Soldier Rowley, John R. list Date: 11 Aug 1862
Wife Mary Anna Griffith Enlist Place: Ohio
Service B96 Ohio Inf Enlist Rank: 
PENSION File Date Appl. # Cert. # State City/Town
Soldier 1882-Mar 06 442,080 3434,293    
Widow 1919-Mar 28 1138,524 876,004 OH  
Attorney  
 

ABSTRACT OF PENSION FILE

  Enlistment
Age
Date of Birth Birthplace Date of Death Place of Death
Soldier: 14 May 1844     03 Feb 1919  
Spouse:

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  Date Place By Whom
Marriage: 08 Nov 1866   Rev. Thomas Jacobs
 
  Name Date of Birth Birthplace Date of Death Place of Death
Child 1: Perry A. 1868      
Child 2: Thomas N. 1871      
Child 3: Albert V. 1875      
 
FATHER: O. P.         
MOTHER: Mary E. McKinzie        
He was discharged 07 Jul 1865.  His father has been determined to be Olney Percy Rowley.  The soldier's Spencer number is #1-7.0907/9.5.

His wife was married 1st to John H. Weeks, Co. G 121 Ohio Inf.  For some unknown reason, marriage certificates of Mary Ann Griffith & John H. Weeks, and of Mary Ann (Griffith) Weeks & John R. Rowley, were found in the pension application file of Melville B. Rowley.  The only possible connection was that Melville Rowley and John H. Weeks were both in Company G 121 Ohio Infantry, and they both lived in Knox County, Ohio.  

Last update on March 10, 2005