Thomas Algeo Rowley
Born: October 5, 1808
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Father: John Rowley
Mother: Mary Algeo Hunter 1790 – 1860
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Wife: Isabella S. Cust 1810 – 1860
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Children:
John C. Rowley – 1857
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Sarah Ellen Rowley 1847 – 1850
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Henry Thomas Rowley 1847 – 1924
(Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Mary Ann Rowley 1848 – 1850
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Robert Cust Rowley 1859 – 1901
(Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Occupation before War:
Justice of the Peace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1847 – 1848: Served in Mexican – American War
Cabinetmaker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1857 – 1860: Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Clerk of Courts
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
1862: Served in the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia
1862: Wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia
1862: Helped cover Union Army withdrawal at Second Bull Run
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Acting Division Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg
1863: in charge of the draft rendezvous at Portland, Maine
1864: Court martialed on his return to the Army of the Potomac
1864: Returned to duty by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton
1864: Union Army Commander of District of Monongahela
1864: Resigned from the Union Army on December 29th
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1892: Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1866 – 1870: United States Marshal to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1882: Appointed Assistant Quartermaster General on retired list
Died: May 14, 1892
Place of Death: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Interstitial nephritis
Age at time of Death: 83 years old
Burial Place: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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