Born in Jasper, Walker, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Sr.
and Elisabeth (Sides) Dowdy
Sister of
William Albert Dowdy, Henry James Dowdy, John Benjamin Dowdy, James L. Dowdy, Margaret Jane (Dowdy) Sides, Jonathan T. Dowdy, Robert Freeman Dowdy, Barbara Susan (Dowdy) Edwards, George Washington Dowdy, Nancy Elizabeth Dowdy, Mahalley Louisa (Dowdy) Barmore, Marcus Lafayette Dowdy Jr. and Phoebe (Dowdy) Thomason
Wife of
Elbert Lafayette Sides Jr.
— married
27 Dec 1866 [location unknown]
Wife of
Jonathan Craig Copeland
— married
Jun 1886 in Erath, Texas, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 76
in Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2018
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Biography
Family records of Leonard Davilla "Lennie" (Fretwell) Roberson- Dowdy and husbands William Henry Roberson and Marcus Lafayette Dowdy, and descendants compiled 1975-2018 by B. L. McCarty
Martha was born in 1848. She passed away in 1924.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNW-S2P : 15 July 2017), Martha Sides in entry for E L Sides, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 151, sheet 56A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1302; FHL microfilm 1,255,302.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LS-D8R : accessed 23 May 2019), Martha A Copeland in household of John C Copeland, Justice Precinct 8, Burnet, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 3A, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,616.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #210518848 for Martha Ann Dowdy Gilmore (1848–1924), citing Clairette Cemetery, Clairette, Erath County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by BeNotForgot (contributor 46974545).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. 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. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~6.25%
Richard Dowdy
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jerry Williams :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DP8559793 [compare], Ancestry member jernben
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Amber (Jameson) Spillman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QK1089805 [compare], yourDNAportal AMBb6e95337, Ancestry member aspill8443
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Mack Tyner :
23andMe, GEDmatch GM7833095 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A541884 [compare], Ancestry member macktynerIII
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Lynn (Tyner) Redmon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UZ8220191 [compare]
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Bill McCarty
Bill McCarty
Dowdy-793 and Dowdy-740 appear to represent the same person because: duplicates
posted
by Bill McCarty
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