Howard Freeman Rohrbough

Male29 May 1869–31 October 1944

Brief Life History of Howard Freeman

When Howard Freeman Rohrbough was born on 29 May 1869, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, his father, George Marion Rohrbough, was 29 and his mother, Louisa Brake, was 27. He lived in Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Buckhannon District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 31 October 1944, in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Marion Rohrbough
1839–1907
Louisa Brake
1842–1929
Wilbert Lorentz Rohrbough
1864–1931
Mary Edith Rohrbough
1866–1939
Iris Gertrude Rohrbough
1867–1938
Howard Freeman Rohrbough
1869–1944
Minnie Blanche Rohrbough
1871–1885
George Elmore Rohrbough
1873–1936
George Elmore Rohrbough
1873–1936
Elsie Eva Rohrbough
1875–1954
Oswald Gerald Rohrbough
1877–1943

Sources (14)

  • H Freeman Rohrbough, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Howard Rohrbaugh, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Howard Freeman Rohrbough, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 1

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 1

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 21

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German and Swiss German Rohrbach .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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