BIO: ABRAHAM L. ROHLAND, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

   

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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,

  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 226-227

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    ABRAHAM L. ROHLAND. For over twenty-two years Silver Spring township has

  had a farmer dwelling in its midst, a man highly respected by a wide circle

  of friends, and a man who for a decade after a happy marriage, followed his

  trade of a carpenter before settling down to the life of a farmer. A

  life-long Republican, he has helped to elect many of the candidates of its

  party, but has never accepted office himself. The farm owned and operated by

  the gentleman ofwhom we write, Abraham L. Rohland, consists of 150 acres of 

  land, ninety of which has been brought to a high state of cultivation, and 

  the remaining acres are in valuable timber. The buildings upon it are new, 

  and the entire place is in the excellent condition which bespeaks good management.

  

    Abraham L. Rohland was born in Londonderry, Lebanon Co., Pa., Nov. 22,

  1843. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Rohland, was born and reared in Lebanon

  county, and there followed farming. His maternal grandfather was Joseph

  Walters who was also a farmer of Lebanon county. Jacob Rohland married

  Catherine Boltz, daughter of J. C. Boltz of Lebanon county. Six children were

  born of this marriage: Henry; Abraham married Mary Jane Miller, of Dauphin

  county, and had no children; Jacob married a Miss Linsley, had three sons and

  four daughters: Mary married William Bealey, of Dauphin county, and had one

  child, Curtis; Miss Jane; Kate married Paul Linnell, of Dauphin county, and

  had no children.

  

    Henry Rohland, father of our subject, was born in Lebanon county and was

  there educated in the common schools, and at the same time learned the trade

  of carpenter and cabinetmaker. He followed these callings for about twenty

  years, and then began farming. In 1838, he married Lydia Walters, daughter of

  Joseph and Polly Walters, of Lebanon county, and the following children were

  born of this marriage: John, now residing at Harrisburg, married Caroline

  Shuey, of Lebanon county, and has one child, Edward, unmarried and living at

  home; Abraham L.; Melinda married Henry Beaver, of Dauphin county, and has

  one child, Emma; Alfred, unmarried, is a resident of Lebanon county.

  Abraham L. Rohland received his education in the common schools of his native

  

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  county, which he attended until he was twelve years of age, when he moved to

  Dauphin county, and there went to school until he was seventeen, at which

  time he learned to be a carpenter and painter with his father, and continued

  along these lines for twenty years.

  

    On March 13, 1873, Mr. Rohland was married to Miss Barbara Stouffer,

  daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Ebersole) Stouffer, of Dauphin county.

  Children as follows were born to them: Clarence died in childhood; Anna

  married David Shearer, of Mechanicsburg, and has two children; Walter died in

  infancy; Miss Grace is at home; Walter is a saddler located at Bridgeport,

  Conn., and is unmarried; Ida married Edward Richmond, of Perry county, and

  has two children, Anna and Daisy, both at home; Alice married Joseph

  Entzmere, of Perry county; Elmer is unmarried and at home; John died in

  childhood; and Misses Agnes and Mary are at home. The family are all members

  of the Lutheran Church.