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Noel P Dowling (1809-1892)

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Noel P Dowling

 

Noel P Dowling1 son of Dempsey Dowling and Martha Stokes was born on Dec 25, 1809 in Darlington, Darlington Dist, SC.1 He. When the fifth child born to Dempsey Dowling and Martha Stokes wasborn on Christmas Day of 1809, they named him Noel. Nothing is knownof the sixteen years that this youth spent in the Jeffries Creek areaof SC.

 

By the time he reached his majority in Dale Co AL, he had fallen inlove with Sarah Delaney McDonald. They were married where the presentday town of Skipperville stands on 17 Nov 1831.

 

1840 Dale Co AL p 28

 

1850 Dale Co AL p 186

 

Noel's home, where his eight sons and one daughter were born, stood onthe Newton to Haw Ridge road half-way from Beaver Branch to where theClaybank-Dale road crossed.

His big farm was about half-way from the Ambrose Edwards farm and thecross-roads village of Ozark.

Noel P Dowling was listed in the household of Dempsey Dowling in the census in 1810 in Darlington Dist, SC.2

Noel P Dowling was listed in the household of Dempsey Dowling in the census in 1820 in Darlington Dist, SC.3

 

Noel married Sarah Delaney McDonald daughter of Rev. John McDonald and Sarah (Sally) McDonald in 1831.

 

He died on Jun 15, 1892.1 He was buried in Claybank Cem, Ozark, Dale Co, AL.1

 

 

 

Sarah Delaney McDonald1 was the daughter of Rev. John McDonald (1790- ) and Sarah (Sally) McDonald (1790- ). She and Noel P Dowling had the following children:

 

Sources

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Dale County Alabama Tomb Records. Custom Id: 11; Love Houston Memorial Library, ,, Dothan, Houston Co, AL. Call Number: 929.3761 HAY.

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1810 United States Federal Census, Darlington Dist, SC

Place: Darlington District 1810

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1820 United States Federal Census, Darlington Dist, SC

Place: Darlington District 1820

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