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BIOGRAPHIES
CLARENCE M. ROWLEE.
The efforts of Clarence M. Rowlee in the field
of business activity have been of such a character as to
promote the prosperity of the entire community. He is now
the field superintendent of the Columbus (Ohio) Natural Gas
& Fuel Company, with headquarters at Lancaster and for a
number of years has been actively associated with the work
of developing the gas regions of this portion of the slate.
He was born in Potter county, Pennsylvania, and pursued his
educational in the schools there. His parents. William
and Mary (Bovier) Rowlee, were both natives of New York,
but for many years resided in the Keystone state, where the
father carried on agricultural pursuits.
Upon the home farm our subject was reared and early
became familiar with the duties and labors of the fields.
Later, however, he became connected with the oil fields of
Pennsylvania, where for a time he was employed in the
capacity of a clerk and afterward engaged in prospecting and
operating. In 1885 he left the oil fields of Bradford,
McKean county, Pennsylvania, disposing of his interests
there and came to Ohio, where he inspected the gas fields in
and around Lima and for two years he worked there. Later he
entered the employ of the Peoria, Decatur & Eastern
Railroad, with headquarters at Mattoon, Illinois. After two
years spent in this occupation he came to the vicinity of
Lancaster and a short time afterward entered the employ of
the Columbus (Ohio) Natural Gas Company, of which he was
made the field superintendent. He was among the first to
drill a well, which was sunk to the depth of two thousand
feet and afterward to twenty-four hundred. This work was
accomplished in 1889 and he, as a member, met with a fair
degree of success. Not only the stockholders of the company
but also outside parties became convinced that the gas belt
of this portion of the state had been discovered. Improved
machinery was purchased, pipe lines established and a
reducing station built, Mr. Rowlee having
supervision of all the departments of the operative work.
His good judgment, coupled with long experience, has made
him an efficient superintendent, who capably directs the
work of fifty or sixty employes in the company's service. He
now occupies a pleasant office in the new Marten block of
Lancaster and from that place directs all business. Under
his capable management the enterprise has proven a
profitable one and is doubtless in the beginning of its
usefulness. In 1890 Mr. Rowlee was united in marriage
to Mrs. Julia Boyer, of Columbus, Ohio, who by
her former husband, George Boyer, had a
daughter, Helen. Mr. Rowlee is a
prominent Mason and has passed beyond the degrees of
Lancaster Lodge, No. :87, F. & A. M., becoming a member of
the chapter and the commandery of this place. He is also
identified with Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 48, K. of P.;
Chickasaw Tribe, No. 100, I. O. R. M., of Thurston; the
Unity Senate, No. 25, of the Ancient Essenic Order, of
Lancaster, and the K. O. T. M., No. 57, of Lancaster. Mr.
Rowlee is a typical American citizen, enterprising,
progressive and alert. He is constantly on the outlook for
broader business opportunities and his capability has
already secured to him a responsible position in the world
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