History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 678.
[Harrison County]   [Cynthiana City and Precinct]

THOS. RORER, deceased; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 16, 1824, and
died Oct. 29, 1878.  He was the son of Thomas Rorer, who was born in
Philadelphia in 1796, and died in 1867.  His mother was Elizabeth Caster,
born in 1791, in Pennsylvania, and being a third cousin of General
Washington.  They had six children.  Our subject received his education
in Philadelphia, and began life by learning the trade of plasterer, after
which he went into merchandising for a while, and then to farming and
running a saw-mill.  June 1, 1851, in Harrison County, he married Miss
Frances McLean, born March 11, 1826, daughter of Robert and Cynthia
(Lewis) McLean; he, of Mason County, Ky.; she, of Harrison County.  Mr.
Rorer's union with Miss McLean produced nine children, seven of whom are
living: William, Elizabeth, Thomas, Annie, Charley, Francis and Johnny.
Mr. Rorer served in the Federal army as Captain, being in the 40th
Kentucky Regt.  The widow of Mr. Rorer owns a snug farm of 150 acres of
excellent land, the place being called "The Heights."  She and family
are members of the Methodist Church.  Mr. Rorer was an Odd Fellow and a
Republican.

Rorer Caster McLean Lewis
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Mason-KY PA

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