Earl Augustus Rowe

Lineage of Earl¹⁰ Augustus Rowe: ( Percy⁹, Franklin⁸, Lucian⁷, Ebenezer⁶, Daniel⁵ Sr., John⁴ , Peter³ Roe, Hugh² Roe Jr., Hugh¹Roe, Sr.)

Earl Rowe (89 yrs.) was the first born of Percy and Florence Knowles Rowe. He was born in Humboldt County, Iowa and married in Lake Park, Iowa to Clara Christopherson. After their marriage, their house burned to the ground.

Earl  moved to Lake Park, Iowa with his parents in 1907 when he was 17 yrs. old.  He joined the Presbyterian church in Lake Park.  He farmed near Lake Park for 34 years, then due to poor health, he moved into Lake Park where he drove a school bus and worked for a Pioneer Seed Company  and was the Jackson Township weed commissioner and Manager of the Leyson Funeral Home in Lake Park for 10 years before his death.  

Earl Augustus Rowe and Clara Christopherson's 4 children:

1. Lawrence Eugene. Rowe b. Sept. 14, 1920 of Lafayette, IN m. Ruth Lowe (4 children)

2. Joyce Marie( Rowe) Willardson Hadley . b. Aug. 10, 1922 married Mr. Willardson and lived in Los Gatos, CA (div.) m. Wayne Hadley. Lived in West Plains, Missouri d. 2018.

3. Joanne Earline Rowe, b. Oct. 16, 1926 Spirit Lake, Iowa m. Milo Maynard Tjoland of Rochester, MN

4. Denton C. Rowe, b. Jun 6, 1932 Lake Park, Iowa lived in Coon Rapids, IA d. January 8, 2009