Mrs. Rowena Drye
The burial of Mrs. Drye, widow of the late Col. George Drye of Casey, took place at the Cemetery here on Sunday afternoon. She died at her residence on Saturday morning. She was a member of the Baptist church, and highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. An affecting incident at the grave was the presence of her son, Clay, who has been for more than three years in confinement at Frankfort. In view of his mother’s approaching dissolution, together with the fact that he had, according to usage of the institution, by good behavior merited an abridgement of his sentence, Gov. McCreary on Saturday evening remitted the remainder of his term. He immediately took train to Nicholasville-reached Danville a little after midnight, and got home Sunday morning, only in time to attend the remains of his mother to the tomb. FALSTAFF
Rowena [LNU] married George Drye, Jr. about 1828 in Casey County, Kentucky. George Drye, Jr. was one of three sons born to George Drye, Sr. and his wife Anna Maria Phifer. This marriage year is based on their 1st born son, James J. Drye, who arrived on 14 January 1829.
No marriage certificate has yet been found for George, Jr. and Rowena; but, several on-lines trees shows her to be a Watkins without any listing of her parents. I’m highly skeptical of this information being factual.
George, Jr and Rowena had 9 children between January 1829 and January 1853 when their youngest, Clay was born.
Col. George Drye, Jr,. died on 10 February 1867 in Kentucky. Col. Drye represented Casey and Lincoln Counties in the State Legislature for the years 1867-1869.
Rowena D. Drye passed away on 7 April 1877. George and Rowena are buried in Hustonville Cemetery, Hustonville, Lincoln County, Kentucky.
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[1] "Mrs. Rowena Drye," Obituary, death notice, Interior Journal, Stanford, Kentucky, 13 April 1877, Page 3, column 4; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed 29 June 2022); https://www.newspapers.com/. Wife of Col. George Drye, Jr..
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