William A Rowley

1846 - 1864  (17 years)

• Name	William A Rowley
  Born	26 Mar 1846	Virginia, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Feb 1864  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I9485	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry Rowley,   b. 7 Jun 1809, Seneca County, New York ,   d. 6 Jan 1891, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Laura Amanda Buffington,   b. 13 May 1816, Ohio or Mason Co, WV ,   d. 4 Nov 1878, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	26 May 1831	Meigs County, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Notes	1840 Jackson, VA 2m 5-10 1m 20-30 2f 0-5 1f 20-30 1850 Jackson, VA # 880-887 Rowley Henry 40 M Farmer N York Rowley Amanda 34 F Ohio Rowley Joseph 19 M Boatman Va Rowley Govenor 17 M Farmer Va Rowley Magdaline 14 F Ohio Rowley Cloe 12 F Va Rowley Henry 6 M Va Rowley William 4 M Va Rowley Elizabeth 1 F Va 1860 Jackson, VA # 1350-1280 Henry 51 Amanda 44 Henry C 16 William A 13 Nancy L V 7 James 11/12 # 1186 l/w Andrew & Chloe Keenan Rowley, Joseph, 25 1870 Grant Dist, Jackson, VA #161 Henry 61 NY Amanda 57 OH James J 10 VA JCDR: Rowley, Amanda, 12/5/1878, 62y, [d] near Ravenswood Rowley, Henry, 1/6/1891, 82y6m29d, [d] Jackson Co [p] Wm & Lizzie [b] NY Hardesty's History of Jackson County Ravenswood District Henry ROWLEY - was born in Seneca county, New York, in Nevada township, June 7, 1809. William and Elizabeth (Vanziel) ROWLEY were his parents, and with them he came to the locality where he now resides in the year 1820. The country was then in a pioneer stage of settlement, and was a part of Mason county, Virginia, the county of Jackson having been erected since that date. The first pair of boots made in Jackson county were made by the father of Henry ROWLEY, for one John Nesselroad, the greatest hunter in the State. Henry ROWLEY married Amanda Buffington, of Buffingtons Island, Jackson county, May 26, 1831, and she died November 5, 1878. Their children were: Joseph, born October 18, 1831, lives in Adams county, Ohio; G. C., August 26, 1833, lives in Jackson county; Magdalene, March 3, 1836, resides in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Cloe, August 11, 1838; Nancy C., February 14, 1842, died February 10, 1847; Henry C., May 25, 1844, lives in this county; William A., March 26, 1846, died February 7, 1864; Elizabeth, May 29, 1849, died January 11, 1850; Nancy L. V., March 12, 1853, lives in Cattaraugus county, New York, and James, May 19, 1860, lives in Jackson county. In the 1861 war, Joseph V. was lieutenant in Company E, 9th West Virginia Infantry, Union service, and William was a member of the same company. WIlliam died of injuries received in the service. Grosvenor C. was a member of the 11th West Virginia Infantry, Company K, and was wounded and made prisoner at Lynchburg. Henry C. served in Company F, 4th West Virginia Infantry. In Racine, Meigs county, Ohio, Henry ROWLEY wedded Mary, daughter of George W. and Mary Ann (Bondinot) Bell, July 31, 1879. Her parents still reside in Meigs county, where she was born April 4, 1825. She was a widow at the time of her marriage with Mr. Rowley and the mother of Letitia A. and Walter D. Homes, the former born September 12, 1847, and residing at Point Pleasant, Mason county, West Virginia, and the latter, born July 19, 1849, residing at the same place. A daughter of her first marriage, Florence L., born April 12, 1852, died November 6, 1858. Mr. Rowley was supervisor of roads in Jackson county for nineteen consecutive years during the time when the roads were being opened up, and they could exact daily work of that officer, if desired. He is a farmer, with his post office address at Ravenswood, Jackson county, West Virginia.
  Family ID	F1618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S218] Hardesty's History of Jackson Co, WV. [S175] Census, Jackson Co, annotated. [S13] Marriage Records, Meigs Co, OH.