Born in Hall County, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert W. Dowdy
and Mary Ann (Byrd) Dowdy
Sister of
Alfred J Dowdy, Katherine Gatewood (Dowdy) Edwards, Margaret Dowdy, James Richard Dowdy, Mitchell Dowdy, Unknown Dowdy, Mary Ann Dowdy and Rachel Dowdy
Wife of
John Hipps
— married
7 Mar 1866 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
John Byrd Dowdy
Died
at about age 84
in Hazlehurst, , Georgia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2015
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Biography
Martha (aka June) was born in 1840. She was the daughter of Robert Dowdy and Rachel Byrd.
She married John Hipps on 07 Mar 1866 in Lumpkin, Georgia.[1]
She passed away in 1924. [2]
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Sources
- ↑ "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWH5-B2P : 24 December 2014), John B. Hipps and June Dowdy, 07 Mar 1866; citing , Lumpkin, Georgia; FHL microfilm 281,677.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jenna Parker, Monday, May 4, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~3.12%
Joe Cook
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M801359 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
J. Edwards :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A132425 [compare], Ancestry member JaneEdwards43
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~1.56%
Ben Dowdey :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A660703 [compare], Ancestry member bcdal
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T476282 [compare], FTDNA kit #798695
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~0.39%
Tiffany (Brown) Vandeford :
AncestryDNA
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Her father Rev. Robert Dowdy went after her and switched her all the way home. But Martha was with child. When the boy was born she named him John after the father, Byrd after her mother maiden name, and Dowdy after her father. 'John Byrd Dowdy' After that Martha married a man name John Hipps.