Dunbar Rowland (1864 - 1937)

Born 25 Aug 1864 in Oakland, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eron Opha (Moore) Rowland — married 20 Dec 1906 in Madison, Mississippi, United States

Died 1 Nov 1937 at age 73 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Ron Rowland [send private message]

Biography

This profile is part of the Rowland Name Study.

Dunbar Rowland was born in 1864. He was the son of William Rowland and Mary Bryan.

DNA: Y-DNA evidence indicates potentieal errors with the older generations currently attached to this profile. His great-grandfather, Michael Rowland (1755-aft.1820), who married Elizabeth Hairston is believed to be part of Rowland Y-DNA Group A, while earlier generations are connected to ancestors from Rowland Y-DNA Group J.

Historian, archivist, attorney, author

Created and was first director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

He published about 65 books and articles. ^[1]

His ancestral genealogy is detailed in"Ancestors and Connections of Dunbar Rowland of Mississippi" ^[2]

Dunbar Rowland married Eron Opha (Moore) Gregory on 20 Dec 1906 at Madison County, Mississippi. ^[3] They were first cousins, both being descendants of Creed T Rowland and Matilda (Brewer) Rowland. They had no children.

He passed away in 1937 and is buried in Cedarlawn Cemetery, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi. ^[4]

From his Find A Grave: Memorial #11235168:

Dr. Dunbar Rowland, Historian, Dies at 73

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 2—Dr. Dunbar Rowland, director of the State Department of Archives and History since its creation in 1902 and secretary of the Mississippi Historical Society, died at his home here early Monday after an extended illness. He was 73 years of age.

Funeral services for the author, scholar and historian of national reputation will be held this afternoon at the family residence, with Dr. Walter B Capers, rector of St. Andrews' Episcopal Church, and Bishop Theodore DuBose Bratton officiating.

Dr. Rowland is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eron O Moore Rowland, an author in her own right; a brother, Dr. P W Rowland, of the University of Mississippi, and a nephew, Dr. Whitman Rowland, of Memphis, Mrs. Charles Barton of Memphis is a cousin.

Dr. Rowland was stricken about August 1. Within a month he was taken to Temple University Hospital, at Philadelphia, where he was treated for five weeks. He was removed to Methodist Hospital in Memphis and his throat infection continued to grow steadily worse.

A native of Oakland, Miss., in Yalobusha County, Dr. Rowland studied law at the University of Mississippi and practiced in Memphis from 1888 to 1893. He was urged by acquaintance made in law school to move to Jackson and later founded the Mississippi Department of Archives and History more than 30 years ago.

Since then he has published numerous symposiums and historical works, the best known of which is "Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist, His Letters, Papers and Speeches," in 10 volumes.

Dr. Rowland was one of the founders of St. John's Episcopal Church of Memphis. In 1906, the University of Mississippi conferred upon him the doctor of literature degree. Instrumental in establishing departments of archives and history in nine states, he was a leaders in the movement for erection of the National Archives Building in Washington. He founded the Mississippi Hall of Fame and State Museum before going abroad in 1906 to study the original sources of Mississippi history in archives of England, France and Spain.

The historian was a member of the Missouri and Minnesota History Societies and was honorary member of the Academic Latine des Sciences et Belles Lettres. He was for five years assistant secretary of the Southern States of the American Association for International Conciliation.

On Dec. 20, 1906, Dr. Rowland was married to Eron Gregory, his cousin, daughter of Maj. Benjamin B Moore, a descendant of the Moore and Byrd families of Alabama. Mrs. Rowland is herself an author of distinction, and has been closely associated with her husband in his work. Having spent their lived in the preservation of the history of their state and section, they won recognition as among the most helpful influences in the South for the advancement of Southern culture.

From "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy" ^[5]

Rowland, Dunbar. b Oakland, Yalobusha Co., Miss., Aug. 25, 1864

8-John Rowland (b 1619), gentleman, from Eng. to Jamestowns, Va., 1635; and thru his g.son;

[supplemented with info from the previous profile of Martha Traylor Northen]

7-Nathan

6-John (b 1693), Bristol Parish, Va., m Elizabeth Hampton (of the Gen. Wafe Hampton family of Va., of Revolutionary fame);

5-Andrew (b in 1732), Franklin Co., Va., m Ruth Norman, of Normandy;

4-Michael (1755-1814), m Elizabeth, dau. Col. Robert Hairston, Henry Co., Va., officer in colonial wars and Am. Rev. (m Ruth, dau. of George Stovall, Spotsylvania Co., Va.);

3-Creed Taylor (1800-66), m Matilda Brewer (desc. of John Brewer, of Warwick River, mem, Va. House of Burgesses, 1629-30, Council, 1632).

2-Son of William Brewer Rowland (1825-1870), physician, m Mary Judith Bryan (b 1829), desc. from Moormans, Clarks and Alexanders of Va.; issue:

1. William Buford (1850-80);
2. Creed Walker (1852-1922; m Corinne Herron);
3. Robert Walker (1855-1923; m Sarah Robinson);
4. Peter Whitman (b 1861; m Eugenia Herron);
5. Dunbar Rowland (above)

5-M Dec. 20, 1906, Wron Opha (moore) Gregory, b nr. Okolona, Chickasaw Co., Miss.; dau. late Maj. Benjamin B. Moore (editor with William L. Yancey, and vet. War for Southern Independence), m Ruth Stovall Rowland (also desc. John Rowland, above); desc. of the Moore and Mason families of Norfolk Co., Va.

B.S., A. and M. Coll. of Miss., '86; LL.B., Univ. Miss., 1888 (LL.D. 1906). Historian, lawyer, author; founder, 1902, and since dir. Miss. State Dept. Archives and History: founder Miss. Hall of Fame and State Museum (see Who's Who in America). Mem. S.R., S.C.V. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington). D.K.E. (New York), Jackson Country. Residence: 429 Mississippi St., Jackson, Miss.

[Note: The above information is reapeated in Volume 3, page 404]

[Note: The above information conflicts with the Y-DNA results. The paper trail through generation-4 points to Rowland Y-DNA Group A, while generations 6-8 point to Rowland Y-DNA Group J]

Census Records

1870 census, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States ^[6]

Mary J Rowland Female 40 Mississippi, Keeping House

William D Rowland Male 19 Mississippi, Clerk in Store

Craig W Rowland Male 17 Mississippi

Robert W Rowland Male 15 Mississippi

Peter E Rowland Male 9 Mississippi

Dunbar J Rowland Male 5 Mississippi

1880 census, Livingston, Madison, Mississippi, United States ^[7]

R. W. Rowland M. D. Self Male 24 Mississippi, United States, Physician

S. L. Rowland Wife Female 23 Mississippi, United States

M. J. Rowland Mother-in-law Female 50 Tennessee, United States, wd

Dunbar Rowland Brother Male 15 Mississippi, United States

Ann Ragland Other Female 50 Virginia, United States, Cook

1900 census, Beat 1 Coffeeville town, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States ^[8]

Dunbar Rowland Head Male 32 Mississippi, s, Lawyer

1910 census, Jackson Ward 1, Hinds, Mississippi, United States ^[9]

Dunbar Rowland Head Male 46 Mississippi, State Historian, Mississippi

Eran O Rowland Wife Female 45 Mississippi, md 3 yrs, no children

Mary Sheppard Servant Female 45 Mississippi

1920 census, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States ^[10]

Dunbar Rowland Head Male 54 Mississippi, State Historian, Mississippi

Eron O Rowland Wife Female 53 Mississippi, none

Bettie W Lowe servant Female 34 Mississippi, Servant, Private Family

1930 census, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States ^[11]

Dunbar Rowland Head Male 65 Mississippi, Historian, Historian of Mississippi

Eron Rowland Wife Female 65 Mississippi

Sources

1. ↑ Works by or about Dunbar Rowland at Internet Archive
2. ↑ "Ancestors and Connections of Dunbar Rowland of Mississippi", by Arthur Ray Rowland, Millenium Edition, RR Books, Augusta, Georgia, 2000.
3. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYJ-H944 : 9 January 2021), Mr Dunbar Rowland, 20 Dec 1906; citing Marriage, Madison, Mississippi, United States, 00112, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11235168
5. ↑ Page 747 of "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America, A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States" edited by Frederick A. Virkus, under the direction of Albert Nelson Marquis, Volume 1 (of 7 volumes), Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, Publishers, 1925. 1148 pages.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF39-MMP : 29 May 2021), William D Rowland in entry for Mary J Rowland, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GG-366 : 14 January 2022), Dunbar Rowland in household of L. W. Rowland N. D., Livingston, Madison, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9F6-TGV : accessed 27 January 2022), Dunbar Rowland, Beat 1 Coffeeville town, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 2B, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,834.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8N-8X1 : accessed 26 January 2022), Dunbar Rowland, Jackson Ward 1, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 10B, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 742; FHL microfilm 1,374,755.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S1-PQR : 2 February 2021), Dunbar Rowland, 1920.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMB1-FDN : accessed 26 January 2022), Dunbar Rowland, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 8B, line 90, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1147; FHL microfilm 2,340,882.

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors, "Dunbar Rowland," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dunbar_Rowland&oldid=1062047770 (accessed January 27, 2022).

• Dunbar Rowland: Family History, A Sense of Place, William F. Winter Archives and History Building

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-JR29 : 16 March 2018), Dunbar Rowland, 1906; citing Passport Application, , source certificate #14264, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 762, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).