Genealogy of Ernest P. and Norma L. (Rinckey) Rowe

Cecil Calvert⁽⁹⁾ Parents: Benjamin Frank Calvert and Martha Dennis.

He was married to Myrtle Schneider. Myrtle Schneider, a teacher, was the second wife of Cecil. The name of his first wife is unknown.

Clark Calvert⁽⁹⁾ Parents: Benjamin Frank Calvert and Martha Dennis.

Edgar Calvert⁽⁹⁾ Parents: Benjamin Frank Calvert and Martha Dennis.

Nannie Calvert⁽⁹⁾ Parents: Benjamin Frank Calvert and Martha Dennis.

Amelia E. Campbell⁽³⁾ was born on 11 May 1832. She died on 20 Jan 1898. She was buried in Wheatley Cemetery near Dukes, Hancock Co., KY.

She was married to John Hammond Gilmore in Crawford Co., IN. Children were: Charles A. Gilmore , Lee Gilmore, Geneva Gilmore , Jacob (Jake) Gilmore.

Daniel Campbell⁽⁴⁾

He was married to Elizabeth Ashby on 5 Sep 1820 in Hopkins Co., KY.

Mary Lucille Campbell⁽⁷⁾ Parents: William Campbell.

She was married to Edward Granville Gordon on 25 Aug 1928 in Hawesville, Hancock Co., KY. Children were: William Collis Gordon, Karl Griffith Gordon, Donald Wayne Gordon, Charlotte Faye Gordon, Norman Carroll Gordon, Clifford Drue Gordon, Sandra Diana Gordon, Karen Brooke Gordon, Terri Lynn Gordon.

William Campbell⁽⁷⁾

He was married. Children were: Mary Lucille Campbell.

Robert L. Caney⁽⁷⁾

He was married to Mary Lucille Gordon.

Elizabeth Cardwell⁽⁴⁾

She was married to Bounds Ashby on 12 Jul 1797 in Mercer Co., KY.

Benedict Carey⁽¹⁾

He was married to Ann Kyler on 5 Apr 1827.⁽¹⁾

Jim Carey

He was married to Gwendolyn Faye Laird on 18 Aug 1981 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Corodena Pearl Carlisle was born on 13 Mar 1891. She died after 1968.

She was married to Rollie G. Ashby on 7 Mar 1917. Children were: Thelma Ashby.

Lucille Carnett (Private).

Children were: Daniel James Rowe, Craig Thomas Rowe.

Mary Ray Carpenter was born.

She was married to Jack Beam Miles Jr. on 15 Mar 1962. Children were: Susan Carpenter Miles.

Hiram Carr⁽¹⁾

He was married to Susan Ricks on 21 Jun 1846.

Margaret Carrick

She was married to Robert Bruce in 1271. Children were: King Robert Bruce I.

Charles Arthur Carroll

He was married to Martha Rowe Field .

Ellen Carroll SOURCE: NEWBOLT, A HISTORY OF THE GENGALOGY OF THE SHOWN FAMILY IN KY, pp92

She was married to Clyde Coleman Chenault . Children were: William Carroll Chenault.

Elizabeth Catherine Carson⁽²⁶⁾ was born on 2 Aug 1860 in Mt. Carmel, Wabash Co., IL. She died in 1916 in Palmetto, FL. Parents: Rev. Jason Carson and Catherine Lytle.

She was married to William Noble Nanney on 20 Aug 1886 in Calhoun, Co.,IL.

Rev. Jason Carson⁽²⁶⁾

He was married to Catherine Lytle. Children were: Elizabeth Catherine Carson.

Rosa F. Carson⁽⁹⁾ was born on 29 Nov 1877. She died on 29 Aug 1958. She was buried in Central Grove Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY.

She was married to James W. Rowe. Children were: Ana Rowe, Otto Rowe , Alva T. Rowe, Hazel Rowe .

Josephine J. Carter⁽¹²⁾⁽¹³⁾

She was married to Hiram Brown on 14 Aug 1884.

Amanda Casebier⁽⁹⁾ was born on 5 Aug 1847. She died on 18 Feb 1937 in Ohio Co., KY. She was buried in Central Grove, Ohio Co., KY. Amanda was a midwife and delivered the premature child, John K. Oglesby, for her sister-in-law, Mary E. Rowe. Amanda died of pneumonia and is buried with her husband at Central Grove Church Cemetery just east of Centertown in Ohio Co., KY. Parents: William G. Casebier and Elizabeth Stroud.

She was married to John Taylor Rowe on 11 Sep 1861. Children were: William Rowe , Betty Ann Rowe, James W. Rowe, Mattie Jane Rowe, Mary Bell Rowe, Emma Bee Rowe, Cora Lee Rowe, Nora Ellen Rowe, Bertha Alice Rowe, Art Thomas Rowe, Leslie King Rowe.

James M. Casebier⁽⁹⁾ Parents: William G. Casebier and Elizabeth Stroud.

Rev. John T. Casebier⁽⁹⁾⁽⁹⁾

He was married to Cemantha (Samantha) Tichenor before 1865.

He was married to Zelma Tichenor .

John Taylor Casebier⁽⁹⁾ Parents: William G. Casebier and Elizabeth Stroud.

Mary Ellen Casebier⁽⁹⁾ was born about 1856. Parents: William G. Casebier and Elizabeth R. Maddox.

William G. Casebier⁽⁹⁾ was born on 15 Jul 1817 in Muhlenberg Co., KY. He died on 22 Apr 1887 in Ohio Co., KY. He was buried in West Providence Baptist Church, Hwy 85, Ohio Co., KY.

He was married to Elizabeth R. Maddox on 29 Mar 1851 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Mary Ellen Casebier.

He was married to Elizabeth Stroud on 21 Oct 1841 in Muhlenberg Co., KY. Children were: Amanda Casebier, John Taylor Casebier, James M. Casebier.

Barbara Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

She was married to Henry Stine .

Christopher (Chris) Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

He was married to Margaret Briles.

Jacob (Jake) Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

He was married to Mary Devine.

John Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

He was married to Susan Koffman .

Margaret (Peggy) Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

She was married to Samuel Reynolds.

Polly Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

She was married to Frederic Souder.

Sarah Catherine Casner⁽⁸⁾⁽³⁾ (photo) was born on 12 Jul 1807 in PA, USA. She died on 1 Apr 1867 in Hancock Co., KY. She was buried in Wheatley Cemetery near Dukes, Hancock Co., KY.

There is conflicting information as to Sarah Catherine’s birthplace, Pennsylvania or Tennessee. The following information is taken from my father’s book, Genealogy of Ernest Perry Rowe, Jr., and was provided to him by Miss Lillie Peckinpaugh, a great-granddaughter of Sarah Catherine and John Smith Gilmore:

"Soon after Sarah Catherine Casner was born her father and his family moved to Kentucky or Tennessee. They may have lived in both states. Indiana was admitted to statehood in 1816 and it was just shortly before Indiana became a state that Solomon (Sarah's father) and his family moved to Harrison County, Indiana. Sarah lived with her parents until the time of her marriage to John Smith Gilmore, after which they lived on a farm in southern Indiana."

The second source of information is the book by Walter and Florence Beanblossom, referenced herein. Florence Beanblossom is also a great-granddaughter of Sarah Catherine and John Smith Gilmore. That source provides, in part, the following information:

"Sarah Catherine Casner, which after much effort was proven to be her full name, was born 7/12/1807 in Tennessee, the daughter of Solomon and Polly Hammond Casner, a Pennsylvania girl of German descent."

After John’s death, Sarah Catherine ran a stagecoach inn in Leavenworth, IN. This stage line was established in 1835 by Seth Leavenworth, founder of the town, in partnership with John Orchard and Jonathan Williams. It ran from Leavenworth via Fredonia, Milltown, Proctorville, Paoli, Orleans, Bedford, Springville, Bloomington, Martinsville, and Port Royal to Indianapolis.

While in Leavenworth, Sarah was close enough to her mother-in-law, Rebecca Smith Gilmore, that she frequently ministered to her. Rebecca was bedridden by this time and could not appear in court in 1848 to answer questions concerning her widow’s pension, and this added to Sarah’s hardships after being widowed. Sarah and her twelve living children are listed in the 1850 census of Harrison, Co., IN.

On November 29, 1851, she married Thomas Ogden in Cannelton, IN, and subsequently moved to the Ogden farm near Dukes in Hancock Co., KY. Sarah and Thomas Ogden and four of her children are listed in the 1860 census of Hancock Co., KY. Sarah died April 4, 1867, and was buried on a hill on the Ogden farm, now known as the Wheatley Cemetery.

Pictures of four of her children (Katie, James Gideon, Henry Braxton and George Washington) were given to my mother, Pauline (Gordon) Rowe., by Miss Lillie Peckinpaugh of Rockport, Indiana, and are now in my possession. Some of them are daguerreotypes.

The following article describing the house where Thomas and Sarah Ogden lived is taken from the Breckenridge News, Cloverport, Ky., probably between 1945 and 1955.

Home of Wheatleys for 150 Years

"Pecple who enjoy thinking of the houses of "our Grandfathers" will appreciate an old house of logs which stands in the Dukes Community. There reside Mr. and Mrs. Murray Pryer. Mrs. Pryer before her marriage was Miss Jesse Wheatley, who had been a teacher for 27 years and two years ago re-entered the field because emergency teachers were stepping into the gap to prevent the "shut-down" of a number of rural schools. Mrs. Pryer taught the McGavock school for the last two years.

She with her family resides in the old house. This house for generations has been occupied by Wheatley families. Mrs. Pryer was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Deterding Wheatley, the grand-daughter of George and Harriet Gilmore Wheatley and a great grand-daughter of Mrs. Sarah Gllmore Ogden who lived in this house before the Civil War. The family history handed down from one generation to another reminds them that the place was settled by Otho Williams. This territory, now Hancock County, was then a part of Breckenrtdge County.

The house is in excellent state of repair, and the six rooms each are very large. Built in slave days, the fireplaces, one at either end, would take a seven foot log. In later years, these have been rebuilt.

In the process of rebuilding, the fire-places are much smaller, but the outside chimneys have not bean changed from the native rocks of which they are constructed and still are of sufficient site for Santa and his pack. For many years, slave cabins stood in the yard near the old house."

The old house burned about 1955 but one of the old chimneys still stands, vine covered and a sight to behold. As one stands and gazes at this reminder of the past, he can not help but wonder what joys and heart-aches occurred therein.
Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

She was married to John Smith Gilmore on 4 Apr 1825 in Washington Co., IN, USA.⁽³⁵⁾ Children were: Capt. Alexander Thomas Gilmore, Unnamed daughter 1 Gilmore, Unnamed daughter 2 Gilmore, Mary Jane Gilmore , Lucinda Ellen Gilmore, John Hammond Gilmore, Harriet Aboline Gilmore , Catherine Transylvania Gilmore, Rebecca Melissa Gilmore, Elvira Lucretia Gilmore , James A. Gilmore, George Washington Gilmore, Henry Gilmore, Sarah Margaret Gilmore.

She was married to Thomas Ogden on 29 Nov 1851 in Cannelton, IN.

Susan Casner Parents: Solomon Casner/Kesner and Mary Ellen Hammond.

She was married to Leonard Koffman.

Solomon Casner/Kesner⁽⁸⁾⁽³⁾ was born in Hanover, Germany.

There are two stories relative to the background and life of Solomon Casner (Kesner). Both are given in the book compiled by Walter and Florence Beanblossom, referenced herein. The first story, which the Beanblossoms refer to as the Gilmore tradition, is best related by Miss Lillie Peckinpaugh of Rockport, Indiana, in a statement she prepared and gave to my father, Ernest P. Rowe, in 1956. Florence Beanblossom and Lillie Peckinpaugh are both 2nd great-granddaughters of Solomon Casner. Miss Peckinpaugh's statement is typed below exactly as she gave it to my father. - Ernest P. Rowe, Jr., August 21, 1997.

"Solomon Casner (Kesner) born in Hanover, Germany was a soldier in the Hessian Army. He may have deserted to the Colonial cause, at any rate he chose to remain in America and lived in Pennsylvania. He married a Pennsylvania girl, Polly (Mary Ellen) Hammond (or Hummond) at Woodstock, Virginia, supposed to be a run-a-way marriage. Perhaps her family objected to the former Hessian soldier. But they returned to Pennsylvania to live where all of their children were born. There is no record of the marriage date as the courthouse was burned by the Union Army during the Civil War.

"Solomon was captured by the Indians but after two or three years managed to escape and made his way back to his family. It is thought, as related by older members of the descendants, that some time between 1807 and 1810 they made their way down to Tennessee, or into Kentucky, where they lived until shortly before 1816, the year Indiana was made a state. Before that date the family came to Harrison County, Indiana.

"To Solomon and Polly Casner were born:

1. Polly Casner, who married Frederic Souder
2. Margaret (Peggy) who married Samuel Reynolds (or Bundy)
3. John, who married Susan Koffman
4. Jake (Jacob) who married Mary Devine
5. Susan, who married Leonard Koffman
6. Chris., who married Margaret Briles
7. Barbara, who married Henry Stine
8. Katie (Catherine), who married John Gilmore
Katie, born in Pennsylvania July 12, 1807, died in Hancock County, Kentucky, April 1, 1867.

"It was also said they had a son, Solomon; but where he came in the above list I have no idea, neither did my folks. There is a record of marriage in the Harrison County Court house in 1824, and one in Salem, Indiana in 1825. My great Uncle, Alexandar Gilmore, said his parents were married in Salem. It was hardly possible there were two of the same name. Some day I hope to unravel the mystery.

"Solomon Casner had been a man of. means, perhaps wealth. In 1810 he decided to return to Germany to get what belonged to him. He never reached there, he never came back and one or two things may have happened, either he was killed by Indians. or he died enroute. While his children and wife were living, a man came from Hanover, Germany, to try to locate the heirs and offered a great sum of money for their claim to the estate. He said (it must have been in bonds) that he had seen the vault in the Bank of Hanover and had his hand on the box having the Casner name. Well they thought if it was worth the great amount he offered, it was worth more and they would try to get it all. But evidently no one knew how to go about it and after fifty years being unclaimed reverted to the Government. So much for the tale of a lost fortune."

The second version, which the Beanblossoms refer to as the Casner (Kesner) tradition, says that Solomon came to America about 1770, settled in Virginia, enlisted in the Continental Line of Virginia soon after the outbreak of the War, and was with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge and throughout the War. He later moved to Tennessee, returned to Virginia and sold his land, and disappeared on his return trip, about 1810.

The Beanblossoms state that a diligent search failed to produce any conclusive evidence to substantiate either of the two stories. However, it was their belief that he was not a Hessian soldier and state that the facts discovered to date tend to support the Kesner tradition. Noted as chief among the facts are:

1. Solomon paid a tax in Bucks Co., PA, in 1783, probably too early for him to have acquired property if a Hessian soldier.
2. He acquired 139 acres of land from the State of Virginia in 1792, probably for services rendered. This land was near Woodstock.
3. He is known to have been in Tennessee where his widow married Peter Vandeventer in 1811 after Solomon's death.

The deed to the above mentioned land reads as follows:

Henry Lee, Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia; To all whom these presents may come Greetings; Know ye, that by virtue of an Entry under the Act of Assembly entitled, "An Act Concerning Surveyors" and in Consideration of the Ancient Composition of fifteen Shillings Sterling paid by Solomon Kesner into the Treasury of the Commonwealth, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto said Solomon Kesner a certain Tract or parcel of Land containing 139 acres ---- Lying and being in the County of Shenandoah on one of the branches of Messennetten Creek ----.

Dated at Richmond on the first day of August in the year of our Lord 1792 and of the Commonwealth the 17th.

Henry Lee

He was married to Mary Ellen Hammond. Children were: Polly Casner, Margaret (Peggy) Casner, John Casner, Jacob (Jake) Casner, Susan Casner, Christopher (Chris) Casner, Barbara Casner, Sarah Catherine Casner.

Benjamin Sanford Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾

He was married to Nancy Esther Iler. Children were: William Martin Chamberlin.

Elizabeth Joyce Chamberlin (Private). Parents: Theodore Ray Chamberlin and Elizabeth Eakins.

James Gray Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 18 Sep 1934 in Louisville, KY. He died on 15 Jun 1976 in Louisville, KY. Parents: Shown Chamberlin and Margaret Darneal.

John Chester Chamberlin (Private). Parents: Shown Chamberlin and Margaret Darneal.

Maymee Bell Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 10 Sep 1906. She died on 10 Jun 1981. Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

She was married to Guy Gunter on 28 Nov 1931 in Jeffersonville, IN.

Melvin Ray Chamberlin (Private). Parents: Theodore Ray Chamberlin and Elizabeth Eakins.

Paul Corbett Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 6 Apr 1910 in Beda, Ohio Co., KY. He died on 22 Feb 1952 in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY. Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

Rose Maureen Chamberlin (Private). Parents: Shown Chamberlin and Margaret Darneal.

She was married to James Davis on 22 Apr 1958 in Louisville, KY. Children were: Michael Gerard Davis.

Shown Chamberlin was born on 12 May 1912 in Beda, Ohio Co., KY. He died on 4 Nov 1944 in Louisville, KY. Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

He was married to Margaret Darneal on 20 Aug 1933 in Louisville, KY. Children were: James Gray Chamberlin, Rose Maureen Chamberlin , John Chester Chamberlin.

Theodore Ray Chamberlin (Private). Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

He was married to Elizabeth Eakins on 28 May 1927 in Jeffersonville, IN. Children were: Elizabeth Joyce Chamberlin, Melvin Ray Chamberlin.

Victoria Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 14 Apr 1916 in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY. She died on 1 Feb 1978. Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

She was married to John E. Sellers on 28 Jan 1946 in Mason City, WV. Children were: John Carroll Sellers , William Martin Sellers.

Children were: Roy Edward Goodman.

Violet Laree Chamberlin⁽¹⁷⁾ was born on 28 Apr 1902 in Beda, Ohio Co., KY. She died on 13 Jan 1905 in Beda, Ohio Co., KY. Parents: William Martin Chamberlin and Savilla Shown.

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