JULIAN SMITH ROWLEY -- 9th CAVALRYREGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT - Julian Smith Rowley was born inChateaugay, NY, where he was a carpenter. He was the son of HenryRowley, a farmer, and Cemantha Smith, the daughter of a minister. Hisgreat grandfather, Ephraim Smith was a private in Captain Samuel Smith'sCompany of the Green Mountain Boys during the Revolution. Following hisexample, Julian enlisted in the 9th Cavalry in Rouses Point and wasmustered in as a corporal to serve for three years.For the first two years of his service, he fought on the VirginiaPeninsula and northern Virginia. In October of 1863, he was detailed tothe Brigade Commissary Department and in July 1864, he was transferredto the Field Staff and promoted to regimental quartermaster sergeant. Hemustered out with his company at Cloud's Mills, VA as a 1st lieutenanton July 17, 1865.Julian returned home and married Ellen Freeman in 1867. She died in1870, a few months after their second daughter was born. In 1872, hemarried his second wife, Annette Filmore, and by 1873, the family wasliving in Hastings, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis, where he continued iscarpenter's trade. A few years later, he moved to Hector about a hundredmiles to the west and pioneered on a farm on Section 32, still workingas a carpenter.Later in life, the family moved back to Minneapolis where he died in1925 and was buried in the Hillside Cemetery. Annette was buried besidehim in 1940.
