... Susanna Smith married Jacob Rowe October 25th 1811, a farmer. They lived three miles east of Emmitsburg Md. in prosperity all their days, although she was greatly afflicted with Rheumatism in the latter part of her life, yes helpless, being confined to her bed about five years dying at the age of 64 years. He lived to be 82 years old, dying of Pneumonia. Attended the funeral of a neighbor, the house was small and crowded, the doors open. He sat in the draught. His son told him he might catch cold setting there. He replied Oh no. But he did and died from it.
Jacob Rowe was a descendent of an old family, his ancestors dating back as far as the Smiths. He was a retiring, modest gentleman, held in great respect by his family and all that knew him. They had six children, five daughters and one son ... The home farm is now in possession of his daughter Mrs. Joseph [Elizabeth] Zimmerman ...
* * * Note by M.T. Winter
The home of Susanna Rowe was erected on the land known as Frenchman’s Purchase in the year 1767, by the father of Jacob Rowe on the event of his marriage. It succeeded the original homestead of the Rowe Family in Frederick County to which the barn with the thatched roof belonged. The buildings were all taken down soon after the drawing was made. The woman in the foreground is Amy O’Brien, mulatto slave of Jacob Rowe, before the Civil War. From her descended three children and six grandchildren. ((See drawing page 111)) ...
