parents of John J Jowell of Clay Co ARK
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In reply to:
Fred D. Jowell of Clay Co., AR
3/13/00
Delanie, have been looking again at the material you sent me, and reconsidering who John J Jowell's father could be. Have decided it must be Richard R. Jowell, youngest son of Gabriel & Rebecca Abercrombie Jowell. This Richard was born in 1826 in SC and married Mary Jane Maddox. Wife Mary 'Jane' and children appear on 1860 Hardin CO TN census. Son John's age is 6, which fits with John J Jowell's tombstone.
What threw me before is no descendants of John named Richard, but it's possible that John grew up without knowing his dad. Richard could have gone off to Civil War & not returned, or he could have died even before the 1860 census date.
The other thing that threw me before was a chart of this line made by my late cousin Bobbie Jean which lists John J Jowell's parents as unkn Jowell & Rebecah DuBarry.??? Have found nothing to support this pair as parents, but pretty good circumstantial evidence to support my theory of Richard R Jowell & Mary Jane Maddox of TN being the parents of John J Jowell of Clay Co ARK.