Biography of George W. Row, pages 583 / 584.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

George W. Row, is a native of Holmes County, Ohio, born Nov. 14, 1831, a son 
of Jacob Row, grandson of George Row and great-grandson of Frederick row, 
who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.  Jacob Row was born in Union 
County, Pa., Jan.1, 1802, and when fifteen years of age went with his parents 
to Holmes County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and married Magdalene 
Guttery, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, daughter of Samuel Guttery, who 
came from Londonderry, Ireland, in an early day.  In 1847 they moved to De 
Kalb County, Ind., and entered forty acres of Government land and bought 
forty acres, which he cleared and improved.  He died Aug. 17, 1873, and the 
mother is now living in Michigan in the seventy-third year of her age.  They 
had a family of eleven children, but five of whom are now living.  George W. 
Row was fifteen years of age when his parents moved to De Kalb County, and 
his youth was spent in assisting his father to clear and improve his farm.  
When twenty years of age he learned the shoemaker’s trade, at which he has 
worked at intervals since, in connection with farming and working at the 
carpenter’s trade.  He saved his earnings and bought forty acres of wild 
land which he improved, and in 1866 sold it and bought the farm where he 
now live, which contains nearly forty-seven acres of valuable land.  When 
he settled on his farm it was heavily timbered with the exception of 
eighteen acres, and that was only partially improve.  He has been an 
energetic, economical man, and now has a pleasant home.  He has taken an 
interest in all the public affairs of the township, and has held the 
office of Constable four years, and Magistrate twelve years.  In politics 
he is a member of the Greenback party.  He was married Jan. 1, 1860, to 
Harriet F. Shook, a native of Crawford County, Ohio, daughter of Samuel and 
Ann (Shong) Shook.  To them have been born four children---Albert E., 
Charles A., Emma Ann, and Bertha May.  Mrs. Row is a member of the German 
Reform church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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