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1 Andrew Everett Wells 1797 -

.. +Delilah Cottle 1807 -

........ 2 John C. Wells

............ +Carrie C. Johnson - 1896

................... 3 Thomas Corley Wells

................... 3 George Bryant Wells - 1937

................... 3 Leila A Wells

....................... +Z. V. Ennis

........ 2 Eben Josiah Wells 1827 -

............ +Tamsey Johnson

................... 3 Walter Wells

................... 3 Haywood Wells

................... 3 Elizabeth Wells (Lizzie E. Wells) 1853 - 1938

....................... +Noel Baxter Dowling 1853 - 1915

............................. 4 Ray A. Dowling

................................. +Cona Alene York

........................................ 5 Noel Mitchell Dowling

............................................ +Margaret Pearson

.................................................. 6 Noel "Mitchell" Dowling

........................................ 5 R.A. Dowling

............................................ +Agnes Westervelt

.................................................. 6 Brian Dowling

.................................................. 6 Hart Dowling

.................................................. 6 Brett Dowling

.................................................. 6 Jeannie Dowling

........................................ 5 Helen Virginia Dowling

............................................ +Sumner Earle Stapleton

.................................................. 6 "Buddy" Stapleton

.................................................. 6 Cissy Stapleton

.................................................. 6 Marilyn Stapleton

........................................ *2nd Husband of Helen Virginia Dowling:

............................................ +John Drake

........................................ 5 Lilian Eugenia Dowling

............................................ +L. Ennis Gibbons

.................................................. 6 L. Ennis Gibbons

...................................................... +Marilyn Langham

........................................ 5 Cona Kennette Dowling

............................................ +E. Martin Price

.................................................. 6 Ed Price

...................................................... +Beth Weatherford

.................................................. 6 Martin Price

.................................................. 6 Kaye Price

........................................ 5 Ranah Alene Dowling

............................................ +Frank M King

............................. 4 Heywood Hart Dowling

............................. 4 Lottie Bea Dowling

................................. +Charles D. Murphy

........................................ 5 Charles D. Murphy

........................................ 5 Maude Murphy

............................................ +Ewell W. Powers

........................................ 5 Louise Murphy

............................................ +Judson Bentley

........................................ 5 Nell Murphy

............................................ +E. B. McDaniel

.................................................. 6 Ed McDaniel

...................................................... +Olivia Hand

.................................................. 6 Gail McDaniel

...................................................... +John Louis Peacock

........................................ 5 Mary E. Murphy

............................................ +John B. Hazard

............................. 4 Cora Lee Dowling 1877 -

................................. +Richard Hawthorne Ramsey 1874 -

........................................ 5 Frances Ramsey

............................................ +Clyde Ford - 1995

.................................................. 6 Catherine Ford

...................................................... +Jim Fancher

............................................................. 7 Crystal Fancher

............................................................. 7 Kelly Fancher

.................................................. *2nd Husband of Catherine Ford:

...................................................... +Garner

........................................ *2nd Husband of Frances Ramsey:

............................................ +Hugh Garner

........................................ 5 Cassie Ramsey 1899 - 1995

........................................ 5 Richard Hayward Ramsey 1901 - 1981

............................................ +Lucille Radney 1907 -

.................................................. 6 Richard Hawthorne Ramsey June -

...................................................... +Betty Norton 1932 -

............................................................. 7 Richard Ramsey 1956 -

............................................................. 7 Roberta Ramsey 1958 -

............................................................. 7 Rhonda Elizabeth Ramsey 1961 -

............................................................. 7 Rebecca Ramsey 1964 -

.................................................. *2nd Wife of Richard Hawthorne Ramsey:

...................................................... +Ann Borland

.................................................. *3rd Wife of Richard Hawthorne Ramsey:

...................................................... +Ann Boland

.................................................. 6 Lester Ramsey 1928 -

...................................................... +Annie Mary Phiffer September -

............................................................. 7 Radney Phiffer Ramsey 1964 -

................................................................. +Kimberly

.................................................. 6 Joy Roberta Ramsey 1939 -

...................................................... +John Doggett

.................................................. *2nd Husband of Joy Roberta Ramsey:

...................................................... +Samuel Mossman Nickey

............................................................. 7 Elizabeth Mckella Nickey 1968 -

................................................................. +John Havasta

............................................................. 7 Lucille Ramsey Nickey 1968 -

............................................................. 7 Samuel Mossman Nickey 1971 -

.................................................. 6 Jon Allan Ramsey 1939 -

...................................................... +Jane Horn 1945 -

............................................................. 7 Margaret Ramsey 1966 -

.................................................. *2nd Wife of Jon Allan Ramsey:

...................................................... +Luana Granger March -

........................................ 5 Joseph Robert Ramsey 1906 - 1979

............................................ +Hilda Pearl Hawkins 1912 - 1988

.................................................. 6 Joseph Robert Ramsey 1938 -

.................................................. 6 Philip Hart Ramsey 1940 -

...................................................... +Patricia Prendergast

............................................................. 7 Cathy Theophilus Ramsey

................................................................. +Joseph Abramsky

........................................................................ 8 Joseph Abramsky

........................................................................ 8 Allison Abramsky

............................................................. 7 Robert Theophilus Ramsey

.................................................. 6 Edward Lawrence Ramsey 1941 -

...................................................... +Pamela Thuss 1950 -

............................................................. 7 Matthew Edward Ramsey 1975 -

.................................................. *2nd Wife of Edward Lawrence Ramsey:

...................................................... +Nancy

.................................................. *3rd Wife of Edward Lawrence Ramsey:

...................................................... +Linda Laney 1951 -

.................................................. 6 Joel Wardlaw Ramsey 1947 -

...................................................... +Sharman Jean Burson 1950 -

............................................................. 7 Cecily Cathryn Ramsey 1974 -

................................................................. +Stephan Allan Butterworth 1971 -

........................................................................ 8 Lily Clare Butterworth 2002 -

............................................................. 7 Andrew Allen Ramsey 1976 -

............................................................. 7 Bethany Brooke Ramsey 1980 -

................................................................. +Michael Evans 1978 -

.................................................. 6 William Allen Ramsey 1948 -

...................................................... +Joyce Walker 1947 -

............................................................. 7 Elizabeth Hawkins Ramsey 1981 -

............................. 4 Carrow Dee Dowling 1879 - 1963

................................. +Charles Ervin McCarn 1874 - 1962

........................................ 5 Mavis McCarn 1903 -

............................................ +Erwin T. Brooks - 1973

.................................................. 6 Mavis Brooks

...................................................... +Powell

........................................ 5 Elizabeth Yvonne McCarn 1910 - 1993

............................................ +Ken Towe 1893 - 1978

.................................................. 6 Kenneth Mccarn Towe 1935 -

.................................................. 6 Rolf Harvy Towe 1938 -

.................................................. 6 Teri Noel Towe 1948 -

........................................ 5 Kathryn Maxine McCarn 1915 -

............................................ +J. L. McMullen

.................................................. 6 Jill McMullen

...................................................... +Elmore

.................................................. 6 Geri McMullen

................... 3 Thomas Bonaparte Wells 1854 -

....................... +Henrietta H. Mullins 1855 -

............................. 4 Charlie Thomas Wells

............................. 4 John William Wells

................................. +Minnie Lewis

............................. *2nd Wife of John William Wells:

................................. +Anna Spears Dowling

............................. 4 Tamsy Octavia Wells Wells

............................. 4 Bessie Wells

................................. +Louis Windham

............................. *2nd Husband of Bessie Wells:

................................. +Ray Snowden

............................. 4 Clemmie Wells

............................. 4 Lemmie A. Wells

............................. 4 Henry Waldo Wells

................................. +Thelma Sconyers

............................. 4 L. Eben Wells

................................. +Blanche Dowling 1877 -

........................................ 5 Glenn L. Wells - 1989

............................................ +Dorothy McGee

.................................................. 6 Lawrence Wells

...................................................... +Dean Faulkner Mallard

.................................................. *2nd Wife of Lawrence Wells:

...................................................... +Gayle Brooke

............................................................. 7 Glenn Lawrence Wells 1965 -

............................................................. 7 Dorothy Catherine Wells 1969 -

.................................................. 6 Ralph Ned Wells

...................................................... +Betty Jo Mock

............................................................. 7 Sue Louise Wells 1946 -

............................................................. 7 Mary Beth Wells 1955 -

.................................................. 6 Leslie Eldridge Wells 1912 -

...................................................... +Nena Ruth Marley 1922 -

............................................................. 7 Laura Dowling Wells

................................................................. +Murphy

............................................................. 7 Leslie Eben Wells

............................................................. 7 Mary Marley Wells 1959 -

................................................................. +Combs

.................................................. 6 Dorothy Jane Wells 1943 -

...................................................... +Jerome Sullivan

............................................................. 7 Lisa Sullivan 1965 -

........................................ 5 Nigel Wells 1800 -

............................................ +Jewel Viola Richardson May -

.................................................. 6 Sylvia Caol Wells 1935 -

.................................................. 6 Nigel Eben Wells 1945 -

...................................................... +Joann Lee Amenda 1945 -

............................................................. 7 Kimberly Blanche Wells 1969 -

............................................................. 7 Allison Lee Wells 1973 -

............................................................. 7 Angela Carol Wells 1975 -

............................................................. 7 Nigel Eben Wells 1977 -

................................................................. +Ashley Solomon

........................................................................ 8 Nigel Eben Wells

............................. 4 Nora Catherine Wells 1882 - 1959

............................. 4 Colie Thomas Wells 1887 - 1959

................................. +Annie Sconyers

............................. 4 Obie Jackson Wells Wells 1889 - 1972

................................. +Vera Moates

............................. 4 Robert Clinton Wells 1896 - 1944

................................. +Lucle McEntyre

................... *2nd Wife of Thomas Bonaparte Wells:

....................... +Henrietta J. Mullins

........ *2nd Wife of Eben Josiah Wells:

............ +Eliza Johnson

                3    Molly

........ 2 A. C. Wells 1840 - 1921

............ +Josephine

Name: Tanya Cottle Wisler

Email:75343.1064@compuserve.com

Surname: CAUDLE/COTTLE

Location: Kingwood, TX USA

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 1998 at 11:58:13

Query:

The Caudle family were supposedly Loyalists and one of their sons was hanged. It appears that John J. Caudle changed his name to John J. Cottle in the late 1700's. Can anyone offer any documentation or Caudle family background. Thanks.

Name: Leatha A. Betts

Email:jlabetts@burgoyne.com

Surname: COTTLE/CAUDLE

Location: WX, UT

Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 at 21:40:34

Query:

Seeking any information on John (Eli) COTTLE/CAUDLE who received from the 1805 land lottery a royal grant in Montgomery Co. Georgia, I believe he died there c. 1808, his wife Delilah received a land grant to Wilkinson, and she was living in Montgomery Co. during the 1807 land lottery. She died in Elbert Co. Georgia in 1810, leaving her estate to Lurinna COTTLE, who married Wiley SUTTON in 1812 in Jefferson Co. Georgia, where her COTTLE/CAUDLE cousins lived.

Posted by: Margaret G. Harlow

Date: June 27, 2000 at 07:28:15

In Reply to: Re: Origin of the Caudle name by Millie

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Millie, I live in Montgomery County, TN which adjoins Christian County, KY. My gg-grandmother was Mary Ann Caudle daughter of John and Elizabeth Delilah Caudle. John had brothers named Archibald, and Sterling. They lived in Dinwiddie County, VA. John Came to Montgomery County, TN in 1838. Archibald came to Williamson County, TN in the 1820s where he died. Sterling remained in Dinwiddie County where he died.

Benjamin administered the estate of Sterling in Dinwiddie County VA, before he moved to Montgomery County, TN.

Please contact me using my e-mail address. Maybe we can help each other

Posted by: Margaret G. Harlow

Date: October 01, 1999 at 17:11:52

In Reply to: BENJAMINE CAUDLE 1803 VA by Becky Barg

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Delilah Cottle Wells was the daughter of John J. Cottle & spouse, b. c 1807 in Jefferson Co., GA. John J. migrated to Sumter c1837, was a member of Ebenezer Baptist, d. c 1842, unknown grave. Delilah m. Andrew Everett Wells c1824, he d . 1847; she lived into the 1870s. John J. Cottle was my 3-g r grandfather. John E. Cottle JCo2624262@aol.com ) From Ebenezer Baptist church Membership rolls

Deliah Cottle Wells was born in 1801. She died 1887 a t the age of 86 years. She was buried in Quebec Cemetery by the side of her mother, or some of her people, maybe a sister. She was buried in Quebec Cemetery at her request, th inking that some day the family log (probably on the farm w ould be lost sight of, or not kept up like Quebec cemetery where her people were buried. Her husband had been dead 40 years when she died.

Had 7 sons and 1 daughter.

Children of ANDREW WELLS and DELILAH COTTLE are:

Notes for JOHN C. WELLS:

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John C. Wells died Nov. 30, 1903 in Richland, Florida. H e is buried in New Park Cemetery, fort Gaines, Georgia.

Judge John Cottle Wells. One of the representative busines smen of Daleville, dale County, Alabama. He was born in Jefferson County, Georgia, on February 24, 1832. He was the son of Andrew Everett Wells and Delilah Cottle Wells. H e was reared on the home farm, received a good academic edu cation, and on reaching man's estate, taught school for three years.

In 1855, John C. Wells, began to read law and was admitted to the Bar the latter part of the same year. He later located for practice in Ft. Gaines, Georgia, where he met wit h much success, but his practice was interrupted by the out break of the Civil War.

John C.. Wells enlisted in the he Confederate Army and was made Quartermaster of the 6th Georgia Regiment, under ex- Governor of Georgia, Joseph E. Brown. He remained in thi s position until the term of his enlistment expired, when h e returned home and taught school for five months. He enlisted again, as a Private, in the Cobb Guards, a Heavy Artillery Company. HE was detailed in the Signal corps, and the n by General Cobb as a recruiting officer.

As a recruiting Officer, John C. Wells, raised enough men f or a new Company and for a job well one, he was offered th e Command of this new Company, with the rank of Captain. H e declined the command, but was later elected as a 1st Lieu tenant in the company.

He was stationed in Savannah until the evacuation of that city. He was then transferred to Charleston, S.C. where h e remained until that city was evacuated on February 11, 18 65. He was twice wounded by gunshot in an engagement wit h a Federal Gunboat. He was captured along with five regim ents of Confederate Infantry, and for 5 weeks was a Patient -Prisoner in the Beaufort, S. C., hospital and when release d was interned in a Federal Prisoner of War Camp at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. HE received his parole on M ay 15, 1865.

Upon his release, John C. Wells returned to Ft. Gaines, Georgia, where he resumed the practice of law until 1890 when he came to Alabama. He went into partnership with his br other (probably Eben Josiah Wells, father of Thomas B. Well s) buying out Thomas B. Wells.

John C. Wells was married to Carrie C. Johnson, the eldest daughter of Dr. William J. Johnson of Ft. Gaines, Georgia . Dr. William J. Johnson at one time lived in Montgomery , Alabama and practiced medicine over the years in Western Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Carrie C. Johnson was born in Ft. Gaines and was married at age 17 to John . wells . The nine children born to this union were: William E. , John C., Mamie E. John B. Janette, Carrie E Thomas C. Lel ia A. and George B.

Thomas C. worked in his father's store as a clerk. Carrie E., a talented musician died in 1887 and the oldest son , William E., died July 31, 1890 at age 29.

Carrie Johnson Wells became a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at an early age, and her husband joined the sam e church in 1866.

Children of JOHN WELLS and CARRIE JOHNSON are:

Notes for EBEN JOSIAH WELLS:

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It is known that their families came from the Carolinas, probably before the marriage of Delilah Cottle and Andrew Eve rett Wells, about 1825. At the time of the death of Andre w Everett Wells, he owned two lots of land or 405 acres, mo re or less. In the early 1850's, Delilah Cottle Wells, aft er the death of her husband, sold the land and divided the money among the living heirs, taking a child's part as he r share. Her nephew, Sollie Cottle, then in his late 20' s or early 30's, was appointed guardian for her minor children. It is thought that each heir received about $1,000.

At about the time this sale was made, Eben Josiah Wells cam e to Alabama, near the town of Abbeville, and invested hi s share in a home and farm. I have been unable so far a s to know what disposition Daniel made of his share. Fro m the best information at this writing, John Cottle used so me of his share to educate himself. It is known that jus t a little later he was teaching school in Alabama and mayb e in Georgia, also. One of the schools he served in Alabama was Choctawhatchee Academy, near the county line between Dale and Henry Counties in Alabama. He was fastidious i n his dressing throughout his entire life, and as a young m an, very few outdressed him; when teaching at the above Academy, he would wear spotless linen suits.

When the Georgia farm was sold and the money divided amon g the heirs, as previously stated, the widow accepted a child's portion as her share. In the 1850's she came to Alabama, bought a farm near her son, Eben Josiah Wells, and live d there two years. She became dissatisfied and moved bac k to Georgia. When she returned to Georgia, Sollie Cottle , her nephew and the guardian of her two minor children, Robert Christopher and Andrew Clinton, invested their money i n a farm, which he turned over to his Aunt, Delilah Cottl e Wells, mother of said children. She lived there during t he Civil War and in the area until her dean in 1987.

As stated, Eben Josiah Wells, my great-grandfather, bought a farm near Abbeville Alabama and was soon married. He later sold this farm and bought another where he lived at th e time he volunteered for service in the Confederate Army , and where he lied at the time of his first wife's death , who died during the first year of the Civil War. She was buried

d on the farm about four miles from Abbeville, either in 18 61 or 1862. When grandma Tamsey Johnson Wells became sick , Eben Josiah Wells was given a furlough to be at her side . After her death and burial, he left his four children, Haywood, Elizabeth, Thomas and John with his dead wife's sister, Eliza A. Johnson, and returned to his duties with th e Confederate Army.

When the war was over and he was discharged, he returned ho me. He found his children loved Eliza A Johnson as a mother, but she would not let them call her mother, but Aunt 'Li za. Shortly after, he married Eliza A. Johnson, his firs t wife's sister, and to this union one child, Mollie Angeline, was born on March 20, 1867. His oldest son, Haywood, w ho was a teenager, became sick and died. He was buried beside his mother. He died of typhoid fever. Several years l ater, Even Josiah Wells, erected a iron picket fence aroun d the two graves. Years later, Ray Dowling of Pinckard, Al abama, cleaned up the tombstones and painted the fence wit h aluminum paint. Tamsey Johnson Wells was his grandmother . To get to these graves , go out the Eufaula road to the Graball community. Turn left on the Clio road and it i s about a mile on the left. On May 28, 1946, when Ray Dowling visited those graves they wee on the farm then owned b y Olton Sowell, Rote 2, Abbeville, Alabama. Eben Josiah We lls was named for his Uncle Eben Cottle. Elizabeth E. Well s was named for her Aunt Elizabeth Wells who had died at about age 15. John Walter Wells was named for his Uncle John C. Wells.

Around 1873 or 1874, when his daughter Mollie was about si x or seven years old, Eben Josiah Wells sold his farm nea r Abbeville and moved to Dale County, about 3 1/2 miles south of Ozark. He bought a farm from his younger brother, An drew Clinton Wells, who had become dissatisfied with it. M y grandfather, Thomas B. Wells, was a young man when this m ove was made and it was here that he met and courted his future wife, Henrietta J. Mullins, whom he married December 1 7, 1874. At the time his first child was born on August 1 , 1876, he was living about a mile south of Ozark on a far m which is in the Ozark City limits today. James A Dildy lives in a beautiful home about where my father was born. T his first child's name, taken from both the Wells Family an d the Mullins family, was Louis Eben Wells.

sometime after Louis Eben was born, Grandpa Tom Wells move d to a farm next to or near his father, Eben Josiah Wells , about 3 1/2 miles south of Ozark. They could have move d to Grandpa Mullins farm who had settled in the he area i n 1837. Grandpa Mullins had died in 1868 and was buried o n the farm beside two of his children who had died, but th e property still belonged to the heirs, one of whom was grandma Henrietta Mullins Wells. Grandpa Tom's second child , Charlie Thomas Wells, was born July 21, 1878, and died a s an 8 year old when they lived on this farm in 1886. He i s buried in the Newton City Cemetery beside his great aunt Mary Gipson, who is buried in an unmarked grave. He ha s a small tombstone erected on his grave.

In the early 1890s, great granpa Eben Josiah Wells moved t o Daleville, Alabama, where he engaged in the mercantile business until he retired a few years before his death in 190 5. He is buried in the Old Daleville Cemetery beside his 2 nd wife, Eliza A. Johnson Wells. It is believed that Eliz a A. Wells, who was my step- great grandma, was mentally il l at the time of her death. She apparently set herself o n fire and either died at the time, or a few days later fro m the he severe burns.

Grandpa Tom Wells, apparently moved to Daleville before hi s father, Eben Josiah Wells. He has two children buried i n the Daleville Cemetery which are marked by small tombstones. One child, Tamsey Octavia Wells, died at age five in 1890. Other children Lemmie A. Wells, died at age 5 months i n 1894. Grandpa Tom Wells was also in the mercantile business in Daleville, though I don't know if he owned a separate business or was in partnership with his father Eben Josiah Wells. I do know that my father, Louis Eben Wells was a partner in this business, or else worked for grandpa Tom at the time of his marriage to my Mother, Blanche Brantley Dowling, June 8, 1898.

I remember my father, L. E. Wells, recalling his youth in t he years he spent on the farm south of Ozark, would tell about going to church at Old Springhill Church, which is located at the top of Klondike Hill on highway 123 (old 231) between Ozark and Newton. I took him to a church service a t Springhill once after WWII. They do not have services there now. Across high 123 on the Klondike Ewell road, old Lee cemetery, which was connected with the Mullins family, i s located. He also told me that his nearest neighbor who had children approximately his own age was a negro family named Harper who owned a farm across the branch from grandpa Wells. Some of the Harper offspring still live in the area. Another friend was another negro named Peter Everett , who carried the mail between Ozark and Newton on horseback. Papa said he would meet Uncle Peter every day to find out the news in Ozark and Newton.

My brother Nigel was the only child of Louis Eben and Blanc he Dowling Wells to be born in Ozark. He was born on October 1, 1899, in the family home which sat on a lot back of t he First United Methodist Church. Reverend Marvin Carroll later owned the home and it was his heirs that sold the p roperty to the Church. Dr. Ard attended my mother during h is birth. My father worked for Mr. Bill Casey who owned the Dale County Bank, which was located on the west side of t he Square in Ozark. He was a cotton buyer in season and traded mules and had other duties in the bank. Mr. Casey, at a later date unknown to the writer liquidated the bank, paid off all depositors in full, and left Ozark. I he left any relatives, I have been unable to find them.

When my father worked for Mr. Casey, he had a side job. H e was an ice merchant on Saturday and Sunday. His ice would come into Ozark on a passenger train from Montgomery wrapped in sawdust and burlap. He stored the ice in the basement of the building on the northeast corner of the square in Ozark. The building is owned by Fred Barkett Jr. and the last tenant was a men's clothing store named "The Hub. " Local citizens would bring their beer and home brew to t he basement to cool it. He moved clothing to Daleville eit her in 1900 or 1901 and went into the mercantile business with my grandpa, Thomas Bonaparte Wells. He opened the Ban k of Daleville about 1910. The firs automobile he ever bought was a 1915 Ford with a brass radiator.

MAYFLOWER DESCENDENTS THROUGH THE LAWSON line

Grandmother, why did you never tell us that we were descend ed from the Mayflower?

They were horsethieves, misfits and religious fanatics.

quote from Elizabeth Wells

Children of EBEN WELLS and TAMSEY JOHNSON are:

Notes for ELIZABETH WELLS (LIZZIE E. WELLS):

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The Southern Star, Nov. 3, 1938 60 Years Ago, Nov. 3, 1938, ... Reprinted Nov. 11, 1998.

Mrs. Dowling Dies In Pinckard Mrs. N. B. Dowling, 85 prominent Pinckard resident died Sunday night at her home followi ng a short Illness. She, was one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of that section having made her hom e there for the past 65 years. She was an active member o f the Pinckard Methodist Church. Funeral services were hel d at the residence Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the R ev. E. H. Brown and Rev. P. W. Lett, officiating. Burial wa s in the Claybank cemetery with Holman Funeral Home directi ng. Pallbearers were Noel Dowling, Robert Ramsey, Richard R amsey, Charles Murphy, Earl Stapleton, J. T. McMullen, Ewell Towers and Jud Bentley. She is survived by two sons, H. H . Dowling and R. A. Dowling, Pinckard, three daughters. Mrs . R. H. Ramsey and Mrs. C. D. Murphey, Dothan and Mrs. C. E . McCarn, of Jacksonville, Fla., one sister, Mrs. H. L. Pau lk, Hartford, 18 grand children and 13 great grand children , to all of whom the Star extends sympathy in their great l oss. * Elizabeth Wells Dowling b. June 25, 1853 d. Oct. 31 , 1938. Wife of Noel Baxter Dowling b. Aug. 15, 1853,d Mar.2 8, 1915, Married May 9, 1874 Dau. of Eben Josiah and Tamse y Johnson Wells. Source: A Dowling Family of the South by R .A. Dowling

Notes for NOEL BAXTER DOWLING:

Ramsey house on Alice Street was town house for Pinckard residence for Noel Dowling.

Children of ELIZABETH WELLS) and NOEL DOWLING are:

Children of THOMAS WELLS and HENRIETTA MULLINS are:

Children of RAY DOWLING and CONA YORK are:

Children of LOTTIE DOWLING and CHARLES MURPHY are:

Notes for CORA LEE DOWLING:

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1 AUTH Dothan, August 28, 1958

Cora Dowling Ramsey's Angel Food Cake

11 Egg Whites

1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar

2 Cups Sugar

1 1/2 Cups Flour

1 Teaspoon Bee Brand Vanilla

1/2 Teaspoon Salt

Beat eggs to a stiff froth. Add cream of tartar and sugar . Continuing the beating.. Then fold in flour, salt and vanilla. Bake in unbuttered Angel cake pan 30 to 35 minutes. Test wit h broom straw. If it doesn't stick it's done.

Noel Baxter Dowling built a home in Dothan, Alabama, at 40 1 North Alice Street, which eventually became the home of his daughter Cora Lee Dowling and her husband, Richard Hawthorne Rams e y. Richard Hawthorne Ramsey came to Pinckard for work on the Midland Railroad. His father, David Wardlaw Ramsey was a veteran of the Civil War who trained at Tulane University as a doctor after the War and then became a Baptist minister. The church at which he preached was on t h e property that wasonce part of a large plantation owned by Joseph Richard Hawthorne, his wife's father. David Wardlaw Ramseys father, Abiezer Clark Ramsey, had been a Methodist circuit rider before marrying Elizabeth Amanda Wardlaw Bonham, the widow of Simon Bonham, planter and lawyer who moved his family from Abbeville, South Carolina, to Wilcox County, Alabama . Soon after Simon Bonham died, Elizabeth Amanda Wardlaw s brother-in-law was killed with his friend Travis at the Alamo.

There were many who were left "land poor" after the War. So ns left their home places in search of opportunities. The Railroad was one such opportunity and brought Richard Hawthorne Ramsey to Pinckard, Alabama. Richard and Cora raised their four children, Richard Hayward, Jose p hRobert, Cassie and Francis, in this house (above right). Their son,Robert Ramsey remembered driving the cow from his parents house on Alice Street to his grandparents farm in Pinck a rd (below).

Notes for RICHARD HAWTHORNE RAMSEY:

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1 AUTH bookkeeper for railroad

1 AGNC moved to Dothan June 8, 1988

There were many who were left "land poor" after the War. So ns left their home places in search of opportunities. The Railroad was one such opportunity. After attending Marion Military Academy, Richard Hawthorne Ramsey came to Pinckard , Alabama, to work for the Midland Railroad . Richard and Co ra raised their four children, Richard Hayward, Joseph Robert, Cassie and Francis, in the house on Alice Street built by Cora's father Noel Baxter Dowling. Their son , Robert Ramsey remembered driving the cow from his parents house on Alice Street to his grandparents' farm in Pinckard.

1 AUTH bookkeeper for railroad

1 AGNC moved to Dothan June 8, 1898

TAX AID NEARLY FAINTS AT OFFER OF ANTICIPATION.

Deputy tax collector R. H. Ramsey is trying hard to collect delinquent taxes--long overdue and subject to sale Sept . 17.

Fancy Ramsey's amazement Saturday when J. C. Hardy and John Conner, farmers, entered his office and wanted to pay next year's taxes in advance.

"I want to pay my taxes and debts," said Conner, "and see how much I have left."

But Ramsey couldn't accept the payment. His term expires Oct. 1 and it's the new tax collector's duty to get next year 's taxes.

"That's the first time a thing like that has happened since I've been in office," Ramsey chuckled. "I wish everybody were like that--I wouldn't be worrying about collecting from the 150 delinquents."

Children of CORA DOWLING and RICHARD RAMSEY are:

Notes for CARROW DEE DOWLING:

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Children of CARROW DOWLING and CHARLES MCCARN are:

Eben was a banker in Daleville and he engaged in a guana (fertilizer) and a small loan business in Ozark. He provide d the first telephone from Daleville to Ozark in his business. When Even decided to move to Ozark, his decision was t o build a house on Eufaula Street.

Children of L. WELLS and BLANCHE DOWLING are: