Squire Washington Rowe [1], the third child of Daniel and Mary/Polly (Crossman) Rowe, was born June 1, 1815, at Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. He soon moved with his family to Parma, Monroe County, New York, where he married Dolly Castle on March 26, 1835. Within weeks after the wedding the couple joined Daniel Roe's move to Michigan. One source relates that Squire, his wife and mother, travelled by boat from Buffalo to Detroit, while his father and brother, Nelson Roe, drove a wagon with their household goods across Canada. The family arrived in Highland Township in May, 1835, where Squire W. Rowe made his own purchase of 40 acres in Section 32. The portrait is from a biography of Squire W. Rowe found in Samuel Durant, History of Oakland County, Michigan (1877)
Squire W. Rowe quickly grew to prominence in Highland, where he served multiple terms as township supervisor [1]. During the Civil War he raised a company of troops for the 18th Michigan Regiment and, as supervisor, acted as relief agent for war widows and orphans. In 1864 he was elected to the Michigan legislature on the Republican ticket and served during the session of 1865. He held that office at the time of his death on November 19, 1866.
In 1855 Squire W. Rowe built the magnificent house located on the north side of Lone Tree Road just west of Rowe Road. Known as "Stone Rowe," it is a registered Michigan Historical Site.
Squire W. Rowe quickly grew to prominence in Highland, where he served multiple terms as township supervisor [1]. During the Civil War he raised a company of troops for the 18th Michigan Regiment and, as supervisor, acted as relief agent for war widows and orphans. In 1864 he was elected to the Michigan legislature on the Republican ticket and served during the session of 1865. He held that office at the time of his death on November 19, 1866.
In 1855 Squire W. Rowe built the magnificent house located on the north side of Lone Tree Road just west of Rowe Road. Known as "Stone Rowe," it is a registered Michigan Historical Site.
Squire Washington Rowe [1], the third child of Daniel and Mary/Polly (Crossman) Rowe, was born June 1, 1815, at Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. He soon moved with his family to Parma, Monroe County, New York, where he married Dolly Castle on March 26, 1835. Within weeks after the wedding the couple joined Daniel Roe's move to Michigan. One source relates that Squire, his wife and mother, travelled by boat from Buffalo to Detroit, while his father and brother, Nelson Roe, drove a wagon with their household goods across Canada. The family arrived in Highland Township in May, 1835, where Squire W. Rowe made his own purchase of 40 acres in Section 32. The portrait is from a biography of Squire W. Rowe found in Samuel Durant, History of Oakland County, Michigan (1877)
Squire W. Rowe quickly grew to prominence in Highland, where he served multiple terms as township supervisor [1]. During the Civil War he raised a company of troops for the 18th Michigan Regiment and, as supervisor, acted as relief agent for war widows and orphans. In 1864 he was elected to the Michigan legislature on the Republican ticket and served during the session of 1865. He held that office at the time of his death on November 19, 1866.
In 1855 Squire W. Rowe built the magnificent house located on the north side of Lone Tree Road just west of Rowe Road. Known as "Stone Rowe," it is a registered Michigan Historical Site.
Squire W. Rowe quickly grew to prominence in Highland, where he served multiple terms as township supervisor [1]. During the Civil War he raised a company of troops for the 18th Michigan Regiment and, as supervisor, acted as relief agent for war widows and orphans. In 1864 he was elected to the Michigan legislature on the Republican ticket and served during the session of 1865. He held that office at the time of his death on November 19, 1866.
In 1855 Squire W. Rowe built the magnificent house located on the north side of Lone Tree Road just west of Rowe Road. Known as "Stone Rowe," it is a registered Michigan Historical Site.
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