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Morris D. ROWLAND

Posted by Transcriber on Tue, 16 Nov 1999

Surname: ROWLAND, CLAFLIN, ALLIS

Among the learned professions, that of law is ably represented in Montana by many of the younger generation, and in this class in Lincoln county none has attained a higher standing than Morris D. Rowland, of the legal firm of Rowland & Gray, of Libby. Mr. Rowland has not confined his activities to the practice f his profession, however, as he is interested in various enterprises of a business nature, and at present is vice-president of the Lincoln County Abstract Company. He was born in Milton, Iowa, September 22, 1885, and is a son of Jonathan D. and Mary (Claflin) Rowland. His grandfather, Samuel Rowland, is a well-known merchant in Milton, Iowa, settlers in the vicinity of Milton, where he was engage din agricultural pursuits throughout his life, and his farm is still in the family's possession. Jonathan D. Rowland has lived in Milton all of his life, and is one of that city's leading capitalists and business men, being engaged in banking and mercantile lines and owning large properties in northern Iowa and southern Missouri. He is a Republican in politics, but his business interests have satisfied his ambitions, and in spite of numerous offers of public preferment has never agreed to enter the political arena. The mother of Morris D. Rowland, the daughter of an army officer who graduated form West Point, was reared in a convent, and was married to Mr. Rowland at Olathe, Kansas. They had three children, of whom one is deceased. The oldest child, Lamar H. Rowland, is a well known merchant of Milton, Iowa, and Morris D. was the second in order of birth.
Morris D. rowland received his primary education in the Milton public and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1903, and playing with the high school football team four years. He subsequently spent one year in the University of Iowa, and then entered Yale University, where he was graduated with the degree of L.L. B. in 1908. During the fall of that year he went west to Spokane, Washington, and after being admitted to the bar of the state engage din practice for six months. However, he was not satisfied with conditions as he found them, and, hearing of the opportunities offered to young men of ability and energy in Montana, came to Libby and for one and one-half years was engaged in practice with C. A. Adams. He next formed a co-partnership with W. H. Gray, a prominent attorney of Libby, under the firm style of Rowland & Gray, and is also connected in the abstract business with Mr. Gray, who is president of the Lincoln County Abstract Company, Inc., Mr. Rowland being vice-president. Both as an attorney and a business man, Mr. Rowland is recognized as an alert, progressive and enterprising citizen, and one who has the best interests of his community at heart. He has invested in Lincoln county land, and at the present time is engaged in farming to some extent. He is a member of the National Guards, being first lieutenant of his company, is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and in political matters adheres to the principles and supports the candidates of the "Republican party. Was one of the charter embers of the Acacia fraternity at Yale, name Pe Chapter.

Mr. Rowland was married at Iowa City, Iowa, September 18, 1910, to Miss Alberta Allis, daughter of William H. Allis, a well known real estate man of Iowa, and to this union there was born one child who died in infancy.

Extracted from "A History of Montana" Volume III; Helen Fitzgerald Sanders; copyright 1913; page 1781

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Morris D. ROWLAND

Posted by Transcriber on Tue, 16 Nov 1999

Surname: ROWLAND, CLAFLIN, ALLIS

Among the learned professions, that of law is ably represented in Montana by many of the younger generation, and in this class in Lincoln county none has attained a higher standing than Morris D. Rowland, of the legal firm of Rowland & Gray, of Libby. Mr. Rowland has not confined his activities to the practice f his profession, however, as he is interested in various enterprises of a business nature, and at present is vice-president of the Lincoln County Abstract Company. He was born in Milton, Iowa, September 22, 1885, and is a son of Jonathan D. and Mary (Claflin) Rowland. His grandfather, Samuel Rowland, is a well-known merchant in Milton, Iowa, settlers in the vicinity of Milton, where he was engage din agricultural pursuits throughout his life, and his farm is still in the family's possession. Jonathan D. Rowland has lived in Milton all of his life, and is one of that city's leading capitalists and business men, being engaged in banking and mercantile lines and owning large properties in northern Iowa and southern Missouri. He is a Republican in politics, but his business interests have satisfied his ambitions, and in spite of numerous offers of public preferment has never agreed to enter the political arena. The mother of Morris D. Rowland, the daughter of an army officer who graduated form West Point, was reared in a convent, and was married to Mr. Rowland at Olathe, Kansas. They had three children, of whom one is deceased. The oldest child, Lamar H. Rowland, is a well known merchant of Milton, Iowa, and Morris D. was the second in order of birth.
Morris D. rowland received his primary education in the Milton public and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1903, and playing with the high school football team four years. He subsequently spent one year in the University of Iowa, and then entered Yale University, where he was graduated with the degree of L.L. B. in 1908. During the fall of that year he went west to Spokane, Washington, and after being admitted to the bar of the state engage din practice for six months. However, he was not satisfied with conditions as he found them, and, hearing of the opportunities offered to young men of ability and energy in Montana, came to Libby and for one and one-half years was engaged in practice with C. A. Adams. He next formed a co-partnership with W. H. Gray, a prominent attorney of Libby, under the firm style of Rowland & Gray, and is also connected in the abstract business with Mr. Gray, who is president of the Lincoln County Abstract Company, Inc., Mr. Rowland being vice-president. Both as an attorney and a business man, Mr. Rowland is recognized as an alert, progressive and enterprising citizen, and one who has the best interests of his community at heart. He has invested in Lincoln county land, and at the present time is engaged in farming to some extent. He is a member of the National Guards, being first lieutenant of his company, is connected with the Masonic fraternity, and in political matters adheres to the principles and supports the candidates of the "Republican party. Was one of the charter embers of the Acacia fraternity at Yale, name Pe Chapter.

Mr. Rowland was married at Iowa City, Iowa, September 18, 1910, to Miss Alberta Allis, daughter of William H. Allis, a well known real estate man of Iowa, and to this union there was born one child who died in infancy.

Extracted from "A History of Montana" Volume III; Helen Fitzgerald Sanders; copyright 1913; page 1781