Francis Melissa (Pridgen) Dowling (1866 - 1943)

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Biography

Francis (aka Melissa) was born in 1866.

She married Robert Dowling. In 1920, they were living in .^[1] The following people were in the home:

• Robert Y Dowling Head Male 35 Alabama
• Melissa Dowling Wife Female 34 Alabama
• Alonzo G Dowling Son Male 13 Alabama
• Bertha M Dowling Daughter Female 11 Alabama
• Katy F Dowling Daughter Female 9 Alabama
• Fred Dowling Son Male 8 Alabama
• Gramio Dowling Daughter Female 6 Alabama
• Samuel M Dowling Son Male 1 Alabama

Her husband passed away in 1924. In 1930, the widow Melissa was head of household in Ozark, Dale, Alabama. Four of her adult children (Gramo, Sam, Grace and Robert) were living with her as well as a boarder.^[2]

She passed away in 1943. Burial was in the Claybank Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98Z-G43 : accessed 16 September 2018), Melissa Dowling in household of Robert Y Dowling, Precinct 1 Ozark Ozark village Ward 1-5, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 6A, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,012.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3XGH-56Z : accessed 16 September 2018), Frances Dowling, Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 22A, line 12, family 531, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 13; FHL microfilm 2,339,748.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 September 2018), memorial page for Francis Melissa Pridgen Dowling (1 Jul 1866–18 Apr 1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #9436684, citing Claybank Cemetery, Ozark, Dale County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Christine Thacker (contributor 44643987) .