James Benjamin Row

Brief Life History of James Benjamin

When James Benjamin Row was born on 20 January 1860, in Weaver, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson B. Row, was 25 and his mother, Delilah Jane Ann Williams, was 22. He married Mary Elizabeth Corley on 30 January 1879, in Barbour, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Barker Twp, Barbour, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years and Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 15 May 1923, in Junior, Barbour, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Junior, Barbour, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Benjamin Row
1860–1923
Mary Elizabeth Corley
1858–1944
Marriage: 30 January 1879
Eugene Payton Rowe
1879–1947
Clarence Llewellyn Row
1881–1969
George Columbus Row
1883–1938
Lenora Mae Row
1885–1963
Harley Washington Rowe
1887–1958
Charles Stacy Row
1889–1988
Benjamin Harrison Row
1891–1918
Loren Cecil Row
1894–1894
Ella Belle Row
1899–1941

Sources (35)

  • Ben Reve or Rwe, "United States Census, 1920"
  • James B. Row, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
  • Jos B. in entry for Lennora M. Row, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Rowe .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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