Biography of George Rowland, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 22 Jan 2009
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George M. Rowland, a prominent farmer of Utica Township, is a native of
Mississippi, and a son of Charles and Mary (Lewis) Rowland. who were Virginians
by birth. In 1830 they left the Old Dominion for Marshall County, Mississippi,
then a new part of the state, from which the Indians had just been moved. Here
the father lived on a farm which he entered until 1840, then going to Benton
County, where he made his home until called by death, in 1863. His wife survived
him to 1876. They were the parents of six boys, three of whom are still living:
W. L. (on the old place), J. E. (a resident of St. Francis County), and George
M. The latter was born in Marshall County, Miss., Feb. 22, 1850. His father,
like a number of other Southerners, was a Union man, when he announced his
allegiance to his native state, and gave three sons to the Southern cause. After
the battle of Shiloh the brothers returned home on furlough, and were surprised
by the Federals, but would not have been captured for the treachery of a
companion. The three boys and the father were taken prisoners, and carried to
Cairo, Illinois, afterward being exchanged, but the father died within eight
days of his return, from exposure coming down the river. George M. Rowland
remained at home during the war, being too young to enter the service, though he
heard the bullets whistle on more than one occasion. In 1868, he went to Gibson
County, Tennessee, was engaged in teaming for a man named Davis, and the
following year took charge of a large farm.

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