Gilbert ROWLAND M J ROWLAND S M ROWLAND H C ROWLAND J G ROWLAND C J ROWLANDWIFE William H ROWLAND Bedford Forrest ROWLAND Sarah A NONAME Nancy SMILEY Mini tree diagram

John Q A ROWLAND5,1,2,3

18291,2,3 - about 18904

Life History

1829

Born in Kentucky.1,2,3

about 1854

Birth of daughter M J ROWLAND in Cumberland County, Kentucky.3

about 1855

Birth of daughter S M ROWLAND in Cumberland County, Kentucky.3

about 1856

Birth of son H C ROWLAND in Cumberland County, Kentucky.13

about 1857

Birth of son J G ROWLAND in Cumberland County, Kentucky.13

5th Apr 1861

Birth of son William H ROWLAND in Kentucky.6,7,1,8,9,10

Aug 1866

Birth of son Bedford Forrest ROWLAND in Kentucky.11,12,1,8

about 1890

Died in Kentucky.4

Other facts

 

Married C J ROWLANDWIFE

 

Married Sarah A NONAME

Notes

  • John Rowland
    Birth about 1840 in (maybe) Kentucky
    Death about 1890 in Kentucky or Ethel, Arkansas
    Spouse Sarah Unknown died 1910
    Son Bedford Forrest Rowland 1875 - 1917
    --  Shirley Rowland Mitchell, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/45756079/person/7036426666

    1850 Federal Census, Cumberland County, Kentucky, 27 August, Cumberland District, page 342B, Hse/Fam #640
    Nancy Rowland 49 F $600 Real Estate Value b Kentucky [b abt 1801]
    John Q A Rowland 22 M b Kentucky [b abt 1828]
    Julia A 20 F b Kentucky Cannot read or write [b abt 1830]
    M R Rowland 15 M b Kentucky [b abt 1835]
    C E Rowland 18 M b Kentucky [b abt 1832]
    Paull Alexander Rowland 20 M b Kentucky [b abt 1830]
    A Williams 3 M b Kentucky [b abt 1847]

    In the 1860 census for Cumberland County, Kentucky, a record matches John Q A Rowland, but his wife is reported as C J.  We find that in the 1880 census, his wife Sarah is reported age 38, making her born about 1842.  Other records place her birth about 1845.  She was quite younger than John, so it would make sense he was married earlier.  From the age of the first child reported here, it appears that John and C J married about 1853.

    1860 Federal Census, Cumberland County, Kentucky, 7 June, PO Burksville, page 55-56 (scan 559-560), Hse/Fam #372
    J Q Rowland 31 M Farmer $500 Real Estate $250 Personal born Kentucky [b abt 1829]
    C J Rowland 31 F Domestic born Kentucky [b abt 1829]
    M J Rowland 6 F born Kentucky [b abt 1854]
    S M Rowland 5 F born Kentucky [b abt 1855]
    - page 56 -
    H C Rowland 4 M born Kentucky [b abt 1856]
    J G Rowland 3 M born Kentucky [b abt 1857]

    A couple of genealogies have this family, and identify John's wife as Sarah A Young.  One has John's name as John H "Q A" Rowland.  It looks like the H initial was taken from the 1850 census, where the transcriber has misread the old-style script Q (looks like 2), plus the initial A, as the single initial H.  Neither genealogy has his date of death.  His father is identified in one genealogy as Gilbert Rowland, and his mother as Nancy Smiley.

    In 1880, they were reported living in Lyon County, Kentucky.  One son named William is reported in the household who was born about 1861.  This could be the son of John's first wife C J.  She may have died at childbirth or soon after, at least before about 1863.  The next child, Rowland, reported as born in 1864, is universally reported in genealogies and famliy sources as the son of Sarah (whose maiden name is unknown).

    1880 Federal Census, Lyon County, Kentucky, 12 June, Ladys Spring District 3, Enumeration District 144, page 10, Hse/Fam #53
    Rowland, John W M 51 Head Farmer KY VA KY [b abt 1829]
    Rowland, Sarah A  W F 38 Wife Keeping House Has Consumption KY NC VA [abt 1842]
    Rowland, William  W M 19 Son Farm Laborer KY KY KY [b abt 1861]
    Rowland, Bedford F  W M 16 Son Farm Laborer KY KY KY [b abt 1864]

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