After we left Kirksville, we traveled North across the Iowa border to the little town of Moulton to see where J. D. Rowlison moved his growing family after their stay in Missouri. This is now a very small town surrounded by very good corn cropland. It is easy to see why James D. would have moved from the wooded hayland south of Kirksville to this part of Iowa if he was interested in raising corn.
There are four or five old buildings probably from the late 1800's in Moulton. The upper floors of these classic buildings are in use, which is not often the case in these towns. I spoke with some people who were landscaping the front of the library this Sunday afternoon and learned a bit about the past of this little town.
This is a view of cropland just south of Moulton and is typical of much of the surrounding area. The family moved here in 1874 and were down the road to Nebraska by the winter of 1878-1879. Martha Ann was the only Rowlison baby born in Moulton. James and Rhoda left Iowa with a brood of six youngsters.
Jerry
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