Member Biography
George H. Rowland
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)
Mount Moriah Cemetery was established by an act of the Pennsylvania Legislature and incorporated on March 27, 1855. Mount Moriah Cemetery closed its gates in April 2011 and had no owner when the last member of the board of directors died. The Orphans Court of Philadelphia granted the Mount Moriah Cemetery Preservation Corporation, a receivership in 2014.
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.
Scharf, John Thomas (1884). History of Philadelphia, 1609–1884. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 2360. Retrieved 23 August 2019. moriah.
History and notable burials Mount Moriah Cemetery (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia
George H Rowland (1827-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial