Brief Life History of Absalom Porter
When Absalom Porter Dowdle was born on 1 June 1819, in Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, United States, his father, Robert Dowdle, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Ann Robinson, was 19. He married Sarah Ann Holladay on 6 September 1845, in Marion, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1852 and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1855. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 5 June 1897, in Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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- A P Dowdle, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Absalom Porter Dowdle - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Absalom Porter Dowdle
- Absalom Porter Dowdle, "Find A Grave Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1834
Victoria's first successful British settlement was at Portland, on the west coast of what is now Victoria. Portland was settled on 19 November 1834
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dowdell .
Altered form of German Daudl, Dautel, which derived from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Theudulf, composed of the elements theod ‘people, race’ + wulf ‘wolf’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Short History of the Life of John Holladay (1798-1862)
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