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 Dunbar Rowland (August 25, 1864 − November 1, 1937) was an American attorney, archivist, and historian. With Rowland, she helped develop the

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which holds many of the family's papers. Rowland was a historian for the Mississippi chapter of the

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and authored several books and articles on subjects including

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, the

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in Mississippi, and

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Writings

*''Andrew Jackson's campaign against the British, or The Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812, concerning the military operations of the Americans, Creek Indians, British, and Spanish, 1813-1815'' *two volumes on

, the wife of Jefferson Davis *''Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812'' *''History of Hinds County, Mississippi, 1821-1922'', a commemoration of

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's centennial *''The History of Jackson'', unfinished manuscript

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowland, Eron 1860s births 1951 deaths American non-fiction writers American historians