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See also
James DOWDY's brother: William R. DOWDY (1859-1899)

Family of James Thomas Wiley DOWDY and S. Arvie Zena Telemisus DONHAM

Husband: James Thomas Wiley DOWDY (1857-1901)
Wife: S. Arvie Zena Telemisus DONHAM (1866-1902)
Children: Lula Bell DOWDY (1886-1951)
Lena Ann DOWDY (1889-1975)
Laura Esther DOWDY (1893-1980)
Lawson Thomas DOWDY (1895-1982)
Luther Hubert DOWDY (1897-1989)
Loyd Dewey DOWDY (1899-1988)
Lewis Floyd DOWDY (1902-1986)

Husband: James Thomas Wiley DOWDY

Name: James Thomas Wiley DOWDY 1
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth Oct 1857 Randolph County, Alabama
Death 27 Nov 1901 (age 44) Granite, Greer County, Oklahoma
Burial Rock Cemetery, near Granite
Census 19 Jun 1900 (age 42) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Note (1) Thomas died leaving his wife expecting a baby. Complications from childbirth caused her death only a few months after his death.
Note (2) Nov 1901 (age 44) In November 1901, Thomas William Dowdy had taken a bale of cotton to the gin in Granite, OK. While waiting for the cotton to be ginned, something spooked the team of mules and caused Thomas to fall o

Wife: S. Arvie Zena Telemisus DONHAM

Name: S. Arvie Zena Telemisus DONHAM 1,2
Sex: Female
Father: William Jefferson DONHAM (1841-1935)
Mother: Sarah Ann DUKE (1843-1893)
Birth 30 Aug 1866 Marion County, Alabama
Death 27 Feb 1902 (age 35) Greer County, Oklahoma
Census (1) 17 Aug 1870 (age 3) pg136-69,Pikeville,WesternDistrict,MarionCounty,Al.
Census (2) 10 Jun 1880 (age 13) pg9-52A,E.D.140,MarionCounty,Alabama
Census (3) 19 Jun 1900 (age 33) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Burial Rock Cemetery, near Granite
Note (1) Arvie had only been widowed a few months when she died leaving all of her children orphaned.
Note (2) 27 Feb 1902 (age 35) Arvie died fom childbirth complications giving birth to a son Lewis Floyd Dowdy on February 27, 1902, when a doctor could not come to care for her because of a blizzard.

Child 1: Lula Bell DOWDY

Name: Lula Bell DOWDY 1
Sex: Female
Spouse: Lewis Andrew GRADY (1884-1956)
Birth 15 May 1886 Bell County, Texas
Death 15 Mar 1951 (age 64) Greer County, Oklahoma
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 14) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 23 Jan 1920 (age 33) pg10-11,E.D.84,Willow,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Census (3) 16 Apr 1930 (age 43) pg12,District20,Willow,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Burial Willow Cemetery, Greer County, Oklahoma

Child 2: Lena Ann DOWDY

Name: Lena Ann DOWDY 1
Sex: Female
Spouse: Edward Cass BOYNTON ( -1977)
Birth 13 Nov 1889 Osceola, Hill County, Texas
Death 11 Sep 1975 (age 85) Granbury, Hood, TX
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 10) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 17 Apr 1930 (age 40) pg80,District6,Amarillo,PotterCounty,Texas

Child 3: Laura Esther DOWDY

Name: Laura Esther DOWDY 1
Sex: Female
Spouse: Oakley G. WITTY (1889- )
Birth 22 Dec 1893 Hill County, Texas
Death 24 Sep 1980 (age 86) Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 6) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 7 Apr 1930 (age 36) pg4,Berlin,RogerMills,Oklahoma

Child 4: Lawson Thomas DOWDY

Name: Lawson Thomas DOWDY 1
Sex: Male
Spouse: Ludie Cornelia CASTLEBERRY (1900-1991)
Birth 22 Aug 1895 Hill County, Texas
Death 10 May 1982 (age 86) Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 4) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 7 Feb 1920 (age 24) pg33,Poarch,BeckhamCounty,Oklahoma
Census (3) 24 Apr 1930 (age 34) pg20,district8,LambCounty,Texas

Child 5: Luther Hubert DOWDY

Name: Luther Hubert DOWDY 1
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary DUKEK (1900-1994)
Birth 16 Oct 1897 Near Covington, Hill County, Texas
Death 8 Mar 1989 (age 91) Mangum, Greer, OK
Burial Mangum's Roselawn Cemetery, Greer County, Oklahoma
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 2) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 18 May 1910 (age 12) pg39,ED# 118 ,Mangum,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Census (3) 16 Jan 1920 (age 22) pg8,Willow,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Census (4) 11 Apr 1930 (age 32) pg10,district21,Mangum,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Note 18 May 1910 (age 12) Hubert Dowdy was listed as a 12 year old orphan in the household of John T and Minerva Wharton in Mangum, Greer County, Oklahoma.

Child 6: Loyd Dewey DOWDY

Name: Loyd Dewey DOWDY 1
Sex: Male
Spouse: Mary Estelle CASTLEBERRY (1903-1978)
Birth 21 Aug 1899 Greer County, Oklahoma
Death 27 Feb 1988 (age 88) LIttlefield, Lamb County, Texas
Census (1) 19 Jun 1900 (age 0) pg 30-177B, sheet 15B, ED 85,house#307, family #314, Mangum Twsp, Greer Co., Oklahoma
Census (2) 23 Jan 1920 (age 20) pg11,Willow,GreerCounty,Oklahoma
Census (3) 18 Apr 1930 (age 30) pg9,Willow,GreerCounty,Oklahoma

Child 7: Lewis Floyd DOWDY

Name: Lewis Floyd DOWDY 1
Sex: Male
Spouse: Austa J. GRADY (1905-1974)
Birth 27 Feb 1902 Greer County, Oklahoma
Death 16 Dec 1986 (age 84) Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
Census (1) 5 May 1910 (age 8) pg22,ED# 118, Mangum,GreerCounty,Oklahoma-listed as Floyd Donham,age 8 born in Oklahoma, nephew of John L. Donham.
Census (2) 10 Apr 1930 (age 28) pg11,Mangum,GreerCounty,Oklahoma

Sources

1"File (merged): C:\Users\Doug\Documents\Family\Dunham\Dennis Dunham\DennisDonham desc.ged". Record originated in...
2Barbara Brown, et. al. Donhams of Arkansas, "Dennis Dunham and Dollie Philips Descendants" (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dunham-donh am-i&id=I02065).

 

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