Rowland, Mrs. D.M. (Sarah)

Mrs. D. M. (Sarah) Rowland

Mrs. D. M. (Sarah) Rowland was a member of the Ingleside Club in Marengo, Iowa, serving as its president in 1906-1907.[1]  She and her husband, David Rowland, were active in community and civic clubs.

Sarah Benine Hill was born October 9, 1849[2], in White River County, Indiana.[3] Her parents were Marion and Mariah (Sumner) Hill.  The family moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, in the 1860s.  Before her marriage, Sarah Hill was a teacher in Keokuk County.[4]  She married David Marthew Rowland on October 30, 1870, in Keokuk, Iowa.[5]  Mr. and Mrs. Rowland were the parents of nine children all of whom were born and raised in Marengo.[6]

Mrs. Rowland died on November 23, 1942, in Oakland, Alameda County, California,[7] and is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Marengo, Iowa.[8]

-Jeanne St. Christian

Sarah Benine Rowland’s gravestone in the IOOF Cemetery in Marengo.[9]

[1] Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs Year Book 1906-1907, (Humboldt: Humboldt Iowa Independent Press, 1906).

[2] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600-Current [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

[3] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid-5180&h=6351777&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=yg11496429&_phstart=successSource.

[4] Ancestry.com, 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule) Warren Township, Keokuk, Iowa, dwelling # 1, family #1, Marion Hill household [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. http://www.ancestry.com. (Accessed November 9, 2018).

[5]Keokuk County, Ia, Marriages 1861-1895, compiled by Keo-Mah Genealogical Society, Des Moines, Iowa Genealogical Society, 1991.

[6] Snowdon Hills Rowland, Mary M. Rowland, Francis William Rowland, Iowa Grace Rowland, Sumner Evens Rowland, Lincoln Garfield Rowland, Robert Blain Rowland, Faith Rowland, and David Allison Rowland.

[7] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid-5180&h=6351777&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=yg11496429&_phstart=successSource.

[8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600-Current [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

[9] Ibid.