When James Terry Dowell was born on 20 September 1832, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Martin Dowell, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Ann Terry, was 24. He married Mary Elizabeth Camp on 15 June 1860, in Smith, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Garden Valley, Smith, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 8, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1900. He died on 6 November 1910, in Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 78.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Smith, Texas, United States
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see McDowell ).
English: nickname from Middle English do well, do will ‘do well’. Compare Farwell 1 and Gowell .
English: variant of Doll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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