The next destination on my Virtual Hike has another family connection.
This segment of the Virtual Hike started in South Bend, Indiana where some of my Leeper cousins lived. The end point was Hillsdale County, Michigan where my 4th great grandfather William Rowe lived.
My specific destination in Hillsdale County was the Burt/Evergreen cemetery in Ransom Township.
William Rowe is buried in this cemetery. This picture is from Find A Grave.
William was born in about 1789 in New York and died in Michigan in 1871 at the age of 82.
He was not in Michigan until he was in his 60’s, so this was his retirement home 🙂
My 4th great grandmother Elizabeth Murray Rowe died in 1822 back in Connecticut. William remarried soon after and his second wife is buried with him.
The Google car had not driven down the road by the cemetery, but it was in an area with a lot of corn fields. My Rowe family were farmers, so this makes me think of why they were in Michigan.
I am not sure exactly where William Rowe lived, but I do have some clues.
Here is a map of the the area he lived in. The 1860 and 1870 census show that he lived in Wright Township, which is the area in the box.
The 1860 census shows the Residence Post Office as South Wright. I found that South Wright was renamed to Waldron. However, the 1870 census shows the Residence Post Office as Hudson. I would assume that he lived in the northern section of Wright Township. Perhaps some day I can find out more information from old plat books.
In the map above, the cemetery where William is buried is just to the west of Wright township. It is just above the lake in the yellow highlighted area.
The next destination on my Virtual Hike will be another area where William lived.
Steven
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Steven–William was my 4th great grandfather as well. I am a descendant of his second wife, Caroline. The problem I’m having is that no where can I find any evidence of his marriage to Elizabeth Murray or of her death. I show an Eliza as one of her children, and possibly Jeremiah–but I’ve noticed lately that other people listing Jeremiah have removed this William from their tree. I know there are a gazillion William Rows out there, and I’m pretty convinced that Elizabeth was his first wife, but until I see some kind of proving document I just can’t go there! I have been to the Evergreen cemetery and have photos, have been and have copies of deeds from both there and Carlisle Twp. in Lorain, Ohio. I have no problem sharing anything you would like that I have in my files. My line is Wm. Row-Oliver Row-William Rosengran Row-Fred Row-Ray Rowe-and me–Kim Rowe.
I just found this site looking for the “history” of the Evergreen cemetery which I use in my write-ups about my ancestors.
Hi Kim, I would definitely like to see what you have. I also can share some information that I have. Some writings from the late 1800’s along with a family tree. Some DNA matches with descendants of the Murray family, census record findings, etc.. However, no marriage record anywhere. The death date comes from a Ferris Family web site. Not sure if it is still out there, and also the IGI if I remember right. Steven