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Born in Salem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-born.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/02-02.html">February 2, 1785</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 4th District, 1856-58. Died in Suncook, Allenstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-died.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-11.html">January 11, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 343 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Lemuel Rowell and Mary (Severance) Rowell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-09.html">February 9, 1809</a>, to Mary Polly Davis; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sargent.html#073.62.42">Aaron Augustus Sargent</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/a-abbot.html#221.52.07">Sanford Winslow Abbey</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#062.19.45">Daniel Webster</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevens8.html#480.10.66">Thaddeus Stevens</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0215.html">Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0307.html">Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family</a> of New Hampshire; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1481.html">Eastman-Webster-Blake-Rowell family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="423.56.10">Rowell, Charles E.</a></b> — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stamford.html">Mayor of Stamford, Conn.</a>, 1911. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="995.69.32">Rowell, Chester Abbott</a> (1844-1912)</b> — also known as <b>Chester A. Rowell</b> — of Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-lived.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif. Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/08-17.html">August 17, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/stsen.html">California state senate</a>, 1880-82, 1899-1901, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for California; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1891-1912.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/fresno.html">mayor of Fresno, Calif.</a>, 1909-12; died in office 1912. Died in Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-09.html">May 9, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 266 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-buried.html# ">Chapel of the Light Columbarium</a>, Fresno, Calif.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-buried.html# ">Courthouse Park</a>, Fresno, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jonathan Barney Rowell and Cynthia Hay (Abbott) Rowell; brother of <a href="#135.57.03">Jonathan Harvey Rowell</a>; married to Nellie (Hale) Rowell; uncle of <a href="#347.05.06">Chester Harvey Rowell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#213.82.21">Robert Foss Fernald</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0308.html">Rowell family</a> of Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0120.html">Wentworth-Pitman family</a> of New Hampshire (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester Rowell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57804548">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="347.05.06">Rowell, Chester Harvey</a> (1867-1948)</b> — also known as <b>Chester H. Rowell</b> — of Fresno, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/FR-lived.html">Fresno County</a>, Calif.; Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-lived.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif. Born in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-born.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/11-01.html">November 1, 1867</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College instructor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">California Republican State Committee</a>, 1906-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/CA.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/CA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/CA.html">1936</a>; delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912; member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/CA.html">California Republican state chair</a>, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-21. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-tau-delta.html">Delta Tau Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in Berkeley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/AL-died.html">Alameda County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/04-12.html">April 12, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 163 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#135.57.03">Jonathan Harvey Rowell</a> and Maria Sanford (Woods) Rowell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/08-01.html">August 1, 1897</a>, to Myrtle Marie Lingle; nephew of <a href="#995.69.32">Chester Abbott Rowell</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0308.html">Rowell family</a> of Maine (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57804876">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Rowell, E. W.</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#195.49.81">Ellsworth Wagner Rowell</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="788.50.82">Rowell, Edward Morgan</a> (b. 1931)</b> — of California. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/index.html">1931</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BV-diplomats.html ">Bolivia</a>, 1985-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1988-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LX-diplomats.html ">Luxembourg</a>, 1990-94. Still living as of 1994. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/rowell-edward-morgan ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="379.36.96">Rowell, Edward T.</a></b> — of Lowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/lowell.html#2">Lowell, Mass.</a>, 1874-85. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/271/70.76.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Eliphalet Rowell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="271.70.76">Rowell, Eliphalet</a> (1822-1903)</b> — of Hallowell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KE-lived.html">Kennebec County</a>, Maine. Born in Livermore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/AN-born.html">Androscoggin County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/05-28.html">May 28, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1858, 1861, 1880-81; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/hallowell.html#2">Hallowell, Maine</a>, 1866-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/hallowell.html">mayor of Hallowell, Maine</a>, 1890. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Died in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-died.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/10-31.html">October 31, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 156 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sophia (Warren) Rowell and Abijah Rowell; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Ellen Frances Smith.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Annual Report, Maine Press Association (1899)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/195/49.81.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="E. W. Rowell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="195.49.81">Rowell, Ellsworth Wagner</a> (1886-1953)</b> — also known as <b>E. W. Rowell</b>; <b>"Bert"</b> — of Casper, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/NA-lived.html">Natrona County</a>, Wyo.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/03-29.html">March 29, 1886</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Locomotive engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">printing business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/casper.html">mayor of Casper, Wyo.</a>, 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Wyoming</a>, 1932. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>. Died, following surgery for a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain tumor</a>, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/mayo-clinic.html">Mayo Clinic</a>, Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OL-died.html">Olmsted County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/05-27.html">May 27, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 59 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-02.html">November 2, 1906</a>, to Daphne Cohen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/">1933</a> to Izetta mae Daugaard.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Casper (Wyoming) Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="951.83.29">Rowell, George B.</a></b> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/MA.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MA.html">Massachusetts Republican state chair</a>, 1945. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="901.07.58">Rowell, George P.</a></b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CO-lived.html">Coos County</a>, N.H. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/NH.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="583.20.54">Rowell, George P.</a></b> — of Stamford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Stamford; elected 1906; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stamford.html">mayor of Stamford, Conn.</a>, 1926. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="716.81.82">Rowell, Irving W.</a></b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Newport; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="262.47.35">Rowell, J. F.</a></b> — of Lawton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/CO-lived.html">Comanche County</a>, Okla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OK.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="243.94.65">Rowell, Jesse R.</a></b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/SU-lived.html">Sullivan County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Newport, 1948; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncne.html">delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Newport, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="321.87.95">Rowell, John W.</a></b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VT/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Vermont state supreme court</a>, 1889-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="135.57.03">Rowell, Jonathan Harvey</a> (1833-1908)</b> — also known as <b>Jonathan H. Rowell</b> — of Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-lived.html">McLean County</a>, Ill. Born in Haverhill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-born.html">Grafton County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/02-10.html">February 10, 1833</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 14th District, 1883-91. Died in Bloomington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-died.html">McLean County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-15.html">May 15, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ML-buried.html#cms01383">Evergreen Memorial Cemetery</a>, Bloomington, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jonathan Barney Rowell and Cynthia Hay (Abbott) Rowell; brother of <a href="#995.69.32">Chester Abbott Rowell</a>; father of <a href="#347.05.06">Chester Harvey Rowell</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fergusson-ferrington.html#213.82.21">Robert Foss Fernald</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0073.html">Eastman family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0308.html">Rowell family</a> of Maine; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0120.html">Wentworth-Pitman family</a> of New Hampshire (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000478">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409439">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan H. Rowell">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="895.65.92">Rowell, Lonnie</a></b> — of South Carolina. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="684.75.21">Rowell, Lora L.</a></b> — of Pearsall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FI-lived.html">Frio County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/pearsall.html#2">Pearsall, Tex.</a>, 1901. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="330.29.56">Rowell, Marion S.</a></b> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MA.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="965.36.21">Rowell, Melvin W.</a></b> — of Northwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Northwood; elected 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="329.73.93">Rowell, Ralph C.</a> (1900-1977)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GO-lived.html">Gogebic County</a>, Mich. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Gogebic County, 1937-38; defeated in primary, 1938, 1940. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/index.html">1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="101.74.60">Rowell, Ralph R.</a></b> — of South Thomaston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Maine. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Knox County, 1919-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="214.97.59">Rowell, Ted</a></b> — of Baudette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LW-lived.html">Lake of the Woods County</a>, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/MN.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="988.99.35">Rowell, Thomas</a></b> — of Warner, Rockingham County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>), N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a> from Warner, 1779. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="713.48.87">Rowell, William Bascom</a> (1800-1880)</b> — of Marion, Marion District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>), S.C. Born in Marion District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MA-born.html">Marion County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/03-28.html">March 28, 1800</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1832, 1850, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Marion, 1860-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Nichols, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/05-22.html">May 22, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/MA-buried.html# ">Jones Nichols Cemetery</a>, Nichols, S.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/55841929">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="ROWEN"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>ROWEN</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R500">Soundex R500</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#ERWIN">ERWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#ERWINE">ERWINE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#IRWIN">IRWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orrice-orvyl.html#ORWIN">ORWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owen.html#OWEN">OWEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#OWNER">OWNER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#ROEN">ROEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#ROUEN">ROUEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#ROWAN">ROWAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#ROWDEN">ROWDEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#ROWE">ROWE</a>, <a href="#ROWENA">ROWENA</a>, <a href="#ROWER">ROWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolfenden-woo.html#WONNER">WONNER</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="260.98.74">Rowen, A. A.</a></b> — of Parker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/TU-lived.html">Turner County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 6th District, 1911-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="501.79.58">Rowen, James C.</a></b> — of Santa Clara, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="878.60.89">Rowen, John</a></b> — of New York. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Charlotte County, 1777-78. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="767.30.46">Rowen, Paul R.</a></b> — Member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1948-55. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="246.55.80">Rowen, William</a></b> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 3rd District, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="806.78.47">Rowen, William E.</a></b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/NY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NY.html">1948</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="ROWENA"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>ROWENA</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R500">Soundex R500</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#ERWIN">ERWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#ERWINE">ERWINE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/irwin.html#IRWIN">IRWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orrice-orvyl.html#ORWIN">ORWIN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#ROENA">ROENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#ROWAN">ROWAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#ROWE">ROWE</a>, <a href="#ROWEN">ROWEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#ROYENA">ROYENA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#SWENARTON">SWENARTON</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>ROWENA:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baber-bacchus.html#829.73.28">Rowena Eaton Baca</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burditt-burges.html#183.90.30">Rowena Burger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#561.63.41">Rowena Morse Mann</a></td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="ROWER"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>ROWER</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R600">Soundex R600</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brouillard-browman.html#BROWER">BROWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harriss-harstad.html#HARROWER">HARROWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/power.html#POWER">POWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#ROER">ROER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roebling-rogaski.html#ROEWER">ROEWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/romano-roosa.html#ROMER">ROMER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#ROWE">ROWE</a>, <a href="#ROWEN">ROWEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#ROYER">ROYER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#THROWER">THROWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#TROWER">TROWER</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="888.59.67">Rower, Henry</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from St. Louis City 16th District, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="ROWETT"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>ROWETT</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R300">Soundex R300</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bankson-barbosa.html#BANOWETZ">BANOWETZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chennault-cherney.html#CHENOWETH">CHENOWETH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchwell-ciro.html#CHYNOWETH">CHYNOWETH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goulden-gradison.html#GOWETZ">GOWETZ</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingham-irelan.html#IORWITH">IORWITH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jorden-joy.html#JOWETT">JOWETT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#RAWAT">RAWAT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#ROWE">ROWE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowlands-roxburgh.html#ROWLETT">ROWLETT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/toth-towns.html#TOWER">TOWER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#TROWE">TROWE</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="943.52.37">Rowett, William Q.</a></b> — U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BM-consuls.html ">Rangoon</a>, as of 1905. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> <a name="ROWLADER"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>ROWLADER</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/r.html#R436">Soundex R436</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#CADWALADER">CADWALADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#CADWALLADER">CADWALLADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cisco-clague.html#CLADER">CLADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gjesdal-glaspie.html#GLADER">GLADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#LADER">LADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#LADERMAN">LADERMAN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowland.html#ROWLAND">ROWLAND</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowlands-roxburgh.html#ROWLANDS">ROWLANDS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowlands-roxburgh.html#ROWLATT">ROWLATT</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skipper-slason.html#SLADER">SLADER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#WLADIMIR">WLADIMIR</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#WLADKOSKI">WLADKOSKI</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#WLADYSLAW">WLADYSLAW</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>ROWLADER:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#369.25.32">John Clark Ketcham</a></td></tr> </table><br clear="all"><br> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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