| An account of Flint and Genesee County from their organization / edited by William V. Smith, 1924 | |
| Charles James Arthur Frank Leon Vete
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pg 330 James Arthur Rowley, M.D., specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, with offices in the First National bank building, Flint, was born in Orland, Steuben county, Indiana, March 14, 1875, a son of Charles and Alice (Bierce) Rowley. The elder Rowley was born in Utica, New York, while Mrs. Rowley's people, the Bierces, were of Vermont. Charles Rowley was seven years old when his parents went from New York state to Indiana. He was a farmer and died at the age of seventy in 1920. Mrs. Rowley survives and is seventy years of age. Mr. Rowley was active in Republican politics but never aspired to public office. James Arthur is of a family of four sons. Frank Rowley is the postmaster at Angola; Leon is farming and lives in the old homestead, and Vete is an engineer on the New York Central railroad. James Arthur received a grade and high school training in Indiana, then entered Tri-State Normal and taught school a year which was followed by preparatory work at Olivet College covering a year and a half. He was graduated from the University of Michigan and began practicing in Durand, Michigan with Dr. Robert C. Fair, which association lasted eighteen years. A year post-graduate work in eye, ear, nose and throat was taken in Chicago and New York and in February, 1923, Dr. Rowley came to Flint. On September 12, 1906, the Doctor and Miss Florence Dalleywater, of Flint, were united in marriage. She is a daughter of Charles Dalleywater who came to the United States from England more than twenty-five years ago. Dr. Rowley by political preferment is a Republican. He is a member of Congregational church of Durand. He holds membership in the various Masonic bodies from blue lodge to chapter and commandery and is a Shriner. He is also a member of the Exchange club and is vice-president of the Y.M.C.A at Durmand. The Doctor is also a member of the various medical societies, county, state and national, and keeps abreast of the best medical and surgical thought and developments of the day. |
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