Doctor
Houston
(Dock)
Dial
Born about in Coweta County, GA
Ancestors 
Brother of
Joseph Franklin Dial
Husband of
Mattie (Owen) Dial
— married
12 Nov 1893 in the home of C.A. Owen, Cullman County, AL
Descendants 
Father of
Paskel Dial
Died about
at about age 75
in Cullman County, AL
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Apr 2015
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Biography
Doctor Houston Dial ( Dock ) son of Franklin Jackson Dial, was born Dec. 28,1873, in Coweta County, Georgia. He married Martha Jane (Mattie) Owen in Georgia, and moved to Cullman County, Alabama. (Mattie Owen and Dollie Frances Owen were sisters that married brothers, William Hinton Dial and Dock Dial.) Dock was 6 ft. 7 inches tall with a slender build, and wore size 13 shoes.
There's an account of Doctor Houston and his brother, William Hinton Dial being thrown out from a Baptist church for starting a fight. The brothers later returned to the church as members, and both brothers wound up marrying daughters of the pastor, Charles Abbot Owen.[1]
His occupation was listed as a farmer on his World War I Draft Registration Card, but his family remembers him working in the woods cutting timber for the sawmills[2].
His nieces said that he was like a big kid playing with them and they all loved him dearly. He always wore a giant black hat.
Sources
- ↑ As related to Nathan Dial by Carole Thomas Kane, April 16, 2015
- ↑ Personal account of Thurman Horton Dial, grandson, as related to Nathan Dial, April 16, 2015
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dock by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dock:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dock by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dock:
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~25.00%
Thurman Dial
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #175624
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~6.25%
Nathan Dial :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #414636
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