Capt.
Jireh
Rowley
Born in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Rowley
and Sibyl (Fox) Rowley
Husband of
Elisabeth (Brace) Rowley
— married
about 1795 [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Olmstead) Rowley
— married
1 Feb 1823 in Victor, Ontario, New York, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Sabrina (Rowley) Munson, Andrew Rowley, Calvin Rowley, Jireh Rowley Jr., Joseph Brace Rowley, Hiram Rowley, Phineas King Rowley and Alfred Gray Rowley
Died
at age 67
in Hadley, Will, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2018
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Captain Jireh Rowley served in the War of 1812
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Biography
This profile is part of the Rowley Name Study.
Jireh was born in 1777. He was the son of Joseph Rowley and Syble Fox.
Jirah married Elisabeth Brace about 1795 and moved to Victor, New York. They had seven children.
Captain Jirah Rowley, son of Joseph Rowley, was an extensive canal contractor in district No. 7, and built the great embankment at Irondequot. He served in the War of 1812 and was a Captain of a company that went from Victor. [1]
Elizabeth passed away in 1822 and Jirah married Mary (Polly) Olmstead by whom he had one son. He appeared on the U.S. census of 1840 showing one male 12-20, one 20-30, one 50-60, and one 60-70, and one female 20-30 and one 50-60.
Jirah passed away in 1844 and is buried in the Barnet Cemetery, Homer Twp., Will Co. Illinois.[2]
Sources
- ↑ History of Ontario County, New York, 1876. Events, Ensign & Events, Philadelphia; p. 201
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6411579 has photo
- Ward, Frederick Corbett. The Rowley Family. Chicago, IL: self-published, 1938. Newberry Library, 80 W Walton St, Chicago, Illinois
- War Department, Revolutionary War Pension File R 9051 of Joseph Rowley. Washington DC: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
- Mayflower Indes, Vol III (1960) 66337 Jirah Rowley m Gray, Mary. His parents 66341: Joseph Rowley & Syble Fox.
- Bureau of Census, U.S. Population Census, 1840. Washington DC: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d., Spring Creek Precinct, Will, Illinois. Roll 73, pg 365.
- Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
- Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pg. 236.
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