Our Rowley Family Charts John Brown Lee Rowley and Mary Johnson

1 Bible1. "Family Bible of Daniel and Polly Rowley," 1814, inscription by Rowley, Daniel, transcribed by Elizabeth (Rowley) McKnight, 1990s; original was in the possession of Daniel and Polly Cheney Rowley of Freeport, PA, passed to Elizabeth (Rowley) McKnight, now kept in my files.

2 Bible2. Holy Bible For Methodist Episcopal Church: "Bible of John Brown Lee Rowley," (inscription) by Rowley, John Brown Lee, in bible by Waugh and Mason, B. and T, publishers (J. Collard: NY, 1834); original in the possession of descendent Michaeleen Rowley Valen, Modjeska Canyon CA; photocopy in my files.

4 CM035. Iowa Cemetery Records, W.P.A. Graves Registration Project , transcribed by W.P.A, 1940s; Published on the internet by Ancestry.com at http://www.ancestry.com; 2000.

5 M050. Personal Ancestry File Gedcom, 2000 March, (Diskette) by Rowley, Thomas, compiler, Tucson, AZ. Thomas descends from John Brown Lee Rowley, the family in Union County, SD.

6 Iowa Gravestones Photo Project: Reed Cemetery, Fairfield, Jackson, IA (published on the internet at http://iowagravestones.org/search.php?search=custom&new_cid=49&cfield=last&ctype=1&ctxt=rowley).

7 CM021. "Reed Cemetery, Fairfield Township" (of Jackson County, IA), kept by the Jackson County Genealogical Chapter, IA.

9 CM021. "Reed Cemetery, Fairfield Township" (of Jackson County, IA), kept by the Jackson County Genealogical Chapter, IA, photo available.

10 A066. Lawrence County Marriage Records (OH), V 1-3, 1817-1857, kept by Lawrence County Courthouse, OH; A transcription is published online by USGenweb at http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lawrence/marriages/mb1thru3/atoz.txt; also online index at http://lawrencecountyohio.com/marriages/marriages/1_2_3/1_2_3csnew.htm.

11 A213. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997" (database and scans of original records), by Various County Courts throughout Ohio; published on the internet by at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804, by 'Jas. Callahn, J.P.' (justice of the peace).

12 A064. Index To Deeds, 1818-1862, (Lawrence County, OH), 1837-1849, kept by Lawrence County Courthouse, OH.

13 A116. Bureau of Land Management, Land Records 1820-1908., kept by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Government; Scans of originals published on the internet at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov, 2000.

14 A059. "Last Will of John B. Rowley," IA Jackson County, 1865, p. 329, 1865, Sept 21, kept by Jackson County Genealogical Chapter, PO Box 1065, Maquoketa, IA 52060.

15 M054. "Will Records Jackson County, Iowa, 1838-1876," (magazine article). "Will Records Jackson County, Iowa, 1838-1876," (IA), by Flo, Ethel, compiler, Hawkey Heritage, V. 10, N. 1, 1975 Jan (Iowa Genealogical Society: Des Moines IA).

16 A063. Lawrence County Administration Records (OH), V. 2, 1850 June 8, kept by the Ohio University Libraries, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.

17 A065. Journal Common Pleas Court, (Lawrence County, OH), V. 6, 1845 Nov. 24, kept by Lawrence County Courthouse, OH.

19 B083. History of Jackson County, Iowa, V. 1-2, by Ellis, James W, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.: 1910; available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=HHwUAAAAYAAJ&dq=fairfieldiowa%22johnrowley%22&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0.

20 L2000.1. Correspondence letters, between Thomas Rowley, a descendent, and Irene Rowley, 2000.

21 M053. "Jackson County Early Pioneers," and "Early Marriages Jackson County, 1848-1855," (magazine article) by Holihan, Grace, compiler, Hawkey Heritage, V. 9, N. 4, 1974 Oct (Iowa Genealogical Society: Des Moines IA), p. 146.

22 M057. 1867 Wall Map, by the Jackson County Genealogical Chapter (IA), (paper) kept by the Jackson County Genealogical Chapter, IA.

23 Landon Taylor, The Battle Field Reviewed (book) Published Chicago, IL 1883 by Taylor, p. 90.

24 Jackson Sentinel (IA) (newspaper), obituary published online, Dec 8, 1870. Jackson Sentinel The Death of An Old Citizen.
Fairfield Tp, Jackson Co, Nov. 28, 1870.
"To the Editor of The Sentinel:
Having frequently read in your paper requests for local items of news, I send you the following:
On Friday last the quiet of our rural life was somewhat startled by the report that John Brownlee Rowley had died that morning. He had settled in this neighborhood nearly twenty-eight years ago, and had resided where he died, over twenty-five years. His sickness was short, as he was working as usual on the Monday previous. The skill and efforts of two attending physicians were unavailing. He had been a member of the M. E. Church for several years before settling in Iowa, and continued a leading and efficient member until his death. The funeral services were solemnized on Sunday, at 10 o'clock a.m, at the school house nearby. The funeral sermon was preached by Mr. Kimball, of Iowa township, from the text Revelations, chap. xiv, v. 13. The sermon embraced a body of divinity suitably adapted for the benefit of his audience, but entirely destitute of that fulsome panegyric generally served out on such occasions, the preacher merely referred his audience to the life of the deceased as being his living epistle read of all. Viewing the vast concourse assembled numbering hundreds it would indicate as if the surrounding inhabitants had nearly all come to pay their respects for the dead by attending the funeral. The place of interment is nearly two miles east of the school house, and when the arrangement of the vast crowd was completed, the hearse was put in motion and followed by the weeping and sympathizing throng, in carriages, wagons, and other vehicles. The pageant was displayed in a string of teams about half a mile long, followed by many on horseback. Arriving in the vicinity of the burying ground, your correspondent felt the beggary of his ability to describe its grandeur. Suffice to say the cemetery is on the top of a natural mound, whose base is washed on the west and north and east by the Maquoketa river; and from the river's bank and up the slope spread the royal oak and trees indigenous to that sequestered nook, far removed from noise and smoke, has escaped the force of the woodman's stroke, except for the hearse and pedestrian's walk, around the sweep on to the peak of that lovely spot, which may have been for ages for anything known to the contrary by your correspondent the burying ground of the original natives, dating their epoch soon after the dispersion spoken of in Genesis chap. xi, v. 8, "So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth," and might have continued as their burying place down the ages until disinherited by the present race, and is now consecrated as their buying ground, and may so continue for ages yet to come until disinherited (may be) by some unknown race that may yet appear. One word by your correspondent respecting the departed. That scripture was remarkably fulfilled towards him, found in Proverbs chap. xvi, v. 7: "When a man's way's please the Lord he maketh his enemies to be at peace with him."

25 A213. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997" (database and scans of original records), by Various County Courts throughout Ohio; published on the internet by at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804.

27 Jackson Sentinel (IA) (newspaper), obituary published online, 1889 Jan. 24. "Mrs. Mary Rowley, who was sent up the Poor Farm from Maqueketa last June, died at the institution Jan. 17th, aged nearly 77 years. Her remains were conveyed to Fairfield township and buried on Saturday."

29 M236. Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929 (database) entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records; published on the internet by FamilySearch.org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675468, son George's record.

30 M029. "Early American Marriages: Iowa to 1850," (database) by Dodd, Jordan R, et. al. Early American Marriages: Iowa to 1850; database compiled by Liahona Research (Precision Indexing Publishers: Bountiful, UT); published on the internet by ancestry.com at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iajackso/Marriages/earlymarriages.html, 2000.

31 M053. "Jackson County Early Pioneers," and "Early Marriages Jackson County, 1848-1855," (magazine article) by Holihan, Grace, compiler, Hawkey Heritage, V. 9, N. 4, 1974 Oct (Iowa Genealogical Society: Des Moines IA).

32 A194. Texas Death Records, 1890-1976 (database and scanned death certificates) published online by FamilySearch at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324, title of doctor on daughter Letta's death certificate.

33 B084. Saint Joseph County" (MI), Gazetteer of State of Michigan, by Blois, John T. (Robinson, Pratt & Co.: NY, 1838).

35 L1992.3. Family genealogy letters, by Valen, Michaeleen, a descendent, addressed to Irene Rowley; Originals kept in my files, 1992-1999.

36 CM020. Listing of graves in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Union Co, SD, transcribed by WPA, (WPA Graves Registration Project: 1940). Retyped 1999 by Joy R. Fisher (published on the internet by UsGenWeb, at http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/union/cemeteries/ples-hill-a.txt.

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

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