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William Ben Dowless

Birth: 8 Aug 1894
Parkton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA
Death: 8 Feb 1960 (aged 65)
Abbottsburg, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Burial: Old Field Cemetery

Bladenboro, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 10752429 View Source

William Ben Dowless married Mary Julia "Jewel" Callahan in Bladen County, NC on January 31, 1914.

He was the founder of Dowless Tobacco Curers in Abbottsburg, Bladen County, North Carolina and was the developer of numerous commercial properties in Bladenboro, Lumberton, Elizabethtown and White Lake.

His children (all born in Abbottsburg, Bladen County, NC:)

Hattie Dowless Bryant Walters 1914-1980
Addie Leola Dowless Russ 1917-1982
John C. Dowless 1920-1924
Maggie Dowless Coombs 1922-1981
Junnie Dowless 1925-1964
Rosella Dowless Perry 1927-1979
Alma Lou Dowless Lowe Bullard 1928-1983
William Ben "Hoover" Dowless Jr 1930-1990
Josephine "Kitten" Dowless Conner 1934-2007

William Ben Dowless married Mary Julia "Jewel" Callahan in Bladen County, NC on January 31, 1914.

He was the founder of Dowless Tobacco Curers in Abbottsburg, Bladen County, North Carolina and was the developer of numerous commercial properties in Bladenboro, Lumberton, Elizabethtown and White Lake.

His children (all born in Abbottsburg, Bladen County, NC:)

Hattie Dowless Bryant Walters 1914-1980
Addie Leola Dowless Russ 1917-1982
John C. Dowless 1920-1924
Maggie Dowless Coombs 1922-1981
Junnie Dowless 1925-1964
Rosella Dowless Perry 1927-1979
Alma Lou Dowless Lowe Bullard 1928-1983
William Ben "Hoover" Dowless Jr 1930-1990
Josephine "Kitten" Dowless Conner 1934-2007

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