OBITUARY
Mrs. Ann E. Rowley
Mrs. Ann E. Rowley, the oldest resident of the town, died at her home, 114 S. Madison St., at 2:30 the 26th of August, 1920, after a long illness of nearly nine months.
The funeral was held at the house Saturday afternoon of the 29th. The Rev. Hugh A. Misdall officiating. Interment was at Maple Hill Cemetery.
Ann E. Taggart was born in Truxton township, Courtland County, New York, on the 15th of February, 1833.
She was eleven years old when she came here with her parents, in a wagon, finding only one house on the site where Evansville now stands. In 1853, she was married to David C. Rowley. He preceded her in death the 26th of September, 1886, also one son on the 27th of May 1911.
She leaves to mourn her death one daughter, Mrs. Nettie A. McKibben, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ella Rowley, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Taggart.
Those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. James Yale, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Web Johnson, Miss Myrtle Rowley, Mr. Ray Smith, of Durand, Ill. Miss Lizzie Higday of Prairie du Sac, Wis., and Mr. W. J. Rowley of Ohio.
September 2, 1920, Evansville Review, Evansville, WI
[courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
OBITUARY
Mrs. Ann E. Rowley
Mrs. Ann E. Rowley, the oldest resident of the town, died at her home, 114 S. Madison St., at 2:30 the 26th of August, 1920, after a long illness of nearly nine months.
The funeral was held at the house Saturday afternoon of the 29th. The Rev. Hugh A. Misdall officiating. Interment was at Maple Hill Cemetery.
Ann E. Taggart was born in Truxton township, Courtland County, New York, on the 15th of February, 1833.
She was eleven years old when she came here with her parents, in a wagon, finding only one house on the site where Evansville now stands. In 1853, she was married to David C. Rowley. He preceded her in death the 26th of September, 1886, also one son on the 27th of May 1911.
She leaves to mourn her death one daughter, Mrs. Nettie A. McKibben, a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ella Rowley, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Taggart.
Those who attended the funeral from out of town were: Mr. and Mrs. James Yale, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Web Johnson, Miss Myrtle Rowley, Mr. Ray Smith, of Durand, Ill. Miss Lizzie Higday of Prairie du Sac, Wis., and Mr. W. J. Rowley of Ohio.
September 2, 1920, Evansville Review, Evansville, WI
[courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery]
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