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Napoleon B. ROWLEY, farmer and stockman of Lawrence County, Mo., was born on the 23d of September, 1851. He was taken by his parents to California in 1852, but removed with them to Texas in 1858. In 1873 he came to Barry County, Mo., but afterward spent one year in Dade County. He then sold his property and came to Lawrence County. He was married in Barry County, Mo., in 1874, to Charlotte PRADMORE, by whom he had three children: William Edward, Lucinda and Georgia Ann. Mr. Rowley took for his second wife Mary Elizabeth PETREE, who was born in Benton County, Mo., and is a daughter of John Wesley PETREE, natives of Tennessee. They were married in December, 1884, and two children have blessed their union, Joseph Arilla and Martha Belle. Mr. Rowley's father, Joseph Freeborn Rowley, was born and reared in Virginia and now lives in Barry County. His sketch appears elsewhere.
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