1. Benjamin Franklin DOWDY Sr. born July 7, 1816 VA died December 31, 1885 buried Sauls Cemetery, Saulsbury, Hardeman Co. TN

+ Susan AKIN (dau. of Feely AKIN of NC) married Feb 12, 1839 Fayette Co. TN born November 8, 1824 NC died April 27, 1885 // buried Sauls Cemetery

Benjamin is said to have come to LaGrange, Fayette Co TN with his family in 1836. In 1839 he married Susan AKIN in Fayette Co, by 1850 they were in Hardeman Co Tenn. Census ~ Hardeman Co ~~ 1850 Dw # 925; 1860 Dw # 40; 1880 Dw # 123. Member of the F & AM Lodge # 170 ~ tribute made May 1881. According to the 1880 census, Benjamin states that both of his parents are born in Virginia. (all children were born in Hardeman Co Tenn)

[ed note: A Richard Dowdy family also appears in Fayette county TN. No connection is yet known. For information on this family, see DOWDY BRANCH #10 ]

2. i Martha Ann Dowdy b 11/9/1840 // d 11/19/1846

2 ii. George W. Dowdy b 8/30/1842 // d 12/3/1918

+ Sallie E. Whitlow

3. i. Sallie E. W. Dowdy b 5/12/1867 // d 5/18/1867

3. ii Theodore Richard Dowdy b 9/23/1868 // d 11/19/1902

3. iii Nicholas R. Dowdy b 12/21/1870 // d 3/6/1903 m Cargile

3  iv George Frank Dowdy b 3/25/1873 // d 10/9/1906 m Wheeler

3. v Ernest G. Dowdy b 6/21/1875 // d 7/18/1926

3 vi Julius C. Dowdy b 8/8/1877 // d 3/3/1949 m Hix

3. vii Joseph M. Dowdy b 4/14/1880 // d 10/25/1935

3. viii Laurie W. Dowdy b 9/13/1882 // d 4/30/1920

3. ix Mary Susan Dowdy b 2/13/1885 // d 1/16/1925

3  x. Sallie A. Dowdy b 2/14/1888 // d 9/6/1888

3. xi k) Percy Bostwick Dowdy b 10/2/1889 // d 8/27/1957 m Hix

2. iii. William H. Dowdy b 2/16/1844 // d 11/1/1846

2. iv Richard Dowdy b 8/30/1846 // d 12/2/1918

2. v Annie Dowdy b 10/20/1849 // d 10/4/1887

+ Robert Leo Galloway

3. i Robert H. Galloway b 7/24/1875 // d 2/25/1902

3. ii Tommie Franklin Galloway b 2/13/1880 // d 6/20/1904

3. iii Clarence E. Galloway b 8/27/1882 // d 9/11/1907

2. vi Benjamin Franklin Dowdy Jr. b 12/13/1850 // d 5/25/1925

+ Mary Frances Galloway

3. i Daisy Azalie Dowdy b 11/9/1878 // d 12/23/1967 m Fortune

3. ii. Rosa Wilma Dowdy b 2/29/1880 // d 1/18/1959 m Reynolds

3. iii Claudia G. Dowdy b 3/30/1881 // d 7/29/1922 m Patterson

3. iv Cleveland H. Dowdy b 2/7/1884 // d 7/27/1936 m Brady

3. v Tennye Mae Dowdy b 12/5/1885 // d 2/12/1968 m Evans

2. vii John Dowdy b 7/26/1853 // d ?

2. viii William Edward Dowdy b 5/7/1855 // d ?

2. ix Robert Dowdy b 11/5/1856 // d ?

2. x. Sallie (Sarah) A. Dowdy b 5/16/1858 // d 4/9/1927

+ 1) William A. Galloway III

+ 2) David John Cox

2  xi Jennie (Virginia) Dowdy b 5/28/1860 // d ? m Frank Pybas

2. xii Lizzie Dowdy b 7/15/1862 // d 1/23/1906 m _____ McIlvan/McIlwain

2. xiii Eugene Dowdy b 7/4/1864 // d ?

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