Part of the Wisconsin Biographies Project
E. G. Rowell
E. G. Rowell, of the firm of Rowell & Co., Hartford, is the son of Ira and Maria Rowell; was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., June 22, 1831; moved to Waukesha, with his parents, in 1839; when 21 years of age, he went to Indiana, and remained two years; then returned to Waukesha Co., and engaged in business with his father. In 1862, he moved to Hartford, and in 1864 bought into the plow manufacturing business of Rowell & Co., and has continued this connection to this date. He was married in the town of Hartford, June 12, 1858, to Miss Jane Rice, daughter of John H. and Susan Rice. Mrs. Rowell was born in Ohio. They have one child, a daughter, named Frankie, aged 15 years.
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"History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin," published in 1881 by Western Historical Company.