Word has it (Uncle David - Morris David) that, before he was married to my grandmother (Mattie Pearson Wier), he was married before and was a Church of Christ preacher.
In those days, doctors made house calls and his wife was somewhat sickly. Therefore, his wife got lots of visits from the doctor. One day he came home and found the doctor and his wife in bead with each other and proceeded to beat them both quite severely. This ended both his marriage and his career as a preacher.
BLM Land Patents:
RITTER, JESSE F AR WASHINGTON 12/14/1895 HARRISON 10461 AR2630__.045 160 acres
N½NE 9/ 14-N 28-W No 5th PM AR WASHINGTON
SWNE 9/ 14-N 28-W No 5th PM AR WASHINGTON
NENW 9/ 14-N 28-W No 5th PM AR WASHINGTON
From his obituary at Dignity Funeral Home:
J.D. Rowe, 89, of Mansfield, Texas passed away on September 30, 2016. He was born in Pike, Texas on March 2, 1927. He served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman. After the Army, he took a job with Lane Container as an estimator where he worked until he retired.
J.D. was very outgoing and full of life. He enjoyed playing cards and dominos and won many trophies bowling. His biggest passion of all was dancing, which he did with his daughter days before he passed. J.D. was preceded in death by his father and mother A.T. and Ottis Rowe, one brother Charlie Rowe, and two sisters Geneva Jones and Helen Terrell. He was survived by his daughter Jana Wier, her husband Don Wier, and two grandchildren Jake and Jenni Wier of Mansfield, Texas, and one sister Lois Stroud of Irving, Texas.
Maiden name Gillard (per Jana 1/6/2009)
known as Bucky