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        Charles Edward ROWSE	 
        Sunrise: May 9, 1887 in Ballagh Valley, Nebr.	
        Sunset: Jan 8, 1969 Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX  
        Father: Nicholas William Rowse 
        Mother: Lizzie Miller 
        Religion: Baptist 
        Deacon First Baptist Church.
        
        Married: Dec 9, 1909 in Ord, Valley Co., TX
        Spouse:   Mabel Edna TAYLOR	 
        Sunrise: May 31, 1891 Tecumseh, Nebraska  
        Sunset: Aug 24, 1964 Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX
        
        Father: Herbert Judson "Burt" Taylor NE 
        Mother: Amy Lois Almsted (Olmsted)
        Religion: Baptist 
        Children born to this union:
             Nellie Leona ROUSE was born on 16 Nov 1910.
             Edward Charles ROUSE b. 1/29/1916  d. 8/27/1937  
             Herbert Nicholas ROUSE was born on 8 Mar 1917.
             Clarence Elmer ROUSE was born on 18 May 1918.
             William Author ROUSE was born on 27 Dec 1919.
             Carrol ROUSE b. 11/25/1921  d. abt. 1925 Hart, Castro, TX
             Ruby Edna ROUSE was born on 16 Oct 1923.
             Evelyn Marie ROUSE was born on 17 Nov 1924.
             Robert Frank ROUSE was born on 31 Oct 1929.
   

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Mrs. Mabel Edna Rowse, 73, died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Crosbyton Hospital. A pioneer Crosby County resident, she moved to Crosbyton in 1913. She was a native of Tecumseh, Neb., and a member of the Baptist Church.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Otis Testerman, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Crosbyton Cemetery under direction of King Funeral Home.

She is survived by her husband, C.E. Rowse; three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Thurnhoffer, Albuquerque, NM, Mrs. M.C. Simmons, Muleshoe, and Mrs. Evelyn Mannen, Bountiful, Utah; four sons, Herbert, Tucumcari, NM, Clarence Albuquerque, William, Lincoln, Neb., and Bob, Lubbock; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Williams, Lubbock; 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Crosbyton Review, August 27, 1964
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum

CROSBYTON (Special) - Charley E. Rowse, 81, a Crosbyton resident since 1913, died at 7 a.m. Wednesday in the Crosbyton Nursing Home.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest Stewart, pastor, officiating, assisted by the Rev.Floyd Schaeffer, pastor of the Assembly of God Church. Burial will be in the Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of King Funeral Home.

Rowse, a native of Ballajh Valley, Neb., was a washing machine sales and repair man. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church.

Survivors include three sons, Herbert of Tucumcari, NM, Elmer of Albuquerque, and Robert of Lubbock; three daughters, Mrs. M.C. Simmons of Crosbyton, Mrs. Nellie Thurhoffer of Albuquerque and Mrs. Evelyn Mannen of West Jordan, Utah; three brothers and three sisters, all of Nebraska; 15 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Thursday, January 9, 1969
Record provided by Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum

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