The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-02
ROWLAND is DEAD.
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Honesdale reporter for the Scranton
Truth. Olive Lucille, their daughter,
lives at home. Mr.. Rowlands sur
viving brothers are Albert G., who
lives at Rowland, and Miles c., who
was a state senator and whose home
is in the village of Kimbles. Frank,
who was also a member of the state
senate, dying in office, was the
youngest of the four Rowland boys.
The four sisters are Ada and Madge,
living at the homestead in Rowland,
Mrs. George c. Brown of Dunmore,
and Mrs. Bernstein, wife of DR.. A.
II. Bernstein of Scranton. Mrs.
Brown was Miss Flora Rowland and
Mrs. Bernstein was Miss Lucy Row
land.
In politics MIR. Rowland was a
Democrat, as all his forefathers had
been. He served in 1879 as dis
trict attorney and was borough
counsel and counsel for Texas town
ship. He was counsel for Sheriff
Branning and Sheriff Roadknight,
and both officers always admit they
were steered clear of the legal
troubles and complications not un-
known to the rank and file of Wayne
county sheriffs by the careful coach
ing of Mr.. Rowland. Mr.. Road
knight has one proud spot in his
composition and this is his pride in
the fact that he is the only Wayne
sheriff that never was sued
Honesdale Lawyer For 80 Years.
For 80 years Mr.. Rowland had
made his home in Honesdale. He
came here when his law course at
Albany ended in 1880, and for two
years he was in the Office of Judge
H. N. Seeley, who preceded Judge
George S. Purdy on the county
bench. After he hung out his shingle
in the borough he built up a consid-
cradle practice and was highly re-
garded by his clients for the fair
ness and candor he always showed
and by his brother practitioners for
his uncommonly clear knowledge of
law. Most of them whenever they
got into hole made it point to
slip over to Cap" Rowland's Office
and get his opinion on the matter.
They admit they always learned
something on these visits.
One of the last sizeable undertake
ings of Mr.. Rowland's life was the
part he expected to play in the cases
, against Sam Reed and Leona Lord,
both in Jail for the killing of Silas
E. Lord at Equinunk. The fight
over the mooted ditch up there in
! Manchester township took place the
morning of July IL and one day
later Floyd and William Lord and
/ Oakley S. Tyner came to Honesdale
| to get legal advice. Charles j.
! Weaver, with whom they stopped,
/ sent them to Mr.. Rowland. The lat
! ter put a good deal of time and
thought into the case and was to
have helped District Attorney NJ. E.
/ Simons in the prosecution of Sam
and Leona. E. G. Mumford had also
/ been consulted by the "Sike" Lord
side of the case. Harold Rowland
said today he did not believe it was
the Lord case in particular that
broke his father down. He said the
break had been coming for some
time.
The militia service of Mr.. Row
land covered II years with Co. e
He was captain in 1857 and the
men that served under him speak
of him today with affection and re.
spect. He proved attentive to the
wants of his men and he had the
confidence of his superior officers
He never Joined anything actively
except this militia company and the
Exchange club, of which he was
president when the club moved into
it's present quarters in 1898. He
served in that Office a year and de-
clined another term. He was an
honorary member of the Maenner
chor society. With his family he at
tended Grace Episcopal church
Rev. Albert L. Whitaker, the rec
tor, and Rev. Mr.. Atkinson Of
Elizabeth, N. j., a clergyman Mr.
Rowland particularly liked, will of
ficiate at the funeral, which is to b'
held Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Bars Tribute To His Memory.
At a meeting of the Wayne Coun
ty Bar association Tuesday after
noon, held less than an hour from
the time Mr.. Rowland died, Judg,
Henry Wilson, the president, pre-
sided and as a committee to draf
resolutions in memory of their de
parted brother the lawyers namet
Judge Wilson as chairman ant
Frank p. Kimble and e. c. Mum
ford. This committee will have
meeting Saturday for the literar,
part of it's work and the report viii
be made when court sits, the secon,
: Monday in September.
1t was decided that the associa
tion members go to the funeral Fri
day afternoon in a body. They vii
march from the office of II. N
Stocker. The bar will send fora
tribute, the selection of which ha
been left to w. II. Lee.
The pallbearers will be Judg
Alonzo T. Searle, z. @. Mumfor
and r. NJ. Stocker, brother lawyer
] of Mr., Rowland; Emerson w. Gan