| Portrait and Biographical Album Ingham & Livingston Counties Michigan | |
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1-7.0872/08.09 Louis E 1-7.0872/09.024 Edward C 1-7.0872/10.068 |
LOUIS E. ROWLEY. Journalism offers a broad field to the man who aspires to literary honors and although of modern origin comparatively, the literary element in our newspapers has discovered to the world many a star who might otherwise have shone unseen. He of whom we write is the editor and proprietor of the Lansing Journal, a breezy sheet that besides mirroring the general trend of public sentiment, contains much of real merit in journalism. Mr. Rowley is also Deputy Secretary of State, appointed to the position by Secretary of State Soper in January, 1891. The original of our sketch was born in Ionia County, May 17, 1858. He is the son of George and Catherine (Green) Rowley, the father being one of the early settlers and born in Monroe County, N.Y., as was the mother likewise. After marriage they came to Ionia County, Mich., about 1855-56, and there lived, the father being employed as a machinist. He continued to reside in Ionia until his demise, which occurred in 1862. Until thirteen years of age our subject was occupied with his school duties. A bright lad naturally, he was neither better nor worse than the majority of boys, nor could he resist the temptation to "have some fun" more than other boys. After he had attained the manly age of thirteen he worked in the Sentinel office of Ionia, and has been connected with this office in one capacity and another ever since, working up from the beginning. He soon engaged as a reporter and continued doing that line of work until 1879, when he purchased an interest in the Ionia Standard, which was the political organ of the Democratic party in that place. In 1883 Mr. Rowley removed to Lansing and purchased the Lansing Journal, which is the Democratic organ in this city. In January, 1887, our subject established the Daily Journal, which has held its own in the face of all opposition since its inception. He now gives the major portion of his time to a general oversight of the journalistic work that is done in his office. |
| Josephine (dau/1-7.0947) | OSCAR PERRY, the old settler and leading citizen of Locke Township, Ingham County, is a native of Sandusky County, Ohio, where he was born July 11, 1843. ... The lady who presides with so much grace and dignity over the home of our subject, and who is an acknowledged leader in all social movements, bore the maiden name of Josephine Rowley. She became Mrs. Perry September 14, 1870, and is a daughter of Levi Rowley, an early settler of Locke Township. Her three children -- Cora, Lizzie and Stanley--are bright and promising, and in their future the parents cherish a fond confidence. |
| Hannah M | DANIEL R. SHERMAN, M. D. .. was born in Wayne County, N.Y., July (798) 28, 1843, and is a son of Gilbert and Hannah M. (Rowley) Sherman. When their son was but seven years old, the parents removed to Noble County, Indiana. The father was a farmer and millwright by trade and was so occupied in Indiana. .. In 1867 the parents accompanied our subject to Lawrence County, Mo., where the young man engaged in milling. Here the mother died. The father still lives, his residence being in Coldwater, Mich. He has attained the almost patriarchal age of seventy-eight years. |
| Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society, 1923 | |
| Levi 1-7.0947 William 1-7.0947/08.01 |
pg 166, List of Representatives in the Legislature: 1857-58 Peter Linderman, Levi Rowley |
| pg 617, elected town officials for Leroy township in 1840: Supervisor: Levi Rowley, and also as one of the school inspectors |
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| pg 619, from a letter by Edwin Dana: in listing "the books we studied (in 1848)... our supply was limited. I had a spelling book, Warren Coleman had a law book, Sylvester Starks had an old English reader, my brother had a history of the Bible, and William Rowley had an arithmetic." | |
| pg 664, Dr Turner lists the professions and trades in Locke, including Levi Rowley, Justice of the Peace. Later Dr Turner writes that the Rowleys were among the nine early settler families. "The pioneers were mostly from New York and Ohio, with a sprinkling of Scotch and Irish from Canada." | |
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