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Rowena <I>Tupper</I> Sargeant

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Rowena Tupper Sargeant

Birth
Death
29 Jan 1790 (aged 23–24)
Burial
Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Gen. Ben Tupper
Wife of Major Winthrop Sargeant, Sec. of the Northwest Territory..... first marriage ceremony in the Northwest Territory.

Major Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), Revolutionary War officer, Ohio Company agent, secretary of the Northwest Territory, and governor of the Mississippi Territory.
In 1789, he married Rowena Tupper, the daughter of General Benjamin Tupper of Revolutionary War fame. Unfortunately, Sargent's wife died in childbirth a year later, along with the child.
Daughter of Gen. Ben Tupper
Wife of Major Winthrop Sargeant, Sec. of the Northwest Territory..... first marriage ceremony in the Northwest Territory.

Major Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820), Revolutionary War officer, Ohio Company agent, secretary of the Northwest Territory, and governor of the Mississippi Territory.
In 1789, he married Rowena Tupper, the daughter of General Benjamin Tupper of Revolutionary War fame. Unfortunately, Sargent's wife died in childbirth a year later, along with the child.


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  • Created by: Anna
  • Added: Aug 5, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94843598/rowena-sargeant: accessed ), memorial page for Rowena Tupper Sargeant (1766–29 Jan 1790), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94843598, citing Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Anna (contributor 47477171).