From the June 10, 2012, Pekin (Ill) Daily Times, AP.
Mike Rowley, great-great-great grandson of War of 1812 veteran Ashbel Rowley, had a headstone installed at the Sugar Grove Township Cemetery in Sugar Grove, Illinois, the only-known 1812 veteran buried in the cemetery in west suburban Chicago.
This was done in time for the bicentennial of the beginning of the war, June 18, 1812. The granite marker lists Ashbel Rowlwy's name and company.
The war veteran had a homestead near what is now Kaneville and lived there until he died in 1864.
Always a Great Thing to memorialize Those of the Past. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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