Born in Benton County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of William M. Johnson
and Fredonia Elizabeth (Alston) Johnson
Sister of
Ben Howard Johnson, Ida (Johnson) Nowell, Emma Mae (Johnson) Hatley, Willie Johnson, Lee Johnson and Thomas Harold Johnson
Wife of
James Bulus Nowell Sr.
— married
29 Nov 1906 in Gibson County, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Bennie Bulus Nowell, Mamie Elizabeth (Nowell) Hoggatt, Maggie (Nowell) Jeter, Johnnie Virginia (Nowell) Davis, Delbert Sidney Nowell, [private daughter (1920s - 2000s)], J. B. Nowell Jr. and Harold David Nowell
Died
at age 82
in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Nowell Name Study.
My grandmother was born in Benton County, TN to Wm. M. and Fredonia Elizabeth Johnson on 7 Oct 1883. She married my grandfather, James Bulus Nowell, Sr. on the 29 Nov 1899 in Gibson County, TN. She was his third wife. Together they had eight children. She died at the age of 82 on 27 Oct 1965 in Trenton, Gibson County, TN, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Sources
1900 Census of Crockett County, TN, 7th Civil District, Sheet 7B, Line 69, Dwelling 127, Family 130, dated 16 June 1900.
1910 Census of Gibson County, TN, 7th District, sheet 7B, Line 87, Dwelling 94, Family 94, dated 25 Apr 1910.
1920 Census of Gibson County, TN, Civil District 7, Sheet 21A, Gibson County Farm, Line 2, Dwelling 375, Family 390, dated 10 Feb 1920.
1930 Census of Gibson County, TN, 7th Civil District, Sheet 9B, Gibson County Poor Farm, Line 79, Dwelling 185, Family 192, dated 18 Apr 1930.
1940 Census of Gibson County, TN, District 7, Sheet 6A, Line 12, Household #95, dated 18 Apr 1940.
Tennessee State Marriages, 1770 - 2002, Gibson County, TN, December 1906, p. 131 on Ancestry.com.
Tennessee, find A Grave Website, 1777 - 2012 [1]
The NC Nowell Family Connection website at Rootsweb: [2]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora 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 Dora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dora 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 Dora:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Dola (Nowell) Acree 
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~0.78%
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