| HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN; M. A. Lesson & Co., Chicago, 1882, Armada Biographies [p 687-716] | |
| Erastus Joseph Ory Franklin George H Joseph Elias Willie J |
JOSEPH ROWLEY was born in Livingston County, N.Y., February 13, 1812. He is the son of Erastus and Lydia Richardson Rowley, of Westfield, Conn. The father started to move to Michigan in 1835, but died on the way, in Ohio, and was buried there. The mother died in Armada Township in 1864. Mr. Rowley bought land on Sections 7 and 8, in Armada, on which he still resides. He was married, August 4, 1839, to Elizabeth, daughter of A. Smith, and they were the first couple married in Berlin Township, St. Clair County. Their children are Ory, born November 12, 1840; Polly B., born June 6, 1842; Marianna, born August 17, 1844, died December 25, 1865; Franklin, born August 26, 1846; George H., born August 20, 1848; Joseph born June 1, 1850; Nettie O., born February 11, 1852; Sarah E., born May 1, 1854, died June 30, 1881; Elias, born May 29, 1856; Lydia, born October 9, 1858; Willie J., born June 22, 1861. Mr. Rowley was a keen and successful hunter. He killed 180 deer the first three seasons on the place, and thirty per season for many years after. He is a Jackson Democrat. |
| Erastus Nathan |
NATHAN ROWLEY was the son of Erastus Rowley, of Westfield, Conn., and was born May 17, 1802. He removed to Macomb County in June, 1831, and was married, November 5, 1834, to Abigail, daughter of Frederick Aldrich. In 1836, he took up land on Section 7 and 8, Armada, which he improved, and where he lived up to 1880. He died at Goodrich, Genesee County, July 27, 1881. Mrs. Rowley was born in Canandaigua County, N.Y., August 12, 1809, and died October 5, 1877. The grandfather is a survivor of the Revolution, and they are from a long-lived race of people. |
| Nathaniel Liberty Arthur T - d.y. |
LIBERTY ROWLEY was born at Armada Township October 10, 1838. He was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Rowley, of the same place; was married, December 25, 1863, to Mary L. Banfill, who was born at Ypsilanti, Mich., December 20, 1847. Their children are as follows: Arthur T., born October 31, 1865, died August 7, 1872; Carrie E., born December 2, 1871; Rubie, born January 21, 1874, died in November, 1875; Mary L., born November 8, 1878. Mr. Rowley purchased a part of his father's farm, on Section 8, Armada, on which he lives, and keeps a stock of general merchandise. Mr. Rowley and wife have been member of the Methodist Protestant Church for fifteen years, and he has always been a Republican. |
| Nathan | REUBEN WARRENER was born at Royal Oak, Oakland County, July 20, 1832. He is the son of John Warrener, of Brighton, near London, England. Reuben came to this county in 1855, and married, July 4, 1855, Lydia, daughter of Nathan Rowley, and bought a portion of the farm of his father-in-law, where he now resides, Section 7, Armada Township. They had two children - Mary, born October 5, 1856, died January 11, 1857; Abbie, born July 25, 1862, married E.J. Cross and lives on the homestead. Mr. Warrener enlisted, August 9, 1862, in Company B., Twenty-second Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He participated in six engagements, and served in military prison and contracted diseases from which he still suffers; is a Republican in his politics. |
| Hezekiah David H E P Bruce M |
David H. Rowley was born in Livingston Co. NY 18 April 1831. He is the son of Hezekiah and Clarissa Anthony Rowley, the latter a native of Connecticut, for former of New York. Mr. Rowley was educated at New Haven CT and in Oakland Co MI, where his father moved to in 1835. In 1839, on the death of his mother, he was sent to Connecticut, remaining with his relatives there for two years. In 1853, he settled at Romeo and entered the employ of M.A. Giddings as a clerk, where he remained for ten years. In 1863, he went to Pennsylvania and engaged in oil interests, which he operated successfully, returning to Romeo in 1869, and formed a co-partnership with Mr. Giddings, which still continues. Mr. Rowley is a Republican; has acted for two years as President of the village, and two years as Trustee of Romeo. He was tendered the position of cashier of the First National Bank at its organization, but, being in oil transactions in Pennsylvania, declined. He was married, in Oakland County in 1852 to Eliza A. Hemingway. She was the daughter of Needham Hemingway, a prominent citizen and early settler in that county. The have three children: E.P. Rowley, eldest son, is a lawyer in Detroit; Bruce M. is a government clerk in the office of the Surveyor General at Yankton, D.T. [Dakota Territory]; and Helen, the only daughter, resides at home. |
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