Individual Details

John Davis ROWLAND

(1 Oct 1864 - 6 Jul 1929)

John D. Rowland held many occupations during his lifetime including stock dealer, carpenter, hotel keeper, and meat cutter. He was living in South Mahoning Township in 1886 when he and his wife released her interest in her father's property to her brother, William McMillen. He was living as a boarder in Wilkinsburg during the 1900 census where he was a stock dealer. He is listed as a carpenter in Wilkinsburg in the 1903 Pittsburgh City Directory. His daughter Maude was married in 1905 in Wilkinsburg. He bought property in Marion Center in 1908 and a hotel in Marion Center in 1910. He is listed as a hotel keeper in Marion Center in the 1910 census. He sold the Mahoning House property in Marion Center in February, 1914 to Robert McMillen, his brother-in-law. He purchased a farm in South Mahoning Township from his brother-in-law, Robert McMillen in February 1914. He was living in Punxsutawney in February, 1917 when his son enlisted in the National Guard and in 1918 when his wife died. He was listed as a meat cutter in Punxsutawney in the 1920 census. He later moved to Indiana where he died in 1929. According to his granddaughter, Peggy Lou (Rowland) Wolfe, he lived with his son Harry and his family prior to his death.

Events

Birth1 Oct 1863South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Birth1 Oct 1864South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census1870South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census1880South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
MarriageAbt 1883Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Elizabeth MCMILLEN
Property2 Feb 1886their undivided ninth part of 55 acres to William McMillen for $100 - South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census19001025 Penn Avenue, Ward 1, Willkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1900a stock dealer - Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Residence19031032 Wallace Avenue, Wilkinsburg,, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1903a carpenter - 1032 Wallace Avenue, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Property31 Aug 1908a lot with a frame dwelling house, frame stable, and out buildings for $525 from T. St. Clair Thompson, administrator of Jane Maria Pearce's estate, - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous25 Mar 1910house burned - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Property7 Apr 1910a tract of land with a large two story building used for a hotel and also other buildings from Second National Bank of Clarion, Pennsylvania for $2100 - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census1910Main Street, Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1910a hotel keeper according to the census - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Property7 Feb 1914104 acres except coal and mineral rights from Robert McMillen for $3600 - South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Property9 Feb 1914a tract of land with a large two story building used for a hotel and also other buildings to Robert McMillen for $3300 - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Property15 Oct 1915the eastern half of lot number 13 wih a frame dwelling, frame stabe, and out buildings to James Bence for $1635 - Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Property10 Jan 1916104 acres except coal and mineral rights to John Sink for $2700 - South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Census1920207 South Plum Street, Ward 4, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1920a meat cutter - Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
MiscellaneousDec 1928purchased the Marion Center Meat Market where he had been the manager from McCormick Bros.
Death6 Jul 1929from pulmonary embolism - Indiana Hospital, White Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Burial8 Jul 1929Marion Center Cemetery, Marion Center, Indiana Co, PA
Probate9 Jul 1929Indiana County, Pennsylvania
ReligionBaptist

Families

SpouseElizabeth MCMILLEN (1864 - 1918)
ChildMaude Gertrude ROWLAND (1886 - 1926)
ChildAraminta ROWLAND (1889 - 1892)
ChildHarry William ROWLAND (1894 - 1945)
ChildGrace Madeline ROWLAND (1896 - 1986)
FatherWilliam Shadrach ROWLAND (1834 - 1916)
MotherMary Jane LUKEHART (1837 - 1884)
SiblingEmery Preston ROWLAND (1863 - 1937)
SiblingIra Curtin ROWLAND (1866 - 1947)
SiblingHomer Eden ROWLAND (1870 - 1872)
SiblingBertha Elvena ROWLAND (1873 - 1968)
SiblingAllura Estella ROWLAND (1876 - 1878)
SiblingClara Lena ROWLAND (1882 - 1912)

Notes

Property

This was a release for Elizabeth's interest in her father, Beatty McMillen's, property after his death in 1878.

Property

This lot was on Main Street and was 50 feet by 145 feet with Ritchie Alley behind it. It was the eastern half of lot number 13.

Miscellaneous

John D. Rowland saved his grandaughter, Ruth Walker, after his house caught fire in Marion Center, Pennsylvania. Both were burned and his house was gutted during the fire. Some of the goods on the first floor were saved but the rest were destroyed. Although he had insurance, it only covered about half the damage.

Property

This tract of land was on Main Street and was 80 feet by 145 feet. The hotel was known as Mahoning House according to a newspaper article in The Indiana Gazette when it was sold to Robert McMillen, John D. Rowland's brother-in-law.

Probate

He owned a Chevrolet Coupe at the time of his death.

Endnotes

1. Mr. John Davis Rowland , death certificate 74548 (6 July 1929), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

2. "William S. Rowland,'" Pension file number XC2,695,553, Department of Veterans Affairs, File received from Department of Veterans Affairs 12 September 2012 under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (CS# 12-07019-F) , Baltimore Regional Office, Baltimore, Maryland.

3. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II, 1383.

4. Marion Center Memorial Cemetery (Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 October 2016), memorial page for John D. Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 53008713, memorial created by Sue, photograph by Sue.

5. Mrs. Maude R. Walker, death certificate 7194 (22 January 1926), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

6. 1870 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumville Post Office, South Mahoning Township, page 19 (penned), page 356 (stamped), dwelling 144, family 146, William Rowland; digital images, Ancestry. com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2012); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1351.

7. 1880 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, South Mahoning Township, enumeration district (ED) 143, page 6 (penned), page 302B (stamped), family 53, dwelling 53, Wm. S. Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 June 2012); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1135.

8. "Death Claims J. D. Rowland," Obituary, The Indiana Gazette, 8 July 1929; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 2016).

9. "Death of Mrs. J. D. Rowland," Obituary, The Indiana Gazette, 20 July 1918; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 1916).

10. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II, 1383.

11. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, B49:486-487, Elizabeth Rowland and J. D. Rowland her husband to William McMillen, 2 February 1886; recorded 18 March 1889; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

12. 1900 U.S. census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 1, Wilkinsburg Borough, enumeration district (ED) 527, page 96 A (stamped), dwelling 23, family 30, John D. Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1372.

13. 1900 U.S. census, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 1, Wilkinsburg Borough, enumeration district (ED) 527, page 96 A (stamped), dwelling 23, family 30, John D. Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1372.

14. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 April 2016), John D. Rowland; citing 1903 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania City Directory; was a carpenter living at 1032 Wallace Avenue.

15. "U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 April 2016), John D. Rowland; citing 1903 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania City Directory; was a carpenter living at 1032 Wallace Avenue.

16. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 109:196-197, T. St. Clair Thompson, administrator of Jane Maria Pearce's estate, to John Rowland, 31 August 1908; recorded 21 September 1908; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

17. "Good Friday Fires," The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 30 March 1910, Description of John Rowland's house fire; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 2016).

18. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 117:457-458, Second National Bank of Clarion, Pennsylvania to John D. Rowland, 7 April 1910; recorded 23 April 1910; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

19. 1910 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Marion Center Borough, enumeration district (ED) 73, page 10B, dwelling 19, family 19, John D. Rowland ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T624, roll 1350.

20. "Good Friday Fires," The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 30 March 1910, Description of John Rowland's house fire; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 2016).

21. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 145:97, Robert M. McMillen and Nancy his wife to John D. Rowland, 7 February 1914; recorded 28 December 1915; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

22. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 139:112, John D. Rowland and Elizabeth his wife to Robert McMillen, 9 February 1914; recorded 15 April 1917; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

23. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 144: 276, John Rowland and Elizabeth his wife to James Bence, 15 October 1915; recorded 15 October 1915; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

24. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Indiana County Deed Records, 145:123, John D. Rowland and Elizabeth his wife to John Sink, 10 January 1916; recorded 11 January 1916; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

25. 1920 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 4, Punxsutawney Borough, enumeration district (ED) 160, page 3B, dwelling 83, family 87, John D. Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll 1575.

26. 1920 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 4, Punxsutawney Borough, enumeration district (ED) 160, page 3B, dwelling 83, family 87, John D. Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 August 2012); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll 1575.

27. "J. D. Rowland," The Indiana Weekly Messenger, 20 December 1928; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 2016).

28. "Death Claims J. D. Rowland," Obituary, The Indiana Gazette, 8 July 1929; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 April 2016).

29. Mr. John Davis Rowland , death certificate 74548 (6 July 1929), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

30. Marion Center Memorial Cemetery (Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 October 2016), memorial page for John D. Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 53008713, memorial created by Sue, photograph by Sue.

31. Mr. John Davis Rowland , death certificate 74548 (6 July 1929), Pennsylvania Department of Health, Divison of Vital Records, New Castle, Pennylvania.

32. Marion Center Memorial Cemetery (Marion Center, Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 5 October 2016), memorial page for John D. Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 53008713, memorial created by Sue, photograph by Sue.

33. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, No. 13107 J. D. Rowland (1929), Letters of Administration, 9 July 1929; Indiana County Courthouse , Indiana, Pennsylvania.

34. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, Inventory and Accounts, 15: 51, J. D. Rowland; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

35. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II:846.