. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. ^ He was born in IMadison, ^Maine, onthe 31st of August, 1834. and is of English and Scotch ancestry, the fam-ily having been founded in New Hampshire at an early period in its his-tory. Solomon Rowe, the father of our subject, was born in the old Granitestate, and married ^liss Betsey Richardson,, of Maine, a lady of Revolu-tionary ancestry. Their union was-blessed with nine children, but only fourare now living. The
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. ^ He was born in IMadison, ^Maine, onthe 31st of August, 1834. and is of English and Scotch ancestry, the fam-ily having been founded in New Hampshire at an early period in its his-tory. Solomon Rowe, the father of our subject, was born in the old Granitestate, and married ^liss Betsey Richardson,, of Maine, a lady of Revolu-tionary ancestry. Their union was-blessed with nine children, but only fourare now living. The father was an- industrious farmer, and had large tractsof land, which were largely operated by his sons, while he devoted his timeto the work of the ministry as a preacher of the Baptist denomination, leav-g his home in order to pronoimce a wedding ceremony or perform the lastsad rites over the departed. His life was an honorable and helpful one andhe made many friends, who deeply mourned his loss when at the age of sixty.
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