Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Gowdey (1844 - 1883)

Born 14 Feb 1844 in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States

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Died 3 Oct 1883 at age 39 in Stuart, Adair, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Smith was born on Feb 14, 1844 in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois to John Smith and Eliza Allen. ^[1] She married James Henry Gowdey on 15 May 1860. ^[2] and died in Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa on 3 October 1883. ^[3][4]

• Census (1850) Putnam county, part of, Putnam, Illinois, United States
• Census (1860) Hennepin Township, Putnam, Illinois, United States
• Census (1870) Illinois, United States
• Census (1880) Lincoln, Adair, Iowa, United States; Marital Status Married; Occupation Keeping House
• Burial: North Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA; October 1883

Sources

1. ↑ Gowdey, Mahlon p. 455
2. ↑ Gowdey, Mahlon p. 455
3. ↑ Gowdey, Mahlon p. 455
4. ↑ Findagrave

US Census Data

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-KZK : 14 July 2016), Mary Gowdey in household of James Gowdey, Lincoln, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 5, sheet 78D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0325; FHL microfilm 1,254,325.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HY-HLG : 17 October 2014), Mary E Gandy in household of James H Gandy, Illinois, United States; citing p. 3, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,770.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHD-HQ3 : 30 December 2015), Mary E Smith in entry for John Smith, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8P1-8GW : 9 November 2014), Mary E Smith in household of John Smith, Putnam county, part of, Putnam, Illinois, United States; citing family 727, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Death Info

• Findagrave
  Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 December 2019), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Smith Gowdey (14 Feb 1844–3 Oct 1883), Find A Grave: Memorial #11243099, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252) .

Vital records of her Children

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-DSH : 8 March 2016), Mary Smith in entry for John H Collins and Lena Gowdey, 1886.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-FHS : 8 March 2016), Mary Smith in entry for David D Robertson and Stella E Gowdy, 1891.
• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6CP-W5B : 27 November 2014), Mary Elizabeth Smith in entry for Lana Ester Gowdy Collins, 10 Dec 1956; citing reference 26196, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,915.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJNF-XY9 : 8 March 2016), Mary E. Smith in entry for Henry Benson Curtis and Emma Gowdey, 1891.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-P4J : 8 March 2016), Mary E Smith in entry for Chas H Porter and Minnie N Gowdy, 1889.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-RMC : 8 March 2016), Mary Smith in entry for William H Gowdy and Alota B Backlow, 1904.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJQ2-FZV : 8 March 2016), Mary E Smith in entry for Hanibal Collins and Nettie Gowdey, 1885.
• "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-V545 : 29 October 2015), Mary Smith in entry for Manetta Collins, 02 Jul 1914; citing Death, Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, page 1, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,651,840.
• "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24D-DPCV : accessed 3 February 2017), Smith in entry for Edgar Gowdey, 23 Feb 1937; citing Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .

See Also

• Gowdy, Mahlonn
  Gowdy, Mahlon M.; ed. Rev. G.T. Ridlon, Sr A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade - Gadie - Gaudie - Gawdie -Gawdy - Goudy - Goudey - Gowdey - Gauden - Gaudern and the Variant Forms From A.D. 800 to A.D. 1919 ... (Lewiston, Maine: Journal Press, 1919) pp. 452-458
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 February 2017, 20:50), entry for Mary Elizabeth Smith(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZQR-68M); contributed by various users.