George Rowe of Epping, N.H. Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

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     GEORGE ROWE, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of the town
of Epping, residing about two miles north of Eppings village, was born
at Nottingham, N. H., October 23, 1837.  His parents were Ichabod
and Abbie (Foss) Rowe, and their family consisted of three children,
John P., George and Horace E.  The immigrant ancestor of the Rowe
family came to this country from England.  Among Mr. Rowe's an-
cestors was Governor Bradstreet, first secretary of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony, who was a1so assistant governor of the colony for seven-
teen years.  On the maternal side Thomas Wiggin, who settled in
Massachusetts at an early date, subsequently removed to Exeter. Gov-
ernor Thomas Wiggin married a daughter of Governor Barefoot.  Mem-
bers of the Wiggin family also took a prominent part in the Revolu-
tionary War.
     George Rowe attended the country schools near his home until he
was nineteen years of age, during the latter part of this time, however,
at intervals only, as when fifteen, he began to learn the trade of shoe-
maker, at which he worked for some time, receiving six dollars a week.
Later he started to learn the carpenter's trade, but soon gave it up.  He
then accepted a position selling tinware for Charles Hubbard of Man-
chester, N. H., and was thus occupied for several years.  Still later he
went into the hay business, a1so dealing in potatoes and lumber, and he
has since built up a large and growing business along these lines, his two
sons now attending to the active part of the work.  He owns three fine
farms, aggregating 276 acres.
     Mr. Rowe was married January 26, 1865 to Sarah A. Smith, a
daughter of George S. and Sarah A. D. (Emerson) Smith of Deerfield,
N. H.  Mrs. Rowe's early ancestors in this country were from Ireland.
Her father died December 7, 1862, aged forty-five years and ten months.
The mother survived her husband many years, passing away November
9, 1894, at the age of seventy-six years and ten months.  The maternal
grandfather of Mrs. Rowe was a son of Jonathan Emerson, who served
as a soldier in the War of 1812.  Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have three children,
as follows: Sadie A., who married John Q. Pike, who is teller in a bank
at Dover, N. H. (They have a daughter, Eliza, T., who married Wil-

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liam Goss, assistant cashier of the bank); John E., single, who resides
with his parents and assists in the management of the home farm;
and Harry L., who married Mary F. Heath, of Hamptead, and has
a daughter, Elizabeth R.  All three children were educated in the
public schools and academy at Epping, and Mrs. Pike, before her mar-
riage was a teacher. The family attend the Congregational church.  Mr.
Rowe is a Democrat in politics, and, although not caring for public
office, has served efficiently on the town school board.