Spottville Dowdy
(Abt 1810-)
Johnson William Dowdy
(1840-1916)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Parilee Alsop

Johnson William Dowdy 1 2

  • Born: September 1840, Kentucky 2
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Parilee Alsop on 20 January 1881 in , Logan County, IL 1 2
  • Died: 2 July 1916, Atlanta, IL at age 75 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He 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
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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Johnson married Elizabeth Parilee Alsop, daughter of David O. Alsop and Mary Ellen Houser, on 20 January 1881 in , Logan County, IL.1 2 (Elizabeth Parilee Alsop was born on 28 May 1847 in Anderson County, KY 1 2 3 4 5 and died on 26 September 1923 in Atlanta, IL 1.)

bullet  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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Sources

1 David Alsup, "Alsop/Alsup Family," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dpalsup_1 : accessed 23 Oct 2009).

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 6B, dwelling 119, family 123, Johnson William Dowdy and Elizabeth Parilee Alsop; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 23 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 319.

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Anderson County, Kentucky, p. 191B, dwelling 25, family 25, David O. Alsop and Mary Ellen Houser; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 190.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, East Lincoln Township, Logan County, Illinois, p. 5, dwelling 423, family 428; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.

5 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Lawndale Township, Logan County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 43, p. 164C, family 169, Elizabeth Parilee Alsop; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0227.

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