Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....James Rowe  1824 -  Unknown
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm
************************************************


File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Carla Miles captbluegrass@mchsi.com July 18, 2003, 10:41 am

Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 521

James A. Rowe

James A. Rowe, a successful farmer and well-known and honored soldier of 
Meriwether county, is a grandson of William Rowe, a native of South Carolina, 
who was one of the pioneers of the what is now Monroe county, where he settled 
in 1804.  His son, James, born in South Carolina, married Miss Narcissa Lewis, 
daughter of a revolutionary soldier, a native of South Carolina.  Their son, 
James A. Rowe, was born in Monroe county in 1824, and passed his early years 
on the farm in that county, coming to Meriwether county in 1836.  His early 
advantages were confined to such as were obtainable in the old log school 
house in the country.  His natural energy of character has enabled him to make 
his way in the world.  In 1861 Mr. Rowe enlisted in the Meriwether revengers 
under Capt. Hall.  In 1862 they reorganized and Mr. Rowe was made captain of 
Company E, Twenty-eighth Georgia regiment.  Capt. Rowe took part in fifty-two 
battles, many of them being among the most important and fiercest engagements 
of the war; such as Seven Pines, seven days at Richmond, Wilderness, Ocean 
Pond, Fort Sumter, James Island, Fort Fisher, John’s Island, battle of 
Winchester, and many more.  It was not to be expected that he would go 
unscathed through so many direful encounters; he received eleven wounds during 
the war.  After the declaration of peace he returned home to make a new start 
in life.  He has devoted himself to farm work and has succeeded in making for 
himself and family a competence and a pleasant and comfortable home.  He 
married in 1848, his wife, Miss Nancy A. Malcolm, being a native of Walton 
county, born March 23, 1832; her parents, Alexander and Mahala (Nelson) 
Malcolm, were early settlers of that county.  Capt. And Mrs. Rowe have eight 
children living: Thomas B., Milton, Walter, Allen J., Alfred C., Virginia, 
Harriet and Mary.



This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/

File size: 2.5 Kb