BIOGRAPHY

EDWARD NEWTON ROWELL - OF BATAVIA, NY

Rowell, E. N,, was born in Utica, N. Y., August 23,1847, a son of Edward Rowell, a native of London, England, who settled in Utica in 1832, and for fifty years was engaged in the manufacture of machinery. E. N. Rowell was educated in Utica and for some years was connected with various mercantile pursuits. In 1880 he came to Batavia and organized his present business of the manufacture of boxes, making a specialty of druggist's boxes. In 1896 the E. N. Rowell Co. purchased the Armstrong shoe factory building, and at the present time is employing nearly 200 hands. Mr. Rowell is one of the progressive men of his town, and is a worthy representative of good citizenship.

Source:
Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890