Anna M. Ballou and Laora M. Rowe

LAORA M. ROWE was born August 15, 1858 in Preble County, Ohio,²⁸³² and died June 10, 1939 in Sturgis, St. Joseph, Michigan.¹¹²⁷⁷ He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶

He married ANNA M. BALLOU on October 12, 1881 in LaGrange County, Indiana,^{2458, 1675} daughter of CATHARINE BONESTEEL and PARDON DAVIS BALLOU. She was born May 8, 1858 in Ohio,⁴⁹³¹ and died February 5, 1925 in LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

Census Records

Memorial for Laora M. Rowe on FindAGrave

Children of ANNA M. BALLOU and LAORA M. ROWE:

ANNA M. ROWE, b. November 5, 1882, LaGrange County, Indiana;¹¹⁸⁶ d. November 5, 1882;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Greenwood Cemetery, LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana.⁴⁵⁶
LURA ANNA ROWE, b. October 30, 1889, LaGrange County, Indiana;¹¹⁸⁶ m. ROBERT EARNEST ZEIGLER on May 8, 1927⁴⁰⁴⁷; d. December 18, 1978, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.⁶¹³
ANNA CATHERINE ROWE, b. April 13, 1899, LaGrange County, Indiana;¹⁶⁷⁵ m. WALTER CARL SPANGENBERG on June 28, 1918 in LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana^{2825, 1675}; d. August 20, 1986, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan.^{56, 613}

Newspaper Articles

Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, July 13, 1920²⁸³¹

Mrs. Laora M. Rowe, who is a patient in a Kalamazoo hospital, following an operation is slowly recovering...Lura Rowe has returned home to LaGrange from Kalamazoo where she was with her mother, Mrs. Laora M. Rowe, a patient in a hospital there.

Obituaries

Topeka Journal, June 15, 1939¹¹²⁷⁷

L. M. Rowe Dies at Sturgis

LaOra M. Rowe, 80, prominent resident of LaGrange virtually all his life, died early Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter C. Spangenberg at Sturgis.

He was a former postmaster, school teacher and druggist in LaGrange. In his later years he engaged in real estate retiring because of ill health 10 years ago. Mr. Rowe was the oldest member of the LaGrange County Bar Association. He practiced law only in relation to his own business interests.

Mr. Rowe was born in Preble County, Ohio, August 15, 1858, son of Milton and Caroline Dorsey Rowe. When he was three years of age, the family moved to LaGrange county. After attending a normal school at Goshen, Mr. Rowe taught school in the LaGrange public schools. He then was in the drug business. After serving as LaGrange postmaster for two years, Mr. Rowe engaged in the insurance business for many years.

He was married on October 12, 1881, to Miss Anna Ballou, LaGrange, ,sister of the late Judge O. L. Ballou. Mrs. Rowe died 14 years ago.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Spangenberg of Sturgis and Mrs. R. E. Zeigler of Des Moines, Ia; one granddaughter, Miss Beverly J. Spangenburg, Sturgis; three brothers, Josiah Rose of Topeka, Charles of Valentine, and Howard of Enterprise, Oregon; and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Hermann of LaGrande, Oregon.

Funeral services were held Monday at LaGrange, with burial in Greenwood cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
July 11, 1870²⁴⁴⁵	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	Pardon Davis Ballou Catharine Bonesteel Otis Lincoln Ballou Anna M. Ballou Emor Smith Ballou
June 3, 1880²⁴⁴⁶	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	Catharine Bonesteel Anna M. Ballou Emor Smith Ballou
June 9, 1900²⁴⁴⁷	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	Anna M. Ballou Laora M. Rowe Lura Anna Rowe Anna Catherine Rowe
April 27, 1910²⁴⁵⁹	LaGrange, LaGrange, Indiana	Anna M. Ballou Laora M. Rowe Lura Anna Rowe Anna Catherine Rowe
January 10, 1920²⁴⁵⁶	Bloomfield, LaGrange, Indiana	Anna M. Ballou Laora M. Rowe Lura Anna Rowe