John Samuel Rowell

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John Samuel Rowell （April 1, 1825 – October 21, 1907） was a noted agricultural inventor and pioneer manufacturer.
Born in Springwater, New York, and living his adult life in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, he held more than 40 patents for farm machinery and agricultural implement improvements, including the patent on the cultivator tooth.
He is the great grandfather of Theodore H. Rowell, noted Minnesota pharmaceutical inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of Rowell Laboratories, Inc.
Rowell was obsessed with the idea of improving the old methods of soil cultivation.
His inventive genius and perseverance enabled him to make his dreams become a reality and become a benefactor to mankind.
John Samuel Rowell in the 1870s At the age of 15, he went to work for his brother George Rowell in Goshen, Indiana, who owned a plow foundry and blacksmith's shop, and learned the trade of plow making.
John Rowell saved his money and at the age of 18, traded his earthly possessions for plow castings, borrowed some carpenters tools and axes, went into the timber,
and by himself, chopped down the trees, hewed and scored the sills and framework and constructed his first foundry and factory.
He then began turning out cast iron plows from his new foundry.
The endeavors of an 18‑year‑old to build a foundry created some interest in the surrounding countryside.
He conducted this business for about 3 years and saved $1,500.
The JS Rowell factory in the late 1800s In 1855, he purchased a small building and foundry for $400 on Mill Street, later named Rowell Street, in Beaver Dam, Wisc.
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