Husband Hon. John Rowe 1 2 3
Born: 4 Oct 1814 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 4 5
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Died: 27 Dec 1880 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 4 5
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Father: John Rowe (1776-1836) 1 6
Mother: Mary Wise ( - ) 1 5
Marriage: 18 Feb 1836 3 5
Wife Elizabeth Watson Prather 2 3 7
Born: Jul or Aug 1814 3 5
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Died: 11 Jan 1880 3 5
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Father: Abraham Prather (1762-1819) 8 9 10
Mother: Martha [2] Watson (1773- ) 8 9 10
Children
1 M David Watson Rowe 3 7 11
Born: 12 Nov 1836 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 7 12
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Spouse: Anna E. Fletcher ( - ) 13 14
Marr: 5 Aug 1862 13 15
2 F Anna Mary Rowe 3 16 17
Born: 25 Aug 1838 3
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Died: 25 Aug 1920 3
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Spouse: Lemuel Snively (1834- ) 3 18 19
Marr: 20 Dec 1860 16 20
3 F Martha Ellen Rowe 3 21
Born: 22 Jun 1840 3 21
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Died: 9 Mar 1896 3
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Spouse: Louis Henry Fletcher (1839- ) 3 21
Marr: 5 Jun 1862 21
4 M John Gilmore Rowe 12 22
Born: 31 May 1842 12 22
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Died: 29 Sep 1874 12 22
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 F Elizabeth Prather Rowe 12 22
Born: 18 Nov 1844 12 22
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Spouse: John M. Stoner ( - ) 12
Marr: 14 Dec 1887 22
6 F Florence Sarah Rowe 12 22
Born: 20 Apr 1846 12 22
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Died: 8 Dec 1888 22
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Spouse: William H. Davison (1835/1836-1875) 12 22 23
7 M Henry Prather Rowe 12 24
Born: 8 Feb 1848 12 24
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Died: 1851 24
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 F Isabella Watson Rowe 12 24
Born: 18 Sep 1850 12 24
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Spouse: William U. Brewer (1844- ) 12 24
Marr: 18 Jan 1877 24
General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Rowe
He was educated in the Greencastle, Pennsylvania, schools, and was all his life a merchant in Greencastle. He was zealous in promoting the growth and prosperity of his native town, and was always active and influential in politics. Even before his majority he began to take a leading part in local affairs, and was sent by the Democrats of his district to the Democratic county convention, and by that body he was chosen a delegate to the State convention, with instructions to support Martin Van Buren for President. In 1840, when only twenty-five years old, he was elected a justice of the peace, and in 1844 he was a Democratic candidate for the Legislature, but the Whigs had a majority. He continued active in the support of his party, and in 1851 he was elected a representative in the General Assembly, and was again elected in 1852. In 1856 the Democratic State convention was held in Chambersburg, with a view of putting Major Rowe in nomination for surveyor-general. He was nominated and elected, and though a Douglas Democrat, was unanimously nominated for re-election in 1859, but his party failed to carry the State. At the outbreak of the Civil war he took strong ground in behalf of the Union, and in 1861 he was again elected a member of the House of Representatives as a war Democrat, and was chosen Speaker of the House. He was afterward identified with the Republican party and was prominent in its councils. As a young man he was active in promoting the efficiency of the State militia, and was chosen major of one of the Franklin County battalions.