John M. Rowan

After receiving word about this new opportunity he joined in partnership with several other man and purchased a ship at Richmond, Virginia.The ship was provisioned for two years and then set on its journey around Cape Horn and to California.After his successful time in California he returned to Gap Mills where he married Virginia Summers in 1855.On April 23, 1857, Virginia gave birth to a son, Andrew Summers Rowan, who was named for her father.Morton, Oren F. (1980) History of Monroe County West Virginia; Regional Publishing Company pgs.
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