Elizabeth Parilee Alsop ^{1 2}

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Parilee Alsup.^{3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: Elizabeth P. Dowdy
Event Date: 26 Sep 1923
Event Place: Atlanta, Atlanta, Logan, Illinois
Gender: Female
Age: 76
Birth Date: 28 May 1847
Birthplace: Kentucky
Father's Name: David L. Olsup
Father's Birthplace: Ky
Mother's Name: Mary Ellen Howser
Mother's Birthplace: Ky
Occupation: Housewife
Spouse's Name: J. W. Dowdy
Burial Date: 28 Sep 1923
Cemetery: Atlanta Cem.
Digital Folder Number: 4008070
Image Number: 1400
GS Film number: 1558710
Reference ID: cn 17

Citing this Record:
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9V-ZFJ : 27 December 2014), J. W. Dowdy in entry for Elizabeth P. Dowdy, 26 Sep 1923; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,558,710.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1848 and a birth location of Kentucky.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 12 on the 1860 census.
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Anderson County, KY on 2 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 191B, Dwelling 25, Family 25, Roll 190
, Anderson County, Kentucky
Elizabeth P. Alsup..3..KY
(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, IL on 27 June 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 87, Roll 200, Dwelling 659, Family 660
Sugar Creek Precinct, Logan County, Illinois
P. E. Alsup..12..KY
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 28 May 1847, then her age should have been 13 instead of 12.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Lincoln Township, Logan, IL on 4 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 5, Dwelling 423, Family 428
East Lincoln Township, Logan County, Illinois
Elizabeth Killebrew..23..KY..Keeps House
(Living with husband, daughter, and niece.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Lawndale Township, Logan County, IL on 1 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 164C, Roll 0227, District 43, Family 169
Lawndale Township, Logan County, Illinois
Elizabeth Killebrew...Self..33..Wd..KY..Keeping House
Audra E. Killibrew..Dau..11..IL..At School
Sarah E. Killibrew..Dau..8..IL..At School
Scanzonia Killibrew..Dau..5..IL

(Elizabeth was widowed and living with her 3 daughters.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 5 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 24, Dwelling 119, Family 123, Roll
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Josephine Street; house owned, no mortgage
married 20 years
Elizabeth Dowdy..Wife..May 1847..53..KY..6/5
(Living with 2nd husband and 3 children.)
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Elizabeth married David L. Killebrew, son of Josiah Killebrew and Sarah, on 11 August 1868 in , Logan County, IL.¹ (David L. Killebrew was born on 7 December 1840 in Spring Garden, IL,^{1 4} died on 5 October 1875 in , Logan County, IL ^{1 7} and was buried after 5 October 1875 in , Logan County, IL ^{1 7}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in East Lincoln Township, Logan, IL on 4 August 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 5, Dwelling 423, Family 428
East Lincoln Township, Logan County, Illinois
David Killebrew..29..IN..M.D.
Elizabeth Killebrew..23..KY..Keeps House
Effie Killebrew..1..IL
Fannie Alsop..9..IL

NOTE - I am not exactly sure who Fannie Alsop was. Elizabeth did have a younger sister, Sarah Frances, who appears to have used the nickname Fannie during the 1870 census but she was listed as living at home with her parents. The census that shows a Fannie at home with her parents was done 2 days earlier than the census for Elizabeth and family. The census done at the home of her parents did show Fannie's age as 12 when it should have been 11 and this census shows her age as only 9. If they are the same person, then Fannie (Sarah Frances) was enumerated twice, each time with incorrect ages. It could also be possible that this Fannie living with Elizabeth was not her sister but rather some other Alsop relative.
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Elizabeth next married Johnson William Dowdy, son of Spottville Dowdy and Unknown, on 20 January 1881 in , Logan County, IL.^{1 2} (Johnson William Dowdy was born in September 1840 in Kentucky ² and died on 2 July 1916 in Atlanta, IL ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 5 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 6B, District 24, Dwelling 119, Family 123, Roll
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Josephine Street; house owned, no mortgage
married 20 years
J. W. Dowdy..Head..Sep 1840..59..KY..Plasterer
Elizabeth Dowdy..Wife..May 1847..53..KY..6/5
William C. Dowdy..Son..Sep 1882..17..IL..at School
Katie Olive Dowdy..Dau..Jan 1885..15..IL..at School
Ray E. Dowdy..Son..Sep 1887..12..IL..at School

NOTE - Of the 6 children born to Elizabeth, 3 were with her 1st husband and 3 were with her 2nd husband. The one child that had died was one of the three from her 1st husband. Which child is was is not clear to me just yet and more research on those 3 children would be needed.
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