Thomas J. Rowe, Ouachita County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Ouachita County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

Thomas J. Rowe, a farmer and stock raiser, Stephens, Arkansas. Mr. Rowe is the son of James R. Rowe, and the grandson of Samuel Rowe, who
was born in North Carolina, and who was of English descent. The grandfather participated in the War of 1812. James R. Rowe was born in North
Carolina, and died in Alabama in 1843. He was reared in his native State, and later went to Georgia, where he married Miss Harriet Green, a native
of North Carolina. She died in 1869. They were the parents of seven children, Thomas J. now being the only one living. The latter received his
education in the common schools, and early had instilled into his youthful nature all the duties of farm life. In 1859 he married Miss Sarah Jane
Rogers, a native of Georgia, born in 1842, and to this union were born eleven children, four sons and two daughters now living: Harriet Ann,
William E., James M., John, Thomas N. and Maria C. Mr. Rowe emigrated from Georgia to Ouachita County, Arkansas in 1865, and resided in
that county until 1873, when he moved to the State of Texas. In 1880 he returned to his property and is now the owner of 160 acres of land, and
has about sixty acres under cultivation. His farm is located about four and a half miles northwest of Stephens. Mr. Rowe was elected sheriff of
Early County, Georgia, in 1861,and held that office for two years. He afterward served as deputy sheriff for the same length of time. In politics he
is Democratic, and cast his first vote for Jefferson Davis. He was made a Free Mason at Blakely, Georgia, in 1865, and is a Master Mason. He is
also a member of the Wheel. During the late unpleasantness between the North and South, Mr. Rowe served in the Confederate army. Mrs.
Rowe is consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South..