O. C. Rowe

ROWE

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 3/2/2008 at 16:42:37

O. C. Rowe was born in Vermont, Aug. 8, 183?. He left there at the age of twelve years and moved with his parents to Chicago, Ill.; from there he went to Du Page Co., Ill., where he lived three years on a farm; from there he went to Will Co., Ill., near Joliet. He took a trip to Iowa, looking around, and at the end of one year returned to Illinois; lived there until 1865. In 1861 he enlisted in company K, 8th Illinois Cavalry, and served four years. He was with Gens. Stoneman, Sherman, and afterward with Gen. Sheridan. He was engaged in all the principal battles of the Potomac. He was mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., and finally discharged at Chicago, Ill. He returned home to Will Co., Ill., where he remained for some time, and was married to Frances A. Hale, Nov. 7, 1856. She was born in Vermont, April 29,1834. There have been four children born to this union —Estella P., wife of John Dixon, born Aug. 12, 1857; Eleanor, wife of G. A. Framott, born May 6, 1858; Myra A., wife of E. D. Hitchcock, born Feb. 12, 1860, and George C., born Feb. 4, 1862. Mr. Rowe has 210 acres of good land. He is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 720.