Clara J. Peebler

Brief Life History of Clara J.

When Clara J. Peebler was born on 14 September 1853, in West Point Township, Butler, Iowa, United States, her father, Sanford Lewis Peebler, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Jane McKibben, was 23. She married Charles Beckley Rowlands on 6 April 1879, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Monroe Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1900 and White Oak Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 January 1944, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Beckley Rowlands
1855–1934
Clara J. Peebler
1853–1944
Marriage: 6 April 1879
Roy Espy Rowland
1880–1954
Grace Lulu Rowland
1887–1920
Dwight Charles Rowland
1891–1918

Sources (21)

  • Clara J Rowland in household of Alfred Rowland, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • Clara J. Peebler, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Clara J Rowland, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Probably an Americanized form of German Biebler:

from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with a cognate of Old High German bītan ‘to endure’ + berht ‘shining, famous’.

topographic name contained in the placename Biebelried in Bavaria and others.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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