OBIT:  ROWLAND, Owen; 1908; Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 27 Mar 1908
Volume 42, Number 13


Death of Owen Rowland 

Mr. Owen Rowland died at the home of his son, Isaac, in Iowa City, on Tuesday morning last, aged 
78 years.

Mr. Rowland was a native of Wales and emigrated to the United States in 1850.  He was a miller by 
trade and at first worked at Tibbott's mill a short distance south of town.  About this time he married 
Emma Lloyd, a daughter of Evan Lloyd, and afterwards operated mills in various parts of the county, 
he being one of the best millers of the old burr process ever known in this vicinity.

He subsequently bought the farm on which Robert S. Roberts now lives, about four miles south of 
Ebensburg.  His wife having died in 1875, some years afterwards Mr. Rowland sold his farm, since 
which time he has resided generally with one or the other of his children. He is survived by two sons 
and one daughter – Isaac of Iowa City; Evan, Sheriff of Johnson County, Iowa; and Ellen, wife of 
Sherman Tibbott of Ebensburg.

The deceased was a member of the First Christian church and was a most estimable citizen and 
tomorrow his remains are expected to arrive in Ebensburg when after services in the First Christian 
church, the funeral will take place in Lloyd's cemetery. 


Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 3 Apr 1908
Volume 42, Number 14


Funeral of the Late Owen Rowland 

The funeral of the Owen Rowland, who died at the home of his son, Isaac Rowland in Iowa City, 
Tuesday of last week, took place Saturday afternoon from the home of Sherman Tibbott, son-in-law 
of the deceased; after services in the Christian church by the pastor, the Rev. J. F. Klucker, the 
interment being in Lloyd's cemetery by the side of his wife who died in 1875.

The funeral was well attended, not only by the relatives of the deceased but also by the descendants 
of many who more than 50 years ago had first become acquainted with him as an honest and 
competent miller of the Tibbott Mill, a mile south of Ebensburg.  In this community there are none 
who were not the friends of Mr. Rowland, as their sympathetic demeanor at the funeral amply 
testified.

Mr. Rowland came of a race of millers, who in Wales and America, had few equals and no superiors, 
both as regards sterling honesty and capability.  His brother, David Rowland, was also a miller and a 
nephew, Evan Jones, is now running a large mill near Dilltown, Indiana County.  The two sons of the 
deceased, Isaac of Iowa City, and Evan, Sheriff of Johnson County, Iowa, accompanied the remains 
of their father to Ebensburg to pay their last sad duty to their loved parent. Also a nephew Isaac 
Rowland, son of David Rowland.