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     William Henry Dowling was born on 20 September 1839.¹ He died on 14 April 1847 at Florida, USA, at age 7.² He was buried after 14 April 1847 at Swift Creek Cemetery, White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA.²

     John Berian Dowling was born on 26 June 1839 at White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA.¹

     Martha Jane Dowling was born on 6 February 1843 at White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA.¹ She married Jackson D. Mann circa 1866.² Martha Jane Dowling died on 14 November 1897 at age 54.²
     She MARTHA JANE DOWLING was the first daughter that Mahaley and WILLIAM HAMPTON had. She lived from February 6, 1843, to November 14, 1897, and is buried in the same Jacksonville cemetery as her father. Also there, is Jackson D. Mann, her husband; he lived from November 3, 1846, to June 27, 1885. It is said that he met MARTHA JANE when he walked home from the war with GEORGE DALLAS DOWLING, her brother. Atlanta Osceola Mann and the other four children of this couple are shown in Addendum 637 to A Dowling Family of the South.² She and Jackson D. Mann Addendum 637 -MARTHA JANE Mann and Jackson D. Mann had five children; 1-Henry B. married Addie Bailey; issue, -John Henry, Sr. (m) Hazel Fisher; -Robert Frank (m) Nell Dillard; -Jackson Dean (m) Myra McAllister; -Mable Florence (m) David Henry Tart; -Minnie (m. lst) Eugene C. Stevens & (m. 2nd) Mr. Boyett; -Elsie Geneva (m) Claude Foy Koonce; -Martha Josephine (m) Lonnie O. Newsome; -Bessie Mae (m) Bernard L. Grayson; -Addie Eloise (m) Leslie Lon Warnock. 2-Rebecca Elizabeth married Hope A. Farmer; issue, Napoleon B., died age three; -Ernest Duval (m) Opal Gamble; -Horace Woodland (m) Hazel Belcher; -Leon Jerome, died age three; -Marion, died age one; -Eugene M., died age two; -Webster Jackson; -Edna (m) Frederick Sydney Jackson; -Josephine (m) Frank L. Rider; -Eva (m) Charles Frederick O'Neill. 3-Atlanta Oscola married James Alexander Bowen; issue, -James Henry, died age two; -Paul Alex (m. lst) Edna Aiken & (m. again); -Oliver M. (m) Henrietta Viola O'Steen; -Marion Irving (m) Naomi Sherouse; -Margaret Jane (m) Samuel H. Roberts; -Emma Ruth (m) M. J. Burns, Jr; -Elizabeth R. (m) J. C. Myrick; -Ruby Nae (m) J. B. Penny. 4-Henrietta Mahala married Lucius M. Lloyd; issue, -Robert Kissler (m) Mamie Brassart; -LeRoy (m) Cleo Crawford; -Lawrence Conley (m) Ruth White. 5-Emma Adeline married Thomas Burton Glover; issue, -Harry Bacon (m) Leonora O'Berry; -Murrill, died age three; -Esther Naomi (m) William Roy Reed. after 1866.² As of 27 June 1885,her married name was Mann.²

     Jackson D. Mann was born on 3 November 1846.¹ He married Martha Jane Dowling, daughter of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, circa 1866.¹ Jackson D. Mann died on 27 June 1885 at age 38.¹
     He and Martha Jane Dowling Addendum 637 -MARTHA JANE Mann and Jackson D. Mann had five children; 1-Henry B. married Addie Bailey; issue, -John Henry, Sr. (m) Hazel Fisher; -Robert Frank (m) Nell Dillard; -Jackson Dean (m) Myra McAllister; -Mable Florence (m) David Henry Tart; -Minnie (m. lst) Eugene C. Stevens & (m. 2nd) Mr. Boyett; -Elsie Geneva (m) Claude Foy Koonce; -Martha Josephine (m) Lonnie O. Newsome; -Bessie Mae (m) Bernard L. Grayson; -Addie Eloise (m) Leslie Lon Warnock. 2-Rebecca Elizabeth married Hope A. Farmer; issue, Napoleon B., died age three; -Ernest Duval (m) Opal Gamble; -Horace Woodland (m) Hazel Belcher; -Leon Jerome, died age three; -Marion, died age one; -Eugene M., died age two; -Webster Jackson; -Edna (m) Frederick Sydney Jackson; -Josephine (m) Frank L. Rider; -Eva (m) Charles Frederick O'Neill. 3-Atlanta Oscola married James Alexander Bowen; issue, -James Henry, died age two; -Paul Alex (m. lst) Edna Aiken & (m. again); -Oliver M. (m) Henrietta Viola O'Steen; -Marion Irving (m) Naomi Sherouse; -Margaret Jane (m) Samuel H. Roberts; -Emma Ruth (m) M. J. Burns, Jr; -Elizabeth R. (m) J. C. Myrick; -Ruby Nae (m) J. B. Penny. 4-Henrietta Mahala married Lucius M. Lloyd; issue, -Robert Kissler (m) Mamie Brassart; -LeRoy (m) Cleo Crawford; -Lawrence Conley (m) Ruth White. 5-Emma Adeline married Thomas Burton Glover; issue, -Harry Bacon (m) Leonora O'Berry; -Murrill, died age three; -Esther Naomi (m) William Roy Reed. after 1866.¹

     Elizabeth Sarah Dowling was born on 28 October 1844 at Greenville, Leon, Florida, USA.¹ She married William Alex Townsend on 12 June 1861.²
     Elizabeth Sarah Dowling and William Alex Townsend WILLIAM HAMPTON'S SIXTH CHILD was also a girl and was given the Christian Name of her grandmother Dowling, ELIZABETH SARAH. Luckily, Mr. Dowling used the name at this time; for his next six children...would all be boys! The author is uncertain which of her given names she went by; in any event, she too married a soldier, June 12, 1861. And to prove he had "been there" husband William Alex Townsend even brought home a piece of apple tree from those standing at Appomattox Courthouse the day he witnessed the dramatic peace ceremony between Grant and Lee. (Previously, Townsend had fought in the Mexican War and even earlier against the Indians, having been born in Mississippi April 8, 1822. He lived past his ninety-fifth birthday, dying July 6, 1917. Wife ELIZABETH had been born October 28, 1844; her death-date and the place of their burial is unknown by the author. Their descendants are named in Addendum 637.1 below.)

Addendum 637.1-ELIZABETH SARAH Townsend and William Alex Townsend had nine children: 1-William Riley married first Lena Sealey but they had no issue; William Riley married second Minnie Daughtry; issue -Ceci1 Isaac (m) Nettie Lovett. 2-John Marion has two children. 3-Samuel E. married first Annie Carver and second Sarah Brinkley; he has at least one offspring (by Sarah), -Evanell Elizabeth (m) Benjamin Alvin Durrance. 4-Thomas died single. 5-Mary Jane married James A. Neal; issue, -William Alex, -Amos Jasper who died at three, -Lonnie, -Isa Cerula. 6-Maggie Elizabeth married first William P. Wall and married second Samuel Simmons and married third John Gillson; -Flossie (Miller) of Jacksonville, Florida, is an offspring of hers. 7-Virginia married William Simmons; issue, -Lewis, -John Samuel, -Maud, -Sarah, -Grace (m) W. R. Thomas. 8-Susan Mahala (Johnson); no issue. 9-Texas Missouri, female, married Dr. Gordon A. Taylor, issue, -Gordon Andrew, Jr. (m) Nell?; -Inez Sarah (m) Frank Lee Brooks; -Ruth Edna (m) John P. Crosier; -Edith Alene and (m) John R. Hudson.² As of 12 June 1861,her married name was Townsend.²

     William Alex Townsend was born on 8 April 1822 at Mississippi, USA.¹ He married Elizabeth Sarah Dowling, daughter of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 12 June 1861.¹ William Alex Townsend died on 6 July 1917 at age 95.¹
     He and Elizabeth Sarah Dowling WILLIAM HAMPTON'S SIXTH CHILD was also a girl and was given the Christian Name of her grandmother Dowling, ELIZABETH SARAH. Luckily, Mr. Dowling used the name at this time; for his next six children...would all be boys! The author is uncertain which of her given names she went by; in any event, she too married a soldier, June 12, 1861. And to prove he had "been there" husband William Alex Townsend even brought home a piece of apple tree from those standing at Appomattox Courthouse the day he witnessed the dramatic peace ceremony between Grant and Lee. (Previously, Townsend had fought in the Mexican War and even earlier against the Indians, having been born in Mississippi April 8, 1822. He lived past his ninety-fifth birthday, dying July 6, 1917. Wife ELIZABETH had been born October 28, 1844; her death-date and the place of their burial is unknown by the author. Their descendants are named in Addendum 637.1 below.)

Addendum 637.1-ELIZABETH SARAH Townsend and William Alex Townsend had nine children: 1-William Riley married first Lena Sealey but they had no issue; William Riley married second Minnie Daughtry; issue -Ceci1 Isaac (m) Nettie Lovett. 2-John Marion has two children. 3-Samuel E. married first Annie Carver and second Sarah Brinkley; he has at least one offspring (by Sarah), -Evanell Elizabeth (m) Benjamin Alvin Durrance. 4-Thomas died single. 5-Mary Jane married James A. Neal; issue, -William Alex, -Amos Jasper who died at three, -Lonnie, -Isa Cerula. 6-Maggie Elizabeth married first William P. Wall and married second Samuel Simmons and married third John Gillson; -Flossie (Miller) of Jacksonville, Florida, is an offspring of hers. 7-Virginia married William Simmons; issue, -Lewis, -John Samuel, -Maud, -Sarah, -Grace (m) W. R. Thomas. 8-Susan Mahala (Johnson); no issue. 9-Texas Missouri, female, married Dr. Gordon A. Taylor, issue, -Gordon Andrew, Jr. (m) Nell?; -Inez Sarah (m) Frank Lee Brooks; -Ruth Edna (m) John P. Crosier; -Edith Alene and (m) John R. Hudson.¹

     George Dallas Dowling was born on 16 April 1846 at Greenville, Leon, Florida, USA.¹ He married Mary Ann Barnett on 22 November 1865.² George Dallas Dowling died on 6 February 1905 at Florida, USA, at age 58.² He was buried (buried next to wife Mary Ann) after 6 February 1905 at Live Oak City Cemetery, Live Oak, Madison, Florida, USA.²
     He and Mary Ann Barnett The next son of WILLIAM HAMPTON'S was also grabbed by the war. Son GEORGE DALLAS, born April 16, 1846 had gone to Lake Butler, Florida, shortly after his sixteenth birthday and enlisted. They placed him in Company I of the 1st Florida Reserves... This lad put in three hard years of war duty. And it would be indeed interesting to know where its fortunes took him, for some say that it was a full six months after the war's grinding end before his mother saw him coming back home; he was barefooted...his pants worn off to his knees!

Near Middleburg, Florida, on November 22, 1865, GEORGE DALLAS DOWLING married Mary Ann Barnett. (She was a daughter of Clarissa Townsend and Reverend Thomas Robinson Barnett, a pioneer Methodist minister of Florida. Though both her parents were South Carolinians Mary was born in Madison County, Florida, August 4, 1846. Mrs. Dowling died July 10, 1930, and was buried beside GEORGE DALLAS at Live Oak's City Cemetery; he had died February 6, 1905.) The children and grandchildren of this couple are shown on Chart 531 of A Dowling Family of the South. Also named on that Chart is Mary Ann's daughter-in-law, Benlah Barnet, who worked so tirelessly for thirty years to gather much of this material.

Mrs. Benlah Dowling's husband, ROBERT LEE DOWLING, SR., (who learned “logging" from GEORGE DALLAS) and his uncle THOMAS DOWLING will always be remembered because of the community named Dowling Park, Florida. They had ceased competing with each other in the Live Oak, Florida, sawmill business in 1908 and formed a combine with Richard W. Sears of Sears, Roebuck & Company and a Mr. Roach so that a tremendous sawmill could be installed in a huge, virgin stand of pine lying west of that timber center. This mill-site on the banks of the beautiful Suwannee River is now shown on Florida maps as Dowling Park.²

     Lewis Dowling was born on 6 April 1847 at Florida, USA.¹ He married unknown Anna Scott on 18 May 1876 at Greenville, Leon, Florida, USA.²
     Lewis Dowling WILLIAM HAMPTON'S EIGHTH CHILD, LEWIS DOWLING, was born on April 6, 1848. At Greenville, Florida, May 18, 1876, he married Anna Scott, a twenty eight year old Floridian. This was the period that ROBERT DOWLING'S descendants began getting into occupations other than farming; a Duval County census four years after his marriage showed LEWIS as a merchant in the town of Baldwin, Florida. Anna died July 18, 1914; LEWIS died October 12, 1909, and was interred at Live Oak, Florida. Their only daughter, BERTIE, married C. C. Cawthon.²

     Unknown Anna Scott married Lewis Dowling, son of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 18 May 1876 at Greenville, Leon, Florida, USA.¹ Unknown Anna Scott died on 18 July 1914.¹ She was buried after 18 July 1914 at Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA.¹
     As of 18 May 1876,her married name was unknown Dowling.¹

     Mary Ann Barnett was born on 4 August 1846 at Madison, Florida, USA.¹ She married George Dallas Dowling, son of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 22 November 1865.¹ Mary Ann Barnett died on 10 July 1930 at Florida, USA, at age 83.¹ She was buried next to husband George Dallas Dowling after 10 July 1930 at Live Oak City Cemetery, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA.¹
     She and George Dallas Dowling The next son of WILLIAM HAMPTON'S was also grabbed by the war. Son GEORGE DALLAS, born April 16, 1846 had gone to Lake Butler, Florida, shortly after his sixteenth birthday and enlisted. They placed him in Company I of the 1st Florida Reserves... This lad put in three hard years of war duty. And it would be indeed interesting to know where its fortunes took him, for some say that it was a full six months after the war's grinding end before his mother saw him coming back home; he was barefooted...his pants worn off to his knees!

Near Middleburg, Florida, on November 22, 1865, GEORGE DALLAS DOWLING married Mary Ann Barnett. (She was a daughter of Clarissa Townsend and Reverend Thomas Robinson Barnett, a pioneer Methodist minister of Florida. Though both her parents were South Carolinians Mary was born in Madison County, Florida, August 4, 1846. Mrs. Dowling died July 10, 1930, and was buried beside GEORGE DALLAS at Live Oak's City Cemetery; he had died February 6, 1905.) The children and grandchildren of this couple are shown on Chart 531 of A Dowling Family of the South. Also named on that Chart is Mary Ann's daughter-in-law, Benlah Barnet, who worked so tirelessly for thirty years to gather much of this material.

Mrs. Benlah Dowling's husband, ROBERT LEE DOWLING, SR., (who learned “logging" from GEORGE DALLAS) and his uncle THOMAS DOWLING will always be remembered because of the community named Dowling Park, Florida. They had ceased competing with each other in the Live Oak, Florida, sawmill business in 1908 and formed a combine with Richard W. Sears of Sears, Roebuck & Company and a Mr. Roach so that a tremendous sawmill could be installed in a huge, virgin stand of pine lying west of that timber center. This mill-site on the banks of the beautiful Suwannee River is now shown on Florida maps as Dowling Park.¹ As of 22 November 1865,her married name was Dowling.¹

     John Wesley Dowling was born on 10 December 1849.¹ He married Emma Ogden on 20 November 1879 at Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.² John Wesley Dowling died on 20 December 1910 at Florida, USA, at age 61.² He was buried after 20 December 1910 at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.²
     To appreciate the age at which WILLIAM HAMPTON DOWLING'S next son fought in the Civil War, one has to recognize two things, namely: the spirited nature of the Rebels . . . and the early maturity of frontier youths. This child, JOHN WESLEY Dowling, rode a farm horse at the age of twelve (!) from Starke, Florida, to Waynesville, Georgia, where they accepted him as a cavalryman in Troop E of the 4th Georgia Cavalry. This happened a month before his thirteenth birthday which fell on December 10, 1862. Two years later he was still Regiment. After the war he married his first cousin, November 20, 1879; she was Emma Ogden. (Emma was born to JOHN'S Uncle Isaac E. Ogden and Sara Murphy at Lake City, Florida, on January 11, 1849. Both parents were Georgians. Emma lived ninety-six years . . . was buried in the town of her birth April 10, 1945, in Woodlawn Cemetery. JOHN was buried at Jacksonville in Evergreen Cemetery; he died December 20, 1910. Their few descendants are shown in Addendum 638.)² Addendum 638 -JOHN WESLEY Dowling and Emma Ogden Dowling had one child: 1-NETTYE married first Clifford Tresca; issue, -CIifford F., who later took surname of MacLean, (m) Helen Mary Casserly; -Robert Le Roy, who later took surname of MacLean, (m) Alice Garnett; his sketch is elsewhere in this book. NETTYE married second A. L. MacLean and third E. H. Semon and fourth Samuel Waddell.²

     Emma Ogden was born on 11 January 1849 at Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.¹ She married John Wesley Dowling, son of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 20 November 1879 at Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA.¹
     To appreciate the age at which WILLIAM HAMPTON DOWLING'S next son fought in the Civil War, one has to recognize two things, namely: the spirited nature of the Rebels . . . and the early maturity of frontier youths. This child, JOHN WESLEY Dowling, rode a farm horse at the age of twelve (!) from Starke, Florida, to Waynesville, Georgia, where they accepted him as a cavalryman in Troop E of the 4th Georgia Cavalry. This happened a month before his thirteenth birthday which fell on December 10, 1862. Two years later he was still Regiment. After the war he married his first cousin, November 20, 1879; she was Emma Ogden. (Emma was born to JOHN'S Uncle Isaac E. Ogden and Sara Murphy at Lake City, Florida, on January 11, 1849. Both parents were Georgians. Emma lived ninety-six years . . . was buried in the town of her birth April 10, 1945, in Woodlawn Cemetery. JOHN was buried at Jacksonville in Evergreen Cemetery; he died December 20, 1910. Their few descendants are shown in Addendum 638.)¹ As of 20 November 1879,her married name was Dowling.¹ Addendum 638 -JOHN WESLEY Dowling and Emma Ogden Dowling had one child: 1-NETTYE married first Clifford Tresca; issue, -CIifford F., who later took surname of MacLean, (m) Helen Mary Casserly; -Robert Le Roy, who later took surname of MacLean, (m) Alice Garnett; his sketch is elsewhere in this book. NETTYE married second A. L. MacLean and third E. H. Semon and fourth Samuel Waddell.¹

     Thomas Dowling was born on 25 September 1851 at near the Swift Creek Cemetery, White Springs, Hamilton, Florida, USA.¹ He married Laura Ann Weeks on 14 May 1876 at Clay, Florida, USA.¹ Thomas Dowling died on 11 June 1911 at Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA, at age 59.¹ He was buried after 11 June 1911 at Live Oak City Cemetery, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA.¹
     He and Laura Ann Weeks WILLIAM HAMPTON'S TENTH CHILD was born to Mahaley Ogden Dowling on September 25, 1851, near the Swift Creek Cemetery in which two older brothers had been buried. His name was THOMAS. At the age of twenty-four, in Clay County, Florida, he became a bridegroom; Laura Ann Weeks was the bride. This marriage was May 14, 1876; its children are shown on Chart 532.

As late as 1880 THOMAS was just a wheelwright, living in Baldwin, Florida. But "he moved to Live Oak in 1890 bringing capital and workmen with his new sawmill and started a period of expansion and development" according to the recent booklet "Suwannee County Centennial". (There is also an excellent picture of him in it.) The sawmills he subsequently operated are known to have cut millions of feet of virgin longleaf pine. Seven years after his arrival THOMAS offered fellow residents the novelty of water through a pipe! . . . With only six bathtubs in town three years later it is a certainty that Mr. Dowling did not make his half-million dollar fortune out of his later sale of this utility!

Such enterprises as THOMAS'S fifteen-mile-long "Dowling Lumber Road" (now the L. O. P. & G. Railroad) helped triple Suwannee's population in a decade! He was also organizer of the Dowling Export and Lumber Company, the Tampa-Havana Lumber Company, and the Gulf Pine Company of Pasco County. THOMAS contributed largely to the erection of Live Oak's first Advent Christian Church by providing the land in 1900, shortly after a term on the town council. Death took him June 11, 1911; he and Laura are buried in the City Cemetery in Live Oak. (She died October 3, 1918. She and her parents, Elender Wilson and James Albert Weeks, were born in Florida. Laura's birthdate was March 6, 1853.)¹

     Laura Ann Weeks was born on 6 March 1853 at Florida, USA.¹ She married Thomas Dowling, son of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 14 May 1876 at Clay, Florida, USA.¹ Laura Ann Weeks died on 3 October 1918 at Live Oak City Cemetery, Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, USA, at age 65.¹
     She and Thomas Dowling WILLIAM HAMPTON'S TENTH CHILD was born to Mahaley Ogden Dowling on September 25, 1851, near the Swift Creek Cemetery in which two older brothers had been buried. His name was THOMAS. At the age of twenty-four, in Clay County, Florida, he became a bridegroom; Laura Ann Weeks was the bride. This marriage was May 14, 1876; its children are shown on Chart 532.

As late as 1880 THOMAS was just a wheelwright, living in Baldwin, Florida. But "he moved to Live Oak in 1890 bringing capital and workmen with his new sawmill and started a period of expansion and development" according to the recent booklet "Suwannee County Centennial". (There is also an excellent picture of him in it.) The sawmills he subsequently operated are known to have cut millions of feet of virgin longleaf pine. Seven years after his arrival THOMAS offered fellow residents the novelty of water through a pipe! . . . With only six bathtubs in town three years later it is a certainty that Mr. Dowling did not make his half-million dollar fortune out of his later sale of this utility!

Such enterprises as THOMAS'S fifteen-mile-long "Dowling Lumber Road" (now the L. O. P. & G. Railroad) helped triple Suwannee's population in a decade! He was also organizer of the Dowling Export and Lumber Company, the Tampa-Havana Lumber Company, and the Gulf Pine Company of Pasco County. THOMAS contributed largely to the erection of Live Oak's first Advent Christian Church by providing the land in 1900, shortly after a term on the town council. Death took him June 11, 1911; he and Laura are buried in the City Cemetery in Live Oak. (She died October 3, 1918. She and her parents, Elender Wilson and James Albert Weeks, were born in Florida. Laura's birthdate was March 6, 1853.)¹ As of 14 May 1876,her married name was Dowling.¹

     Reverend Phillip Henry Dowling was born on 4 January 1854 at Greenville, Leon, Florida, USA.¹ He married Emma Ruth Wolfe on 10 October 1876.¹ Reverend Phillip Henry Dowling died on 13 October 1937 at Florida, USA, at age 83.¹ He was buried after 13 October 1937 at Antioch Cemetery, Lacrosse, Alachua, Florida, USA.¹
     He and Emma Ruth Wolfe THE NEXT CHILD OF WILLIAM HAMPTON was also born near White Springs on January 4, 1854, and was named PHILIP HENRY. In his boyhood young Dowling carried mail in large saddlebags slung over his horse; the route passed through Middleburg, Florida. This son of Mahaley's also decided not to farm. After he married Emma Ruth Wolfe, October 10, 1876, he became a merchant in the village of Baldwin. This "General Merchandise Store" and successive ones he operated at Lake City, Jacksonville, and Live Oak were to provide the major source of livelihood for his family.

In 1888 the yellow fever epidemic at Jacksonville wiped out his young business there. Some ten years later Mr. Dowling decided to enter the ministry. PHILIP became a preacher for the Advent Christians, he and his brother THOMAS having been two of its first converts in Live Oak. The Reverend Mr. Dowling organized several country churches in the Suwannee County area as well as one about 1911 in Green Cove Springs on the majestic St. Johns. His earthly ministry lasted over a quarter century . . . and his marriage to Emma, over sixty-one years!

PHILIP HENRY died October 13, 1937; Emma died June 18, 1939. She had been born in Andersonville, Georgia, on April 4, 1859, to Nancy Jane Bryan and Daniel Wolfe. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe were also born in that state. Besides the children shown on Chart 533 PHILIP and Emma reared an adopted son, James Paul Dowling. Mr. and Mrs. Dowling are buried near La Crosse, Florida, in Antioch Cemetery.¹

     Emma Ruth Wolfe was born on 4 April 1859 at Andersonville, Sumter, Georgia, USA.¹ She married Reverend Phillip Henry Dowling, son of William Hampton Dowling Jr. and Mehala Ogden, on 10 October 1876.¹ Emma Ruth Wolfe died on 18 June 1939 at Florida, USA, at age 80.¹ She was buried after 18 June 1939 at Antioch Cemetery, LaCrosse, Alachua, Florida, USA.¹
     She and Reverend Phillip Henry Dowling THE NEXT CHILD OF WILLIAM HAMPTON was also born near White Springs on January 4, 1854, and was named PHILIP HENRY. In his boyhood young Dowling carried mail in large saddlebags slung over his horse; the route passed through Middleburg, Florida. This son of Mahaley's also decided not to farm. After he married Emma Ruth Wolfe, October 10, 1876, he became a merchant in the village of Baldwin. This "General Merchandise Store" and successive ones he operated at Lake City, Jacksonville, and Live Oak were to provide the major source of livelihood for his family.

In 1888 the yellow fever epidemic at Jacksonville wiped out his young business there. Some ten years later Mr. Dowling decided to enter the ministry. PHILIP became a preacher for the Advent Christians, he and his brother THOMAS having been two of its first converts in Live Oak. The Reverend Mr. Dowling organized several country churches in the Suwannee County area as well as one about 1911 in Green Cove Springs on the majestic St. Johns. His earthly ministry lasted over a quarter century . . . and his marriage to Emma, over sixty-one years!

PHILIP HENRY died October 13, 1937; Emma died June 18, 1939. She had been born in Andersonville, Georgia, on April 4, 1859, to Nancy Jane Bryan and Daniel Wolfe. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe were also born in that state. Besides the children shown on Chart 533 PHILIP and Emma reared an adopted son, James Paul Dowling. Mr. and Mrs. Dowling are buried near La Crosse, Florida, in Antioch Cemetery.¹ As of 10 October 1876,her married name was Dowling.¹

     Francis Marion Dowling was born on 18 January 1856 at Columbia, Florida, USA.¹ He died on 25 December 1937 at Florida, USA, at age 81.¹
     He THE TENTH SON OF WILLIAM HAMPTON'S was the last of twelve children born to him and Mahaley. Mr. Dowling honored the American General with whom grandfather JAMES DOWLING had fought by naming the boy FRANCIS MARION. The baby was born January 18, 1856, "in Columbia County". This could have been during his parents move from the White Springs area to the New River District; they were in the latter place during the 1860 census. At Green Cove Springs, January 30, 1876, FRANCIS married Polly Anna Weeks. Four years later he was a retail merchant in Lake City. After his divorce from Polly he married Harriett Rebecca Jaudon, daughter of Elizabeth Winters and Henry William Jaudon; this was February 1, 1883, about the time that he moved his business to Jacksonville. The terrible fire of 1901 almost wiped him out.

By 1906 this business of FRANCIS'S had grown into the large firm of Dowling Wholesale Company. At one time he was a partner in Dowling Naval Stores Company of Live Oak. Before his death on Christmas Day, 1937, FRANCIS MARION married a third time; his descendants are shown in Addendum 639. (Mr. Dowling's third wife was Mrs. Minnie Gillen Dubose, they married November 6, 1909; she lived from August 3, 1878, to February 18, 1936. Minnie was born in Florida, as were her parents, Mary Barns and Henry Gillen. Minnie and second wife Harriett are buried with FRANCIS at Jacksonville's Evergreen Cemetery. Harriett lived from August 16, 1860, to July 28, 1909. Polly, the first wife, is buried in Clay County, Florida, in the Beulah Church graveyard; she lived from October 9, 1855, to September 12, 1922.)¹

     Dorothy Mae Keller was born on 11 April 1914 at Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.¹ She married Joseph Peter Yacchari, son of Peter Yacchari and Catherine Devoto, on 12 April 1935 at Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Dorothy Mae Keller died on 21 July 2000 at North Hill College, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA, at age 86.¹
     She was educated in 1932 at Wheelersburg Hish School, Wheelersburg, Scioto, Ohio, USA.⁴ As of 12 April 1935, Dorothy Mae Keller also went by the name of Dot Yacchari.² As of 12 April 1935, Dorothy Mae Keller was also known as Dorothy Yacchari.¹ She (an unknown value) on 30 June 1971 at Wheelersburg High School Reunion, Wheelersburg, Scioto, Ohio, USA.⁴

     Joyce Ann Yacchari was born on 30 March 1938 at Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.¹ She died on 9 August 1996 at West Carrolton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA, at age 58.¹

     Orville Keller married Winona Seeley.¹

     Winona Seeley married Orville Keller.¹
     Her married name was Keller.¹

     William Rust married Mayme unknown.¹

     Mayme unknown married William Rust.¹
     Her married name was Rust.¹

     Sarah Cole Kittrel married Casey Verner Thigpen, son of Thomas J. Thigpen and Rosa Viola McDaniel, on 14 November 1926.
     Her married name was Thigpen.

     Viola Vanessa Thigpen was born on 31 December 1893 at Georgia, USA. She died on 9 August 1928 at Davisboro, Wilkes, Georgia, USA, at age 34. She was buried after 9 August 1928 at Brownwood Cemetery, Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, USA.¹

     Lara Thigpen was born on 23 October 1903 at Davisboro, Washington, Georgia, USA. She died on 1 December 1997 at age 94.
     Lara Thigpen was also known as Ida L. As of before May 1943,her married name was Craft.

     Ossie Kendrick was born between September 1892 and 1897 at Appling, Columbia, Georgia, USA.¹ He died before 1900 at Columbia, Georgia, USA. According to family history, he died at about 10 years old from falling out of a tree and contracting meningitus. He does not appear in the 1900 US Census for Hazen, Columbia Co. GA and his mother is listed as having 3 children with only 2 living and the two living are in this census.¹
     After the death of her husband, Alice McDaniel Kendrick and her sons Zack, Ossie and William moved into her mother's home. circa June 1900 at Appling, Columbia, Georgia, USA.