Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-27
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1nnsd Il 1sm 1sWs, a6nR ~ it's Anaay.
s3DWt mmx1sd 1Gn1tio WfniaDsun. M
ninth vita She was . faiR looking bond,
ID ymD Of ego Her home va e Gold.
waite, and, though bad heard q he, I
mover saw her but 10 or - times before I
married her. lived with hR on and On
about three months. and then jue went
on % Paris and have never sen hsP since,
nor the boy, whose namo I don't know.
"Tree or four months aftR LIT nv
ninth wife married Ada Black, who now
lives In Van Zandt county, Tex. had
known her over . year and had been en.
gagged 10 her nearly year. She was bRu-
nette, and had some money. She and I
got along well together, and she save me
II, 900. She was member Of the Meth.
Sdist church. I Travelled around over the
country with her about three months, then
1Went away. Somehow or Other it seemed
Mks couldn't live with any woman moro
than . few months. She had one child,
but don't know whether Il was boy or
. girl, and I haven't seen her since left
her. ~ r-- lsi =,
give months after Leu my ssnsA wife
married Ella Bowle0 u Houston. She
wa . small blond, 10 years old. Twas
engaged 70 her about three months and
lived with her the same length Of time.
She was we'll nxed and gave me $500 when
went away. Her boy she named after
me, Thomas Rowe. She is . member Of
the Baptist church and q good girl.
my next wife, the twelfth ono I mar.
fied, was named Alice Bowlin. She was
. blond, II years old, and q cousin Of Na&h
Bowlin Of AfkansaA He was the worst
desperate and outlaw Arkansas ever had,
and was my own uncle. married her be-
cause she was kind to him. I was engaged
to her year. I lived with her several
months. was present at the birth Of the
baby, whom she named David J. Rowe,
after my father. I haven't seen her since.
"In the year 1898, few months after
left my twelfth wife, I married Daisy
Smith at Baird City, Tex. I don't re-
member her very well, and couldn't say
whether she was q blond or . brunette
She was engaged to me about year. I
lived with her about six months. She had
q. 600 and gave mo part of It. She never
had any children that I know of.
my fourteenth wife's name was Annie
Fall. I married her at her home at Texar.
kama after being engaged to her about six
months. She had 81 900 in real estate and
personal property and did the right thing
by me- lived with her six months, then
went away and came hack to the birth of
the baby. 1t was girl, and We named it
Lille. I saw the last of her there.
My fifteenth wife was Ella Bennett.
She Is the only girl ever did love, and
love her still. She Is q beautiful woman,
brunette, tall and slim, with dark eyes
and dark, cloudy hair. She had no money
and was not u church member. She lived
at Blum, Hill county, Tex, and had
known her for about ten years, but could
never put things in shape to marry her
before. We lived together for two years,
and we had one child, q boy, whom she
named David j. Rowe, after my father. I
would never have left her, but my father
and got into some trouble, and was
forced to retire for awhile. saw her last
In June, but just for q short time. had
money enough to straighten out my trou-
bies and was returning to her when was
arrested here and Jailed. am going back
to live with her just as soon as I am free
man again.
Last July married Ola Nayes In Dem
tson, this county. She was IS years old
and u dressmaker. had only known her
10 or Is days when I married her. We
went to the territory and peddled whisky
together and made lots Of money. I left
my last wife in Fort Smith, Ark, after be-
ing with her four months By the way, I
am the most successful whisky peddler that
ever operated in the territory. / never
asked any woman to be my wife and not
left, but l am through marrying, think.
am going to live with my fifteenth wife
as soon as get out Of this"