Forrest Herschel Rowland (1914 - 2000)

Born 10 Nov 1914 in Morgan, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Oct 2000 at age 85 in Morgan, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Forrest was born in 1914. He was the son of Lewis Rowland and Lee Brown.

Veteran, United States Army, World War II

Married Leoma M Silvey. Children:

1. Brenda
2. Steve
3. Craig

He passed away in 2000 and is buried in Stover Cemetery, Stover, Morgan County, Missouri, ^[1]

From his Find A Grave: Memorial #78413904

Forrest H. Rowland, 85, Stover, died Oct. 18, 2000, at the Golden Age Living Center, Stover. He was born Nov. 10, 1914, in Stover, a son of Lewis and Lee Brown Rowland. He was married Feb. 2, 1947, in Versailles, to Leoma M. Silvey, who survives at the home.

An Army veteran of World War II, he was a 1932 graduate of Stover High School. He worked as a substitute mail carrier in Stover until taking a fulltime position until his retirement. He also farmed and did carpentry work.

He was the secretary for the Stover school board. He was a member of the Stover lions Club where he was secretary and president. He was a member of the Gravois Mills VFW Post 5902 and the Galloway-Martens American Legion Post 343, Stover. He was a member of Stover United Methodist Church where he taught youth Sunday school and later attended the men's Sunday school class.

Other survivors include: two sons, Steve Rowland, Overland Park, Kan., and Craig Rowland, Stover; one daughter, Brenda Rowland, Stover; and five grandchildren. One grandson preceded him in death.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Stover United Methodist Church. The Rev. Diane Cutler will officiate. Burial, with military honors, will be in Stover Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Home, Stover. Memorials are suggested to the Stover United Methodist Church or the Golden Age Living Center.

Contributor: Becky Kennedy (48464338)

Census Records

1920 census, Haw Creek, Morgan, Missouri, United States

Lewis Rowland Head M 43 Ohio, Farmer

Lee M Rowland Wife F 35 Missouri

Clifford W Rowland Son M 12 Missouri

Forrest H Rowland Son M 5 Missouri

1930 census, Haw Creek, Morgan, Missouri, United States

Louis Rowland Head M 53 Ohio, Farmer

Lee Rowland Wife F 45 Missouri

Cliford Rowland Son M 22 Missouri

Forest Rowland Son M 15 Missouri

1940 census, Haw Creek Township, Morgan, Morgan, Missouri, United States

Louis Rowland Head M 63 Ohio

Lee Rowland Wife F 55 Missouri

Clifford Rowland Son M 32 Missouri, Farming

Forrest Rowland Son M 25 Missouri, Farming

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #78413904

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CH-C9L : accessed 6 January 2019), Forrest H Rowland in household of Lewis Rowland, Haw Creek, Morgan, Missouri, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 1A, line 11, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 935; FHL microfilm 1,820,935.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHNW-HTP : accessed 6 January 2019), Forest Rowland in household of Louis Rowland, Haw Creek, Morgan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5B, line 97, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1213; FHL microfilm 2,340,948.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77D-RC7 : 15 March 2018), Forrest Rowland in household of Louis Rowland, Haw Creek Township, Morgan, Morgan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71-3, sheet 2A, line 16, family 24, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2131.