Washington County Biographies



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A. D. Rowell

A. D. Rowell, of the firm of Rowell & Co., Hartford, is the son of Ira and Maria Rowell; was born, Jan. 6, 1839; came to Wisconsin, with his parents, before he was a year old; the family settled on a farm in Waukesha Co.; young Rowell grew up to manhood on the farm, and, in 1867, came to Hartford, and bought an interest in the plow and cultivator works of Rowell & Co., since which time, he has made his home in Hartford, and continued his connection with this business. He was married, Feb. 28, 1876, in Waukesha Co., to Miss Hattie Thompson, daughter of Smith Thompson. They have one son, Guy.

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