Rev. Elias Rowland and Isabella Simpson

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Husband Rev. Elias Rowland ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Feb 1833 - Blacklick Twp, Cambria Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Rowland (1801-1883) 1 3
         Mother: Clarissa Rundel (1809-1897) 1 3

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       Marriage: 28 Nov 1854 2

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Wife Isabella Simpson ¹

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            AKA: Isabelle Wilson Simson 2
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           Died: 23 Jun 1911 2
         Buried:  - Bethel, Cambria Co, PA

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         Father: Levi Simpson (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M John Luther Rowland ²

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           Born: 29 Jan 1856 2
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           Died: 14 Oct 1869 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M James E. Rowland ²

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           Born: 9 Jun 1858 2
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           Died: 28 Dec 1903 2
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         Spouse: Alice Keller (      -      ) 2

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3 M Isaac E. Rowland ²

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           Born: 14 Jun 1861 2
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           Died: 14 Sep 1865 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Alvah H. Rowland ²

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           Born: 30 Apr 1866 2
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           Died: 27 Aug 1907 2
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         Spouse: Rosy J. Michaels (      -      ) 2

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5 M Austin E. Rowland ²

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           Born: 21 May 1869 2
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           Died: 5 Apr 1874 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Harvey Chalmers Rowland ²

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           Born: 23 Jul 1873 2
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         Spouse: Alice C. Shaffer (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 26 Jun 1913 5

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Elias Rowland

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He spent his boyhood days on the farm and attended the local school, but most of his education he gained by reading and observation, becoming a well-read man. He continued on the farm until 1852, when he found employment in the Cambria Iron Works, at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, working there some time. Then he turned his attention to farming, which he followed for eight years. Wishing to follow a professional life he took up the study of medicine with Dr. J. R. Morris and was preparing to attend medical lectures when he enlisted, June 13, 1863, in Company A, Battalion of Emergency Men, serving until Lee was driven across the Potomac. He was discharged Aug. 8, 1863. On March 31, 1864, he again enlisted, becoming a member of Company K, 187th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the 5th Army Corps, and took part in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, second engagement on the Weldon railroad, and Fort White. He was discharged at Harrisburg Aug. 3, 1865. Returning home he again took up farming, in Cambria County, where he also served as justice of the peace for nearly thirty years. Meantime he turned his attention to the study of theology, and in 1892 he was licensed to preach. In 1896 he was ordained a minister of the gospel, and began to preach at Bethel Baptist Church, in Cambria County, where he continued until the early part of the 1900s, at that time moving to Mechanicsburg. There he made his home, and he preached there for several years. He later retired, but was still active mentally and physically, and preached occasionally. While justice of the peace he had the remarkable record of having all his judgments sustained by the courts. At Mechanicsburg he served as member of the borough council, and for some years he served as burgess of the borough.
Mr. Rowland was a firm believer in temperance. He was a Republican, and for some twenty-five years or more served on the board of school directors, much of the time acting as secretary of that body. Socially he was a member of the G. A. R.

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

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

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

4 Compiler's Speculation.

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