Malissa Jane Dowdy was born in Alabama in 1834 (source is Dowdy family Bible) to Margaret (Myers) and William Dowdy. Some sources show different dates for her birthdate. She moved with her parents and siblings to Texas around 1850. She married William Hiram Jones on January 30, 1855 in Cherokee County, Texas. Malissa's older sister Margaret Rebecca Dowdy was William's first wife. She died in 1854 leaving a young son John Francis Jones, memorial # 70638414.
Malissy and William had 10 children and eight of them lived to adulthood. William Hiram died in approximately 1896 at Ratcliff, Houston County, Texas. He is most likely buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery about 7 miles from Ratcliff in an unmarked grave. After William passed away, Malissa left Texas and moved to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) with her son Henry. They are found on the 1900 US census living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Henry married in 1903 and Malissa moved with them to Eliasville, Young county, Texas.
Children: William Russell, James, Marcus, Jack, George, Henry Payne, Stephen Dowdy, Mary Jane (Jones) Tramel and two infants. No information as to what happened to sons Marcus or Jack.
Siblings with memorials:
) Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Sr
) Katherine Barbara Dowdy Wells
) Sarah Evaline Dowdy Sides
Malissy and William had 10 children and eight of them lived to adulthood. William Hiram died in approximately 1896 at Ratcliff, Houston County, Texas. He is most likely buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery about 7 miles from Ratcliff in an unmarked grave. After William passed away, Malissa left Texas and moved to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) with her son Henry. They are found on the 1900 US census living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Henry married in 1903 and Malissa moved with them to Eliasville, Young county, Texas.
Children: William Russell, James, Marcus, Jack, George, Henry Payne, Stephen Dowdy, Mary Jane (Jones) Tramel and two infants. No information as to what happened to sons Marcus or Jack.
Siblings with memorials:
) Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Sr
) Katherine Barbara Dowdy Wells
) Sarah Evaline Dowdy Sides
Malissa Jane Dowdy was born in Alabama in 1834 (source is Dowdy family Bible) to Margaret (Myers) and William Dowdy. Some sources show different dates for her birthdate. She moved with her parents and siblings to Texas around 1850. She married William Hiram Jones on January 30, 1855 in Cherokee County, Texas. Malissa's older sister Margaret Rebecca Dowdy was William's first wife. She died in 1854 leaving a young son John Francis Jones, memorial # 70638414.
Malissy and William had 10 children and eight of them lived to adulthood. William Hiram died in approximately 1896 at Ratcliff, Houston County, Texas. He is most likely buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery about 7 miles from Ratcliff in an unmarked grave. After William passed away, Malissa left Texas and moved to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) with her son Henry. They are found on the 1900 US census living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Henry married in 1903 and Malissa moved with them to Eliasville, Young county, Texas.
Children: William Russell, James, Marcus, Jack, George, Henry Payne, Stephen Dowdy, Mary Jane (Jones) Tramel and two infants. No information as to what happened to sons Marcus or Jack.
Siblings with memorials:
) Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Sr
) Katherine Barbara Dowdy Wells
) Sarah Evaline Dowdy Sides
Malissy and William had 10 children and eight of them lived to adulthood. William Hiram died in approximately 1896 at Ratcliff, Houston County, Texas. He is most likely buried at Mount Pisgah Cemetery about 7 miles from Ratcliff in an unmarked grave. After William passed away, Malissa left Texas and moved to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) with her son Henry. They are found on the 1900 US census living in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Henry married in 1903 and Malissa moved with them to Eliasville, Young county, Texas.
Children: William Russell, James, Marcus, Jack, George, Henry Payne, Stephen Dowdy, Mary Jane (Jones) Tramel and two infants. No information as to what happened to sons Marcus or Jack.
Siblings with memorials:
) Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Sr
) Katherine Barbara Dowdy Wells
) Sarah Evaline Dowdy Sides
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