Transcribed Obituaries
Surnames Beginning with
R
 Steuben County
New York

JAMES V. ROWLEY.
News of the death of James V. Rowley at the Willard state hospital was received here the fore part of last week. Mr. Rowley had spent the best part of his life in this part of the town. At one time he was a large land owner, engaging extensively in farming and lumbering, making good for a time but broken health caused his business to lax. During his more active life he was deeply engaged in church work and other activities that tended to build up the community He had many reatives in Canisteo, Jasper, Machias, N. Y., and in Minnesota and California. Mr. Rowley's father, John S. Rowley, built and operated a flouring mill here back in the early '40s. The mill did a thriving business for a time. It was located on the lands now owned by E. L. VanOrman and was run by water power. The water was taken up a third of a mile away, conducted by broad pine troughs.
Canisteo Times, (Canisteo, NY) February 19, 1919, page 6, col. 4.
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