James Quitman Acton and Mary Ellen Rowley

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Husband James Quitman Acton [2315]

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      Born: 28 Dec 1875 - , Danville, Vermilion, IL ^{1 2 3 4}
 Christened:
      Died: 29 Mar 1948 - , Prescott, Linn, KS ^{1 2}
     Buried: 1948 - Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, Linn, KS ²

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Father: David A. Acton [8011] (1842-1906)
Mother: Hannah Laflin [7930] (1842-1935)

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    Married: 17 Dec 1908 ^{1 5}

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Wife Mary Ellen Rowley [1455] ⁶

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      Born: 24 Mar 1880 - , Mound City, Linn, KS ^{1 2 3 5 7}
 Christened:
      Died: 11 Apr 1947 ^{1 2}
     Buried: 1947 - Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, Linn, KS ²

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Father: Newel Gustavius Rowley [1438] (1834-1910)
Mother: Mary Ellen Goss [1452] (1844-1936)

More records for this person:
Other references ^{6 8}

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Children

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1 F Flora H. Acton [2316] ¹

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      Born: 15 Jul 1911 - , Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS ^{4 9}
 Christened:
      Died: 12-26 Nov 1980 - , Topeka, Shawnee, KS ⁹
     Buried:
Spouse: Living

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2 F Elizabeth Alice Acton [2813]

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      Born: 26 Sep 1912 - , Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS ^{2 4 9 10}
 Christened:
      Died: 18 Sep 1976 - , Fort Scott, Bourbon, KS ^{2 9 10}
     Buried: 1976 - Prescott Cemetery, Prescott, Linn, KS ²

1 B199. Goss Family Book, Chapter 826, "Mary Ellen Goss Bowmer Rowley," by Rowley, Helen Laverne, compiler (1967); Kept at the Linn County Historical Society, KS.

2 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

3 C90. United States Federal Census, year 1900.

4 C92. United States Federal Census, year 1920.

5 M201. Gene Pool Individual Records - West, (database) by West, Edmund, Compiler (Ancestry.com: Provo UT, 2000). Published by Ancestry.com on the internet at http://www.ancestry.com.

6 B198. Southeast Kansas Portrait and Biographical Record, (book, 1894); Reprinted in Kin in Linn , published by Linn Co Historical Society, Pleasanton, KS: Volume 13 #2, 1993.

7 L1999.2. Correspondence letters and emails, by Shirley Beth, 1999 autumn, posted and emailed, addressed to Irene Rowley; originals kept in my files.

8 B207. Rowley Family Heritage, V. 1, by Partridge, Linda (author-published: Venice Center, NY, 2000s).

9 Ancestral File Database, "Ancestral File" database, FamilySearch; published on the internet at https://familysearch.org/.

10 A020. Social Security Death Index, kept by the US Government, published on the internet and CDROM.

Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.

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