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Thomas D Rowland (1838 - 1926)

Thomas D Rowland
Born in Damascus, Henry, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 12 Sep 1865 (to 27 Jun 1881) in Henry County, Ohiomap
Husband of — married 24 Mar 1882 (to 13 Apr 1883) in Wyandot County, Ohiomap
Husband of — married 20 Mar 1909 in Wood County, Ohio, USAmap
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Died at age 88 in Springfield, Williams, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Biography

Corporal Thomas Rowland served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Oct 1862
Mustered out: Jun 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co. H, 68th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Thomas D Rowland was born on 09 Mar 1838 at Damascus Township, Henry County, Ohio. He is the son of John Rowland and Mary Moorhead.

Corporal Thomas D Rowland served in the Civil War. GAR 68TH OVI Company H, enlisted from Grand Rapids Township Oct 1862, mustered out June 1865.

Excerpt from "A Moorhead Genealogy" [1]

Thomas D Rowland, b 9 March 1838, d 5 August 1926, Henry Co., OH: Co. H, 68th Regt, Civil War; m 1) 12 September 1865, Harriet McClain, b 25 April 1842, d 27 June 1881; m 2) 6 June 1893, Sarah Addie Maier, b 24 April 1848, d 13 April 1898; m 3) 20 March 1909, Nancy (McClain) Burwell; divorced 17 May 1911. (Note: while generally correct, some of this conflicts with sources cited below)

Marriages

Married Harriett McClain 9/12/1865, daughter of William and Elizabeth McClain of Pennsylvania and Ohio. She died 27 Jun 1881 [2] Children of Thomas D Rowland and Harriett McClain:
  1. Edwin (8/13/1866)
  2. William (~1868)
  3. Della (~1871)
  4. Lillian (Apr 1874)
  5. James (~1875 - 9/26/1920)
  6. John (~1877)
Thomas D Rowland married Sarah A Neibel on 24 Mar 1882 at Wyandot, Ohio. [3] She died on 13 Apr 1881, a little over a year after their marriage.
Thomas D Rowland, age 70, son of John Rowland and Mary Moorhead, married Nancy J (McClain) Burwell, widow age 64, daughter of Robert McClain and Rachel Barton, on 20 Mar 1909 in Wood County, Ohio. [4] (cousin of 1st wife?)

Military

United States Civil War Soldiers Index [5]
Name: Thomas D. Rowland
Event Type: Military Service
Military Beginning Rank: Private
Military Final Rank: Corporal (Appointed 1 Nov 1864) [6]
Military Side: Union
State or Military Term: Ohio
Military Unit: 68th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Military Company: H
United States General Index to Pension Files [7]
Name: Thomas D Rowland
Service: H 68 Ohio Infantry
Event Type: Pension
Date of Filing: 1 May 1888, Invalid Application 653503, Certificate 869236
Event Place: Ohio, United States
Addition Filing: 16 Mar 1908, Ohio [8]
68th Ohio Infantry [9]
The 68th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Latty in Napoleon, Ohio October through December 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel Samuel H. Steedman.
The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Military District of Cairo, February 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1863. Unattached, District of Jackson, Tennessee, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, XIII Corps, Department of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July 1865.
The 68th Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 10, 1865. The regiment lost almost a total of 300 men during service; 2 officers and 48 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 249 enlisted men died of disease.
Detailed service includes: Battle of Shiloh April 6–7, 1962; Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign including Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4, 1863; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain June 10- July 2, 1864, Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25, 1864; Sherman's March to the Sea November 15- December 10, 1864; and the Grand Review of the Armies (Washington D.C.) May 24, 1865.
Company H of the 68th OVI [10]
Mustered in Dec. 18, 1861, at Camp Latty, Napoleon, O., by James J Vorhes, Captain; Thomas Quigley, 1st Lieutenant, and John Dwyer, 2nd Lieutenant 68th O.V.I. Mustered out July 10, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., by Cyrus M. Roberts, Captain 78th O.V.I.
Thomas D Rowland, Corporal, , Oct. 18, 1862, 3 yrs., Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, 1864 (prior to the March to the Sea); mustered out with company July 10, 1865.
Silas Morehead, Corporal, 18, Nov. 5, 1861, 3 yrs., Appointed Corporal Jan. 27, 1865 (Campaign of the Carolinas); mustered out with company July 10, 1865; veteran.

Death

Thomas D Rowland, son of William Rowland and Mary Morehead, died on 05 Aug 1926 (age of 88) at Springfield Twp, Williams, Ohio. [11] [12]
He is buried in Beaver Creek Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio. [13]

Census Data

1850 census, Damascus, Henry, Ohio - Nov 12, 1850 [14]
John Rowland 59 VA, Farmer
Mary Rowland 55 PA
Alexander Rowland 23 OH
Margaret Rowland 15 OH
Thomas Rowland 11 OH
Silas Morehead 7 OH, overwritten "Scotland" Silas Moorhead, (son of Alexander Moorhead and Hannah Baughman)
1860 census, Gileod in Weston Township, Wood, Ohio, United States [15]
John Rowlen Male 71 Virginia, Farmer (indexed as Bowlen)
Mary Rowlen Female 67 Pennsylvania
Margaret Rowlen Female 24 Ohio
Thomas Rowlen Male 22 Ohio
Silas R Morehead Male 17 Ohio, Labor
Wm Mclean Male 2 Ohio
1870 census, Damascus, Henry, Ohio, June 16, 1870 [16]
Thomas D Rowland M 30 Ohio, Farmer, RE=$5600, pers $700
Harriett Rowland F 26 Ohio
Edwin F Rowland M 3 Ohio
William E Rowland M 2 Ohio
1880 Census, Damascus, Henry, Ohio, June 10, 1880 [17]
Thomas Rolan Self M 41 Ohio, United States, Farmer
Hariet Rolan Wife F 37 Ohio, United States
Edwin A Rolan Son M 13 Ohio, United States
William E Rolan Son M 11 Ohio, United States
Della Rolan Daughter F 9 Ohio, United States
Lilly G Rolan Daughter F 7 Ohio, United States
James Rolan Son M 5 Ohio, United States
John Rolan Son M 3 Ohio, United States
1890 census of Union Veterans and Widows of Civil War [18]
Thomas Roland, Damascus, Henry, Ohio
1900 census, Damascus, Henry, Ohio, June 21, 1900 [19]
Thomas Roland Head M Mar 1838 62 Ohio, divorced, Farmer
Elmer Heyman Son-in-law M Feb 1877 23 Ohio, Farmer
Lillian Heyman Daughter F Apr 1874 26 Ohio
1910 Census, Grand Rapids, Wood [20]
Thomas D Rowland Head Male 71 Ohio, own income
Nancy J Rowland Wife Female 66 Ohio, md 1 yr, no children
1920 Census, Colebrook, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States [21]
Edward F Rowland Head Male 54 Ohio, Farmer
Bell Rowland Wife Female 48 Ohio
Thomas H Rowland Son Male 16 Ohio
Lillian M Rowland Daughter Female 11 Ohio
Thomas D Rowland Father Male 81 Ohio, widowed

Sources

  1. ↑ Page 15 of A Moorhead, Morehead Genealogy: some descendants of John Moorhead, Ca., 1720-1785, Cumberland and Westmoreland counties, Pennsylvania, Stark, Hancock and Wood Counties, Ohio, and points West, compiled by Rex K. Moorhead, 1992 (Originally obtained at https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE520478 which was a broken link as of 09 Apr 2019)
  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #63527797
  3. ↑ "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDK7-XQZ : 10 February 2018), Thomas D. Rowland and Sarah A. Neibel, 24 Mar 1882; citing Wyandot,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0905933 V. 4-5.
  4. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QCK-B35 : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas D Rowland and Nancy J Burwell, 20 Mar 1909; citing Wood, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,424,595.
  5. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSXF-XMP : 4 December 2014), Thomas D. Rowland, Corporal, Company H, 68th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M552 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 92; FHL microfilm 882,305.
  6. ↑ Page 658 of Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 68th OVI
  7. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-3MPX : 13 March 2018), Thomas D Rowland, 1888.
  8. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHNN-2MG : 24 March 2016), Thomas D. Rowland, 1908.
  9. ↑ 68th Ohio Infantry, from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  10. ↑ Page 658 of Official roster of the soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866 68th OVI
  11. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6X4-Y59 : accessed 9 June 2016), Thomas D Rowland, 05 Aug 1926; citing Springfield Twp, Williams, Ohio, reference fn 53235; FHL microfilm 1,984,472.
  12. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6X4-Y5S : accessed 13 February 2016), William Rowland in entry for Thomas D Rowland, 05 Aug 1926; citing Springfield Twp, Williams, Ohio, reference fn 53235; FHL microfilm 1,984,472
  13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #63527407
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX39-SQT : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas Rowland in household of John Rowland, Damascus, Henry, Ohio, United States; citing family 432, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL7-R1K : 13 December 2017), John Bowlen, 1860.
  16. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62V-KKB : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas L Rowland, Ohio, United States; citing p. 1, family 8, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,720.
  17. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M897-TWJ : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas Rolan, Damascus, Henry, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 114, sheet 126C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1032; FHL microfilm 1,255,032.
  18. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K89G-FDJ : accessed 9 June 2016), Thomas Roland, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,219.
  19. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM8Y-T82 : accessed 9 June 2016), Thomas Roland, Damascus Township (excl. McClure vill.), Henry, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,286.
  20. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLDH-WPS : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas D Rowland, Grand Rapids, Wood, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,253.
  21. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD5G-51T : accessed 28 January 2016), Thomas D Rowland in household of Edward F Rowland, Colebrook, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,346.

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