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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: William Harrod Dowden Note Born: 9 May 1809 at , , Clark, IN Married: 16 Sep 1830 at , , Monroe, IN Died: 2 Sep 1886 at , , Jackson, IN Other Spouses: Mary Harrell
Father: James M Dowden Mother: Rachel Harrod
WIFE
Name: Nancy Chambers Born: Abt 1810 [6] Died: Bef 6 Jul 1846 at , , Jackson, IN
CHILDREN
Name: Thomas Jefferson Dowden Born: 17 Sep 1831 at , , , IN Died: Bef 8 Oct 1895 at Cedar Gap, , Wright, MO Wife: Mary J Birley
Name: James Monroe Dowden Born: 4 Oct 1833 at , , , IN Died:
Name: Emily Ann Dowden Born: 27 Sep 1835 at , , , IN Died: 5 Mar 1905 at , , Greene, IN Husband: Isaac Edwards
Name: John Montgomery Dowden Born: 27 Feb 1837 at , , , IN Died:
Name: Mary Ellen Dowden Born: 20 Sep 1840 at , , , IN Died: Husband: Marshall Baker Bradley
Name: Margaret Letitia Dowden Born: 20 Feb 1844 at , , , IN Died: 15 Feb 1863 at Harrodsburg, , Monroe, IN
SOURCES
6). record of Helynn M. Carrier
NOTES
1). William Harrod Dowden, son of James M. and Rachel Harrod Dowden, was born 9 May 1809 in Clark Co., IN. He married Nancy Chambers 16 May 1830 in Monroe Co., IN. She was born between 1804 and 1810. Daughter of John H. and Margaret Feamster Chambers. Nancy died after 20 Feb 1844, the birthdate of her daughter, Margaret Letitia, and before 6 July 1846, the date William married Mary Polly Harrell, his first cousin. After the death of Nancy, William farmed out his 6 children to relatives. The youngest, Margaret Letitia, lived with her uncle David Chambers until her death by Typhoid Fever 15 Feb 1863. Sometime before 1 April 1857, William, Polly and their children were living in Illinois. Sometime later they moved to Iowa and settled in Jackson County where Polly died Feb 1884 and William died 2 Sept 1886. Note The history of the Dowden family, up to this point, was compiled by Helynn M. Carrier of San Jose CA in 1987. She is the great granddaughter of Martha Caroline Dowden who was the daughter of William Harrod Dowden by his 2nd wife, Polly. After thedeath of Nancy Chambers, William married Mary Polly Harrell, his first cousin. Sometime before 1 April 1857 William, Polly and their children were living in Illinois. Sometime later they moved to Iowa and settled in Jackson County where Polly died Feb1884 and William died 2 Sept 1886. After the death of Nancy Chambers Dowden, William farmed out his six children to relatives. The youngest, Margaret Letitia Dowden, lived with her Uncle, David Chambers until her death by Typhoid Fever 15 February 1863.

						

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