'Forgotten War" Veteran Honored-- Part 2: Service Consisted of Lots of Walking

On June 18, 2012, the bicentennial of the War of 1812, he received another gift from the government, a granite veterans headstone with his rank and company inscribed on it.  This came about because of efforts by his great-great-grandson Mike Rowley of Iowa.

Ashbel Rowley was born in 1793 in Nassau County, New York, where he resided until his move to Illinois after the war.  During the war, he enlisted as a private in Captain Sherwood's Co., Yale's Battalion, New York Militia.  His service consisted of a 75-mile march to report to duty and a 275 mile walk back home during which he saw no combat.

He married and had nine children, some of whom settled in DeKalb County near Waterman.

Mike Rowley belongs to the General Society of the War of 1812, Iowa Chapter.  At least 438 War of 1812 veterans are buried in Iowa.  Mike has a replica 1813 soldiers dress uniform.

0--Brock-Perry