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     James Jackson Lamar was born on 9 May 1800.¹ He died on 10 July 1820 at age 20.¹

     Basil Lamar was born on 30 December 1805.¹

     Sarah Ann Lamar was born on 26 November 1807.¹

     Rebecca Walker married Dr Southwell Harlow.¹
     Her married name was Harlow.¹

     Rebecca Louise Lamar was born on 10 April 1841 at Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA.¹ She married Antoine Poullian II on 25 February 1868 at Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA.¹ Rebecca Louise Lamar died on 28 July 1878 at age 37.¹
     As of 25 February 1868,her married name was Poullian.¹

     Antoine Poullian II married Rebecca Louise Lamar, daughter of George Washington Lamar and Sarah Walter Harlow, on 25 February 1868 at Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA.¹

     Josephine Dowling was born.

     John Calhoun Dowling Sr was born on 3 March 1875 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.^1,2 He died on 12 December 1949 at Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 74.^1,3 He was buried after 12 December 1949 at Brunson City Cemetery, Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.⁴
     He A livelihood in Reconstruction Days for rural Southerners was hard to earn; ambitious bread-winners grabbed at any honorable opportunity to break out of the vicious cycle that the horrible war had caused. Thus JOHN CALHOUN, during his twenties, took a job at a nearby lumberyard. It was during this time that he married fifteen-year-old Lillie Idelia Cleland, January 27, 1897. (Lillie lives in Brunson, South Carolina. She was born May 4, 1883, to Henrietta Rebecca Davis and James Henry Cleland. It was thought that her grandmother, SARAH Cleland, was a granddaughter of WILLIAM Dowling, whom the Tories killed.)

JOHN CALHOUN, SR., later became the owner of two lumberyards. Always, he demonstrated a keen ability in picking good men. When James F. Byrnes first ran for United States Senate, JOHN agreed to serve as his campaign manager in surrounding Hampton County. During the twenty-six years that he served as Township Magistrate the became known as "Judge Dowling". From the inception of the depression born Agricultural Adjustment Act he was its boardchairman in Hampton; his portrait, a gift of co-workers, is still in the present ASC office. JOHN was a steward of the Brunson Methodist Church for thirty years and a Grand Master Mason. One of the organizers of Hopewell Church's "Dowling Family Reunion Association", he became association president in 1946. Death took him December 12, 1949; he is buried in the Brunson City Cemetery. at South Carolina, USA.⁵

     Aimee Gertrude Dowling was born in 1871 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.^2,3 She married John Hamilton Nix in 1888.⁴
     Aimee Gertrude Dowling and John Hamilton Nix Addendum 653 from A Dowling Family of the South

-AIMEE GERTRUDE [DOWLING] Nix and John Hamilton Nix had six children:

1-John Hamilton Jr. (m) Emma Chesser; issue, -Ray (m) Ethel Anderson; -Oliver Perry (m) Agnes Paul; -John Hamilton III (m) Eunice Belger; -Archie (m) Myra Willis; -Gertrude (m) Pink Harvey; -Emily (m) John Baggett; -Hazel (m) John Thompson; -Lillie Mae (m) Drexel Brant; -Bettie Louise (m) Bill Hughey.

2-Ben Webb married Minnie Lou Hogarth; issue, -Kenneth (m) Carol Hamrick; -Margie.

3-Archie Campbell married Richie Lucille Smith, issue, -Richard D.

4-Thomas Jefferson Sr. (m) Beulah Shipes; issue, -Thomas Jefferson, Jr., lost life in World War II, single, -Henry Lamar (m) Eleanor Tatum; -Mary Ellen (m) Peter Rivers.

5-Sarah Viola married Addendum 652's Oscar Leon Kelehear, Sr; issue, -Oscar Leon, Jr. (m) Kathryn Burrell; -Jack C; -Amy Leon; -Sarah Elizabeth (m) Winston LaPorte; -Anna Ruth (m) Douglas Baker.

6-Lillie Idelia married Roy McElheney; issue, -Roy, Jr; -Beulah (m) King Sullivan; -Sarah (m) Terrell Dyches.⁵ As of 19 June 1880, Aimee Gertrude Dowling was also known as Amy Dowling in 1880 Census.² As of 1888,her married name was Nix.⁴

     Julia E Dowling was born on 7 December 1873 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.^1,2 She died on 27 February 1936 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 62. She died single.² She was buried after 27 February 1936 at Dowling Cemetery, Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.³

     Benjamin Wyman Dowling was born on 21 July 1878 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.^1,2 He married Mary Ester Sullivan, daughter of Jefferson Darling Sullivan and Mary Alice Pardue, on 14 November 1909.² Benjamin Wyman Dowling died on 29 August 1934 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 56. The date of his death was taken from his tombstone in the Fairfax Cemetery.¹ He was buried after 29 August 1934 at Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Allendale, South Carolina, USA.³
     OLIVER PERRY'S SEVENTH CHILD, another boy, was born July 21, 1878. This was BENJAMIN WYMAN, SR, shown with all his brothers and sisters on Chart 323. This lad was only sixteen when father PERRY died in 1885; so he went to live with Aunt JULIA Cope. For years after that BENJAMIN left South Carolina to seek his fortune. The subsequent ten years were eventful ones. As a "drummer" of everything from rheumatism medicine to needles and thread, he traveled the Atlantic Seaboard from the tip of Maine to the village of Key West. Modus getabout? - - - horse and buggy!

On visits to Brunson, BENJAMIN became increasingly interested in the sister-in-law of brother O. P., II. The girl's name was Mary Esther Sullivan. He married her November 14, 1909; his traveling days were over! BENJAMIN'S popularity as a merchant of Fairfax, South Carolina, caused his election to the post of Allendale County Magistrate as early as 1919 . . . The day of his death, August 29, 1934, Judge Dowling was being re-elected to this office, one he had held without interruption. He is buried in the Fairfax City Cemetery. Chart 557 shows the seven sons born to him and Mary Esther; four of them served in World War II. (Esther was born to Mary Alice Pardue and Jefferson Darling Sullivan on December 22, 1892, in BENJAMIN'S home county of Hampton. Her father had also been born there; Mrs. Sullivan had been born in Edgefield County, South Carolina.)⁴ 1888 Benjamin Wymans Dowling was only sixteen when father Oliver Perry Dowling died; so Ben went to live with Aunt JULIA Cope who was childless.²

     Henry Googe Dowling was born on 23 April 1880 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.^1,2 He died on 21 February 1937 at Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 56, died single. Buried in the Dowling Cemetery.¹ He was buried after 21 February 1937 at Dowling Cemetery, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.³
     He Never Married

OLIVER PERRY'S EIGHTH CHILD was given the masculine equivalent of his mother's name when she and Mr. Dowling named the boy HENRY GOOGE. This birth came on April 23, 1880. HENRY never married, dying February 21, 1937.⁴

     Sarah Viola Dowling was born on 13 July 1870 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.¹ She died in 1877.¹
     The first child Oliver Perry Dowling and Henrietta Googe had, SARAH VIOLA, was born July 13, 1870. She lived only seven years.²

     John Hamilton Nix was born in 1860.¹ He married Aimee Gertrude Dowling, daughter of Oliver Perry Dowling and Henrietta Ellen Googe, in 1888.¹ John Hamilton Nix died in 1917.¹
     He and Aimee Gertrude Dowling Addendum 653 from A Dowling Family of the South

-AIMEE GERTRUDE [DOWLING] Nix and John Hamilton Nix had six children:

1-John Hamilton Jr. (m) Emma Chesser; issue, -Ray (m) Ethel Anderson; -Oliver Perry (m) Agnes Paul; -John Hamilton III (m) Eunice Belger; -Archie (m) Myra Willis; -Gertrude (m) Pink Harvey; -Emily (m) John Baggett; -Hazel (m) John Thompson; -Lillie Mae (m) Drexel Brant; -Bettie Louise (m) Bill Hughey.

2-Ben Webb married Minnie Lou Hogarth; issue, -Kenneth (m) Carol Hamrick; -Margie.

3-Archie Campbell married Richie Lucille Smith, issue, -Richard D.

4-Thomas Jefferson Sr. (m) Beulah Shipes; issue, -Thomas Jefferson, Jr., lost life in World War II, single, -Henry Lamar (m) Eleanor Tatum; -Mary Ellen (m) Peter Rivers.

5-Sarah Viola married Addendum 652's Oscar Leon Kelehear, Sr; issue, -Oscar Leon, Jr. (m) Kathryn Burrell; -Jack C; -Amy Leon; -Sarah Elizabeth (m) Winston LaPorte; -Anna Ruth (m) Douglas Baker.

6-Lillie Idelia married Roy McElheney; issue, -Roy, Jr; -Beulah (m) King Sullivan; -Sarah (m) Terrell Dyches.²

     Mary Ester Sullivan was born on 22 December 1892 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.¹ She married Benjamin Wyman Dowling, son of Oliver Perry Dowling and Henrietta Ellen Googe, on 14 November 1909.¹ Mary Ester Sullivan died on 9 May 1969 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 76. The date was taken from her tombstone in the Fairfax Cemetery. She was buried after 9 May 1969 at Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Allendale, South Carolina, USA.²
     As of 14 November 1909,her married name was Dowling.¹

     Jefferson Darling Sullivan was born on 29 March 1853 at Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.¹ He married Mary Alice Pardue on 1 February 1881.¹ Jefferson Darling Sullivan died on 14 December 1936 at Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 83.

     Mary Alice Pardue was born on 18 January 1856 at Edgefield, South Carolina, USA.¹ She married Jefferson Darling Sullivan, son of Ulysses Elias Sullivan and Elizabeth Bowers Barnes, on 1 February 1881.¹ Mary Alice Pardue died on 23 February 1931 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 75.
     Her married name was Sullivan.¹

     Agnes Sullivan was born on 12 August 1888.² She married Oliver Perry Dowling II, son of Oliver Perry Dowling and Henrietta Ellen Googe, on 15 January 1905.² Agnes Sullivan died on 13 March 1969 at Warm Springs, Meriwether, Georgia, USA, at age 80.
     As of 15 January 1905,her married name was Dowling.²

     Oliver Perry Dowling II was born on 11 August 1882 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA.¹ He married Agnes Sullivan, daughter of Jefferson Darling Sullivan and Mary Alice Pardue, on 15 January 1905.² Oliver Perry Dowling II died on 2 April 1952 at Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 69. Buried in the Dowling Family Cemetery in Brunson SC.¹
     He OLIVER PERRY named the next child for himself; the author calls this boy OLIVER PERRY, II (for Chart 558 shows that the name was used a third time later on); his neighbors called this son of PERRY by the name of "DOLLY". He was born August 11, 1882, just outside Brunson. Years later, he became a well-known merchant in that town. He also farmed . . . and operated turpentine stills in Hampton, Allendale, and Bamberg Counties. Once he branched out to the ownership of a gravel-pit at Wrens, Georgia. Son O. P.. III called PETE, is superintendent of the A. C. L. Railway's Florence District. Another son, NED, is Vice President of Turnbull Cone and Machine Company, largest manufacturer of ice-cream cones in the South. (DOLLY married Agnes Sullivan January 15, 1905. She was another daughter of Jefferson Darling Sullivan, mentioned above. She still lives in Brunson. Mr. Dowling died August 2, 1952, and was buried in that town’s cemetery. Agnes Sullivan was born August 12, 1888.)² Oliver Perry Dowling II also went by the name of Dolly.²

     Abram David Dowling was born on 17 January 1885.¹ He married Edith Baker, daughter of Hani Baker.² Abram David Dowling died on 18 July 1937 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 52. He was killed in an automobile accident and was buried in the Fairfax Cemetery.¹
     He and Edith Baker OLIVER PERRY'S TENTH AND LAST CHILD was a boy named ABRAM DAVID, born January 17, 1885. He married Hani Barker's daughter, Edith; their children are shown in Addendum 655. Mr. Dowling was killed in an automobile wreck July 18, 1937; son WILLIAM BARKER died the same way eleven years later. ABRAM'S grave is at Fairfax, South Carolina.

Addendum 655

-ABRAM DAVID Dowling, Sr. and Edith Barker Dowling had four children:

1-ARCHIE HAMMOND, still single.

2-FRANCIS WILSON married Elizabeth Birt; issue, -WILLIAM BIRT, still single; -DAVID WILSON, still single; and -FRANCES PEARLE, still single.


3-WILLIAM BARKER married Christime Hoffman; no issue. Died in an auto accident abt. 1948.

4-ABRAM DAVID JR., died at age of two.³

     Edith Baker married Abram David Dowling, son of Oliver Perry Dowling and Henrietta Ellen Googe.¹
     Edith Baker and Abram David Dowling OLIVER PERRY'S TENTH AND LAST CHILD was a boy named ABRAM DAVID, born January 17, 1885. He married Hani Barker's daughter, Edith; their children are shown in Addendum 655. Mr. Dowling was killed in an automobile wreck July 18, 1937; son WILLIAM BARKER died the same way eleven years later. ABRAM'S grave is at Fairfax, South Carolina.

Addendum 655

-ABRAM DAVID Dowling, Sr. and Edith Barker Dowling had four children:

1-ARCHIE HAMMOND, still single.

2-FRANCIS WILSON married Elizabeth Birt; issue, -WILLIAM BIRT, still single; -DAVID WILSON, still single; and -FRANCES PEARLE, still single.


3-WILLIAM BARKER married Christime Hoffman; no issue. Died in an auto accident abt. 1948.

4-ABRAM DAVID JR., died at age of two.² Her married name was Dowling.¹

     Victoria Dowling was born on 12 August 1849 at South Carolina, USA.¹ She married J James Harriott, son of John Harriott and Hester Ann Dowling, in 1892.² Victoria Dowling died on 21 October 1934 at Hampton, South Carolina, USA, at age 85.
     She WILLIAM MATTISON'S FIRST CHILD was possibly the one called VICTORIA. Ignorance of her birthdate can only leave the author guessing that she, like the other three children, might have been born quite some time after WILLIAM MATTISON married Elizabeth Harrison. For such marriage had occurred December 14, 1838; yet observe the birthdates of the other three children! VICTORIA was still single at the age of sixty; but then she became the second wife of James Harriett. He was a son of VICTORIA'S aunt HESTER ANN!¹ She Victoria and husband James Harriett were first cousins. Victoria Dowling was also known as Harriett. As of 1892,her married name was Harriott.²

     William Ferdinand Dowling was born on 4 May 1852. He died as a child.² He died circa 1854.³

     Clementine Pamelia Dowling was born on 15 February 1854.¹ She married Joseph Rosier circa 1873.² Clementine Pamelia Dowling married Blake Mason after 1885. Clementine Pamelia Dowling died on 4 April 1928 at age 74.¹ She was buried after 4 April 1928 at Rivers Cemetery, Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.³
     She Addendum 652

-CLEMENTINE PAMELIA DOWLING Rosier Mason and her first husband, Joseph ROSIER, had five children:

1-Robert Dexter,

2-Hastings E. married Juanita?, no issue.

3-Wilkins,

4-Hattie Mae married Mr. Parker. issue, -Joseph Willard; -Virginia Elizabeth (m) George Miles, Jr., a Wall Street broker; -Ruby Mae; -Josie Ernestine; -Mary Clementine; -Edith Margaret.

5-Susannah Elizabeth married Z. T. Kelehear; issue, -Oscar Leon, Sr., (m) Addendum 653's Sarah Viola Nix; -Gary (m) Elizabeth Kerson; -Joseph E. (m) Jennie Bell Browning; -Zack T. (m) Belva Gooding ; -Ronella (m) Phillip Terry; -Iola (m) L. O. Tuten; -Omie (m. lst) C. V. Thomas & (m. 2nd) Gerald Mahle; -Ada Essie (m) Bratten Hiers.

-CLEMENTINE PAMELIA DOWLING Rosier Mason and her second husband, Blakely MASON, had three sons: 6-Gether L., Sr., male, (has namesake who m. Miss Davis) ; 7 & 8, - boys died as children.⁴ Her married name was Rosier.² As of after 1885,her married name was Mason.

     Riley R Dowling was born on 29 June 1856.¹ He died on 16 October 1895 at age 39. He died single.¹ He was buried after 16 October 1895 at Dowling Cemetery, Brunson, Hampton, South Carolina, USA.²

     Austin Warren Flood was born on 3 February 1889 at Tell Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Mary Viola Laird, daughter of George Laird and Sarah Schilling, on 28 November 1910 at Tell Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. Austin Warren Flood died on 29 December 1952 at Treasure Island, Pinellas, Florida, USA, at age 63.

     Mary Viola Laird was born on 30 June 1891 at Mount Union, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. She married Austin Warren Flood, son of Henry L Flood and Matilda E Briggs, on 28 November 1910 at Tell Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary Viola Laird died on 21 February 1976 at Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, USA, at age 84.
     As of 28 November 1910,her married name was Flood.