Eron Rowland Explained

Eron Rowland (1861/2–1951), born Eron Opha Moore and also known as Eron Moore Gregory, was a historian, author and the wife of Andrew E. Gregory until his death in 1900. She later married Dunbar Rowland, and authored some journal articles under the name Mrs. Dunbar Rowland.[1] With Rowland, she helped develop the Mississippi Department of Archives and History which holds many of the family's papers.[2] [3]

Rowland was a historian for the Mississippi chapter of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and authored several books and articles on subjects including Varina Howell, the War of 1812 in Mississippi, and Hinds County, Mississippi.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mrs. Dunbar (Eron) Rowland – A Sense of Place . 2022-05-13 . en-US.
  2. Speer . Lisa . Mitchell . Heather . 2004-01-01 . "The Mississippi Plan": Dunbar Rowland and the Creation of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists . 22 . 1 . 0739-4241.
  3. Galloway . Patricia . 2006-01-01 . Archives, Power, and History: Dunbar Rowland and the Beginning of the State Archives of Mississippi (1902-1936) . The American Archivist . 69 . 1 . 79–116 . 10.17723/aarc.69.1.m462n0564g87jqm0 . 0360-9081.
  4. Web site: Most widely held works by Eron Rowland . 2022-05-13 . WorldCat.
  5. Hudgins . Mary D. . 1942 . William Dunbar, History Maker . The Arkansas Historical Quarterly . 1 . 4 . 331–341 . 10.2307/40037517 . 40037517 . 0004-1823.
  6. KIBLER . JAMES EVERETT . CAWTHON . WILLIAM LAMAR . Davis . Varina . 1999 . A New Letter from Varina Howell Davis . The Mississippi Quarterly . 52 . 2 . 323–328 . 26476866 . 0026-637X.
  7. Shaw . Arthur Marvin . 1950 . Mrs. Jefferson Davis at Fortress Monroe, Virginia . The Journal of Southern History . 16 . 1 . 73–76 . 10.2307/2197622 . 2197622 . 0022-4642.