1788 Abraham Rohrer was born. [1] [2] [3]
1804 Abraham Rohrer was mentioned in the will of his father, Isaac Rohrer. His sister, Mary, and her husband Daniel Stauffer were appointed his guardians until he came of age. [4]
1810 Abraham Rohrer married Margaret Beard. [5] [6]
1811 In October, Abraham and Margaret Rohrer bought land from Abraham's brother John. [7]
1811 In October, Abraham and Margaret Rohrer moved to Hagerstown, Maryland and sold the land back to John Rohrer. [8]
Abraham Rohrer was a Bishop of the Mennonite Church in Medina County, Ohio. [9]
1830-1831 Abraham and Margaret moved to Wadsworth, Guilford County, Ohio and homesteaded on 150 acres of heavily wooded land 1.5 miles south of River Styx. [10]
Abraham Rohrer was a Bishop of the Mennonites in Medina County, Ohio.
1846 Abraham built a bank barn, 44 by 85 feet in dimension with basement.
1867 Abraham was called to Yellow Creek Indiana with 15 other Mennonite leaders to resolve problems that had arisen in the church there.
1878 Margaret Beard Rohrer died on January 12 and was buried at Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. Margaret Beard Rohrer was born on November 19, 1789. [11] [12] [13]
1878 Rev Abraham Rohrer died on August 10 and was buried at Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. Rev Abraham Rohrer was born on November 28, 1788. [14] [15] [16] [17]
A biosketch reports [18]:
The paternal grandparents were Abraham and Margaret (Bard) Rohrer, the former being a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1830 the grandfather mentioned moved with his family to Guilford township choosing for his homestead 120 acres of heavily timbered land one mile and a half south of River Styx. The tract was first and second bottom and when cleared proved to be the richest land in the township. In 1846 Mr Rohrer built his bank barn forty four by eighty five feet with basement one of the first of the kind and among the largest m the township. Clearing his land he engaged both in mixed farming and stock raising besides devoting much of his time as a circuit preacher of the old Mennonite church. As his means accumulated he added to his land until he owned 152 acres of good land with a comfortable residence and convenient farm buildings improved machinery and sleek live stock. Grandfather Rohrer the founder of the family in Guilford township was a man of great piety as well as practical force and lived to the advanced age of ninety years. His wife died in 1889. Their eleven children all reached maturity except one and include the following Jacob, Abram, Margaret wife of David Lehman of Columbiana county Ohio, Amelia single, and Susan who married Alfred Lehman of Mahoning county Ohio. David Rohrer the father was but five years of age when he came to Ohio with his parents ...
1895 Son Rev Michael Rohrer died on February 9 and was buried at Old Mennonite Cemetery, Seville, Medina County, Ohio. Rev Michael Rohrer was born on May 9, 1812. [19] [20]
1896 Son Isaac Rohrer died on July 5 and was buried at Midway Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mahoning County, Ohio. Isaac Rohrer was born on October 16, 1814. [21] [22]
1916 Daughter Margaret Rohrer Lehman died on March 3 and was buried at Columbiana Cemetery, Columbiana, Columbiana County, Ohio. Margaret Rohrer Lehman was born on November 22, 1817. [23] [24]
See also, [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
[1] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 105, F128, [FHLCatalog].
[2] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E48.
[3] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E48.
[6] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[9] The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Volumes 34-35; Volumes 33-34, 49, [URL].
[10] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20, [GoogleBooks].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial 55357312, [FindAGrave].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 21, reports 1878, [GoogleBooks].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial 55357302, [FindAGrave].
[15] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Clyde L. Groff, Walter B. Groff, and Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, A good life in a new land, Vol. 1 (Ronks, Pennsylvania: Groff History Associates, 1997), 105, F128, [FHLCatalog].
[17] Clyde Rohrer Herr, "The Rohrer Family Cemetery," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 11 (October, 1988), 7-12, at 10, E48.
[18] Harriet Taylor Upton, Harry Gardner Cutler, History of the Western Reserve, Vol. 3 (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1910), 1651, excerpt from biosketch of grandson, Abram, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial 55375922, [FindAGrave].
[20] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[21] Find A Grave Memorial 31442286, [FindAGrave].
[22] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[23] Find A Grave Memorial 45221184, [FindAGrave].
[24] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[25] John Christian Wenger, The Yellow Creek Mennonites: The Original Mennonite Congregations of Western Elkhart County (1985), 152, [GoogleBooks].
[26] John Christian Wenger, The Mennonites in Indiana and Michigan (1961), 321, [GoogleBooks].
[27] Lister O. Weiss and Noah R. Getz, The Saga of a People: A History of Johanne Rohrer (1939), 20-24, [GoogleBooks].
[28] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[29] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[30] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[31] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].