BIO: Lewis C. ROWLES, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 769 & 770.
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  LEWIS C. ROWLES, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Grampian, Pa., where he is 
also a representative and useful public spirited citizen, was born near 
Houtzdale, Clearfield county, Pa., March 1, 1879, and is a son of Matthew and 
Letitia (Lewis) Rowles.
  Matthew Rowles was born in Lawrence township, Clearfield county, and he and 
wife reside at Clearfield.  They have five living children:  Mrs. C. A. Crews, 
of Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Frank Stage, of Clearfield; Lewis C.; Burton, of 
Clearfield; and Alice, of Cumberland, Md.  Of the above, Mrs. Stage was formerly 
a successful teacher.  In politics, Mr. Rowles is a Democrat and at one time was 
a school director in West Clearfield.  Mrs. Rowles is a member of the Lutheran 
church.
  Lewis C. Rowles attended school at Clearfield and graduated from West 
Clearfield High School.  He later took a course in the summer Normal school and 
afterward taught school for two years in Bell township.  He also learned the 
carpenter's trade before he was twenty years of age.  In 1898 he enlisted as a 
private soldier in Co. E, 5th Pa. Vol. Inf., and served through the Spanish-
American war.  In the meanwhile he had done his preparatory medical reading and 
in 1905 was graduated from the Philadelphia Chirurgical College and immediately 
entered into practice, establishing himself at Grampian in September, 1905.  Dr. 
Rowles has been very successful in many grave surgical operations and has gained 
the confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens in his skill and ability.  
He keeps fully abreast of the times, holding membership in the county and state 
medical bodies and the American Medical Association.
  Dr. Rowles was married April 24, 1907, to Miss Edna Mill Stetson, a daughter 
of Lewis Stetson, of Philadelphia, and they have had two children:  Stetson 
Dewitt, who died when but three days old; and Eleanor Frances, who was born 
March 9, 1910.  Dr. Rowles casts his vote with the Democratic party.  He retains 
membership in his college fraternal society but has not identified himself with 
any other organization.  He is serving as a member of Grampian school board.