Glovie R Dowell

Brief Life History of Glovie R

When Glovie R Dowell was born on 29 May 1879, in Illinois, United States, her father, Zachary Taylor Dowell, was 31 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Lay, was 18. She married Albert Davis Fullerton on 29 November 1902, in Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States in 1930 and Polk, Missouri, United States in 1935. She died on 3 July 1943, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Pleasant Hope Cemetery, Pleasant Hope, Polk, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Davis Fullerton
1870–1938
Glovie R Dowell
1879–1943
Marriage: 29 November 1902
Mary Ethel Fullerton
1903–1996
Ula M Fullerton
1906–1977
Alice G Fullerton
1908–2006
Albert Boyd Fullerton
1916–1987

Sources (16)

  • Glorrie Fullerton in household of Una Eaton, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dowell, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • Glovie Dowell Fullerton, "Find A Grave Index"

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1885 · The First Skyscraper

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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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