Meredith Rowland and Melissa Jordon
Meredith O. Peay Rowland ("Mace") was the second child of William Rowland and Elizabeth Brown. Born in 1849 in Rutherford County, he appears to have died in Rutherford County around 1900. Meredith married Melissa F. Jorton on 3 August 1871 in Rutherford County; she was born in November 1853 in Tennessee and died sometime after 1919. We have not yet confirmed her parents. She was the widow of James K. Lamb, whom she had married on 28 November 1869 in Rutherford County. After Mace's death, his eldest son, Wash Rowland, became the guardian for his two youngest siblings, Susie and Robert Macy.
Meredith seems to have prospered financially to a greater degree than did his parents. When his widow, Melissa, and children sold off his property after his death, he had accumulated in excess of 400 acres -- well over the 100+ acres that his father had owned at his peak.
Meredith O. Peay Rowland (b. 1849, Rutherford, TN - d. ca 1900, Rutherford, TN)
m. 3 August 1871, Rutherford, TN
Melissa F. Jorton (b. Nov 1851, TN - d. after 1919)
Children:
i. Washington Lee Rowland (1872-13 March 1913); m. Mattie Walden
ii. Anna Rowland ("Rena") (April 1875-1 May 1956); m. James T. Watson
iii. John T. Rowland (September 1878-ca 1903); m. Laura Wilson
iv. Sarah E. Rowland ("Sallie") (September 1883-after 1921); m (and div.) James Hayes
v. Susie Laura Rowland (7 February 1887-23 Feb 1970); m. Jeff E. Covington
vi. Robert Macy Rowland (7 December 1889-29 ?? 1947; m. Cassie E. Comer
Washington Lee Rowland, Mace's eldest son, died along with his wife and two of his children on 13 March 1913, when a tornado struck their house, according to A History of Windrow, by Robert Baskin. The Rowlands are all buried in the Watson-Rowland Cemetery in Rutherford County; their tombstones bear the inscription, "Killed in the storm of March 1913."