Biography

04/25/1869 - 02/06/1922

Miles C. Rowland (D14) Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties, 1909-1910

Early Life:

Miles C. Rowland, born April 25, 1869, Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania; son of George H. and Catherine Ammermon Rowland; public school education; Wyoming Seminary; engaged, business of quarrying, dealing in bluestone; engaged, lumber business; 1900-1922; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1910; died, at home, heart attack, February 6, 1922; Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania; Interment, Mount Moraiah Cemetery, Kimbles, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Engaged, business of quarrying, dealing in bluestone; engaged, lumber business, timber tract, 30,000 acres, Pike County; 1900-1922.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties, November 3, 1908, vacancy, death, brother, G. Frank Rowland, October 2, 1907, unexpired term, 1909-1910; committee assignments, Banks and Building Loan Associations, Congressional Apportionment, Federal Relations, Judiciary Apportionment, Legislative Apportionment, Library, Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water. 

Legacy:

Father, George H. Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Luzerne, Monroe and Pike Counties 1873-1874 22nd district, Carbon, Monroe and Pike Counties 1875. George H. Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Uncle, Lafayette Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate 22nd district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike Counties 1895-1898. 

Lafayette Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Brother, George Franklin Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties, 1907.

George Franklin Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages, 993, 1000-1003, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 974. 

Carbondale Daily News (Carbondale, Pennsylvania) Tuesday February 7, 1922, Page 1.

Miles C Rowland (1869-1922) - Find a Grave Memorial