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Mary Boyd ~ James Rowan

Butler Co., PA

James Rowan was born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1792, and was a son of James Rowan, a native of Ireland, who immigrated to America prior to the Revolution and settled near Philadelphia, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged in farming. His mother was Rebecca (Thompson) Rowan, also a native of Ireland, who had two children: Martha and James. The parents died in Delaware county. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood near Philadelphia, and married Mary Boyd, a native of Wilmington, Delaware. They located upon the homestead place, which became his property on the death of his father, his mother coming to Butler county and making her home with him until her death. Her remains were interred in the cemetery at Plains Presbyterian church. In 1825 James Rowan, with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, and his mother, came to Butler county and settled on a tract of land in Cranberry township, for which he had exchanged the old homestead near Philadelphia. He was among the early settlers of his section, the township at that time being very sparsely settled. Mr. Rowan was a Presbyterian, in religious faith, and in politics he was a stanch Democrat. He died in April, 1845. His widow survived until 1881, dying at the age of nearly eighty-eight years. They were the parents of eleven children, as follows: John, of Cranberry township; William T., and one unnamed, both of whom died in infancy; Matthew B., of Penn township; James, a resident of Missouri; William T., who resides in Illinois; Rebecca A.; Martha J., and Marietta, the last three of whom are dead; Harriet N., and Margaret, both residents of Evans City.

Source: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania : embracing its physical features, aborigines and explorers, public lands and surveys, pioneers, early settlement and subsequent growth, sketches of boroughs, townships and etc.

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