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Deborah,
I have a Levi and Lydia C. (ROUSE) ROWLEY, who lived in Porter County, Indiana (county
adjacent to the west of LaPorte County). Levi and Lydia are known to have had at least
three children, all sons: Amos, Oscar, and ---?---. I have a strong hunch that Levi
belongs in your line of ROWLEYs. I'd appreciate it if you could help me in placing
Levi in your line.
Here's the data I have on the ROWLEY family:
Levi ROWLEY: b. 31 March 1816; d. 21 Feb. 1880 in Porter County, Indiana; buried in
Maplewood Cemetery in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana
Lydia C. (ROUSE) ROWLEY: b. 28 Dec 1825; married Levi circa 1847
Children of Levi and Lydia:
Oscar E. ROWLEY: b. 12 Nov. 1848 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; married Ida
PARKER; had at least one child named Bessie ROWLEY
Amos A. ROWLEY: b. Feb. 1856; d. 24 July 1876 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana;
buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; never married
The following obituary for Amos Rowley was published July 27, 1876, in the Porter County
Vidette, Valparaiso, Porter Co., Indiana:
DIED.
ROWLEY, -- Amos A., son of Levi Rowley, at his father's residence, in Valparaiso,
Monday, July 24, of typhoid fever.
He was a very amiable young man and was greatly beloved by all who intimately knew him.
His funeral, which took place at his father's residence, on Washington st. was very
largely attended by the citizens of Valparaiso and friends of the family. He leaves, to
mourn his loss, a father and mother and two brothers, one older and the other younger than
himself, and a very large number of friends.
Also published in the same newspaper issue is the following commentary:
Death has been busy in our midsts during the past week, and more than one family mourns
the loss of a loved one. One of Valparaiso's most estimable young men has been
summoned to that bourne whence none return. Mr. Amos Rowley, whose death occurred on
Monday about noon, although but a few months resident of this city, had many friends, won
by his unvarying kind and amiable disposition. The funeral service, conducted by the Rev.
E. S. Riley, took place at the house, and was largely attended. The procession was large
and unusually noticeable, from the fact that the pall-bearers were mounted on six black
and six white horses.