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Dr. James A. Rowland is an old and respected physician of Union County, Ark., who has devoted the greater part of his life to healing the sick, and for his many kindly deeds has received a portion of his reward in this world, for he has the confidence, respect and love of his fellow-men and the consciousness that he has driven sorrow and despair from many homes by his skill and talent as a physician. He was born in Richland County, S. C, October 22, 1815, being the eldest of a family of seven children, born to the marriage of William Rowland and Jane Boyd, both of whom were born, reared and married in South Carolina, removing to Alabama in 1833, where the subject of this sketch was principally reared. They came to Arkansas about 1845 and resided for a short time in Union County. Dr. Rowland’s only advantages for an education were received in the common schools of Alabama, but having formed the determination to make the profession of medicine his calling through life, he entered the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, Penn., which he attended one term, and in the summer of 1839 attended the Chapman Institute, and was graduated from the South Carolina Medical College of Charleston, S. C, in 1840, after which he began practicing in Greene County, Ala. Here he remained until the spring of 1846, when he came to Union County, Ark., and his skill and talent has been expended on the sick in this county since that time, his genial presence and encouraging talk aiding much in bringing about happy results. He was married in 1842 to Miss Elizabeth M. Reynolds, who is a daughter of Caswell, her parents being Caswell and S. N. Reynolds, who reside in Alabama, where Dr. Rowland met and married his wife. To them five children have been born, Dr. Eugene F. being the only one now living, his sketch appearing below. In connection with his practice the Doctor has devoted much of his time to farming, and is the owner of 1,000 acres of as fine land as there is in the county, besides being the proprietor of a mercantile establishment at Lapile. He has been a Mason since 1846, and is at present a member of Lapile Lodge No. 294, and politically is a Democrat.