Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William DOWD Family Submitted by: Catharine (DOWD) HowardHUSBAND: William DOWD Birth date: 18 May 1806 Birthplace: Athens County, Ohio (or Ross county, Ohio) Death date: 22 Nov 1865 Place of death: Jefferson County, Ohio Burial date: Mt Zion Cemetery Burial place: Jefferson County, Ohio Other Spouse: None Father: Connor DOWD Mother: Hannah GREAVES or GRAVES Marriage date: 20 Jul 1826 Marriage place: Athens County, Ohio WIFE: Martha WOODARD Birth date: 4 Jun 1806 Birthplace: New York State Death date: Aft 1885 Place of death: Iowa Burial date: Unknown Burial place: Iowa Other Spouse: None Father: Ichabod WOODARD Mother: Sarah BENNETT CHILDREN Child No. 1: Nathan W. DOWD Sex: M Birth date: 19 Dec 1833 Birthplace: Athens County, Ohio Death date: 9 Feb 1906 Place of death: Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida Burial date: Fogartyville Cemetery Burial place: Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida Spouse's name: Laura P. MATHENA or MATHENY Marriage date: 3 Apr 1856 Marriage place: Wapello County, Iowa Child No. 2: William E. DOWD Sex: M Birth date: 16 Feb 1836 Birthplace: Athens County, Ohio Death date: 30 Apr 1906 Place of death: Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa Burial date: Evergreen Cemetery Burial place: Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa Spouse's name: Martha JENKINS Marriage date: Abt 1859 Marriage place: Iowa Child No. 3: Alexander DOWD Sex: M Birth date: 17 Dec 1842 Birthplace: Athens County, Ohio Death date: 28 Aug 1922 Place of death: Milford, Seward County, Nebraska Burial date: Forest Lawn Cemetery Burial place: Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Margaret Ann MOORE Marriage date: 14 Apr 1870 Marriage place: Glasgow, Jefferson County, Iowa Child No. 4: David L. DOWD Sex: M Birth date: Feb 1945 Birthplace: Wolf Lake, Noble County, Indiana Death date: 2 Jun 1916 Place of death: Milford, Seward County, Nebraska Burial date: Blue Mound Cemetery Burial place: Milford, Seward County, Nebraska Spouse's name: Hannah A. HARTLEY Marriage date: 16 Mar 1876 Marriage place: Jefferson County, Iowa Documentation and Sources: Documentation for William Dowd: He is listed in his father's Revolutionary War Pension File as a son, with his age (no dates) William's own Civil War Pension file, applied for by his wife Martha: 1) He served in Company H, 37th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers 2) He died at Glasgow, Jefferson county, Iowa on November 22, 1865, of disease he acquired while in the service. 3) They were married July 25, 1826 in Athens county, Ohio. Two of her brothers made affidavids as witnesses to the marriage. Her parents also made affidavids as witnesses for the marriage. Other information: His gravestone is in a bad state, but pictures of it survive thatlist his birth year as 1805 (but I have only seen the date I have given with a birth year of 1806). The stone is listed in the Iowa Cemetery records and I have personally gone to Mt. Zion cemetery and observed the stone. Martha (WOODARD) DOWD: Whatever is known of her comes from the Pension file she made on her husband. Her parents are buried in Morris cemetery, Hocking county, Ohio with the years of their deaths and the exact age they died. Birthdates can be figured from that. Martha disappears from the records after the 1885 Iowa State Census. She had been living with her son, David L., and his family. I have yet to find where she is buried or when she died. Nathan DOWD: He is my great great grandfather. His dates of birth and death are on his headstone, located in Fogartyville cemetery, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. I have observed and photographed the stone. His obituary contains his wife's maiden name and also the fact that they moved to Nebraska in 1886. I have not been able to find anything on the death of Laura (MATHENA) DOWD. but she is assumed to have died in Holt county, Nebraska before Nathan moved to Florida about 1904 as he came alone. His marriage record can be found in Wapello county, Iowa. William E DOWD: Dates of birth and death on tombstone. I have seen the stone. It is also listed in the WPA tombstone project. His wife's maiden name is listed in a marriage record for her daughter, Viola. The record is located in Jefferson county, Iowa. Also Martha's tombstone is located in Keokuk county, Iowa. I have seen the stone (it is an obelisk that has come off its base and shared with son Levi and daughter Rosa) and the stone lists her dates. William's subsequent marriages to Eliza Birch and Rebecca Wright are listed in Jefferson county, Iowa. Alexander DOWD: His information comes from his death certificate and his wife's information is from her death certificate. David L. DOWD: Marriage listed in Jefferson County, Iowa marriage book. Rest of information is from state census and reinlistment after the Civil War. ************************************************** Copyright © 2009 by Catharine (DOWD) Howard. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************