Biography

12/26/1827 - 03/07/1895

George H. Rowland (D13) Luzerne, Monroe and Pike Counties 1873-1874 (D22) Carbon, Monroe and Pike Counties 1875

Early Life:

George H. Rowland, born December 26, 1827, Saratoga County, New York; son of Samuel H. and Lucinda Rogers Rowland; moved to what became Rowlands, Pike County, Pennsylvania, 1828; schooled within the homes comprising the small settlement; taught school, two winter terms; partnered father, mercantile business, Kackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania; merchant; lumberman; farmer; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Westfall, Pennsylvania, 1856-1861; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1862-1863 terms, not a candidate for reelection, 1864; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Rowland, Pennsylvania, 1866-1873; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1873-1875; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Rowland, Pennsylvania,1886-1892; school director, twenty-five years; married, Catherine Ammerman, 1849, children, George Franklin Rowland, Frances C., Flora, Ada, Orville L. Rowland, Albert G. Rowland, Lucinda, Ross, Miles Rowland, Madge E.; died, March 7, 1895, Rowland, Pike County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kimbles, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Early Life:

Merchant; lumberman; farming.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1862-1863; not a candidate for reelection, 1864. 

Postmaster, United States Postal Service, Rowland, Pennsylvania, 1866-1873. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Luzerne, Monroe and Pike Counties, 1873-1874.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Carbon, Monroe and Pike Counties 1875; committee assignments, Banks, Canals and Inland Navigation, Vice and Immorality. 

Postmaster, United States Postal Service, Rowland, Pennsylvania,1886-1892. 

School director, twenty-five years.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

First settler (founder) Rowland, Pike, Pennsylvania, 1852.

Brother, Lafayette Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike Counties 1895-1898. 

Lafayette Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Son, George Franklin Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne Counties 1907. 

George Franklin Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Son, Miles C. Rowland, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne Counties, 1909-1910.

Miles C. Rowland  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1875). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 602, 606-609.

George H Rowland (1827-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial