Historical records of a hundred and twenty years, Auburn, NY. . ing up and enhancing the realty value ofAuburn. HORACE V. ROWLAND Horace V. Rowland was born in Foster, ProvidenceCounty, Rhode Island, March 8, 1820. In 1847 he locatedin Auburn and began reading law in the office of Seward,Blatchford & Morgan. Upon being admitted to the barin 1849, he began practise at Port Byron. He gainedconsiderable prominence in his profession. He was adelegate to the constitutional convention in 1873 whenthe State constitution was revised. In 1880 Mr. Rowland moved to Auburn and formed aco-partnership with
Historical records of a hundred and twenty years, Auburn, NY. . ing up and enhancing the realty value ofAuburn. HORACE V. ROWLAND Horace V. Rowland was born in Foster, ProvidenceCounty, Rhode Island, March 8, 1820. In 1847 he locatedin Auburn and began reading law in the office of Seward,Blatchford & Morgan. Upon being admitted to the barin 1849, he began practise at Port Byron. He gainedconsiderable prominence in his profession. He was adelegate to the constitutional convention in 1873 whenthe State constitution was revised. In 1880 Mr. Rowland moved to Auburn and formed aco-partnership with E. O. Wheeler, which continueduntil Mr. Wheelers death. Subsequent to this was associated with Frank D. Wright, Esq.,in the practise of the law. This partnership continueduntil Mr. Rowlands death in 1894. Mr. Rowland was regarded as one of the leaders of theCayuga County bar, a man of sterling character and aworthy citizen. EMEROUS D. CLAPP Emerous D. Clapp, who established and built up oneof the successful industries of Auburn, was born in the. /liSLiC ;RV [ ag^e^E, HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS 195 town of Ira, Cayuga County, in 1829. His father, O. , moved from the town of Throop in 1820 and set-tled on land which had come to him from the Govern-ment in consideration of his military services in the warof 1812. His mother was Lucy Tilden, born at Bath,Windsor County, Vermont. Mr. Clapp spent his early boyhood on the home farmand attended the country school. Later he went toFalley Seminary at Fulton, N. Y. At the age of sixteenhe taught school in his native town. He early marriedMiss Sarah Van Patten, a resident of that community. Soon thereafter Mr. Clapp moved to Ira and erected ashop for the making of farm wagons and other he built up quite an industry, employing severalmen. Finally, for the lack of necessary capital to carryon the greater business which he planned, Mr. Clappleased his shop and engaged for a time in another line ofbusiness.
Size: 1328px × 1881px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhistoricalre, bookyear1913
