Crayton Rowles (1830 - 1914)

Born 13 Mar 1830 in Virginia, United States

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Died 17 Nov 1914 at age 84 in Campbell, Virginia, United States

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Captain Crayton Rowles; b. 13 Mar 1830 at Fauquier, Virginia the son of Elisha Rowles and Margaret Wilson;

m. Ada A Ward, daughter of Charlie N. Ward and Martha Ann Dillard;

He died 17 Nov 1914 at Campbell, Virginia, at age 84.

His obituary was published as follows:
Spring Mills, Va., Nov. 26 - (Special) - Mr. Crayton Rowles, aged 84 years, died at his home near Concord on the evening of November 17. He was the son of Elisaha and Margaret Rowles of Fauquier county. He was a veteran of the civil war, having belonged to the "Pig River Invincibles." He death was due to a stroke of paralysis suffered last July, which was the second attack, the first occurring last June from which he rallied. He is survived by eleven children and twenty-one grandchildren; also two sisters, Mrs. Bryarly Haden, of Pittsylvania county, and Mrs. Amanda St. Meyers, of Fauquier county.

Ada A Ward was born circa 1841 at Virginia. She died 13 Apr 1892

Known children of Captain Crayton Rowles and Ada A Ward were as follows:

• i. Charles Eugene Rowles; b. 23 Oct 1858 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; d. 20 Mar 1941 at Pittsylvania, Virginia, at age 82.

• ii. Douglas Dillard Rowles; b. 27 Apr 1865 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; d. 19 May 1928 at Hot Spring, Arkansas, at age 63.

• iii. Mortimer Rowles; b. 11 Jan 1867 at Virginia; d. 4 Feb 1949 at age 82.

• iv. Walter Ward Rowles; b. 5 Oct 1868 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; d. 30 Apr 1939 at Campbell, Virginia, at age 70.

• v. Tupper Clarence Rowles; b. 10 Jan 1869 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; b. 20 Jan 1873 at Virginia; d. 4 Mar 1939 at Virginia at age 70.

• vi. Hannah Rowles; b. 1871 at Virginia.

• vii. Colonel Crayton Rowles; b. 16 Aug 1873 at Virginia; m. Sallie Mann circa 1901; d. 12 Oct 1938 at age 65.

• viii. Anna Ida Rowles; b. 10 Mar 1875 at Virginia; d. 29 Jul 1955 at Campbell, Virginia, at age 80.

• ix. Ada Eulalia Rowles; b. 15 May 1877 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; d. 9 Feb 1953 at Augusta, Virginia, at age 75.

• x. Queen Rowles; b. 1878 at Virginia; b. Mar 1879 at Virginia.

• xi. Boyean Rowles; b. Aug 1880 at Virginia.

• xii. Russell Oscar Rowles; b. 15 Apr 1883 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; m. Addie Strickland; d. 24 Nov 1947 at Prince Edward, Virginia, at age 64; d. 29 Nov 1947 at age 64.

• xiii. William Boisseau Rowles; b. 22 Oct 1880 at Pittsylvania, Virginia; b. 27 Nov 1885 at Campbell, Virginia; m. Camm Roberta Carwile, daughter of Zacharian Warner Whitmore Asa Carwile and Willie Anna Newcomb; m. Mamie H. Hampton; d. 7 Jun 1963 at Hoke, North Carolina, at age 77; d. 7 Jun 1963 at Wake, North Carolina, at age 77; he was buried at Collins Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.

• xiv. Bessie Mae Rowles; b. 1890 at Virginia; d. 17 Nov 1913 at Campbell, Virginia.

United States Census, 1880^[1] Staunton, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Crayten Rowles Self M 48 Virginia, United States

Ada Rowles Wife F 38 Virginia, United States

Chas Rowles Son M 20 Virginia, United States

Douglas Rowles Son M 19 Virginia, United States

Walter Rowles Son M 16 Virginia, United States

M Rowles Son M 13 Virginia, United States

Tupper Rowles Son M 11 Virginia, United States

Hanna Rowles Daughter F 9 Virginia, United States

Ada Rowles Daughter F 7 Virginia, United States

M Craytin Rowles Son M 5 Virginia, United States

Queen Rowles Daughter F 2 Virginia, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC51-PB5 : 15 July 2017), Queen Rowles in household of Crayten Rowles, Staunton, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 324C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,385.

• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZX-HSV : 12 March 2018), Crayton Rowles, .
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 January 2020), memorial page for Crayton Rowles (Mar 1830–17 Nov 1914), Find A Grave Memorial no. 89164510, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Campbell County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by A Egan (contributor 47727902) .