Russellville Rustler, Friday, December 22, 1911 Mrs. Nancy Rowe, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Cole County, died at her home two miles northeast of Eugene Monday, December 11th at about 11:00 o'clock, death being due to old age and pneumonia fever. Deceased was eighty-three years and ten months old. When a young girl she came with her parents, John and Mary McCoy, from Bedford County, Kentucky, to Cole County and was later married to John W. Rowe in the year of 1851. To this union thirteen children were born, nine of which survive. The children are C.W. Rowe, of Eugene; Mrs. Lovonia Ellington, Eugene; Mrs. Eliza Sturgess, Pryor, Okla.; S.P. Rowe, Eugene; Mrs. Emma Duncan, Eugene; Mrs. Laura Edgemond, Florence, Montana; Mrs. Ida Sestak, Marionville, MO.; M.F. Rowe, Aurora, Mo.; Mrs. Cora M. Bond, Eugene. Deceased was a member of the Hickory Hill Baptist Church for thirty-six years and was one of its faithful members until old age made it impossible for her to attend. Funeral services were held at the Baptist Church at Spring Garden Tuesday following her death and the remains were laid to rest in the church cemetery.