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About Austin Eli Rowan
GEDCOM Note
As per Anna Shaw:
At some time in the early years of Austin and Mamie's marriage, they lived in Kansas City for a short while. Austin drove a streetcar for a living, and Mamie worked in a dime store. Children running out in the street in front of his streetcar made him so nervous, that he quit and moved back to the farm in Polk County, MO.
He was a large man with a big red nose. He liked to tease and tell big stories to kids. He chewed tobacco, so they were always watchful of his spittoon. He liked to eat hot peppers, and would often have them by his plate. It is told that a granddaughter was sitting by him one time as a toddler, and reached for one having a bite before anyone knew it. Needless to say that was a big commotion. He had 4 brothers and 1 sister living to adulthood, and when any of them had a birthday, there was a big birthday dinner for the whole family of 3 or 4 generations at their home. Those were fun times for everyone. The family became very close with cousins, uncles and aunts as there was a dinner every month or two, when you add Thanksgiving and also birthday dinners for his 3 sons.
Austin's house burned to the ground due to a wood burning stove chimney fire a few years before his death, so no family pictures or heirlooms were saved. A new house was built for his home, but a very small one, where he lived until he could no longer live alone. He then lived in a nursing home in Humansville, MO until his death.
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Austin Eli Rowan's Timeline
| 1886 |
August 23, 1886
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Aldrich, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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| 1906 |
July 29, 1906
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Aldrich, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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| 1912 |
March 12, 1912
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Aldrich, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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| 1914 |
November 9, 1914
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Aldrich, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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| 1967 |
April 5, 1967
Age 80
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Humansville, Polk County, Missouri, United States
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August 7, 1967
Age 80
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Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Aldrich, Polk Co., MO, United States
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