Individual Details
Rev. Elias ROWLAND
(16 Feb 1833 - 15 Jul 1919)
Events
| Birth | 16 Feb 1833 | Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Nov 1854 | the residence of W. B. Bingham in a Baptist ceremony, South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Isabella Wilson SIMSON | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Strongstown Post Office, Pine Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Military | From 23 Jun 1863 to 8 Aug 1863 | Company A, Litzinger's Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency, 1863) | | ||
| Military | From 4 May 1864 to 3 Aug 1865 | Company K, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry |  | | |
| Occupation | Justice of the Peace for twenty-six continuous years | | |||
| Census | 1870 | Ebensburg Post Office, Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Occupation | 9 Jun 1896 | ordained as a Baptist minister | | | |
| Census | 1900 | Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Mechanicsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 15 Jul 1919 | from pulmonary congestion - Brush Valley Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Burial | 18 Jul 1919 | Bethel Baptist Church cemetery, Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | |
Families
| Spouse | Isabella Wilson SIMSON (1832 - 1911) |
| Child | John Luther ROWLAND (1856 - 1869) |
| Child | James Elias ROWLAND (1858 - 1903) |
| Child | Isaac Elmer ROWLAND (1861 - 1865) |
| Child | Alvah Howard ROWLAND (1866 - 1907) |
| Child | Austin Everett ROWLAND (1869 - 1874) |
| Child | Harvey Chalmers ROWLAND (1873 - 1962) |
| Child | Bessie C. ROWLAND (1883 - 1906) |
| Father | William ROWLAND (1801 - 1883) |
| Mother | Clarissa RUNDEL (1809 - 1897) |
| Sibling | William Shadrach ROWLAND (1834 - 1916) |
| Sibling | John G. ROWLAND (1836 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Isaac W. ROWLAND (1837 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Jacob J. ROWLAND (1839 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Amy Jane ROWLAND (1841 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria ROWLAND (1843 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Lizzie" ROWLAND (1844 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Mary Ellen ROWLAND (1846 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Rev. Martin Luther ROWLAND (1848 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Mahala ROWLAND (1849 - 1849) |
| Sibling | Amanda M. ROWLAND (1851 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Sarah Rebecca ROWLAND (1854 - 1937) |
Notes
Military
Elias was in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Second Weldon Railroad, and Fort White.Occupation
Elias was a deacon in the Baptist church, was licensed to preach in 1892, and was ordained in 1896.Burial
Large family tombstone includes inscriptions for Rev. Elias, his wife Isabella W. and children: J. Luther, I. Elmer, Austen E., Harvey C., James E., and A. Howard. There is an individual tombstone for Rev. E. Rowland with his military service; two badly worn tombstones for John Luther and Isaac Elmer; and individual stones with initials I. W. R., J. L. R., I. E. R., and A. E. R.Endnotes
1. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II: 844-845.
2. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
3. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, "Marriages, 1852-1855 ," 1854, No. 289, Elias Rowland and Isabella W. Simson, 28 November 1854; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
4. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 December 2016), Rev. Elias Rowland, died 15 July 1919; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 76446.
5. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 January 2017), memorial page for Elias Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 32126272, memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by Nancy Fowler.
6. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II: 845-846.
7. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, "Marriages, 1852-1855 ," 1854, No. 289, Elias Rowland and Isabella W. Simson, 28 November 1854; Indiana County Courthouse, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
8. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
9. Capt. C. T. Arms; E. White, compiler, History of Indiana County Pennsylvania 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880; reprint, U.S. A.: Walsworth Publishing Company , 1981), 477.
10. 1860 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pine Township, Strongstown Post Office, page 295 (stamped), page 346 (penned), dwelling 2472, family 2393, Elias Rolland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 January 2017); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1117.
11. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
12. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 9 July 2012), digital images, "Elias Rowland," index card.
13. National Park Service, "U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Elias Rowland; citing Film number M554, roll 104; Company A, Litzinger's Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency 1863).
14. Historical Data Systems, "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Elias Rowland.
15. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Rev. Elias Rowland; citing Series 1-10, Folder 420; Bethel Cemetery.
16. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
17. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 9 July 2012), digital images, "Elias Rowland," index card.
18. National Park Service, "U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Elias Rowland; citing Film number M554, roll 104; Company K, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry.
19. Historical Data Systems, "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Elias Rowland.
20. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
21. 1870 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Blacklick Township, Ebensburg Post Office, page 32A (stamped), page 1 (penned), dwelling 7, family 7, Elias Roland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2017); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1317.
22. 1880 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Blacklick Township, enumeration district (ED) 208, page 10, dwelling 79, family 81, Elias Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2017); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1111.
23. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
24. 1900 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Blacklick Township, enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 20A, dwelling 255, family 258, Elias Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2017); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1388.
25. 1910 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mechanicsburg Borough, enumeration district (ED) 59, sheet 2A, dwelling 35, family 35, Elias Rowland; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 January 2017); from National Archives microfilm T624, roll 1350.
26. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 December 2016), Rev. Elias Rowland, died 15 July 1919; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 76446.
27. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 January 2017), memorial page for Elias Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 32126272, memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by Nancy Fowler.
28. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 July 2012), Rev. Elias Rowland; citing Series 1-10, Folder 420; Bethel Cemetery.
29. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 December 2016), Rev. Elias Rowland, died 15 July 1919; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 76446.
30. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 January 2017), memorial page for Elias Rowland, Find A Grave Memorial # 32126272, memorial created by Ted Myers, photograph by Nancy Fowler.