharp [R2c4e6a1a], daughter of William Beverly Sharp Jr and Evelyn Medo, was born 14 November 1916 at Oakland, CA. She married a Mr Hindman and lived at Oakland. Velma died 12 March 1998. She had two daughters born in Alameda Co-

1.   Susan Elaine Hindman, b 26 Feb 1941 (535b)

2.   Sally Blake Hindman, b 22 Jun 1943 (535b) (Z,535bw)

      Vivian E Sharp [R2c4e6a2d], daughter of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 13 February 1922 at Oakland, CA. (535bf)

      William Beverly Sharp Jr [R2c4e6a1], son of Rosalee Armstrong and William Beverly Sharp, was born 7 March 1892 at San Francisco, CA. In 1900 he lived with his aunt Caroline Armstrong and uncle Amos Zeigler at Branciforte, Santa Cruz Co CA, and lived with his uncle Edgar Armstrong at Oakland, CA in 1910. William was a locomotive fireman for Southern Pacific Railroad. By June 1917 he had married in 1915 and had a child. His wife was Evelyn M Medo, born at Truckee, CA on 15 February 1897, daughter of Frank John Medo from Austria and Mary Francis from MA of Portuguese parents. In 1910 Evelyn and her parents lived at Oakland and her father then was a restaurant proprietor. In 1920 Evelyn and William lived at Oakland. In 1920 Evelyn’s maternal great grandfather lived with them; he was Jackson Francis, born in the Azores in 1835. Evelyn and her daughter took a cruise to HA in the summer of 1925, and arrived back at San Francisco on August 4. Their CA address was then Oakland. She and William divorced about 1920 and she continued to live at Oakland. William quickly remarried and lived at San Francisco. His wife in 1930 was Lillian Thomas from HI. She was born at Honolulu in 1897, daughter of parents from Portugal. In 1930 at San Francisco William worked as a lithographer, while Lillian was a clerk in a department store. They had a daughter also. The two girls were-

a.   Velma V Sharp, b 14 Nov 1916

b.   Lillian Delores Sharp, b 3 Dec 1920 (M, 534u, 538u,535svwb, 536bf)

      Winifred W Sharp [R2c4e6a2b], daughter of George Frederick Sharp and Carol E Marcus, was born 22 Aug 1918 at Berkeley, Alameda Co (her father was a university student there at the time). She grew up at Oakland and married a Mr Reddall, and died 24 January 1994 in Sonoma Co CA. Winifred had a daughter-

1.   Meredith Louise Reddall, b 5 Aug 1941 at San Francisco, CA. (536b) (CAd, 535bwf)

      Carolyn Kay Shepherd [R2g1b7a2e], daughter of Mae Manzella Munn and Daniel Webster Shepherd, was born in 1932 in Darke Co OH, and died in 1967. She had married a Mr Caly. (W)

      James R Shepherd [R2g1b7a2a], son of Mae Manzella Munn and Daniel Webster Shepherd, was born in 1917 at Wabash, in Darke Co OH, and died in Darke Co on 11 December 1918. (W,121d)

      Lois J Shepard [R2g1b7a2d], daughter of Mae Manzella Munn and Daniel Webster Shepherd, was born in 1927 in Darke Co OH. She married Herbert B Seelbrede and lived at Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co. He was born 23 June 1919 at Madison, Butler Co OH, son of Herbert Seelbrede (Sr) and Florence _____, and died 15 December 2003 at Broadview Heights, Cuyahoga Co. They had three children-

1.   Kimberly Seelbrede (W)

2.   Melanie Seelbrede (W)

3.   Randy Seelbrede (W) (W,Z,243w, 121f, 133P)

      Roger Dale Shepherd [R2g1b7a2b], son of Mae Manzella Munn and Daniel Webster Shepherd, was born 29 September 1919 at Wabash, in Darke Co OH. He married Wilma June Clark. She was born 17 June 1919 at Adams, Darke Co, daughter of John Winfred Clark and Della Blanche DeVilbiss, and died 23 February 1986 at Scottsdale, Maricopa Co AZ. Roger died at Tempe, Maricopa Co AZ on 17 November 2006. They had two children-

1.   Jeanne Shepherd (W)

2.   John Shepherd (W) (W,M,Z,121wf)

      Wilbur Lee Shepherd [R2g1b7a2c], son of Mae Manzella Munn and Daniel Webster Shepherd, was born in 1922 in Darke Co OH. He married a Ms Lantz and they lived at Greenville. (W,121Pf)

      Evona B Sherman [R2g9d2d3], daughter of Ruth Rosetta Wolcott and Thomas Jacob Sherman, was born 29 July 1911 in MI, and married Kurt R Weeda in 1930. They lived with his parents at Grand Rapids. He was born at Grand Rapids, MI on 13 August 1910, son of Martin Weeda (born in MI 11 Oct 1884) and Clara A _____ (born in Germany in 1887, came to the USA in 1901). Both Evona and Kurt worked in a variety store in 1930. He died 26 July 1974 at Branch, Mason Co, and Evona then married a Mr Kinney. She died 25 July 1999 at Grand Rapids. (Z,MId,201w, 264vwf)

      Leo T Sherman [R2g9d2d2], son of Ruth Rosetta Wolcott and Thomas Jacob Sherman, was born 2 July 1907 in MI, and lived at home in 1930. He died 27 October 1994 at Alma, Gratiot Co. (MId,Z,201w,264f)

      Olive G Sherman [R2g9d2d4], daughter of Ruth Rosetta Wolcott and Thomas Jacob Sherman, was born 12 April 1913 in MI. She was as a saleswoman in a department store in 1930, at Grand Rapids. Olive married a Mr Brehosky (John J Brehosky?) and died at Grand Rapids on 17 August 1988. (MId, Z,201w, 264f)

      Thelma E Sherman [R2g9d2d1], daughter of Ruth Rosetta Wolcott and Thomas Jacob Sherman, was born 26 June 1904 at Empire, Leelanau Co MI. She married Wesley William Perrin on 22 July 1922 at Saranac, Ionia Co. Wesley was age 23 when married, born 16 October 1898 and a son of William P Perrin and Grace Anderson. The marriage record shows Thelma’s parents as “Thos Sherman” and “Ruth R Wolcott” and Thelma’s birth place at Empire, MI. She lived at Saranac, Ionia Co just before she married. Wesley was born at Grand Rapids, Kent Co and was a carpenter. They divorced before 1827 without children and Wesley lived with his parents again, at Grand Rapids.

      The 1930 census shows Thelma’s husband as George Olin Griffin, married in 1927, and they lived at Grand Rapids. George was born 4 December 1898 at Grand Rapids, son of R Lyle Griffin (born 19 May 1878) and Sadie May Cantion / Sykes (born 1877 in MI), and lived at Grand Rapids in February 1986 when he died. He was a printer, as was his father. Thelma died at Grand Rapids on 11 January 1991. They had a son by 1930-

a.   Lyle Griffin, b Apr 1930 at Grand Rapids, MI. (264f)

1900 census shows “Georgia O Griffin” as a daughter of “R Lile Griffin” and wife “Celia May.” That census taker may have had bad hearing. The WW I draft card for George showed his full name and birth date. In 1930 R Lyle Griffin and wife Sadie M lived at Grand Rapids with their son Clare W Griffin, born 15 Aug 1907. (M,MId, Z,201w, 264vf)

      Alice Marie Shock [R2b1b9e1f8], daughter of Betty Alice Rowan and Charles William Shock, was born 23 September 1965 in Daviess Co KY. She married Ronald H Clark. He was born in September 1960. They lived at Owensboro and had at least two children born there-

a.   Ryan Hugh Clark, b 8 Sep 1985 (3b)

b.   Charles Jordan Clark, b 20 May 1990 (3b) (HT,3b)

      Chastity Dawn Shock [R2b1b9e1f4b], daughter of William Darrell Shock and Doris Lillian Payne, was born 29 April 1976 in Daviess Co KY. (HT,3b)

      Jamie Renae Shock [R2b1b9e1f5b], daughter of Terry Wayne Shock and Dorothy Sue Phillips, was born 1 September 1