Nancy L. Martin was born 5 August 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina, and was married c. 1844 to James Dowling (1823-1864), probably in Dale County, Alabama. She was a daughter of Randol and Mary (McKinnon) Martin.
Family members remembered Nancy Martin Dowling as an old woman sitting on her front porch. They also remember her talking about her husband's death. James died of disease at a military hospital in Danville, Virginia, on 12 September 1864. He had been set to return home on furlough to recuperate from his illness, accompanied by his nephew Samuel Ezekiel Hallford. James' condition worsened suddenly and he died. Hallford continued the journey to Alabama alone. Nancy saw a man in a cloud of dust coming down the lane to her home. She hoped that James had returned, but, to her sorrow, it was his nephew arriving alone to tell her of her husband's death and burial in Virginia.
Nancy continued to rear her nine surviving children alone. She remained a widow for almost half a century, her death occurring 26 May 1910 in Dale County, Alabama. She is buried at Claybank Cemetery beside her in-laws Dempsey and Martha (Stokes) Dowling.
The Southern Star, Newton, AL, Wed. Mar. 30, 1910
Aunt Nancy Dowling--very aged lady, died at the home of Mrs. James Johnson, five miles south of town at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. She was buried in the Cemetery at Clay Bank Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the presence of a large congregation. Her Pastor, Rev. Mr. Lynch, of Ozark, had charge of the funeral services, and in which others ere invited to take part.
Nancy L. Martin was born 5 August 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina, and was married c. 1844 to James Dowling (1823-1864), probably in Dale County, Alabama. She was a daughter of Randol and Mary (McKinnon) Martin.
Family members remembered Nancy Martin Dowling as an old woman sitting on her front porch. They also remember her talking about her husband's death. James died of disease at a military hospital in Danville, Virginia, on 12 September 1864. He had been set to return home on furlough to recuperate from his illness, accompanied by his nephew Samuel Ezekiel Hallford. James' condition worsened suddenly and he died. Hallford continued the journey to Alabama alone. Nancy saw a man in a cloud of dust coming down the lane to her home. She hoped that James had returned, but, to her sorrow, it was his nephew arriving alone to tell her of her husband's death and burial in Virginia.
Nancy continued to rear her nine surviving children alone. She remained a widow for almost half a century, her death occurring 26 May 1910 in Dale County, Alabama. She is buried at Claybank Cemetery beside her in-laws Dempsey and Martha (Stokes) Dowling.
The Southern Star, Newton, AL, Wed. Mar. 30, 1910
Aunt Nancy Dowling--very aged lady, died at the home of Mrs. James Johnson, five miles south of town at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. She was buried in the Cemetery at Clay Bank Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the presence of a large congregation. Her Pastor, Rev. Mr. Lynch, of Ozark, had charge of the funeral services, and in which others ere invited to take part.
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