West Liberty History 1838-1938

Source: One Hundred Years of History
* Commemorating a Century of Progress in the West Liberty Community * WEST LIBERTY, IOWA
MARTHA J. ROWLEN

Mrs. Rowlen will be 89 years old on Oct. 6th, 1938. She came to West Branch from Barnesville, Ohio, when quite young and lived there for 25 years, where her husband was a brick mason. She makes her home now with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stokes, Mrs. Stokes being the only survivor of five children.

During the Hoover administration, Mrs. Rowlen prided herself on "having rocked the President on her lap." Mrs. Hoover, mother of the President, often came to the Rowlen home and cared for the child.

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