WI BIO - Waupaca Co - ROWE, O. H.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol II, pp 
1086-1087

O. H. ROWE, Under Sheriff of Waupaca County [Wisconsin], was born 14 
February 1831 in Cortland County, New York, and married Kate DODGE [a maiden 
name?], of Madison County, New York. They [O. M. and Kate ROWE] have six 
children. Mr. ROWE settled in Weyauwega [Waupaca County], Wisconsin in 1855, 
and engaged in the harness and saddlery business there until 1864.

He [O. H. ROWE] then made a visit East, and, while in Dunkirk [Chautauqua 
County], New York, enlisted in the 187th New York Volunteer Infantry. He was 
with the Army of the Potomac, participated in the siege of [p 1087] 
Petersburg, and served until the war closed. [The Civil War ended in April 
1865.]

O. H. ROWE then returned to Weyauwega [Waupaca County], where he continued 
his former business until 1873. He then went to Northport [probably 
Northport in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, although there is also a Northport in 
Door County, Wisconsin], and while there he served four years as Justice of 
the Peace. In November 1878 he was elected [Waupaca] County Sheriff, and 
after serving out his term, was appointed to his present position [Under 
Sheriff]. With his family, O. H. ROWE came to Waupaca [Waupaca County, 
Wisconsin] in the spring 1879, where he has since resided.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly