Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-01-23
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
George Barker ROwell.

George Barker Rowell.
| An unusual sadness prevailed
throughout the village of Orleans OF
Wednesday morning of last week a.
word was passed from friend tt
friend that Doctor Rowell had passed
away suddenly at his home on Pros.
pect street. The tone and expression
with which the people communicated
the fact was fine tribute to the man
who had spent three score years and
more in the making of well-merited
personal friendships.
George Barker Rowe1 was born at
| North Troy March 80, 1916, a son of
Adoniram Judson and Lucy A. (Rich-
ardson) Rowell, and was educated at
the public schools of his native town
and at St. Johnsbury academy. He
served during the Civil war as clerk
in the quartermaster's department
under Captain Dunton at City Point,
Va. In 1864 he returned to Richford,
VT, and taught school. While teach
ing at Richford he took up medical
studies with DR.. Hamilton until he
entered the University of Vermont
medical college from which he gradu-
ated in 1872. The next year he enter
ed upon the practice of his profession
at Irasburg, where he remained in
years. In 1884 he formed a partner
ship with M. M. Taplin, then of Iras-
burg, under the firm name of Taplin
& Rowell for the purpose of dealing
in livestock, wagons, sleighs, wood,
lumber and real estate. In 1891 the
development of the business and it's
growing demands upon his time made
it advisable to remove to Orleans,
! then known as Barton Landing, and
relinquish a successful professional
career. Since that time he has help
ed to make his firms name house
hold word throughout northern Yer
mont.
! In 1878 he married Isadore Darling
of Mansonville, P. O., who died in
1876. In 1891 he married Eta,
daughter of Hugh and Jennie Grant,
of Pembroke, Ont, who survives him.
/ Two sons, the fruits of the last mar
riage, are Hugh G. Rowell, now stu
dent at the Harvard medical school,
and George B. RoweU, Jr., now a SER
geant OF ordnance with the American
Expeditionary Forces somewhere in
! France. He is also survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Chas. T. Bean of New
port and Miss Ardelle j. RoWell of
| Orleans.
Funeral services were held at the
! late home of the deceased on Jan. 10,
Revs. Hamilton and Smithers offici-
ating, forty members of Valley Lodge
F. & A. M. attending. Interment
was at Pleasant View cemetery at
Orleans.
For nearly 80 years DR.. Rowell has
has been an integral part of the COM
mercial, religious, civic, and social
life of the community. He was one
Of the incorporators of the Central
Savings bank and has been a director
since it's organization. He was an
active member of the Congregational
church and was for many years one
Valley Lodge F. & A. M; the Orleans
club, the Willoughby Fish & Game
club and he took keen interest in the
work of the schools, the public Ii
brary, the Red Cross and in every I'M
dertaking which had for it's object
the betterment of the community.
He shortened many day and light
ened many a load by his cheering
greeting or his good morning salute.
If he had a passion it was his love
of home and children. He leaves be-
hind him a plenty Of this worlds
goods and clean record of things
well done. He takes with him true
Christian character and faces without
fear that higher record made of man
but not by man.
Card of Thanks-We wish at this
time to express our thanks for the
many manifestations of love and
sympathy so freely given to us in
our hour of bereavement
Mrs. Geo. B. Rowell,
Hugh Grant Rowell,
Geo. B. Rowell, Jr.,
Miss Ardelle Rowell,
Mrs. Charles T. Bean.