NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11482 WARREN CO – JOHN L. ROW – Row, Perry, McGoffin, Sweeney, Potter, Skiles, Harris, Taylor, Burgher, Chandler, Underwood, Cass 11482 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOHN L. ROW, son of Ovel and Hannah (Perry) Row, was born in Robertson County, Tenn., May 17, 1824. His parents were natives of King and Queen County, Va., and had a family of one son and three daughters. Ovel Row was a millwright, immigrated to Kentucky and settled near Harrodsburgh about 1814. He is said to have built the first cotton factory in Kentucky, near Danville; he built another factory in Logan County; later moved to Robertson County, Tenn.; and finally returned to Logan County, Ky., where he spent his last days at farming; he was also a slave owner, and died in 1842, aged sixty-nine years; he was a son of Richard Bow, a native of England, and an extensive farmer and slave holder. Mrs. Hannah (Petty) Row was born in Ireland, and was brought to the United States when a child of three years by her father, Joseph Perry, who married a Miss McGoffin. John L. Row was reared on a farm, and at the age of seventeen left home and learned the carpenter and millwright trades; his has since following the latter trade and bridge building. In 1845 he located in the south part of Warren County, and built the first horse-mill; later he built a steam-mill on Barren River, near Bowling Green, and in 1854 built what is now known as Sweeney & Potter’s Mill, on Drake’s Creek. In 1864 he purchased and located on twenty acres of land three miles south of Bowling Green, where he erected a large grist-mill, which he yet operates, and has the reputation of being very active, persevering and successful in all his undertakings. He first married, in October, 1845, Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Skiles) Harris, of Simpson County. By this union two children were born, Henry D. and Thomas P. Mrs. Row died in 1849, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Row next married Hester Taylor, of Warren County, a daughter of John and Anna (Burgher) Taylor. She bore her husband two children, William B. and Eugenia A., and died in April, 1863. His third wife was Alice Chandler, of Boyd County, a daughter of Dick and America (Row) Chandler. By this union three children were born: John R., Minnie B. and Clarence. Mrs. Alice Row died in 1872, a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Mr. Row next married Bell C. Skiles, of Warren County, a daughter of Hamilton and Lucy (Underwood) Skiles, and to this union one child was born – Lucy. Mr. Row is a member of the Masonic fraternity, politically a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Cass in 1848. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx