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James Henry Gowdey (1839 - 1926)

James Henry Gowdey
Born in Westport, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 86 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

James Henry Gowdey was born on 24 December 1839 in Westport, Connecticut, to John Gowdey and Magdalene Van Buren Russell. [1] (Note: the birthplace is incorrectly indexed as West Post. It is given as Hartford, Connecticut in Gowdy's A Family History... [2] and elsewhere as Westbrook, Connecticut.)

Census and Residence Facts

  • Census (1850) Livingston, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  • Census (1860) Hennepin Township, Putnam, Illinois, United States
  • Census (1870) Illinois, United States
  • Census (1880) Lincoln, Adair, Iowa, United States
  • Census (1885) Stuart, Stuart, Adair, Iowa
  • Pension (1885)
  • Census (1895) Guthrie, Iowa, United States
  • Census (1900) Stuart city (pt.) Ward 1-2, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; Marital Status Widowed
  • Census (1905) Guthrie, Iowa, United States; Marital Status Widowed
  • Census (1915) Stuart Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; Marital Status Widowed
  • Pension (from 1907 to 1926) United States
  • Census (1920) Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; Marital Status Widowed

Military Service -- Civil War

  • Served in Union Army, 1861-1865, 69th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Company D
  • Applied for pension on 21 Sep1885; Application No.550.116; granted as Certificate No. 622.186
  • Pension payments ranged from $12 in 1907 to $72 in Dec 1921. Deceased 31 March 1926.

Death and Burial

  • Death: Lafayette, TIppecaoe, Indiana on 31 March 1926
  • Burial: North Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA; April 1926
  • Grand Army of the Republic marker at gravesite

Sources

  1. ↑ Indiana Death Certificate
  2. ↑ Gowdy, Mahlon

Death and burial Records

  • Indiana Death Certificate
    Ancestry.com. Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Indiana State Board of Health. Death Certificates, 1900–2011. Microfilm. Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana. (NOTE: Informant was son-in-law David D. Robertson, husband of Estella Ellen 'Stella' Gowdey).
  • Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 December 2019), memorial page for James Henry Gowdey (1839–1926), Find A Grave: Memorial #11243096, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by 46620252 (contributor 46620252) .
  • Ancestry.com. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d..
  • Iowa Gravestone Photo Project has image of marker and states '1 of 3 graves grouped near the Mary E. Gowdey Family Stone' in North Oak Grove Cemetery, Guthrie County, Iowa.

Service in Union Army

  • "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K64V-CK3 : 12 December 2014), James H Gowdey, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,905.
  • "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYG-GX2 : 3 April 2015), James H Gowdy, 1885.
  • "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9GK-LY4 : 4 December 2014), James Gowdy, Private, Company D, 69th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 881,654.

US and Iowa Census Records

  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8B1-92Q : accessed 3 February 2017), James H Gowdy in household of Minnie H Porter, Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing ED 63, sheet 8B, line 54, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 491; FHL microfilm 1,820,491.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4T-M7L2 : 5 October 2016), Jas H Gowdy, 1915; citing Stuart Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,437,720.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1905", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23B8-2QZ : 22 August 2016), James H Gowdy, 1905.
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KL-53K : accessed 3 February 2017), James Goudy, Stuart city (pt.) Ward 1-2, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 9A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,434.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT33-GKH : 17 November 2014), James H Gowdy in household of Charles H Porter, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing p. 542, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,356.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4TL-C3Z : 15 November 2014), James Gowdy, Stuart, Stuart, Adair, Iowa; citing p. 89, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,316.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-KZV : 14 July 2016), 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-HLL : 17 October 2014), 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-8PR : 30 December 2015), James Goudy in entry for George Sellers, 1860.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MF-DKD : 9 November 2014), James H Gowdy in household of John Gaudy, Livingston, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing family 29, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Vital Records for His Children

See also

  • Gowdy, Mahlon
    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 03 February 2017, 00:56), entry for James Henry Gowdey(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZZW-FRK); contributed by various users.




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