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| #66 John E. Rowan |
#66 Private John Elbert Rowan
John Elbert Rowan was born on October 12, 1867, in Napoleon, Ohio, Henry County. He served in the war as a private from Defiance County, Ohio, mustering in at the age of 30. He was discharged on February 9. 1899, with a Certificate of Disability from the Surgeon's Headquarters in Santa Clara, Cuba..
John married Lenora Evelyn "Nora" (Hall) who was born in Williams County on April 8, 1875. They were married in Williams County on August 5, 1896, the same day that they applied for their marriage license, and they requested that the marriage not be published in the newspapers.
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| Lenora Evelyn Rowan "Nora" |
In 1910, the family was enumerated in New Haven, Huron County, Ohio. John worked as a clerk for the B & O Railroad, while Nora was at home with their four children: Elberta C. - 10, George Norris - 8, Theodore S. - 4, and Robert S. - 2. It is in this record that it was noted that this was his second marriage. (We can not confidently report on the first marriage.)
They stayed in Huron County, moving to Greenfield by 1920. John maintained his job with the railroad, now as chief rider. Elberta was a teacher, while George worked as a laborer on the railroad. According to John's obituary, the family moved to Willard, Ohio in 1928. But, by 1935, they were back in Evansport in Tiffin Township, Defiance County.
By that time, both John, 72, and Nora, 65, were no longer employed. Two sons lived with them: Theodore, 35, a mechanic on farm machinery, and Robert, 32, a laborer (hay baler) and his little son, Robert Jr., 7.
John Rowan died on October 6, 1941, at the age of 76 in Tiffin Township.
Nora lived on until February 1951 when she died at the age of 75 in Archbold.
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