Olive (Libby) Dowling (1801 - bef. 1850)

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Olive Libby was born at Machiasport, Maine, 15 Jan 1801, the daughter of Nathan Libby and Polly Larrabee; ^[1] died, perhaps at Marion, Maine, after the birth of her youngest child, Phebe, and before 3 Sep 1850, when her husband was enumerated there with his second wife, Sarah (_____); ^[2] married, before 30 Nov 1824 (birth of oldest known child), Silas Turner Dowling, ^[3] as his first wife.

Children, all born at Whiting:^[4]

1. Louisa "Eliza" Dowling, b 30 Nov 1824; m John Boxwell
2. William B. Dowling, b 17 Aug 1826; m Margaret Elderkin
3. Urban H. Dowling, b 11 Oct 1828; m Jane "Eliza" Pomroy
4. Simeon C. Dowling, b 4 May 1830; m Nancy E. Pomroy of Saint James, New Brunswick
5. Julia Ann Dowling, b 13 Nov 1832 or 1833; m Francis "Frank" Gardner
6. Josephine H. Dowling, b 16 Mar 1835; d 1910; m (1) bef 1862 (_____) Bartlett; m (2) at Whiting, 26 Mar 1862, Elisha B. Hanscom; m (3) at Bay City, Michigan, 26 Sep 1887, David C. Elsemore, 18 years her junior, son of Maria Gardner and James Elsemore.
7. Silas Turner Dowling, Jr., b 17 Jul 1838 or 1839; m 1875, Anna Patterson, b 5 Jul 1860, daughter of Henry and Mary (____) Patterson
8. Phebe G. Dowling, b 13 Mar 1842; d 5 Aug 1854

Sources

1. ↑ Gladys Hall Forslund, The History of Whiting, Maine (Advertiser Publishing Company, Calais, Maine, 1975, 95 pages), p. 77, where her mother is called "Patty" Larrabee.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-51X : 22 December 2020), Silas T Dowling, Marion Township, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Forslund, loc. cit.
4. ↑ Forslund, loc. cit.

See also:

• Judith Field Stuntz, John Libby Descendants (WorldConnect database at rootsweb.com), Olive Libby. Cit. Date: 11 Mar 2021