| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation2. James ROWAN was born about 1800 in Pennsylvania.2 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Washington Township, Holmes County, OH.3 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Lafayette Township, Monroe County, WI.2 His occupation was "Farmer." James died before 1870 at the age of 70.4 James ROWAN and Sarah MCMAHON were married in 1822 in Pennsylvania.1,5 After moving from Westmoreland County, PA to Loudonville, OH in 1840, they moved from Ohio to the Trout Falls area in LaFayette Township in 1855. Sarah MCMAHON was born about 1803 in Pennsylvania.2,6 (According to the 1880 Census, her parents were born in Ireland.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Washington Township, Holmes County, OH.3 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Lafayette Township, Monroe County, WI.2 Sarah appeared in the census in 1870 in Lafayette Township, Monroe County, WI.4 She was living with her daughter Margaret and her family. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lafayette Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She was listed as age 84, a "Mother-in-Law" in the home of "Ellen" Lawrence and her family; she was actually Eliza's mother. She was also listed as suffering from "Dropsy." . James ROWAN and Sarah MCMAHON had the following children:
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