sentences:  Amongst his better works were "Episodes in an Obscure Life" (1871) and "Friends and Acquaintances" (1871).Rowe married in 1860 Mary Ann Yates, daughter of Jonathan Patten, who survived him with a son and three daughters.Rowe was in Australia for relatively short period, but two of his lyrics have been included in more than one anthology of Australian verse, and "Peter 'Possum's Portfolio" is one of the earliest books of serious literature published in Australia.