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Enoch

William
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ENOCH ROWLEY, retired, Middlebury, is a native of Staffordshire, England, and was born Dec. 22, 1814. His father, William Rowley, was a potter and Enoch was taught the trade. In February, 1949, he landed in New York, prepared to try his fortune in the new country. He came to Cuyahoga Falls, having heard of that place in England. He worked at farming and gardening for about eight months, and in the fall of the same year, he came to Middlebury and bought his present place, where he has since resided. In the Spring of 1850 he and his two brothers-in-law, Edwin and Herbert Baker, began the manufacture of yellow and rockingham ware; it was the first made in the county, and was represented at the county fair in 1851. In 1853, he erected a stoneware manufactory and has been identified with the same ever since. He married Miss Eliza Baker April 21, 1834. She is a native of England. Of their eleven children but one is living, viz., William; of the deceased but two were married, one of whom leaves a family, viz., Ann J., married Mr. F. Manton, a native of England, who came to America about the year 1852, and is now a farmer located near Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. By their marriage there were three children, viz., Charles F., Francis C. and Eva E. Mr. Rowley, though coming a stranger to a new country has by industry and economy been successful in business, securing for himself and wife an ample competency for their old age.  Both have spent over one-half a century as members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has taken an active interest, and has served in its several offices, being a class, leader for the past twenty-two years. In politics, he has taken his stand in the ranks of the Republican party.

WM. ROWLEY, stoneware manufacturer, Middlebury, Ohio; is a native of England, and was born in Staffordshire, Dec. 17, 1837. At the age of 12, he came with his parents to America, and settled in Middlebury, now Sixth Ward of Akron, where he has since lived. He began to work in a pottery, and, at the age of 18, established a business of his own, erecting a shop where his present establishment is. Since the destruction of his shop by fire, the building has been rebuilt of brick and he is now enlarging it so as to double his its present capacity, which will employ from twenty-five to thirty hands. Mr. Rowley was one of the incorporators of the Middlebury Clay Company, and since the first year he has held the office of Secretary and Superintendent of the same. May 10, 1864, he married Miss Mary Jane Wills, a native of England. She came to the United States with her parents, and was living with them at Cuyahoga Falls at the time of her marriage. Of their four children, three are living, viz: Arthur J, Maud L, and an infant.