James Merlin Dowdy ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was Heart attack while driving his car.

  Death Notes:

Name: James Dowdy
Given Name: James
Surname: Dowdy
Event Type: Death
Event Date: Oct 1965
Event Place: Illinois
Event Place (Original): Illinois
Age: 77
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1888

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2B6-BJD : 4 December 2020), James Dowdy, Oct 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 11 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 14A, District 24, Dwelling 304, Family 317
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Fourth Street; house owned, no mortgage
Merlin Dowdy..Son..Aug 1888..11..IL
(Living with parents.)
.

• He was buried after 26 October 1965 in the Atlanta Cemetery in Atlanta, IL.

James married Fleeta Satterfield on 3 March 1913 in Atlanta, IL. (Fleeta Satterfield was born on 15 June 1888 and died on 15 October 1965.)