Individual Details
Elizabeth "Lizzie" ROWLAND
(5 Dec 1844 - 28 May 1925)
Events
| Birth | 5 Dec 1844 | South Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1867 | Thomas Laughlin MITCHELL | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Punxsutawney Post Office, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Plumville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 8 May 1890 | was declared a lunatic by the Court - Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1900 | State Hospital for the Insane, Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1910 | State Hospital for the Insane, Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Warren State Hospital for the Insane, Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 28 May 1925 | from chronic myocarditis - Warren State Hospital, Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania |  | | |
| Burial | 30 May 1925 | Plumville Cemetery, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Laughlin MITCHELL (1822 - 1870) |
| Child | Cecilia MITCHELL (1868 - 1948) |
| Father | William ROWLAND (1801 - 1883) |
| Mother | Clarissa RUNDEL (1809 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Rev. Elias ROWLAND (1833 - 1919) |
| 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 | 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
Death
Elizabeth died in a state psychiatric hospital. She was a patient there during the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses. She was declared a "lunatic" sometime in 1890 by the Indiana County Court. It is not known when she was admited to Warren State Hospital.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. Plumville Cemetery (Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2016), memorial page for Elizabeth Mitchell, Find A Grave Memorial # 46180210, memorial created by matthew langham, photograph by Barbara Masteller.
3. Prof. J. T. Stewart, compiler, Indiana County Pennsylvania: Her People, Past and Present, 2 Volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & CO., 1913), II: 844-845.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 1870 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Punxsutawney Borough, Punxsutawney Post Office, page 291A (stamped), page 9 (penned), dwelling 60, family 63, Thomas Mitchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2017); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1352.
7. 1880 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Plumville, enumeration district (ED) 143, page 11, dwelling 110, family 110, Elizabeth Mitchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 December 2016); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1135.
8. "Court News," The Indiana Gazette, 8 May 1890, In the matter of the lunacy of Elizabeth Mitchell. Return of the commission filed.; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 2 February 2017).
9. "Trustee's Sale," Legal notice , The Indiana Progress, 28 January 1891, Estate of Elizabeth Mitchell, A Lunatic; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2017).
10. "Court News," The Indiana Progress, 21 August 1895, Petition by overseers of South Mahoning Township...Mrs. Cecelia Cochran, the wife of James Cochran, to show cause why she should not support her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell, now on charge of the township; Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2017).
11. 1900 U.S. census, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Conewango Township, enumeration district (ED) 132, sheet 5B, line 95, Elizabeth Mitchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2017); from National Archives microfilm T623, roll 1492.
12. 1910 U.S. census, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Conewango Township, enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 10B, line 77, Elizabeth Mitchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 February 2017); from National Archives microfilm T624, roll 1424.
13. 1920 U.S. census, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Conewango Township, enumeration district (ED) 152, sheet 12A, line 17, Elizabeth Mitchell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 February 2017); from National Archives microfilm T625, roll.
14. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2014), Elizabeth Mitchell, died 28 May 1925; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 56547.
15. Plumville Cemetery (Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2016), memorial page for Elizabeth Mitchell, Find A Grave Memorial # 46180210, memorial created by matthew langham, photograph by Barbara Masteller.
16. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2014), Elizabeth Mitchell, died 28 May 1925; citing Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Death certificate number 56547.
17. Plumville Cemetery (Indiana County, Pennsylvania), Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2016), memorial page for Elizabeth Mitchell, Find A Grave Memorial # 46180210, memorial created by matthew langham, photograph by Barbara Masteller.