Re: Dowell in Missouri
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Re: Dowell in Missouri
SHELLEY WAY 12/21/10
May not be the same Peter then. I have a Peter Dowell 1821-1909 born in North Carolina. He married a Lucinda Lovett in Tennessee and moved to Missouri in roughly 1855. Their children include, to the best of my knowledge, Franklin, John, William, George, David, Lu Emma, Richard, Nancy A, James, Winfield Scott and Sarah Jane.
Looks like he was born in NC, moved to TN by 1840 when he got married, moved to Russell, Mo around 1855 and by 1900 at age 79 was living in Lingo, Mo with a second wife he married later in life in 1896 named Lizabeth.
In the 1870 census Peter age 49, along with his wife and children had a woman named Nancy Dowell aged 71 living with them. I assume this is his mother.
This is what I have been able to gleam from the census records.
Several people at ancestry.com have this lineage listed with a James Dowell and Nancy Dowell as Peters parents. Nancy seems to match up due to the 1870 census but I can find no evidence of a James Dowell who is supposed to be the son of a Peter Dowell Jr 1749-1824.
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Re: Dowell in Missouri
SHELLEY WAY 12/23/10