A Narrative History of The People of Iowa with SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS, ETC. by EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M. Curator of the Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa Volume IV THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Chicago and New York 1931 REV. ROWLAND FREDERICK PHILBROOK is a native of Iowa, a cultured and highly educated clergyman of the Episcopal Church, and is now rector of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at Davenport. Dean Philbrook was born at Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa, November 6, 1891, son of Barnabas Frederick and Ida Mary (McAlister) Pholbrook. His mother was born in Chicago. His father is active of the State of Maine and is now living at Sioux City, Iowa, being a dentist by profession. Rowland Frederick Philbrook was a small child when the family moved to Denison, Crawford County, Iowa, where he grew up, graduating from the Denison High School. After that he attended the University of Iowa and took his degree Bachelor of Scared Theology from the Divinity School at Philadelphia in 1917. He was ordained in Wyoming, in 1917, and had five years of interesting experience in missionary work in the far western state. While there he was rector of St. Thomas' Church at Rawlins, and was chaplain of the State Penitentiary. Returning east, he was rector of St. Mark's Church in Chicago from 1922 to 1924, and from 1924 to 1928 served as rector of St. Luke's Church in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Dean Philbrook came to the Trinity Cathedral at Davenport March 1, 1928, being installed as rector on the Fourth of March, at which time the honorary title of dean was conferred upon him. The impressive service was performed by the Rt. Rev. Theodore Morrison, Episcopal Bishop of Iowa. Rev. Mr. Philbrook married, in 1920, Miss Gwendolyn Taylor, a native of Sioux City, Iowa. She is a graduate of Northwestern University of Evanston, Illinois. They have two sons, James Frederick, born in 1924, and Robert Rowland, born on Christmas Day, 1927. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa History Project _http://iagenweb.org/history/_ (http://iagenweb.org/history/) Scott County, Iowa _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm) **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)