Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Hon. John W. Rohrer and Ann E. Hilton




Husband Hon. John W. Rohrer 1 2

           Born: 5 Mar 1823 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Frederick Rohrer (Abt 1794-1837) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mariamne Stevenson (      -      ) 1 4


       Marriage: 25 Jun 1851 1



Wife Ann E. Hilton 1

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         Father: Rev. William Hilton (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 M George Rohrer Brown 5

           Born:  - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA
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           Died: 1899 2
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         Status: Adopted
         Spouse: Isabel Patterson (      -      ) 5


2 M Frederick Rohrer 1

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           Died: Aft 1891
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John W. Rohrer


He was reared at Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he read law with John S. Rhey, and was admitted to the bar. He served three terms as district attorney of the county, and was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1859. In 1864 he became editor and proprietor of the Armstrong Democrat and Sentinel, which under his administration became a prosperous democratic journal.
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and Kittanning Protestant Episcopal church, of which he was a vestryman for many years.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 380.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 962.

3 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 599.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 961.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 330, 962.


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