
Phoebe's nickname was "Downey," as she had a daughter also named Pheobe. She was an active member in the Josephine Circle, the Fortnighly Club and the King's Daughters.Phoebe Rowell happened to be a visitor in the home of one of Memphis' prominent families, the Randolphs. There she met Wassell and they were married on April 3, 1910 in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. However the newly weds ...
JS Rowell had a ruddy face, a healthy countenance, a light-blue eye, a solid build, and is five feet nine and a half inches in height and weighs two hundred and ten pounds. At a time when farming was the most important industry in the state of Wisconsin, with 68 out of every 100 inhabitants farmers and grain production the primary impetus, the need for improvement of farming methods was keen. ...