Eben Rowe

1839 - 1928  (88 years)

• Name	Eben Rowe
  Born	29 Dec 1839	Rangeley, Franklin Co, Maine, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Apr 1928	Rangeley, Franklin Co, Maine, USA
  Person ID	I14619	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family 1	Mary McLaughlin,   d. 1951
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F6595	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Florette Hoar,   b. Abt 1846, ,   d. 1873,  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1865	Maine, USA
  	HIS 1ST WIFE.
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F3876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 20 Aug 1865 - Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Allen Rowe was the oldest son of Asaph Rowe and was born in Madrid in 1834. In 1850 he was a laborer living on the farm of Abner Toothaker in Rangeley, and in 1860 he was a laborer who lived on the Henry Kimball farm in Rangeley. He married Martha Boodry, daughter of Thomas Boodry, after 1860. She died on July 22, 1863, giving birth to a son who died the same day. On March 4, 1864, Allen Rowe enlisted from Rangeley in Company F, 2nd Maine Cavalry. He died on July 1, 1864 in a hospital at Brashear City, Louisiana. He and his wife are buried in the Nile Cemetery in Rangeley Eben Rowe, Allen's brother, was born on December 29, 1839, in Madrid. In 1860, he was a laborer living on Edward Toothaker's farm in Rangeley. He enlisted from Rangeley in Company A, 20th Maine Infantry, and was mustered in at Portland on August 29, 1862. The 20th Maine was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and participated in all of the major battles of the eastern theatre from Antietam in September, 1862, to the siege of Petersburg. The regiment is best known for its dramatic stand on Little Round Top at Gettysburg in July, 1863, under the command of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. It was selected to receive the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. The 20th Maine marched in the Grand Review in Washington on May 23, 1865, and was mustered out on July 16. During its service, the regiment lost 147 men in battle and 146 to disease. Eben Rowe was discharged from the Army on May 15, 1865. He married Florette Hoar in 1865, and in 1870 he was a farmer in Rangeley with real estate valued at $600 and $636 in other assets. His wife died in 1873. On April 26, 1878, Rowe married sixteen year-old Mary Ella McLaughlin. In 1880 they lived in Rangeley and Rowe described himself as a laborer. He was the Rangeley town treasurer in the 1880's and was elected Selectman. He was part owner of the water mill in town and later of the steam mill at the foot of Allen Street. He applied for a pension 1890 and died at his home in Rangeley on Easter Sunday, 1928. His second wife died in 1951 at the home of their son Olin in Rangeley. Rowe and both of his wives are buried in Evergreen Cemetery.