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Mary Marguerite “Mollie” Ashbaugh Dowd

Birth
Watson, Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Death
29 May 1925 (aged 68)
East Saint Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Watson, Effingham County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Mary was the daughter of John Seymour Ashbaugh & Catherine LeCrone. Although her marriage record shows her name as Mary Ann, her death certificate and obituary give her name as Mary Marguerite or Mary Margaret. Other records show her as M. M. or Mollie.

She married:
(1) William H. Loy on 2 Jul 1874 in Effingham Co., IL
(2) Daniel Dowd in 1912 in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL

Her obituary in the Effingham Daily Record includes: ". . .married in 1874 to W. H. Loy of Watson, to which union six children were born as follows: Hattie, Nettie, Anna, Myron deceased and Mrs. Julius Beemer living in this city and Mrs. Mattie Simonton of East St. Louis, who survive. Her first husband died in 1888 on July 5th and she married again 24 years later, in 1912 in E. St. Louis, to Daniel Dowds who survives. . .Besides the immediate members of her family she also leaves one brother, W. W. Ashbaugh, of Watson, and a grandson, Cameron Withers of Vandalia."

Mrs. Julius Beemer in the obituary = Mabel Loy. Daughter Nettie mentioned as preceding her mother in death married Edward C. Withers; Nettie died 5 Feb 1900. Grandson Cameron Withers mentioned in the obituary is Nettie's son.

The 1920 census shows that her 2nd husband, Daniel Dowd, was 30 years younger than she was.
Mary was the daughter of John Seymour Ashbaugh & Catherine LeCrone. Although her marriage record shows her name as Mary Ann, her death certificate and obituary give her name as Mary Marguerite or Mary Margaret. Other records show her as M. M. or Mollie.

She married:
(1) William H. Loy on 2 Jul 1874 in Effingham Co., IL
(2) Daniel Dowd in 1912 in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., IL

Her obituary in the Effingham Daily Record includes: ". . .married in 1874 to W. H. Loy of Watson, to which union six children were born as follows: Hattie, Nettie, Anna, Myron deceased and Mrs. Julius Beemer living in this city and Mrs. Mattie Simonton of East St. Louis, who survive. Her first husband died in 1888 on July 5th and she married again 24 years later, in 1912 in E. St. Louis, to Daniel Dowds who survives. . .Besides the immediate members of her family she also leaves one brother, W. W. Ashbaugh, of Watson, and a grandson, Cameron Withers of Vandalia."

Mrs. Julius Beemer in the obituary = Mabel Loy. Daughter Nettie mentioned as preceding her mother in death married Edward C. Withers; Nettie died 5 Feb 1900. Grandson Cameron Withers mentioned in the obituary is Nettie's son.

The 1920 census shows that her 2nd husband, Daniel Dowd, was 30 years younger than she was.


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