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Rowell, George Presbury – Royall, Isaac

Rowell, George Presbury

journalist, was born July 4, 1838, in Concord, Vt. In 1867 he took up his residence in New York, where he began the publication of Rowell's Newspaper Directory.

Rowell, Jonathan H

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 10, 1833, in Haverhill, N. H. He served three years in the union army during the civil war as a line officer. He was state's attorney of the eighth judicial district at Bloomington, Ill., from 1868 to 1872. He was a presidential elector in 1880; and was elected a representative from Illinois to the forty-eighth, forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a republican.

Rowland, Alfred

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 9, 1844, in Lumberton, N. C. In 1867 he was elected by the county court register of deeds for Robeson county, N. C.; and was a member of the general assembly of North Carolina in 1876-77, and again in 1880-81. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-first congresses as a democrat.

Rowland, David

congressman. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the colonial congress which met in New York in 1765.

Rowland, Henry Augustus

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1804, in Windsor, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Newark, N. J.; and the author of Common Maxims of Infidelity; The Path of Life; Light in a Dark Valley; and The Way of Peace. He died Sept. 4, 1859, in Boston, Mass.

Rowland, Henry Augustus

scientist, was born Nov. 27, 1848, in Honesdale, Pa. In 1884 he received the Rumford medal for his researches in light and heat.

Rowland, William

ship builder, was born April 28, 1828, in Monmouth Junction, N. J. In 1894 he built the Priscilla of the Fall River line, which is acknowledged to be the finest vessel afloat. He also finished the ships owned by the Old Dominion line of steamers.

Rowley, Eliza A

educator, poet, was born March 1, 1834, in Oneida county, N. Y. For many years she taught school and music, sung soprano and alto, and served as organist in several churches.

She has filled positions of honor in various societies in Nebraska; and is the author of a number of poems which have appeared in the periodical press.

Rowley, Thomas Algeo

soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 5, 1808, in Pittsburg, Pa. He was made brigadier-general for services at Fredericksburg, Va., in November, 1862, and resigned his commission Dec. 29, 1864. From 1866 till 1870 he was United States marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania, and he now practices law in Pittsburg, Pa.

Rowley, William Reuben

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 8, 1824, in Gouverneur, N. Y. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1865.

He then returned to Galena, Ill.; was elected county judge in 1877, which office he held at his death, and was also engaged in real estate business. He died Feb. 9, 1886, in Chicago, Ill.

Royall, Mrs. Anne

journalist, author, was born June 11, 1769, in Virginia. She was a well-known and unpopular Washington journalist, editor of the Washington Paul Pry, whose literary style was quite devoid of merit. She was the author of The Black Book; The Tennessean, a novel; Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the United States; and A Southern Tour: Letters from Alabama.

She died Oct. 1, 1854, in Washington, D. C.

Royall, Isaac

soldier, philanthropist, was born about 1720. Among numerous bequests he left 2,000 acres of land in Worcester county, Mass., for the endowment of a law professorship in Harvard. This was established in 1815 and is known by his name. The town of Royalston; Worcester county, Mass, was named for him. He died in October, 1781, in England.