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John W Rohrer
JOHN W. ROHRER, attorney at law, was born at Kittanning March 7, 1887, son
of Frederick and Mary (Haft) Rohrer.Frederick Rohrer, his great-grandfather, was one of the early settlers of
Kittanning, and a pioneer newspaper man. He edited and published the Columbian
for many years.John W. Rohrer, son of Frederick, above, was an attorney, belonging to the
Armstrong county bar, but like his father devoted himself to newspaper work,
being engaged with him in editing and publishing the Columbian.Frederick Rohrer, son of John W., was also a newspaper man, and for many
years published the Democrat and Sentinel. Three generations of the
Rohrer family were connected with the journalistic history of Armstrong
county. Frederick Rohrer died in 1897. His two children are Winifred, wife of
Herbert G. Gates, of Kittanning, and John W.John W. Rohrer attended both public and high school in Kittanning, and
Washington and Jefferson College, from which he was graduated in 1908. He then
took a special course in the law department of the University of Pittsburgh,
and was admitted to the Armstrong county bar in December, 1910. In 1913 he
became associated with C. L. Wallace, Esq., in the practice of law at
Kittanning, and that year was elected burgess of Kittanning on the Republican
ticket. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.Source: Page 585, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed January 1999 by Connie Mateer for the Armstrong County Beers
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