TITLE PAGE PIONEER (full name ) James Rowley, Sr. Handley, North Stafford- BIR TH (date and place) J un e 1829 (or 1831) - shire, England DEA TH (date and place) 22 Dec 1881 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah PARENTS . MARRIED (who apd date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (d at e) ( Company arrived with) HISTORY {who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) John Rowley Sarah Wright Hannah Barrows Mary Day Martha Day 4 September 1851 Captain A . O. Smoot Rhoda Pearl Rowley Wright (granddaughter) Before 1931 Carole Mink McCain (gr-gr - granddaughter) Rt. 1 Box 284 (5762 W. Wasatch Drive) Morgan, Utah 84050 CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING _w_e_b_e_r_R_iv_e_r ________ Camp _M_o_r_g_a_n_ ___________ County ( Camp Historian & address )_ ___J_ e_a_n_B_i_g_le__r ____________ 6386 Davis, Morgan, Utah 84050 County Historian & addres 5 }._ ___v_ e_l_o_y_T_o_n_k_s_D_ic_k_s_o_n_ ______ _ P. 0. Box 20~. Morgan, Utah 84050 SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: Family History - JAMES ROWLEY SR. James Rowley was born in June of 1829 at Handley. North Staffordshire, England. He was trained in pottery making, as was his brother Ralph who was five years older. The Latter-day Saint Missionaries converted these two boys and other membe rs of their family. They were baptized in England. Around 1842, and shortl y after joining the Church, the family moved to Glasgow, Scotland. The.y lived in Scotland for the next ten years. They worked hard to get enough money r to pay their pas sage to America. The young bachelor, James, and his brother, Ralph, his wife, Mary Ann Thompson Rowley, and their three children left Glasgow in 1851. They sailed from Victoria Dock, Liverpool, England, on February 1 1. 1851. The name of the ship was 1 1 Ellen Maria11 with Captain Whitmore in command. They landed in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. A . , seven weeks and three days later. At New Orleans, they went up the Mississippi on a river boat. They arrived in St. Louis. Missouri, a week later. They spent two days in St. Louis, then they boarded a small river boat called the 11 St. Ange" and went up the Missouri River to Kansas City, a three day journey. They were delayed in crossing the plains for some time as ther e were no available wagons. They received help from the Perpetual Emigration Fund for their journey to Zion. On June 1, 1851, they began their trek across the plains with Captain A. O. Smoot and Assistant Captain Chris Layton in charge of the company. They arrived in Salt Lake Valley on September 4. 1851. As Fillmore had been chosen as the capitol of the territory of Utah, in January of 1852, Brigham e -2- Young sent James, R a lph and Ralph's family to Fillmore. The Rowley men had not only been t r ained to make pottery, but th e y wer e excellent b ric k and rock masons as well. Brigham Young knew that these skilled c rafts men could not only furn ish the pioneers of the Capitol with much ne eded dishes, but they coul d help in th e building of the Stat e H ouse and other buildings . Ralph and J ames immediatel y began prospecting for suitable cla y with which to make pottery. On one of these prospecting t rips, i t is claimed they discovered the sulphur beds now known as Suphurdale. They loaded their wagons with sulphu r r and jou rney ed to Salt Lake City wher e they sold the sulphur to B righam You ng. Later, Ralph built a small brick h ome just east of th e bridge over Chalk C reek. On this lot he and James made their pott er y. As this was a new i ndustr y in Fillmore, everyone was interested i n watching these enterprising young men turn clay into beautiful dishes. The childr e n were espec ially interested. Anni e Me lville Bishop tells that she remembers, as a little gi rl , hunting for pieces of broke n g lass to tak e to the Rowleys fo r melting and using in the glazing of pottery. The pioneers had s een c r ud e jars a n d bowls made by the Indians , but her e was beautiful glazed pott ery mad e by well t rained c ra ftsm en. People never seemed to tire of looking at the finished product. Annie Bishop also t ells us that she once traded a ring made from a teaspoon by Isaac Carli ng for a cup and saucer mad e by t he Rowleys . Ralph and James both helped in the buildi ng of the State Hous e, as well as many other buildings in Millard County, including the Huntsman Hotel, which was considered one of the finest hotels sout h of Provo in it's da y. They als o helped to build the St. George T emple. After the railroad came to Utah in 1869, dishes were shipped into the territory -3- cheape r than James and Ralph could make them. They no l onger practiced this trade. When a company was form ed to build and operate a flour mill, some of the offic ers were Jacob C roft, John Powell, Thomas Callis ter, Jonathan Smith, James and Ral ph Rowley. Jonathan Smith was married to Maria Rowley, a sister of Jame s and Ralph Rowley. A daughter of the Smith's l ater married Albert Shails. James Rowley was the miller who operated the Lower Mill for many year s . He had three wives- - Hannah Barrows, who wa s born December 19 , 1827 in Engl and. She died on Ma r ch 19, 1904, at the age of 78. She ha d lived i n Fillmore for 40 years. They had three childr e n- -James,. Sarah and Joseph. James mar ried Clara Florence Mitchell in Septemb er of 1883 at Fillmore, Utah. Sarah ma rr i ed Josep h Melville at Fillmore. Joseph n e v er married. The second wife was Mary Day Rowley, born May 5, 1846, in England. She died in 1936 at Fillmore. She was the mother of four children by James Rowley. They were: George, Elizabeth, Emil y and Urina . After the death of James , she married Ralph Rowley and had a son, A l onzo. The third wife was Martha Day, si ster of Mary, born June 3, 1858, in E ngland. She had one son by James, named J obn. Jame!!! Rowley died on December 22, 188 1. George Rowle y, the son of James and Mary Day Rowley, was just a small lad when his father died, but he remembe red what a kindly parent he had. The h ome of James and Mary Rowley was j ust south of the Lower Mill. Whenever Mary was provoked with George and wanted to punish him, she had to g rab him quickl y. If he could get t o the mill where his father was, he would be safe. James taught Geor g e to do many tricks which traine d his body to be lithe and active. He could bend backward and pick up a -4- e handkerchief with his teeth, stand on a small stool and touch the floor with his hands without bending his knees and he could outrun any child in the neighborhood near his own age. He dearly love his father. Clara, a granddaughter of James, retells the story of when her father, James Jr., went with his father to meet the President of the Church (she doesn't say vvho or when). James Rowley Sr. was one of the guards who would greet the President as he was going to a meeting at the church in Fillmore. ,.