 1829 - 1875 (46 years)
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| Name |
Walter Rowe |
| Birth |
20 Jun 1829 |
Brownville, Jefferson County, New York  [1] |
- son of Ferdinand & Polly Rowe
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| Gender |
Male |
| Land |
Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, , , [1] |
- paid for and was granted a Patent to eighty acres of Public
Land by the General Land Office of the United States at Ionia,
Michigan
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| MilService |
13 Aug 1862 [1] |
- He enlisted as a Private in Company A of the Michigan Sixth
Cavalry Regiment at Grand Rapids, Michigan, leaving Susan to
care for their two small sons. The 6th Cavalry was part of the
Michigan Brigade serving under General George Armstrong Custer.
During a charge "at the Rebels while with his Company and in
action" on July 2, 1863 at the Battle of Hunterstown, near
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Walter was wounded by a minnie-ball
through the left shoulder. He also received "severe sabre cuts
on the head causing serious derangement of the intellectual
facilities", and a sabre stab wound in his back. He was
given a medical discharge Sept. 28, 1863 from a Hospital in
Pennsylvania and was ímustered out of the Army with his unit in
1865 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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| Death |
25 Dec 1875 |
Cedar Springs, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan [1] |
- Accidental. According to family legend he was out cutting
firewood and a Christmas tree with his sons Nelson and Allen
when a tree started falling on his horses. He was able to hold
the tree up until the horses had been moved but he couldn't get
out from under the tree. It fell, killing him.
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| Burial |
Solon Cemetery, , Kent County, Michigan, USA [1] |
| Notes |
- From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
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| Person ID |
I38454 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
| Family |
Susan Ainor Mabie, b. 16 May 1839, Naples, Ontario County, New York d. 23 Mar 1927, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
3 Jul 1856 [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Nelson Albert Rowe, b. Apr 1858, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Allen Lushan Rowe, b. Between 1859 and 1860, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Effie Anor Rowe, b. 10 Jun 1861 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Lillie M. Rowe, b. Between 1867 and 1868, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 5. Martha E. Rowe, b. Between 1873 and 1874, Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F551604158 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S1262] Internet, HTTP://WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM/~NYJEFFER/ROWEP.HTM (Reliability: 3).
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