ROWLET, LOUIS A. - 1914

ROWLET, HERIOD, JANETT, BAER

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

LOUIS A. ROWLET.

Louis A. Rowlet, a well known and successful representative of agricultural interests in Marcus township, is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land on section 10 and devotes his attention to its cultivation with excellent results. His birth occurred in Switzerland in March, 1864, his parents being August and Julia (Heriod) Rowlet, likewise natives of that country. The father spent his entire life in Switzerland and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career. His demise occurred in July, 1888, while his wife was called to her final rest in October, 1893.

Louis A. Rowlet obtained his education in the schools of his native country and when nineteen years of age crossed the Atlantic to the United States, locating in Illinois, where he was employed as a farm hand for three years. Subsequently he cultivated rented land for eight years and on the expiration of that period removed to Plymouth county, Iowa, where he operated a rented farm for two years. At the end of that time he came to Cherokee county and here rented land which he cultivated for three years, then purchased a tract of eighty acres in section 10, Marcus township. Later he extended the boundaries of his farm by an additional purchase of eighty acres and it now embraces a quarter section of rich and productive land. In the conduct of his agricultural interests he follows thorough and resultant methods and has won a gratifying measure of success. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Cooperative Store of Marcus and is widely recognized as a substantial and enterprising citizen of his community.

In January, 1886, Mr. Rowlet was united in marriage to Miss Adele Janett, a daughter of Julian and Mary (Baer) Janett, natives of Switzerland. The father, a watch maker by trade, worked at that occupation throughout his active business career and passed away in Switzerland in 1884. The demise of the mother occurred in 1908. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rowlet have been born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. Those surviving are as follows: Mary, who is twentythree years of age; Alva, nineteen years old; and Bluette and Edgar, who are sixteen and eleven years of age, respectively.

Mr. Rowlet exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democracy, being convinced that the principles of that party are most conducive to good government. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian. Coming to the new world as a young man, he eagerly availed himself of the opportunities here afforded and has worked his way steadily upward to a position among the substantial and representative citizens of Cherokee county.