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John D. Rowland, born in Racine, Wisconsin, on March 8, 1863, was a prominent member of the real estate and insurance firm Carpenter & Rowland. His father, David Rowland Jr., a Welsh immigrant and Civil War veteran, worked for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company. John Rowland studied at McMynn Academy and the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a law degree in 1886. He practiced law in Kenosha and Phillips before entering the insurance business in Racine in 1903. Married to Mary Lizzie Hand, he had three children. Rowland was active in local politics, fraternal organizations, and the Presbyterian Church.