Wilbur Everett Rowell

Background

Rowell, Wilbur Everett was born on August 28, 1862 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles E. and Judith M. (Gile) Rowell.

Education

Graduate, Wilbraham (Massachusetts) Academy, 1881. Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, 1885, A.M., 1888. Student Harvard Law School, 1887-1888.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1888, began practice at Lawrence. Member Rowell, Clay & Tomlinson. Trustee and former president Broadway Savings Bank (Lawrence).

Director Beach Soap Company. Special justice District Court of Lawrence, 1898-1937. Chairman Selective Draft Board, Lawrence, World War I.

Membership

Member School Committee, Lawrence, 1909-1915. Member of advisory board Lawrence General Hospital. Member Massachusetts Congressional Fund, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon.

• Member of Phi Beta Kappa. Psi Upsilon. Club: University (Boston).

Connections

Married Mary A. Rand, September 22, 1891 (she died May 4, 1905). Married second, Lillian Bridges, March 18, 1908 (she died August 13, 1941).

Father:

Charles E. Rowell

Mother:

Judith M. (Gile) Rowell

Spouse:

Mary A. Rand

Spouse:

Lillian Bridges