Frederick Rohrer and Mariamne Stevenson
Husband Frederick Rohrer 1 2 3
Born: Abt 1794 - Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: 1837 1 2 Buried:
Father: George Rohrer ( - ) 2 Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Mariamne Stevenson 2 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Elizabeth Rohrer 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Griffin Brown ( - ) 3
2 M Hon. John W. Rohrer 2 4
Born: 5 Mar 1823 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ann E. Hilton ( - ) 2 Marr: 25 Jun 1851 2
3 M George Stevenson Rohrer 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Frederick Rohrer
He learned the printing business at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the office of the old Mercury, whose proprietors he paid $500 for the privilege of being entered as an apprentice. In 1819 he established the Columbian, which he sold in 1832, and then engaged in the mercantile business until shortly before his death. He served as register and recorder, and as prothonotary of Armstrong County, and was a justice of the peace at the time of his death. He was a strong democrat.
Of his family of six children, five were still living in 1891.
He served as treasurer of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and owned the first newspaper in the county.
General Notes: Wife - Mariamne Stevenson
from Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA
1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 599.
2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 380.
3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 961.
4
Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 962.
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