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Martha Alice Cockayne Dowell

Birth
Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death
1875 (aged 48–49)
Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Dodgeville, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Martha's death date is the subject of ongoing research. Martha was dead when her father wrote his will in 1888, and there is a court record indicating Martha died before 1872 because at this time, Martha's brother-in-law, William Clark, assumed guardianship of the youngest children, Josephine and William Sherman Dowell. Martha married Richard Dowel/Dowell on 31October1847, and the couple farmed and raised a family in Des Moines County, Iowa. Their children included Sarah, Mary, Druzilla, Susan, Louisa, Samuel, Stephen Alonzo, Martha Alice, Josephine, and William Sherman Dowell. (William Sherman Dowell's Find A Grave memorial # is 37395429). Martha gave birth to a son, presumably out of wedlock, in 1845. This son, Henry Clay Cockayne, went by his mother's surname and died in action during the Civil War.
Martha's death date is the subject of ongoing research. Martha was dead when her father wrote his will in 1888, and there is a court record indicating Martha died before 1872 because at this time, Martha's brother-in-law, William Clark, assumed guardianship of the youngest children, Josephine and William Sherman Dowell. Martha married Richard Dowel/Dowell on 31October1847, and the couple farmed and raised a family in Des Moines County, Iowa. Their children included Sarah, Mary, Druzilla, Susan, Louisa, Samuel, Stephen Alonzo, Martha Alice, Josephine, and William Sherman Dowell. (William Sherman Dowell's Find A Grave memorial # is 37395429). Martha gave birth to a son, presumably out of wedlock, in 1845. This son, Henry Clay Cockayne, went by his mother's surname and died in action during the Civil War.

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