William S. Rowland and Lydia Agnes Lukehart

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Husband William S. Rowland ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Jul 1834 - Cambria (later Blacklick) Twp, Cambria Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Rowland (1801-1883) 3 4
         Mother: Clarissa Rundel (1809-1897) 3 4

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       Marriage: 1888 5

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   Other Spouse: Mary Jane Lukehart (1837-1884) 3 5 - 1861 5

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Wife Lydia Agnes Lukehart ⁵

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         Father: Jacob Lukehart (Abt 1811-1864) 5
         Mother: Lena Davis (1816-Aft 1880) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Mayme Tessie Rowland ⁵

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         Spouse: George Nolf (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - William S. Rowland

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He was quite young when the family moved to Indiana County, Pennsylvania. When he was about seven years old he went to live with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Reese, in Blacklick township, Cambria County, where he continued to make his home for five years, attending school there. Returning to the parental home he remained but a short time, going from there to Brushvalley township, Indiana County, to live with his uncle John Rowland, near Mechanicsburg, spending a period of eight years there. During that time he also had opportunity to attend school. After his return home he became a student at the Dayton academy, and then taught school for one term in West Mahoning township, Indiana County. He went back home again, and was engaged in farming until 1864, when he enlisted in Company B, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in which command his brother Jacob was also a private; it was under command of Colonel McCormack and was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Rowland served until the close of the war, being discharged at Nashville in 1865, and coming home he settled down to farming on the homestead, buying the property from his parents, for whom he cared during their remaining days. He made extensive improvements on the farm, putting up a new house, barn and other buildings, and continued to reside there for the next forty years, following farming and stock raising. In 1904 he sold the farm and bought the smaller tract on the Smicksburg and Plumville road which he now occupies, this being fifty-two acres formerly known as the Bracken farm. He has remodeled the house and made other improvements, the appearance of his home and surroundings denoting the thrift characteristic of the owner. Though he has never sought office, preferring to devote his time to his own affairs, Mr. Rowland has served as supervisor of his township, and he was also school director for one term, when the first Davis school was built. In politics he was formerly a Republican but now associated with the Prohibition party, being a strong advocate of temperance and a stanch supporter of the cause. For some years Mr. Rowland was an active member of the G. A. R. Post at Plumville.

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 416, 477.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 845.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 477.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 844.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 846.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446.