Satterwhite Rowden (1850 - 1934)

Born 17 Mar 1850 in Maries County, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie Alma (Miller) Rowden — married 24 Nov 1892 in Moniteau County, Missouri, United States

Died 21 Jul 1934 at age 84 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Satterwhite Rowden was born on March 17, 1850^[1] in Maries County, Missouri to Robert Rowden and Nancy Tyree.^[2]

According to the 1860 census, Sat lived with his parents and siblings in Maries County, Missouri.^[3]

On November 24, 1892, Sat married Alma Miller in Moniteau County, Missouri.^[4]

Sat died on July 21, 1934 in Springfield, Missouri.^[2]

He is buried in the Maple Park Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.^[1]

From Findagrave: He was named after his grandfather, Satterwhite Tyree.

Obit: Springfield Newspaper Clipping, July, 1934

SAT ROWDEN

Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the J. W. Klingner chapel for Sat Rowden, 84, wealthy lawyer, early day merchant and Indian fighter, who died Saturday in a hospital after spending a year and a half in bed with a broken hip. The Rev. W. L. Perryman will officiate and burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery. Mr. Rowden, whose home was at 1721 North Broadway avenue, is survived by the widow, Mrs. Alma Rowden, and a son Miller Rowden, of the United States navy. Mr. Rowden's condition had been serious since Friday. Death was attributed more to old age than the broken hip he suffered in a fall. He was Oklahoma's first U.S. Court Clerk."

From "King's History of Maries County (Chapter 65):

"...serving two terms as Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Maries County he was appointed Territorial Secretary of Oklahoma under Governor Jeff Seay in 1889, a position he held for several years...He was married November 24, 1889, to Alma Miller of California, Missouri..."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36841858
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Missouri Death Certificates; https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1934/1934_00025087.PDF
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ4-BNY : 14 December 2017), Robert Rowden, 1860.
4. ↑ MOGenWeb Moniteau County Marriages; https://www.moniteau.net/marriages/groom/marriages-r.html

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CK-G3Y : accessed 2 August 2020), Miller Rowden in household of Sat Rowden, North Campbell Township Ward 7, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 2A, family 32, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.).