ROWELL ANNEX
Truman James Rowell Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Last Change: 17 June 2023
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Origin of
the surname “Rowell:” (per The Media Research Bureau, Washington, D.C.)
"The name of Rowell is believed by some authorities
to be of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and derived from the hamlet of that name in
Gloucestershire, England. Others, however,
state that it was taken from the residence of its first bearers of Rouelles in
France, and was brought into England by a Huguenot family of the name in the
early seventeenth century. Still other
family historians assert that it was a variant of the baptismal name Rowle or
Rowles, but this last seems most improbable.
The name is found on ancient records in the various spellings of
Rowelle, Rowel, Roule, Rowle, Rowles, Rolle, Rouelle, Rouell, and Rowell, of
which the last is the form most generally used in America today.
Families of this name were to be found at early dates in
the English counties of Gloucester, Devon, Somerset, Bedford, Oxford, and
London. They were, for the most part, of
the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain."
Generation
8
7 Abraham Rowell
6 Abraham Rowell, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Emigrated from England to America about 1800. Employed as a farmer at Plessis (southeast of
Alexandria Bay on Route 26), Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.
2. Wife: (?)
Born .
3. Children: (at least 16; order
uncertain)
a. James Rowell: Married (?) and had the following
children:
(1. John J. Rowell.
(2. Jerome Rowell.
(3. Joan Rowell.
(4. Angelina Rowell.
b. William Rowell: No children.
c. Zachariah Rowell: No children.
d. David Rowell: Married Olive Kelsey (b. about
1795, d. 1825 (age 30); interred Westdale Cemetery, Westdale, N.Y.) and had the
following children:
(1. William Rowell.
(2. Asa Rowell.
(3. Mary Rowell: Born about 1815. Died 5 April 1825, age 10; interred with her
parents.
e. Issac Rowell: Moved to Pulaski, Jefferson County,
New York. Married (?) and had the
following children:
(1. Franklin Rowell.
(2. Hamilton Rowell.
(3. Polly Rowell: Married (?) Coe.
(4. Daughter: Married (?) Hubbard.
f. Abraham Rowell, Jr.: Married (?) and had the
following children:
(1. Huldah Rowell.
(2. Charles E. Rowell.
(3. Levi Rowell.
(4. Burette H. Rowell.
(5. Whiting A. Rowell: Married (?) and had the
following children:
(a. Walter Rowell:
Married Edith (?) and had the following daughter:
(1) Orma Rowell: Married Ralph Ford and had the
following children:
(a) Janet R. Ford: Married (?) Johnson.
(b) Sheldon Ford.
(c) Carl Ford.
(b. Edward “Ed” Rowell: Married (?) and had the following daughter:
(1) Helen Rowell: Married (?) Grinell.
(c. Fayette Rowell:
Married (?) and adopted the following daughter:
(1) Marion Rowell.
(6. Warren Rowell: Married Alice Morris and had the
following children:
(a. Ethel Rowell: Married Royal Alvord and had the
following children:
(1) Francis Alvord.
(2) Everett Alvord.
(3) Marion Alvord.
(4) Norma Alvord.
(5) Lawrence Alvord.
(6) Harlan Alvord.
(7) Raymond Alvord.
(b. Howard Rowell: Married (?) and had the following
children:
(1) Florence Rowell.
(2) Ruth Rowell.
(3) Lula Rowell.
(4) Harry Rowell.
(5) Thilma Rowell.
(6) Mary Jane Rowell.
(c. Mildred Rowell: Married (?) Link and had the
following children:
(1) James Link.
(2) Elizabeth Link.
(d. Lloyd Rowell: Married Cora Herman and had 1
daughter.
(e. Dorothy Rowell: Married (?) and had 5 children.
(f. Charles Rowell: Married (?) and resided in
Texas, where they had the following children:
(1) Chester Morris Rowell.
(2) Thomas Lloyd Rowell.
(3) Theodore Rowell.
(g. Gladys Rowell: No children.
(h. Elva Rowell: No children.
(7. George Rowell.
g. Saphronia Rowell: Married (?) Wooley and had the
following children:
(1. Phoebe Wooley.
(2. William Wooley.
(3. Leander Wooley.
(4. Sarah Wooley.
h. Truman Rowell: (16th child)
See generation 5, below.
5 Truman Rowell (photos) (more info)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 25 February 1785 at Redwood, New York. Died 18 January 1875 (age 90 yr, 5 mo) at
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York; interred beside 1st wife
in the Old Redwood Cemetery, Red Wood, Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New
York. Moved from Plessis to Camden
(northeast of Syracuse, above Lake Oneida), Oneida County, New York, where he
met and married his wife. Employed as a
farmer and itinerant preacher, traveling extensively around New York State,
going anywhere the public would tolerate his message. Served (reluctantly) in the War of 1812;
family tradition suggests Truman chopped off one of his big toes in an effort
to avoid the War, but to no avail; he served anyway. In later years moved back to Plessis,
Jefferson County, New York to take over his parents’ farm.
Of interest, the following book is on display in the
Historical Museum at the Theresa Free Library, Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New York: A Concordance of the Holy
Scriptures With the References Included, Selected and Arranged by Truman Rowell
of Theresa, Jefferson Co., NY (published 1855).
1820 US Census: Truman Rowell was heading a
household in Camden Township, Oneida County, New York. The household included 2 males under age 10;
1 male age 26 to 45; and 1 female age 26 to 45.
1830 US Census: Truman Rowell was heading a
household in Annsville Township, Oneida County, New
York. The household included 1 male age
10 to 15; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 40 to 50; 1 female age 5 to 10; and 1
female age 40 to 50.
1840 US Census: Truman Rowell was heading a
household in Camden Township, Oswego County, New York. The household included 1 male age 50 to 60
and 1 female age 40 to 50. Of interest,
the households headed by Truman S. Rowell and Abraham Rowell were enumerated on
the same census page.
1865 NYS Census: Truman Rowell, age 80 (b. location
not given), married twice, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mrs. Rowell, age 60 (birth
location not recorded), who had been married twice and had had 4 children.
1870 US Census: Truman Rowell, age 85 (b. CT) and
not employed, was heading a household in Alexandria Township (Omar Post
Office), Jefferson County, New York. His
real estate was valued at $165). The
household also included his wife, Lucy E. Rowell, age 66 (b. MA). Of interest, the household headed by his son,
Truman S. Rowell, age 57, was enumerated directly after him on the same census
page.
1875 NYS Census: Truman Rowell, age 90 (b. CT) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Alexandria Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Lucy Rowell, age 71 (b. MA).
Of interest, the households headed by Sheldon Hutchinson
[step-son-in-law] and Sabra A. Rowell, age 51 (dau-in-law), were enumerated directly before him on the
same census page.
2. Wife #1: Huldah (Smith) Ford (photos)
Born about 20 June 1789. Died 20 March 1860 (age 71 yrs., 9 mo.) at
Redwood, Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred there in the
old cemetery.
a. Children: (order uncertain)
(1. Truman Smith Rowell: See generation 4,
below.
(2. Abraham Rowell: Born between 1815 and 1820.
1840 US Census: Abraham Rowell was heading a
household in Camden Township, Oswego County, New York. The household included 1 male age 20 to 30;
and 1 female age 15 to 20. Of interest,
the households headed by Truman Rowell and Truman S. Rowell were enumerated on
the same census page.
(3. Daughter: Born between 1820 and 1825.
3. Wife #2: Lucy E. Townsend
Of Rossie, St. Lawrence County, New York (northeast
of Alexandria Bay on the outflow (Indian River) of Black Lake. Married Truman Rowell on 17 July 1860 at
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York with clergyman George Rockwell
officiating. Lucy applied for and
received a pension based on Truman’s war record. No children.
4 Truman Smith Rowell (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 16 May 1811 in Oswego/Oneida County, New
York. Died 13 January 1878 (age 67) at
Alexandria Bay, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred in
the family plot in Brookside Cemetery, Plessis, Alexandria Township. Referred to as Truman Smith Rowell, Sr. Was employed as a carpenter. In that capacity helped construct to Thousand
Island House at Alexandria Bay.
1840 US Census: Truman S. Rowell was heading a
household in Camden Township, Oswego County, New York. The household included 2 males under age 5; 1
male age 5 to 10; 1 males age 20 to 30; 1 female under age 5; and 1 female age
20 to 30. Of interest, the households
headed by Truman Rowell, Abraham Rowell, and Benjamin Rusco
were enumerated, side-by-side, above him on the same census page.
1850 US Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 38 (b. NYS)
and employed as a carpenter and joiner, was heading a household in Williamstown
Township, Oswego County, New York. His
real estate was valued at $600. The
household also included his wife, Mary Rowell, age 37 (b. NYS); Almeron S. Rowell, age 16 (b. NYS); Cyrena
E. Rowell, age 14 (b. NYS); Caleb Rowell, age 12 (b. NYS); Adelbert
Rowell, age 10 (b. NYS); Hosea F. Rowell, age 6 (b. NYS); and Sarah D. Rowell,
age 3 (b. NYS).
1855 NYS Census: Truman S. Rowel, age 44 (b. Oneida
Co., NYS) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Williamstown
Township, Oswego County, New York. His
frame dwelling was valued at $400, and he had resided in Williamstown for 10
years. The household also included his
wife, Sophia Rowel, age 45 (b. Oneida Co., NY), who had resided in Williamstown
for 4 years; son, Gilbert Rowel, age 15 (b. Oswego Co., NY), who had resided in
Williamstown for 10 years; son, Hosea Rowel, age 10 (b. Oswego Co., NY), who
had resided in Williamstown for 10 years; son, Sarah Rowel, age 8 (b. Oswego
Co., NY), who had resided in Williamstown for 8 years; and servant, Eliza Mowies?, age 16 (b. Oswego Co., NY), who had resided in
Williamstown for 4 years. Of interest,
the household headed by James Smith, age 72 (b. Canada), who had resided in Williamstown
for 14 years, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page. That household also included James' wife,
Polly, age 60 (b. Scoharie Co., NY), who had resided
in Williamstown for 4 years. [Smith was the maiden name of Truman's mother.]
1860 US Census: Truman S. Rowell, Sr., age 50 and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household at Plessis, Alexandria Township,
New York. The value of his real estate
was $3,960, and the value of his personal property was $690. Other members of the household included his
wife, Sabran, age 36; daughter, Hasey, age 15; son, Sheldon, age 12; son, Miles
S., age 10; daughter, Aurelia A., age 8; son, Truman, Jr., age 2; and son,
Edgar, age 2 months.
1865 NYS Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 53 (b. Oneida
Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Alexandria
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
His frame dwelling was valued at $1,000.
The household also included his wife, Sabra A. Rowell, age 41 (b.
Canada), who had been married twice and had had 7 children; son, Hosea Rowell,
age 20 (b. Oswego Co., NY); daughter, Jani
Hutchinson, age 20 (b. Canada); son, Sheldon Hutchinson, age 17 (b. Jefferson
Co., NY); son, Miles Hutchinson, age 15 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Adelaid Hutchinson, age 13 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son,
Smith Rowell, age 7 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Edgar E. Rowell, age 5 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); and son, Arthur Rowell, age 3 years and 1 month (b.
Jefferson Co., NY).
1870 US Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 57 (b. NYS)
and employed as a carpenter, Joiner, and farmer, was heading a household in
Alexandria Township (Omar Post Office), Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $3,120, and his
person property was valued at $3,354.
The household also included his wife, Sarah A. Rowell, age 46 (b. Canada), whose real estate
was valued at $4,460; son, Truman S. Rowell, age 12 (b. NYS); son, Edgar E.
Rowell, age 9 (b. NYS); son, Arthur H. Rowell, age 7 (b. NYS); and Addie Hutchinson,
age 18 (b. NYS), who was not employed.
1875 NYS Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 64 (b. Oneida
Co., NY), married, and employed as a farmer, resided in the household headed by
his son-in-law, Joseph Roads, age 37 (b. OH) in Alexandria Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included Truman's daughter, Sarah Roads, age 29 (b. Oswego Co., NY) and
grandson, Frank Roads, age 14 (b. Oswego Co., NY). Of interest, the household headed by Truman's
wife, Sabra A. Rowell, age 51, was enumerated with Sabra's son, Sheldon Hutchinson, age 27.
1875 NYS Census: Sabra A.
Rowell, age 51 (b. Canada) and married, was heading a household in Alexandria
Township, Jefferson County, New York, apparently under the same roof as her
son, Sheldon Hutchinson, age 27, with whom she was enumerated. Sabra's husband was not enumerated with her. The
household also included her son, Smith Rowell, age 18 (b. Jefferson Co., NY);
son, Arthur Rowell, age 13 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and daughter, Addie
Hutchinson, age 22 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
Of interest, the households headed by her son, Sheldon, age 27, and
father-in-law, Truman Rowell, age 90, were enumerated with her on the same
census page.
2. Wife #1: Mary Rusco
Born between 1810 and 1820 in Oneida County, New
York; perhaps the daughter of Benjamin Rusco. Died 16/17 October 1852. Married Truman Smith Rowell on 31 March 1833.
a. Children:
(1. Almerin/Almeron Smith Rowell "Smith": Born 31 January
1834 in Oneida County, New York. Died
1897. Employed as a farmer.
1865 NYS Census: Almeron Rowel, age 31 (b. Oneida
Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Theresa township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Elisabeth Rowel, age 32 (b. Oswego Co., NY)
and mother of 3; son, George Rowel, age 8 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); Netty Rowel,
age 1 year and 11 months (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and daughter, Ady Rowel, age 4
months (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
Almerin Rowell married Elizabeth Cable (b. N.Y., d.
1908) after moving to Escanaba, Michigan and had the following children:
(a. George Rowell: Born about 1857 in Jefferson
County, New York.
(b. Nettie Rowell: Born about 1863 in Jefferson
County, New York (also seen: b. MI).
Married Henry Elmer Valentia (d. 22 Sep 1941, age 75) and had the
following children:
(1) Merritt Valentia.
(2) Leona Valentia.
(c. Addie Rowell: Born about 1865 in Jefferson
County, New York. Married Harry Morris
and had several children, the following 5 of whom survived to adulthood:
(1) Edwin Morris.
(2) Herbert Morris.
(3) Thomas Morris.
(4) Robert Morris.
(5) Esther Morris.
(2. Cyrena Elizabeth
Rowell: (more
info) Born 30 January 1836 at Annsville, Oneida County, New York. Died ; interred
Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown, New York.
Married Charles Curran on 21 March 1856 and resided at Williamstown, New
York. Charles and Cyrena
had the following children: (6 total; order uncertain)
(a. Adelbert “Bert” Curran.
(b. Edward “Ed” A. Curran.
(c. Arthur B. Curran.
(3. Caleb Arthur Rowell "Arthur": Born 25
August 1837. Resided
in Jefferson County, New York.
(4. Adelbert Eugene Rowell
"Eugene": Born 23 October 1839 in Oneida County, New York. Employed as a mechanic. Died 6/10 September 1862 (age 23) in the
hospital from wounds received on 30 August 1862 at the battle of Bull Run
during the Civil War. Enlisted in
Company F., 94th Regiment of New York Infantry on 6 January 1861
(age 22). Married Clarinda (?) (b. 1840,
d. 1861); interred Rowell family plot in the Plessis Cemetery, Plessis,
Jefferson County, New York.
(5. Roderick Byron Rowell: Born 2 September
1841. Died 3 August 1844 (age 3).
(6. Hosea “Hasey” Frederick Rowell: Born 3 November
1844 at Kassog, New York. Died 26
January 1924; interred Lakeview Cemetery, Skaneateles, New York. Employed as a carpenter. Resided at Mottville, New York.
Married (1st) (?).
Married (2nd) Lydia Carapenter. Hosea had the following children:
(a. Florence Rowell.
(b. Hatlid Rowell: Married Fred Van Epps.
(7. Sarah Destimona Rowell: Born 16 April 1847 in
Oswego County, New York. Died 27 April
1929 (age 82) in the Oswego County Home, Mexico, New York, having been admitted
13 July 1927. Married Joseph Roads (b.
abt 1838 in OH) and and resided at Altmar, New York.
Joseph and Sarah had the following son:
(a. Frank Roads: Born about 1861 in Oswego County,
New York.
3. Wife #2: Sophia White
Died 26 September 1855. Married Truman Smith Rowell on 11 June 1853.
a. Child:
(8. Herbert Truman Rowell: Born 4 April 1855. Died 17 April 1855, 13 days old.
4. Wife #3: Sabran "Sabra" Ann (McMullen)
Hutchinson (more
info)
Born 1 April 1824 in Canada. Died 13 June 1908; interred Brookside
Cemetery, Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Sabra McMullen married (1st) Miles Hutchinson
(b. 4 Oct 1817 in Canada) and had the following children:
·
Sarah Jane
"Jani" Hutchinson: Born 17 March 1845 in Canada. Died 18 August 1865 (age 20).
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Sheldon Young
Hutchinson: Born 22 March 1848 in New York State.
1875 NYS Census: Sheldon Hutchinson, age 27 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Adlaide Hutchinson, age 27 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son,
Herbert Hutchinson, age 4 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Hubert Hutchinson, age 2
years and 2 months; and boarder, Catherine Fetterly,
age 67 (b. Herkimer Co., NY) and widowed.
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Miles S./LeRoy Hutchinson: Born 15
November 1849 in New York State. Died 4
February 1853 (almost age 4).
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Aurelia
Adelaide Hutchinson "Adelaide"/"Addie": Born 28 November
1851 in New York State.
Sabra Ann (McMullen) Hutchinson married (2nd),
as his 3rd wife, Truman Smith Rowell on Wednesday, 12 November 1856
and resided at Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.
a. Children:
(9. Truman Smith Rowell, Jr.: See
generation 3, below.
(10. Edgar Eugene Rowell “Eugene E.”: (more info) Born 26 April 1860 at
Alexandria Bay, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York. Died 1940; interred Brookside Cemetery,
Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York. In 1939 resided next door to his brother,
Arthur, at Plessis.
1910 US Census: Eugene E., age 49 and employed as a
dairy farmer, was heading a household in Theresa Township, Jefferson County,
New York. The household also included
his wife of 21 years, Addie m. Rowell, age 50, who had had 2 children and both
were still alive; daughter, Flossie A. Rowell, single, and employed as a
district school teacher; and son, Leeland H. Rowell, age 11. Both Eugene and Addie had been married once.
1920 US Census: Eugene Rowell, age 58 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in the
Village of Theresa, Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary
Rowell, age 47 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
Of interest, the household headed by Henry Neuroth,
age 42, was enumerated directly before him on the same census page [Mary's
maiden name was Neuroth].
Edgar married (1st) Addie M. Williams (b.
17 Dec 1859, d. 10 Oct 1909/10; interred Brookside Cemetery, Plessis) on 19
December 1888 and had the following children:
(a. Flossie A. Rowell: Married Cushman Sprague; no
children.
(b. Floyd E. Rowell: Born 1895. Died 1902; interred Brookside Cemetery,
Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.
(c. Leland H. Rowell: Adopted. Was the cousin of Emogene (?) Ford, wife of
Edward Ford.
At age 54, while employed as a farmer in Theresa
Township, Jefferson County, New York, Edgar Eugene Rowell married (2nd),
as her 2nd husband, Mary (Neuroth) West (b. 18 Jun 1872 at Theresa,
N.Y., d. Feb 1951 at Alexandria Bay, N.Y.; interred Theresa, N.Y.), age 44,
daughter of Valentine (b. Germany) and Mary (Shultz) Neuroth
(b. Germany), on 1 November 1916 (license issued 30 Oct 1916) at Black River,
Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Of interest, Valentine and Mary (Shultz) Neuroth also had the following
children:
·
Henry Neuroth:
Married (?) and had the following children: (order uncertain)
· Ruth Neuroth: Virgil Reynolds.
· Gladis Neuroth.
· Donald Neuroth.
· Hilda Neuroth.
· Joyce Neuroth: Married (?) Sutton.
· Rosemary Neuroth: Married (?) Bartlett.
· Daughter: Killed in an automobile accident when
young.
(11. Arthur Herbert Rowell: (more info) Born 28 May 1862 at Alexandria Bay, Alexandria
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 1947; interred Brookside Cemetery, Plessis, Alexandria Township,
Jefferson County, New York. In 1939
resided next door to his brother, Eugene, at Plessis. Employed as a farmer and
Justice of the Peace.
1920 US Census: Arthur H. Rowell, age 57 (b. NYS;
father b. NYS; mother b. English-speaking Canada) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household on Alexandria Center Road in/near the Village of Alexandria
Bay, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Minnie
Rowell, age 55 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
Of interest, the household headed by their son, Frank Rowell, age 34,
was enumerated directly before him on the same census page.
Arthur Rowell married Minnie Wilson (b. Oct 1864, d.
1939; interred Brookside Cem.), daughter of Fenande and Iseline (Avery) Wilson,
in October 1822 and had the following children:
(a. Frank E. Rowell: Born 1886. Died 1966; interred Brookside Cemetery,
Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1910 US Census: Frank, age 23, was heading a
household on Antwerp Road in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife of 1 year, Ima Rowell, age 24, and son, Miles, age 8 months. Both had been married once.
1920 US Census: Frank Rowell, age 34 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Alexandria
Center Road in Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Ina
Rowell, age 34 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Niles Rowell, age 10 (b. NYS);
and daughter, Lila Rowell, age 3 (b. NYS).
Of interest, the household headed by his father, Arthur H. Rowell, age
57, was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
Frank Rowell married Ina M. (?) (b. 1886, d. 1949;
interred Brookside Cemetery, Plessis) and had the following children:
(1) Niles A. Rowell: Born 1909. Died 1957; interred North Watertown Cemetery,
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York.
Married Frieda L. (?) (b. 1912, d. ; interred with Niles) and had he
following children:
(a) Stephen Rowell.
(b) Mahlah Rowell.
(c) Penelope Rowell.
(d) Jacqril Rowell.
(2) Lila Rowell: Married (?) Brown and had the
following children:
(a) Greham Brown.
(b) Gail Brown.
(c) Suzanne Brown.
(d) Debra Brown.
(b. Earl Rowell: Married (?) and had the following
children:
(1) Allen Rowell.
(2) Phyllis Rowell.
3 Truman
Smith Rowell, Jr. (photos) (more info)
"Smith"
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 9 October 1857 at Alexandria Bay, Alexandria
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 22 June 1948 at Plessis, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New
York; interred Brookside Cemetery, Plessis.
Employed as a farmer and school master.
In retirement resided at 107 Bridge Street, West Carthage, Champion
Township, Jefferson County.
1900 US Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 43 (b. Oct
1866 [fairly legible] in NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. Canada) and employed as
a farmer, was heading a household in Theresa Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife of 17 years, Emma Rowell, age 37 (b. Jul 1862 in NYS; father b. England;
mother b. NYS), who had had 2 children, both still alive; son, Earnest Rowell,
age 14 (b. Jul 1885 in NYS); and son, Harry Rowell, age 11 (b. Oct 1888 in
NYS).
1905 NYS Census: Smith Rowell, age 47, was heading a
household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Emile
E. Rowell; son, Earnest G. Rowell; and son, Harry A. Rowell, age 16.
1910 US Census: S. Truman Rowell, age 53 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Denmark
Township, Lewis County, New York. He had
been married once. The household also
included his wife of 27 years, Emma E. Rowell, age 47 (b. NYS; father b.
England; mother b. NYS), who had been married once and had had 3 children, 2 of
whom were still alive; and son, Harry A. Rowell, age 21 (b. NYS), single, and
employed as a farmer.
1920 US Census: No record found.
1930 US Census: Truman S. Rowell, age 72 (b. NYS;
father b. NYS; mother b. Canada) and employed as a farmer (village farm), was
heading a household at 107 Bridge Street, West Carthage, Champion Township,
Jefferson County, New York. His real
estate was valued at $3,000, and he married 1st at age 25. The household also included his wife, Abbie M. Rowell, age 68 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who was
married 1st at age 67.
1940 US Census: Truman Smith Rowell, age 82 (b. NYS;
father b. NYS; mother b. English-speaking Canada), with no record of
employment, was heading a household at 107 Bridge Street in the Village of West
Carthage, Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had completed 7th grade, and his residence
was valued at $2,000. The household also
included his wife, Abbie M. Rowell, age 79 (b. NYS),
who had completed 7th grade. On 1 April
1935 they resided in the same house.
2. Wife #1: Emma
Estelle Hunneyman (photos) (more
info)
Born 17 July 1862 at Plessis, Alexandria Township,
Jefferson County, New York; daughter of George Rose and Catherine (House) Hunneyman. Died 9
August 1925 at Carthage, Wilna Township, Jefferson
County, New York; interred Rowell plot in Brookside Cemetery, Plessis,
Alexandria Township. Married Truman
Smith Rowell, Jr. on 23 December 1882 at Alexandria Bay, Alexandria Township, Jefferson County, New York with Reverend M. E. Chase
officiating.
a. Children:
(1. Ernest Grant Rowell: See generation 2,
below.
(2. Harry Adelbert Rowell:
(photos) Born 22 October 1888 in Alexandria Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Died 1946,
age 57 yr, 11 mo, 22 days; interred Sunnyside Cemetery, Great Bend, Champion
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1920 US Census: Harry D. Rowell, age 32 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed in a paper mill, was heading a household in Wilna
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mabel G. Rowell, age 25 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and not employed.
1930 US Census: Harry Rowel, age 41 (b. NYS; parents
b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter in the construction industry, was heading a
household on the Carthage to Herrings Road in Wilna Township, Jefferson County,
New York. He married 1st at age 25. The household also included his wife, Mabel
Rowel, age 38 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who married 1st at age 22; daughter,
Doris M. Rowel, age 10 (b. NYS); and daughter, Phylis
G. Rowel, age 5 (b. NYS). Of interest,
the household headed by Mabel's father, William Britton, age 65?, was enumerated directly after him on the same census
page.
1940 US Census: Harry Rowell, age 51 (b. NYS) and
employed as janitor for a church, was heading a household in the Village of
West Carthage, Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had completed 4 years of high school. The household also included his wife, Mabel
Rowell, age 48 (b. NYS), who had completed 8th grade; and daughter, Phylis, Rowell, age 15 (b. NYS) and single. On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same
township.
At age 24, while employed as a farmer in Denmark
Township, Lewis County, New York, Harry Rowell married Mabel G. Britton (photos) (b. 4 Oct 1892/91 at Carthage, Wilna Twp,
Jefferson Co., NY, d. 1962; interred with Harry), age 21 and a resident of
Herring, Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York, daughter of William and
Emma (Larr) Britton, on 24 June 1913 (license issued
23 Jun 1913) at Carthage, Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York and had
the following children:
(a. Doris Marie Rowell: (photos) (more
info) Born 2 February 1920 in
Jefferson County, New York. Died 7 January 2001 at Merced, Merced County, California. Married (1st) Harold Brown (d.
before 1973 in CA) of Anaheim, California and had the following children:
(a) Judy Charlene Brown.
(b) Garry Warner Brown.
Following Harold’s death, Doris married (2nd),
as his 2nd wife, Wayne Lawrence Goff (photos) (b. 19 Jun 1913/14 at Worland, Washakie Co., WY,
d. 16 May 1998 at Merced/Santa Nella, Merced Co., CA;
interred there), son of Lawrence John and Glennie
Jane (Ross) Goff, on 6 October 1973 in Orange County, California. In 1944 Wayne had married (1st), as her 2nd
husband, Margaret Estelle (Miller) Backman
"Estelle" (b. 25 Apr 1918 at Newark, Essex Co., NJ, d. 26 Feb 1987 at
Chicago, Cook Co., IL) and had children; subsequently divorced.
(b. Phyllis Jean Rowell: (more info) Born 25 February 1925 in New York.
Died 19 December 2010 in Roy Township, Harding County,
New Mexico. Married Allen B. Florsheim "Cellen" (b.
27 Nov 1921, d. 16 Jan 1994 in Roy Twp, Harding Co., NM)
and adopted the following children:
(a) Brenda Lee Florsheim.
(b) Barry Allen Florsheim.
(3. Child: Died young (perhaps after 1900, since not
accounted for by its mother in the 1900 US Census, but documented in the 1910
census).
3. Wife #2: Abbie May Rundlet
Born May 1861 in New York. Died 1945;
interred in the Rowell plot in Brookside Cemetery, Plessis, Alexandria
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Resided at Plessis before marriage to Truman Smith Rowell, Jr. on 5
April 19??. No children.
2 Ernest Grant Rowell (photos) (more info)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 23 July 1885 at Garner, Hancock County,
Iowa. Died April 1968
at Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Raised on a rented farm on Hyde Lake, Theresa
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Subsequently resided in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York, and perhaps nearby LeRay Township.
Moved to Carthage, Jefferson County, where he was employed as an
insurance agent. About 1930 his partner
in that business stole the firm's assets and fled town. Ernest used his own money to repay clients,
bankrupting himself. To find work he
moved his family to Rochester, Monroe County, New York, where he resided on St.
Paul Street. In his later years Ernest was
employed as a night watchman at the Rochester Institute for the Deaf, St. Paul
Street, Rochester. Enjoyed
making fly fishing lures.
1910 US Census: Ernest Rowell, age 24 (b. IA,
parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Elm Ridge
Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 2
years, M. Blanche Rowell, age 25 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 1 child,
still alive; and son, T. James Rowell, age 11 months (b. NYS).
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Ernest Grant Rowell,
age 34 (b. 23 Jul 1884) and self employed as a US Mail baggage transfer,
resided with his wife, Myrtle Blanche Rowell at 872 State Street in the Village
of Carthage, Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1920 US Census: Ernest G. Rowell, age 34 (b. IA;
parents b. US) and employed as a truck driver, was heading a household at 872
State Street in the Village of Carthage, Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Blanche Rowell, age 35 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Truman Rowell, age
10 (b. NYS); daughter, Virginia Rowell, age 7 (b. NYS); daughter, Rena Rowell,
age 4 years and 11 months (b. NYS); and aunt, Addie Walter, age 67 (b. NYS;
parents b. Canada) and widowed, with no record of employment.
1930 US Census: Ernest Powell [quite legible], age
44 (b. IA; parents b. NYS) and employed as a machinist in a machine shop, was
heading a household on Lake Avenue in the City of Rochester, Monroe County, New
York. He married 1st at age 22. The household also included his wife, Blanche
Powell, age 45 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who married 1st at age 23; son,
Truman-Ab. Powell, age 20 (b. NYS), single, and not employed; daughter,
Virginia D. Powell, age 17 (b. NYS) and single; and daughter, Rena D. [quite
legible] Powell, age 15 (b. NYS).
1940 US Census: Ernest Rowell, age 55 (b. IA),
widowed, and employed as a relief man for the State, was heading a household at
201 Norton Street in the City of Rochester, Monroe County, New York. He had completed 2 years of high school. The household also included his daughter,
Virginia Rowell, age 27 (b. NYS), single, and employed as a nurse for the
State, who had completed 2 years of high school; and daughter, Rena Rowell, age
24 (b. NYS), single, and employed as an inspector in a factory, who had
completed 4 years of high school. On 1
April 1935 they resided in the same house.
2. Wife: Myrtle
Blanche Wagoner (photos) (more
info)
"Blanche"
Born 28 August 1884 in New York; daughter of James
and Emma DeEtte (Burhans)
Wagoner. Died 17 December 1936 in a hospital in
Buffalo from complications of pneumonia (while her son, Truman, and Ruth Drake
were courting). Married Ernest Grant
Rowell on 14 August 1907 in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
3. Children:
a. Truman James Rowell: See generation 1,
below.
b. Virginia "Gin/Ginny" Detta Rowell: (photos) (more info) Born 21 November 1912 at Carthage/Evans Mills,
Jefferson County, New York. Died 8 April
1974 at Noyes Dansville Hospital, Dansville, Livingston County, New York;
interred White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford, Monroe County, New York. Married Harry G. Keiser (photos) (more info) (b. 8 Apr 1909 at Rochester, Monroe Co., NY, d. 22 Nov 1986 at home in Conesus Twp, Livingston Co., NY;
interred with Virginia) on 12 April 1941 at Rochester, Monroe County, New
York. Resided on a farm adjacent to
Conesus Lake (western most of the 11 finger lakes), Livingston County, New
York. No children of their own, but
raised from an early age the following two children (both born to Harry's
niece, Lorraine Helen (Ellwanger) Minosh
(photos) (b. 1921, d. 1997) of Rochester, Monroe Co., NY):
(1. Gerald "Gerry" Richard Minosh: (photos) Born 12 December 1942. Died 13
May 1963, age 20, at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. From an early age resided with his aunt and
uncle, Harry and Virginia (Rowell) Keiser, in Conesus Township, Livingston
County, New York.
(2. Charles "Chuck" Thomas Minosh: (photos) Born 13 April 1944. Died 26
December 1974, age 30, in Conesus Township, Livingston County, New York. From an early age resided with his aunt and
uncle, Harry and Virginia (Rowell) Keiser, in Conesus Township. Married, as her 1st husband, Jean Schmidt
and had the following children:
(1) Floraine Minosh: Married Jerry Marble.
(2) Charlene Minosh:
Married Gerald Presler and resided in New York.
Jean (Schmidt) Minosh married (2nd) Stan Smith.
c. Rena Maude Rowell: (photos) Born 11 February 1915 at Carthage, Wilna Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Died 6
February 2002 at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. Graduated from Marshall High School,
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Employed by the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester. Married (1st) Anthony/Anton
"Tony" O. Neidenbach (photos) (b. 2 Jul 1908 in NY, d. Jan 1979 in Monroe Co.,
NY), son of Nicholas and Josephine (?) Neidenbach
(both b. Hungary) of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, on 25 November 1942 at
Rochester, Monroe County and resided there.
Rena and Anthony had the following daughter:
(1. Diane Neidenbach:
(photos) Born 14 December 19?? at
Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Died 2002. Graduated from Olympia High School, Greece,
New York (western suburb of Rochester near Lake Ontario) and from Elmira
Woman’s College, Elmira, Chemung County, New York. Married Richard "Rick" D. Weigel at Greece, Monroe County, New York, and in 2011
resided in Virginia. Diane and Richard had the following children:
(a. Karen
Doreen Weigel: (more info) Born 1977; 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Married Ben Everett.
(b. Brent Weigel: Married Tanya (?).
Rena Maude (Rowell) Neidenbach
married (2nd) Captain Harold J. Curchin (more info) (b. abt 1916 at Fairhaven, New Jersey, d. 23 Oct
2007, age 91, at Canandaigua, NY) after 1980.
1 Truman James Rowell:
Born 29 April 1909 in
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 31 December 1981 (age 72) at Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida;
interred there in Pensacola Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Married Ruth Helen Drake,
generation 12, descendant #1 of the Descendants of Charles Briant
Drake on 20 June 1937.
See Ruth's Page
for More Info
Recollections of the grandsons of Truman Rowell,
generation 5, above:
a. During a rain storm, just before he died, Truman took his grandson, Truman
Smith Rowell, Jr., in a horse-drawn wagon to the marble quarry at Gouverneur,
St. Lawrence County, New York, where he purchased a piece of marble to serve as
his 1st wife’s gravestone.
When they returned Truman engraved the following verse on it: “Blessed
are the dead, which died in the Lord from hence forth, in with the Spirit, that
they may rest from their wrong, and their work do not follow them. Hence from the fourth a Holy mind, may she
attend his cry. If tiring men come rich
the ground there you Lordly lie. Since
tis day must be your did in spite of all your towers. The tall, the wise, the Reverent lead, shall
lie as low as ours.”
b. Theresa, N.Y. (30 Nov 1939): the story of the Pioneer Sawmill of
Truman Rowell:
“In pioneer days there was a busy saw mill on the outlet of Crystal
Lake, built there by one of the early settlers of that section, Truman Rowell,
who saw possibilities in such a Venture in a new land. He knew the region was
surrounded by a wilderness of good timber and that settlers would want to make
use of that timber in house and barn building.
He was sure that the water supply for his mill was sufficient.
“Residing in the main street of Plessis today are two brothers, Eugene
Rowell, 80 next April, and Arthur, next door, 78 next May. Both recall their Grandfather, Truman Rowell,
the mill owner, but do not recall the mill, which was forsaken before their
memory. Today Eugene Rowell told that
his grandfather was one of the very early settlers there in the Crystal Lake
region. Crystal Lake is fed by springs,
and the outlet tumbles down through a gorge to become lost in a swampy tract of
land before it empties into Mud Lake at the doorway of Redwood.
“The Rowell mill [was] a rushing business. Settlers filled its mill yard with logs, very
favorable location, however. But the
waters of Mud Lake have a fall of almost 100 feet in empting into Butterfield
Lake and enterprising pioneers made use of that location for a mill, which gave
a greater power with its greater fall and more abundant water supply. This cut off the business of the Rowell
mill. Besides, the Crystal Lake water
supply began to dwindle.
“So, over three-quarters of a century ago Truman Rowell left the mill
and purchased what is known as the “Island” in Clear and Mud Lake, several
hundred acres, and began farming. There
is still to be seen, after nearly a century, parts of the wall for this early
dam. Today there is a gate in the outlet
of Crystal Lake so that the Redwood mills can conserve a water supply, and when
conditions call for more water, open the gate to help with the water supply.
“I remember,” said Mr. Eugene Rowell today, “when my grandfather lived
on the Clear Lake Island, but not the ays of the saw mill. When I was a boy I used to sometimes play
where the mill stood and some of the machinery was there 75 years ago.
“Today Crystal Lake is a summer resort noted for its bathing beach
where thousands come in the hot weather.
Few people, even those who reside there, dream that there was ever a
busy mill right at the outlet. Arthur
Rowell recalls that his grandfather, Truman Rowell, served in the War of 1812,
also that his son named Truman Smith Rowell, Sr., had a son, Truman Smith
Rowell of Carthage (my brother), who has a son named Earnest Grant Rowell in
Rochester, New York, who has a son named Truman James Rowell.”
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Other, still unidentified,
Rowell-related names:
1.
William Rowell: Born about 1799 in New York State. Employed as a farmer in Philadelphia
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1850
US Census: William, age 51 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife,
Margaret Rowell, age 52 (b. Canada); son, George Rowell, age 28 (b. NYS); son,
William A. Rowell, age 23 (b. NYS); daughter, Mary Rowell, age 16 (b. NYS);
son, Stillman Rowell, age 15 (b. NYS); son, Hiram Rowell, age 12 (b. NYS); and
son, Stephen Rowell, age 10 (b. NYS).
William Rowell
married Margaret (?) (b. abt 1798 in Canada) and had at least the following
children:
a.
George Rowell: Born about 1822 in New York State.
b.
William A. Rowell: Born about 1827 in New York State.
c.
Mary Rowell: Born about 1834 in New York State.
d.
Stillman Rowell: Born about 1835 in New York State.
e.
Hiram Rowell: Born about 1838 in New York State.
f.
Stephen Rowell: Born about 1840 in New York State.
2.
John Rowell: Born about 1802. Employed
as a farmer in Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1850
US Census: John, age 48 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Eveline Rowell, age 42; son,
Charles Rowell, age 17; son, Edwin Rowell, age 15; son, Orville Rowell, age 12;
son, Brainard Rowell, age 10; daughter, Catherine, age 8; son, Eugene Rowell,
age 5; son, Lewis Rowell, age 2; and Pheebe Pearce, age 22. All were born in New York State.
John
and Eveline (?) Rowell had at least the following children:
a.
Charles Rowell: Born about 1833 in New York State.
b.
Edwin Rowell: Born about 1835 in New York State.
c.
Orville Rowell: Born about 1838 in New York State.
d.
Brainard Rowell: Born about 1840 in New York State.
e.
Catherine Rowell: Born about 1842 in New York State.
f.
Eugene Rowell: Born about 1845 in New York State.
g.
Lewis Rowell: Born about 1848 in New York State.
3.
Mildred Rowell: (more
info)
4.
Lloyd Rowell: (more
info)
5.
Lena Rowell: (more
info)
6.
Cora Rowell: (more
info)
7.
Howard Rowell: (more
info)
8.
Ethel Rowell: (more
info)
9.
Joseph J. Hurley: (more info)
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