resting_place death_place death_date birth_place birth_date known_for spouse article_title name
el campo santo cemetery rancho la puente october 13 , 1873 cecil county , maryland april 15 , 1791 early san gabriel valley settler maría encarnación martínez , charlotte m. gray john a. rowland
 john albert rowland
john a. rowland

john a. rowland was an early settler and rancher of the eastern san gabriel valley area of los angeles county , california .
he and his family were very prominent in the region 's early development and the unincorporated community of rowland heights , california is named for him .
