Hello All,
My Mother's roots are in Jackson-Jennings counties of Indiana.
She has asked me to see if I could find any information
regarding her family in the area.
Mom's maiden name is Dowd. Her full name is Katherine
Virginia Dowd. Her brother's name is Harry S. Dowd.
They are the children of Kenneth Dowd (b.1897 d. 8/43)
and Jemima May Stewart (b. 5/16 in Washington IN,
d. 8/46)
Kenneth Dowd had a brother, Fletcher Dowd. Fletcher
ran a funeral home in North Vernon and both worked in
a family run furniture store at one time.
The father of Kenneth and Fletcher would be Harry H. Dowd
and Mom thinks his wife's name was Jane. That is all we
have on that side of the family.
Jemima Stewart was the daughter of Joe Stewart b. Jennings
county, 1878 and Sarah Sade Shaw b. Jennings county 1880.
Joe Stewart had a sister named Bessie. Sarah Shaw had a
sister named Eldie.
Joe Stewart was an engineer on the B&O line running through
Seymour for 50 years. He ran the Cincinnati - St. Louis run
on the passenger train "The Diplomat" through the end of
WWII.
The parents of Joseph Stewart were Mr, & Mrs William Stewart
The Parents of Sade (Sara) Shaw were Mr. & Mrs.
Benjiman Shaw. We have no more information.
Are any of these names known to anyone on this list?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!
Mike O'Rear
mso(a)elcic.com