The following obituary was provided by Barbara Wiley Hamby:
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Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated November 4 1937
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.
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[Biographical information also provided by Anita D. and JBrown.]
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Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated November 4 1937
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.
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[Biographical information also provided by Anita D. and JBrown.]
The following obituary was provided by Barbara Wiley Hamby:
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Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated November 4 1937
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.
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[Biographical information also provided by Anita D. and JBrown.]
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Printed in the Times Post, Houston, Mississippi dated November 4 1937
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.
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[Biographical information also provided by Anita D. and JBrown.]
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