William and Ellen (McFarland) Rowe Family

Family History

William and Ellen initially made their home in Indiana, probably in Tippecanoe County. But sometime between 1857 and 1860, William and Ellen came west to Illinois, where they settled in Fulton County, Illinois.

Sometime after Ellen’s husband William Row entered the service, Ellen and the children are believed to have moved across into Timber Township in Peoria County, Illinois. Over 70% of Captain Allen L. Fahnestock's Co. I hailed from either the village of Lancaster, Illinois or Timber Township and the wives of these men may have banded together to some extent to help each other out while their "menfolk" were in the service. Ellen's address was Timber Township in Peoria County on 4 April 1863 when she applied for William's pension, which was denied.

Shortly after this, with no help coming from the government and no family nearby, Ellen and the children returned to Tippecanoe County, Indiana.