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

Nora Ellen Rowe⁽⁹⁾ was born on 7 Sep 1877 in Central Grove, Ohio Co., KY. Nora Ellen and Cora Lee were twins. Parents: John Taylor Rowe and Amanda Casebier.

She was married to Howard Faught . Children were: Attrice B. Faught, Adrian Faught, Fleeta Faught.

Oliver P. Rowe Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

He was married to Garner Warden . Children were: Amanda J. "Meck" Rowe , Rachel Melvina "Sabe" Rowe, Martha E. "Betty" Rowe, Barney Rowe , Winnie Rowe.

Otto Rowe⁽⁹⁾ was born on 5 Dec 1900 in Ohio Co., KY. He died on 3 Apr 1973. Otto never married. Parents: James W. Rowe and Rosa F. Carson.

Patricia Ann Rowe (Private). Parents: Clifton Morton Rowe and Mary Elizabeth France.

She was married to John Clifton Baker Jr. on 28 Jul 1959. She was divorced from John Clifton Baker Jr. in 1966. Children were: Clifton Clay Baker, Dixie Lee Baker.

She was married to Robert H. Brooks on 13 Mar 1976 in Lake Co., IN.

Patricia Joanne Rowe (Private). Parents: Ernest Perry Rowe Jr. and Norma Lou Rinckey.

She was married to Bruce Lee Ganer on 19 Jul 1980 in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, LA. Children were: Jason Anthony Ganer, Michelle Lorraine Ganer, Ashley Elizabeth Ganer, Brittany Pauline Ganer.

Perry Rowe Parents: Sandford Rowe and Mahala Render.

Rachel Rowe Rachel Rowe married Aaron Greggsby (or Grigsby) on 19 Feb 1848. Rachel and Aaron moved to Missouri. They had children, but their names are unknown. Parents: George Rowe and Mary Elmira Imbler.

She was married to Aaron Griggsby on 19 Feb 1848.

Rachel Rowe Rachel first married Mansfield Brown and, after his death. married Samuel Dow Robertson. Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

She was married to Mansfield Brown. Children were: Martha M. Brown, Lura Brown, P. Brown, Amanda I. Brown, Sanford M. Brown.

She was married to Samuel Dow Robertson. Children were: Claude Robertson, Bert Robertson, Cecil Robertson.

Rachel Rowe Parents: Thomas Rowe and Margaret Brown.

Rachel Melvina "Sabe" Rowe⁽¹⁴⁾ was born. Parents: Oliver P. Rowe and Garner Warden.

Rebecca Luanne Rowe (Private). Parents: Ernest Perry Rowe Jr. and Norma Lou Rinckey.

She was married to Jerry Benton Darby on 14 Nov 1981 in Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, LA. Children were: Priscilla Marie Darby, Jerry Benton Darby, Nicholas Joseph Darby, Melyssa Luanne Darby.

Richard Perry Rowe II (Private). Parents: Ernest Perry Rowe Jr. and Norma Lou Rinckey.

He was married to Yvonne Carol Brown on 9 Dec 1995 in Bartlett, Shelby Co., TN. He was divorced from Yvonne Carol Brown on 3 Nov 1998 in St. Tammany Parish, LA. Children were: Mason Richard Rowe.

Richard Perry Rowe⁽⁸⁾⁽⁶³⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽⁵⁴⁾ (photo) was born on 16 Mar 1854 in Ohio Co., KY. He died on 14 Jan 1938 in Owensboro, Daviess Co., KY. He was buried in Macedonia Bapt. Church, Daviess Co., KY.

The following biography was written by my father, Ernest Perry Rowe, the eldest son of Richard Perry Rowe, and sent to me in April, 1973. - E. P. Rowe, Jr. , 6/6/94

"School teacher, county school commissioner, Postmaster, merchant, hotel operator, timberman, licensed steamboat pilot, farmer and lawyer, Richard Perry Rowe was born March 16, 1854 on a farm in Ohio County, Kentucky. He married Lillian May Karnes December 9, 1876. Her death occurred August 29, 1919 and he died January 14, 1938. Both are buried in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery near Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky.

"He attended the common schools of Ohio County and, with his brothers, a boarding academy at South Carrolton, Kentucky, operated by Professor Alexander Gray. Later he attended Bethel College at Russellville, Kentucky, in the academy department, one school year. His father promised each of his three sons an education at Bethel College or a tract of land. The youngest, Jacob Edwin Rowe, chose the education and James Albert took the land, but the eldest, Richard Perry, chose one year at Bethel College and a smaller tract of land located near the West Point Baptist church known locally as "The Captain's Farm."

"At Nineteen years of age he was about five feet nine inches in height, weighed about 150 pounds, had dark hair, fair complexion and blue eyes. In physical appearance both he and his father resembled members of the Ross family. We used to have a tintype picture of him taken at age nineteen. He was wearing a mustache and small chin whiskers at that time. Later in life he wore a full beard until 1898 when he started shaving clean, only occasionally coming out with a mustache.

"At an early age he demonstrated considerable initiative. He commenced teaching school when he was quite young, probably eighteen. When only twenty-one years of age he became County School Commissioner of Ohio County. Since this appointment then was made by the County Fiscal Court, composed of all the magistrates in the county, most of whom were Democrats while he was a Republican, this was a distinct achievement, but the fact that he was kin by blood or marriage to nearly half the families in the county may have contributed to his appointment.

"He resigned as County School Commissioner to accept appointment as U. S. Postmaster at Hartford, serving from July 1, 1879 to August 20, 1885. He was succeeded by his brother, Jacob Edwin, who was a Democrat. While postmaster, he built a brick store building in Hartford in which he conducted a general mercantile business, and he also operated the principal hotel in Hartford in which he and his wife had their home. His brother, James Albert Rowe, assisted in the operation and management of the store. They were three popular brothers at Hartford in those days. Both he and Jacob Edwin studied law, Jacob Edwin following it more intensively and going on to become one of the prominent lawyers in that part of the state. Richard Perry continued his law study intermittently through life and eventually was admitted to the bar but never devoted his time exclusively to that profession, that being sort of an avocation for him.

"His mercantile venture was not a success. In fact he lost heavily and finally had to dispose of all his property to pay his creditors. No doubt much of his financial difficulty was due to his engaging in too many different enterprises without sufficient capital and not giving enough attention to the store. After disposing of all his interests in Ohio County, he and his wife went to Graves County where both had many relatives in that and adjoining counties (mainly the Richard P. Taylor and Jacob Karnes families) and there engaged successfully in the timber business. Later, from 1890 to 1895, much time was spent on the waters of Sandy Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, in timber operation.

"In 1894, during the so-called "Cleveland Panic", he bought a steamboat, the Monie Bauer, from Charlie Bauer, entirely on credit. This deal included six barges. Backed financially by a wealthy timber manufacturing concern, Kilgore & Company, he was the only timber buyer going up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers that summer paying cash for timber. He paid for the boat and barges within six months from the profits. In December, 1895 he moved his home and business headquarters to Paducah and from there operated several years on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, buying timber and towing it to Paducah where he furnished Kilgore & Company all their timber requirements, and also sold timber to every sawmill and timber manufacturer in Paducah. He was a licensed pilot for the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and for a portion of the Ohio. He always had a pilot employed but took turns in piloting the boat, and especially in storms or dangerous situations he chose to handle the wheel.

"This timber business was one of his most successful enterprises. The life, though, was a rough one. Traditionally a steamboat pilot was expected to maintain an iron discipline. River boat crews were a rough and ready lot and so were many of the boat's customers, both in the woods and on the city levees. A Winchester repeating rifle, a double barreled shotgun and a Colt Navy revolver were kept handy on the boat. He was a good shot with the rifle and, for prestige purposes, often demonstrated his skill of which he was very proud.

"In 1898, a muscle controlling one side of his vocal chords became paralyzed, causing the Adam's Apple to be drawn a little to one side. Thereafter he could speak distinctly only in a whisper, or a loud shout, but not in normal tone satisfactorily. This affliction caused him to decide to leave the river and, in the Spring of 1899, he sold the boat and barges to The Paducah Towing Company and made arrangements to retire to farming.

"It was then that he bought, from his wife's parents, a farm near Island, in McLean County, Kentucky. His father-in-law, Reuben M. Karnes, was nearing seventy years of age and rapidly becoming blind. He, Richard P. Rowe, and his wife owned and lived on this farm until 1907. They moved away from the farm in December, 1907, spent 18 months in New Mexico farming and trading, returned to Island in 1909, living in the town but still operating the farm, until it was sold to Morgan N. Yeiser in 1914. (The deed of conveyance, dated November 27, 1914, is on file in Book 6, page 460, at the McLean County Court Clerk's office. The deed excludes the two acre family cemetery where a number of our ancestors are buried. I have a copy of that deed. I also have a map showing the location of the property and the cemetery just west of the community of Buttonsberry on the NE corner of the intersection of KY Hwy 85 and county road 891. - E. P Rowe, Jr., 6/8/94)

"In January, 1915 he and his son, Ernest Perry Rowe, and their families, moved to Owensboro, Kentucky. They opened a law office in the Smith & Bates Building at the corner of Fourth and St. Ann streets. Nominally he was a partner in the firm of Rowe and Rowe, but actually devoted most of his time to a farm loan business and to the management of his farm near Red Hill in Daviess County. This farm he later traded for one near Macedonia in Daviess County where he lived with his wife, his youngest son, and his parents. After the death of his wife and his parents, he first lived with his son, Ernest, and later with his son, Eric Judson Rowe, until his death which occurred shortly before he would have been eighty-four years of age.

"In the last few years of his life he became interested in the study of geology and as a result of this study he opened a strip mine (coal) on his farm which supplied his own fuel needs and that of a few neighbors. He also procured and traded in oil and gas leases and promoted the drilling of exploratory wells in Daviess County and Ohio County, and was modestly successful in procuring oil production. Only in the last year or so of his life did he give up trying to be active."

He and his wife are buried in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetary, ESE of Owensboro in Daviess Co.,KY. They had two boys who were born prematurely and died at birth in 1877 and 1879. They then had three sons: (1) Ernest Perry Rowe, b. 4 Jan 1890, d. 28 Jul 1981; (2) John Mason Rowe, b. 6 Sep 1894, d. 23 Nov 1906; (3) Eric Judson Rowe, b. 7 Aug 1898, d. 26 Oct 1990. Parents: John Plain Rowe and Rebecca Ursula Igleheart.

He was married to Lillian May Karnes on 9 Dec 1876 in McLean Co., KY. Children were: Ernest Perry Rowe , John Mason Rowe, Eric Judson Rowe.

Robert Rowe⁽⁸⁾⁽⁶³⁾⁽¹³⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born on 9 Sep 1807 in Ohio Co., KY. He died on 12 Nov 1883 in Ohio Co., KY. He was buried in Walton's Creek Church Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY.

Robert Rowe was the eldest son of George Rowe, son of the Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife Mary (Brown) Rowe and was born on his father's farm in Ohio Co., KY September 9, 1807. He married Nancy Ross of Muhlenberg Co., KY January 25, 1830 and died at his farm home near Centertown November 12, 1883. The inscription on the stone at his grave in Walton's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery reads: "Robert Rowe -- Born Sept. 9. 1807 -- Died Nov. 12, 1883 -- Aged 76 yrs, 2 mos, 3 da."

This couple had four children whose names were: John Plain Rowe who married Rebecca Ursula Igleheart; Martha Rowe who married Richard P. Taylor and moved to Graves Co., KY; Mary Rowe who married James H. Dennis; and Thomas R. Rowe who married Sallie A. Drake

Farming was the principal occupation of Robert Rowe and in this he was quite successful. It was said of him that he could grow crops even if he were set down on a rock.

He was orderly and methodical in the conduct of his affairs. During his last illness, when he realized that the end of his life was near, he called in the family and gave instructions as to how his estate should be managed and settled. Next, since there were no undertakers in the community, he gave instructions as to where a suitable "cooling board" would be found on which his body could be laid out. The next day he died. He was a member of Walton's Creek Baptist Church and a Jeffersonian Democrat.

Robert Rowe is buried at Walton's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery NW of Centertown in Ohio Co., Ky. They were married by Rev. William Downs. A copy of their marriage bond is in the "Rowe General File." Parents: George Rowe and Mary (Polly) Brown.

He was married to Nancy Ross on 26 Jan 1830 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: John Plain Rowe, Martha Rowe, Mary Rowe, Thomas R. Rowe.

Robert Rowe⁽⁵⁴⁾ was born in 1796 in VA. He died in 1891. He was buried in West Providence Baptist Church, Hwy 85, Ohio Co., KY. Robert war a farmer, and a member of the Whig Party. He is buried in the West Providence Cemetery in Ohio Co., KY. Parents: George Rowe and Rachel.

He was married to Matilda Underwood on 10 Jul 1820 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Edmund G. Rowe, Willis Rowe, George M. Rowe, Sallie M. Rowe, Oliver P. Rowe, Sandford Rowe, Sylvester P. Rowe, Rachel Rowe.

Robert B. Rowe was born on 10 Mar 1866. Parents: Thomas R. Rowe and Sarah (Sally) A. Drake.

Robert Edward Rowe Parents: George M. Rowe and Sallie M. White.

Robert Louis Rowe⁽¹³⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born on 19 Aug 1857 in Ohio Co., KY. He died in Nov 1857 in Ohio Co., KY. He was buried in Ohio Co., KY. Robert Louis Rowe was a twin brother of Jacob Edwin Rowe. Robert died about three months after birth, possibly November 1857. Parents: John Plain Rowe and Rebecca Ursula Igleheart.

Robert Scott Rowe (Private). Parents: Robert Wilson Rowe and Sarah Coleman Scott.

Children were: Chelsea Katherine Rowe, Emily Grace Rowe.

Robert Wilson Rowe (Private). Parents: Eric Judson Rowe and Katherine Wilson.

He was married to Sarah Coleman Scott on 5 Feb 1947. Children were: Evelyn Anne Rowe, Robert Scott Rowe, Carolyn Sue Rowe.

Sallie M. Rowe Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

She was married to Robert Barrett . Children were: Joseph M. Barrett, Ima B. Barrett, Robert Barrett, Richard Barrett.

Samantha Rowe was born on 26 Feb 1851. She died on 30 Jan 1872. She was buried in West Providence Baptist Church, Hwy 85, Ohio Co., KY. Birth and death dates verified on tombstone in June 1996 by E. P. Rowe, Jr. The stone reads, "Samantha Rowe - dau. of S. & M. Rowe." Parents: Sandford Rowe and Mahala Render.

Samuel Rowe⁽⁹⁾ was born about 1852 in Ohio Co., KY. Parents: Braxton Rowe and Ann M. Bishop.

He was married to Sallie M. Miller on 29 Jan 1880 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: (Infant Daughter) Rowe.

Samuel P. Rowe was born on 10 Jul 1841. Parents: Thomas R. Rowe and Mary Boyd Maddox.

He was married to Ellen M. Kelly.

Sandford Rowe was born on 20 Oct 1824.⁽⁶⁵⁾ He died on 29 Dec 1855 in Ohio Co., KY.⁽⁶⁵⁾ He was buried in West Providence Baptist Church, Hwy 85, Ohio Co., KY. Birth and death dates verified on tombstone in June 1996 by E. P. Rowe, Jr. Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

He was married to Mahala Render . Children were: Saraimus Rowe, Samantha Rowe, Martha Rowe, Perry Rowe.

Sarah Rowe⁽²⁵⁾ was born about 1752 in Culpeper Co., VA, USA. She died about 1810 in Culpeper Co., VA, USA. Parents: George Rowe.

She was married to Robert Render in 1771 in Culpeper Co., VA, USA. Children were: George Render.

Sarah (Sallie) Rowe⁽⁵⁴⁾ was born in 1793 in VA. Parents: George Rowe and Rachel.

She was married to Peter Ashby on 7 Aug 1817 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Thomas R. Ashby , Sally Ann Ashby, Matilda Ashby, Emanda Ashby, Margaret Ashby.

Saraimus Rowe Parents: Sandford Rowe and Mahala Render.

Sylvester P. Rowe Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

Thomas Rowe⁽⁵⁴⁾ died in 1823 in Ohio Co., KY. He was born in VA. He was buried in Walton's Creek Church Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY. Thomas and his brother, George, married sisters. Parents: George Rowe and Rachel.

He was married to Margaret Brown on 1 Feb 1817 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Judith Rowe, Amelia Rowe, Thomas Rowe, Rachel Rowe, Elizabeth Crowe Rowe.

Thomas Rowe Thomas was married on September 1, 1841, but his wife's name is unknown and there is no information on children. Some references show his name as Thomas Rowe, Jr. and note that he was called "Short Tom." Parents: Thomas Rowe and Margaret Brown.

He was married to Unknown on 1 Sep 1841.

Thomas R. Rowe⁽¹³⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born on 9 Sep 1839. Another reference gives his year of birth as 1838. Thomas R. Rowe was usually called Thomas "X", the reason is unknown. At some time after his marriage he and his family moved to Arkansas. Parents: Robert Rowe and Nancy Ross.

He was married to Sarah (Sally) A. Drake on 6 Mar 1861. Children were: Mary Frances Rowe , Isaac Benjamin Rowe, Robert B. Rowe, John Wesley Rowe, Annie Marie Rowe, Andrew Calvin Rowe, Effie J. Rowe, Jesse Malin Rowe.

Thomas R. Rowe⁽¹³⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born on 11 May 1814 in Ohio Co., KY. Thomas Rowe was called by a nickname "Long Tom". Parents: George Rowe and Mary (Polly) Brown.

He was married to Mary Boyd Maddox on 15 Jul 1836. Children were: Amelia B. Rowe, Elizabeth F. Rowe, Samuel P. Rowe, Louis Rowe, Mary Paulina Rowe, Bernice M. Rowe, Edmund F. Rowe, Martha E. Rowe.

Virginia Thelma Rowe (Private). Parents: Andrew Calvin Rowe and Mary Livermore Whitaker.

She was married to Charles Mitchell Gracey on 3 Jul 1926 in Parkersburg, WV. Children were: Charles Mitchell Gracey Jr..

William Rowe⁽⁹⁾ was born on 14 Aug 1865 in Central Grove, Ohio Co., KY. He died on 5 May 1888. William never married. Parents: John Taylor Rowe and Amanda Casebier.

William B. Rowe⁽⁹⁾ Parents: James Rowe and Sallie Bilbro.

He was married to Mary Shaver.

William Cortes Rowe⁽¹³⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born about 1859. Parents: William Phipps Rowe and Emeline Render.

He was married to Lillian Wallace.

William Imbler Rowe⁽¹³⁾ was born on 6 Aug 1835 in Ohio Co., KY. He died on 28 Jun 1905. He was buried in Centertown, Ohio Co., KY. William Imbler Rowe, a farmer, was usually called "Billy I". Parents: George Rowe and Mary Elmira Imbler.

He was married to Martha Baker on 20 Dec 1859. Children were: George William Rowe , Albert Bacon Rowe, Mary Elmira Rowe, Kate B. Rowe, Lula B. Rowe, Clinton Sanders Rowe, Finis Rowe, Lillian Page Rowe, Carrie B. Rowe.

William L. Rowe Parents: George Rowe and Sally Render.

He was married to Sallie M. Austin .

William Phipps Rowe⁽¹⁴⁾⁽⁹⁾ was born on 28 Nov 1822. He died on 19 Jun 1890 in Centertown, KY. He was buried in Centertown Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY. Dates copied from tombstone in June 1996 by E. P. Rowe, Jr. He was a merchant in Centertown, KY, until his death. He was known as "Phipp" Rowe. Parents: Edmund Rowe and Mary (Polly) Phipps.

He was married to Emeline Render in 1843. Children were: Alphonso G. Rowe, Martin Hill Rowe, Amanda H. Rowe, Mary Alice Rowe, William Cortes Rowe, Laura Rowe, Alvin Rowe.

Willie Rowe⁽¹⁴⁾ Parents: James Marion Rowe and Harriett Elizabeth Goodall .

She was married to Henry Addington on 15 Mar 1899.

Willis Rowe He was married twice. First to Jennie Jones and, after her death, to Mary Smith. Parents: Robert Rowe and Matilda Underwood.

He was married to Jennie Jones . Children were: Myrtle Rowe.

He was married to Mary Smith. Children were: Bessie Rowe, Leonard Rowe, Nettie Rowe, Chester Rowe.

Winnie Rowe Parents: Oliver P. Rowe and Garner Warden.

Tamar Ruby⁽¹³⁾⁽⁸⁾⁽¹⁴⁾ died in Dec 1811 in Ohio Co., KY. She was buried in Dec 1811 in Walton's Creek Church Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY. She was born in MD, USA.

The Ashby file shows two spellings of her first name, "Tamer" and "Tamar." See the Ashby file for a wealth of information on her children and their marriages.

She is buried beside her husband, Jesse Ashby, at the Walton's Creek Baptist Church cemetery. I visited this cemetery in May 1994 and made a video tape of her gravestone, which reads: "Tamar - Wife of Jesse Ashby - Born in Maryland - Died Dec. 1811 - Aged about 85 years." Her given name was TAMAR on the stone. (E. P. Rowe, Jr., 5/16/1994)

She was married to Jesse Ashby about 1774 in Virginia. Children were: Catherine (Katy) Ashby, Thomas Ashby, Peter Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Jane Nancy (Fronie) Ashby, David Ashby, William Ashby, Rebecca Ashby, Mary (Polly) Ashby.

Clara Ruhl⁽⁹⁾

She was married to Thomas Seth Cox. Children were: Gerald Thomas Cox , Gene Cox.

Cynthia Ann Russell was born in Daviess Co., KY, USA.

She was married to Thomas R. Ashby on 18 Dec 1845. Children were: Sarah E. Ashby.

Annie Ryan⁽³⁾

She was married to James Gilliams. Children were: Caroline Lucille Gilliams.

Salsburg

He was married to Ethel Albert Rowe. Children were: Elbert Salsburg.

Elbert Salsburg Parents: Salsburg and Ethel Albert Rowe.

Ida Salzberg⁽⁹⁾

She was married to James Albert Rowe on 12 Sep 1883 in South Carrolton, Muhlenberg Co., KY. Children were: Elbert Rowe.

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