Brief Life History of Katharine Gatewood
When Katharine Gatewood Dowdy was born on 6 June 1826, in Hall, Georgia, United States, her father, Robert W. Dowdy, was 22 and her mother, Mary Ann Byrd, was 19. She married William Green Edwards on 16 April 1848, in Lumpkin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Dahlonega, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1870 and Adairsville, Bartow, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 17 November 1899, in Bartow, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Adairsville, Bartow, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Catherine Edwards in household of William Edwards, "United States Census, 1870"
- Katharine Gatewood Dowdy Edwards, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Dowdy in entry for Nancy J Worsham, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942"
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1828
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Georgia Non-County Area, Georgia, United States 1831: Cherokee, Georgia, United States 1832: Lumpkin, Georgia, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Doody . Compare Dowd .
English: nickname from early modern English dowdy ‘shabby, unattractive’. Compare Dowd .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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