Beckwith, H.W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881, p. 144.
George ROWLAND, MD, Covington, was born in Fountain County April 19, 1840. His father,
Thomas Rowland, became a citizen in Fountain in 1833. He located at Portland and there
read medicine with Dr. Crawford. He began the practice of medicine about 1838, in
Hillsboro, remained there a short time, and then removed to Chambersburg (now Veedersburg)
where he resided and engaged int he practice for about 25 years. There the subject of
this sketch was born and at the proper age began the study of medicine with his father. In
1865 he graduated at the Ann Arbor University, of Michigan and in 1866 at Medical College,
Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the spring of the same year he began the pratice of medicine in
Chambersburg, KY, and remained there for some years. He then returned to Fountain and in
1875 founded the first greenback newspaper ever published in the county. This he ran for
about two years and then changed his place of publication to Attica, where he also issued
the paper for two years more, and then changed again to Covington, where, in a short time
after his removal, he sold the paper to the present owners. After giving up journalism
the doctor again began the practice of medicine in which he is now engaged, and though he
has been a resident of Covington but a short time he already has a good practice. The Dr.
is a charter member of the Fountain County Medical Society, which was organized in 1866.
He is also a member of the Order of AF & AM. In 1869, he married Miss Mary A.
Spencer. They have but one child, Miss Maud, born 1871.