The Dowdy Family
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The DOWDYs of
Virginia, Tennessee & Texas
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Dowdy Links & Stray Dowdy Alert! New Data!
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Complete Index of Names for ALL of my Genealogy Pages!
Dowdy Links & Strays New Info!
Billie Sweat's FamilyTreeMaker pages, including the descendants of Richard DOWDY
The DOWDY Mother Lode! DOWDY data galore is what you'll find at DOWDY Family Branches!
- An Independent Spirit: The Tale of Betsy DOWDY and Black Bess
You'll find an excellent history of my own Fayette County, Tennessee DOWDY family online, provided by the folks at Ames Plantation. The researchers at the Ames Plantation have done an wonderful job of piecing together family stories from the physical and archival clues, and they're helping to preserve a cultural heritage that was nearly lost forever. Visit their website, and if you're able, attend their Cultural Resources Field Day, too, which is wonderful!
Stray DOWDY Alert! From time to time I come across a stray DOWDY or two, whether in the old newspapers featured on this website or while tramping through cemeteries. Be sure to check the Index of Names, where each new name is added every time I add another newspaper image.
New! I just returned from a looooong (and not entirely pleasant) trip which happened to take me through Memphis on my way home to Texas. While there, I stopped at Elmwood Cemetery to investigate a DOWDY connection that I haven't yet figured out. Alas, while I didn't find that elusive clue as to how this particular DOWDY line might connect to my own, I do have the data from two tombstones which is as follows:
Willie, Daughter of J. F. and M. J. DOWDY; Born at Grongar Hill, Mississippi February 8, 1849; Died at Memphis, Tennessee July 3, 1858.
Dosha Irene, Daughter of Col J. F. and Mary Jane DOWDY; Born in Marshall County, Mississippi Nov. 3, 1846; Died in Memphis, Tennessee October 26, 1867. I have learned a little bit more about this family, and will post the information if I ever get my car unpacked!
Notice: Stray Cow Found by Stephen DOWDY Valued at $10, 1854
J. F. DOWDY & Co., Cotton Factors - This 1874 ad came from a newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee. My West Tennessee DOWDYs were cotton planters, but not (that I know of) cotton factors.
This DOWDY would like to fatten you up! Arkansas, 1894
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