Rodney Clyde Stowell

Male29 November 1874–15 February 1913

Brief Life History of Rodney Clyde

When Rodney Clyde Stowell was born on 29 November 1874, in Plainview, Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, his father, Delos Benjamin Stowell, was 30 and his mother, Lana Ann Finch, was 28. He married Angela May Purcell on 14 July 1908, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Eyota, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States in 1885 and La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States in 1900. He died on 15 February 1913, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rodney Clyde Stowell
1874–1913
Angela May Purcell
1874–1944
Marriage: 14 July 1908
John Delos Stowell
1909–

Sources (12)

  • R C Stowell, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
  • R Clyde Stowell, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Rodney Stowell, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 July 1908Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

    Age 3

    Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

    1886

    Age 12

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Stowell (Somerset), Stowell (Gloucestershire), East and West Stowell in Wilcot (Wiltshire), or Stawell (Somerset), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’. The surname was taken to the Isle of Man by 1511, from whence it migrated to Lancashire and Yorkshire.

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

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