Washington L Rowe (1816?-1856?) VA > TN
Seeking parents of Washington L Rowe, who was born abt 1816 in Virginia. He was counted (as "Wm L") in 1850 in Fayette County, TN, where he had married 12 Dec 1842 Mary Catherine Stone (b abt 1827, dau of Granville P Stone and Tabitha Ena Caviness of Sumner County, TN). Washington was employed as an overseer for Benjamin H Porter, who served as administrator of his estate following his death in 1856.
Their children were:
1. Lucy Ann Catherine Rowe (1844-1941), known as Lou, who married (1st) Matthew Carr and (2nd) Thomas R Mustin;
2. Thomas Granville Rowe (1848-1914), who married Camilllis A Douglas; and
3. Virginia (abt 1851- ?), who married John M Farley. (Virginia may have been named Eugenia, and was known as Jenny. She might have had a short-lived first marriage to -- Thorp)
The children became wards of A W Campbell of Shelby County, who apparently married the widowed Mary. They were raised near Cuba, north of Memphis.
Although his descendants preferred "Rowe" both "Row" and "Roe" also show up in records. Does anyone have a line in Virginia around 1816 who moved to Tennessee before 1850?
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Re: Washington L Rowe (1816?-1856?) VA > TN
John King 7/24/03
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Re: Washington L Rowe (1816?-1856?) VA > TN
Neil Allen Bristow 7/24/03
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Re: Washington L Rowe (1816?-1856?) VA > TN