Rowe, Wilhelmus

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Birth

born in the town of Westerlo January 20, 1836, the son of Richard Rowe and Elizabeth Bogardus of Clarksville.[1]

Occupation

Wilhelmus was a contractor and builder and in 1856 went to Winona, in the then Territory of Minnesota, afterward to Memphis, Tenn. [1]

Military

He was in Tennessee at the outbreak of the Civil war and was conscripted in the rebel army, and after Beaureguard took command was detailed to guard prisoners from Corinth to Holly Springs, Miss.; was second lieutenant in a company of Home Guards. Immediately after the fall of Memphis he made his way north, and three months afterward was drafted in the Union army, but was exempted on the grounds of having been in the rebel army. [1]

Marriage & Children

In 1866 he married Elizabeth H. Bennett, daughter of Rushmore Bennett, of Clarksville, whose father, Daniel Bennett, was born at Stone near Berkley, Glostershire, England.[1]
They have three sons:

  • Erasmus B. Rowe, born in 1866[1]
  • R. Burton Rowe, born in 1872[1]
  • Anson H. Rowe, born in 1882.[1]

Additional Media

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Landmarks of Albany County, NY, Edited by Amasa J. Parker, Albany, NY