dowdy, george
2/22/1902 – 10/22/1932
- Name variants
- Dowdy, George;George Dowdy;George Dowdy - Father (cert of Jennie Luttrell);George Dowdy [?];Geo. Dowdy
- Record count
- 24
- Sources
- census-1900,census-1920,death_certs,life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Cane Creek; Dexter; Dexter,Missouri; Dexter,Mo.; Garner Crossing; Liberty; Richland Township,Stoddard County,Missouri; Tatum; Tennessee,Dexter; Dexter,Mo.
- First event date
- 1860-09-01
- Last event date
- 1930-10-17
Timeline — 27 events
- 1860-09-01 Richland Township, Stoddard County, Missouri. age: 19; sex: M; occupation: Laborer; birthplace: Kentucky; cannot read/write: 1; dwelling no.: 896; family no.: 840; line no.: 4; stamped page: 465; sheet page: 113; asst. marshal: W H Bedford
- 1860-09-03 Richland Township, Stoddard County, Missouri. age: 3; sex: M; birthplace: Missouri; dwelling no.: 929; family no.: 871; line no.: 11; stamped page: 469; sheet page: 117; asst. marshal: W H Bedford
- 1902-02-22 Born in Dexter, Missouri. Parents: J. Dowdy / Anna Syts.
- 1911-01-04 Dexter. Dexter Public School honor roll Dec 1910 Room 4 Miss Pruitt Quote: "Room No. 4. Miss Pruitt. Graydon Ulen, Esther Webster, Mary Wilcox, George Dowdy, Hazel Wood, Lawrence Baldwin, Helen Liles, Dortha Blankenship, Luryine Hart, Mabel Hall, Ethe"
- 1913-08-06 Cane Creek. A bunch of young heathens were swimming at George Dowdy's pond last Sunday amid hot dry weather; vegetation on the water had caught fire and smoldered Quote: "a bunch of young heathens were in swimming at George Dowdy's pond last Sunday"
- 1913-12-03 Garner Crossing. George Dowdy and wife and Mesdames Fred Book and Henry Shaler were Sunday guests of Dock Dowdy and family Co-mentioned: Dock Dowdy. Quote: "George Dowdy and wife and Mesdames Fred Book and Henry Shaler were guests of Dock Dowdy and family Sunday."
- 1917-03-29 Dexter, Mo.. Honor student, March 1917 (Dexter schools): not absent, not tardy, deportment "S", class work good; Room 12, Mr. Hyslop, Teacher Co-mentioned: Mr. Hyslop, Teacher. Quote: "STANDARD - Not absent; not tardy; deportment "S;" class work good. A. S. Boucher, Supt. Schools."
- 1917-04-12 Dexter, Mo.. Eighth-grade pupil present at Gladys Estes' Easter party, evening of April 6th Co-mentioned: Gladys Estes. Quote: "The following pupils were present: Muriel Stady, Maxine Gholson, Opal Lemon, Cora Stewart, Patsy Fields, Hazel Woods, Ethel Hughes, Bertha Watts, Ted Alexander, Ralph Clark…
- 1917-05-03 Dexter, Mo.. Honor student for April 1917, Room 12. STANDARD-Not absent; not tardy; deportment 'S;' class work good Co-mentioned: Room 12, Mr. Hyslop, Teacher. Quote: "STANDARD-Not absent; not tardy; deportment 'S;' class work good."
- 1925-03-06 Dexter. Dowdy's Drug Store is getting interior decoration under the delicate skillful touch of George Dowdy
- 1925-03-20 Dexter. George Dowdy is doing the interior decorating of the corner drug store and between times waiting on the fast growing trade Quote: "George Dowdy is certainly showing his ability as a real worker now-a-days"
- 1925-07-24 Dexter. George Dowdy and wife were in St. Louis this week and visited Mrs. Dowdy's parents in East St. Louis; Leo Mayer, Mrs. Dowdy's brother, returned home with them Co-mentioned: wife; Leo Mayer. Quote: "Leo Mayer, Mrs. Dowdy's brother, returned home with them."
- 1926-10-08 Dexter. Post Dispatch (St. Louis) agent; paper delivered by 6:30 in the morning Quote: "See George Dowdy About Your Paper Today"
- 1926-11-05 Dexter. See GEORGE DOWDY for the Post-Dispatch, daily and Sunday Quote: "See GEORGE DOWDY for the Post-Dispatch, daily and Sunday."
- 1926-11-12 Dexter. See George Dowdy for the Post-Dispatch, daily or Sunday Quote: ""See GEORGE DOWDY for the Post-Dispatch, daily or Sunday""
- 1926-11-19 Dexter. See George Dowdy for the Post-Dispatch, daily and Sunday Quote: "See GEORGE DOWDY for the Post-Dispatch, daily and Sunday."
- 1928-10-12 Dexter. George Dowdy, his wife, and his mother of Dexter spent Tuesday with Mrs. L. F. Mayer Co-mentioned: L. F. Mayer. Quote: "George Dowdy, wife and mother of Dexter, spent Tuesday with Mrs. L. F. Mayer"
- 1929-04-26 Dexter. Painted this week the interior of Dowdy's soft drink parlor; a decided improvement Quote: "George Dowdy painted, this week, not his features, but the interior of Dowdy's soft drink parlor."
- 1929-06-21 Dexter. Proprietor of Dowdy's Drug store; 'has dolled up the interior of Dowdy's Drug store's refreshment parlor till it looks like a million dollars'; described as an artist Quote: "George Dowdy has dolled up the interior of Dowdy's Drug store's refreshment parlor till it looks like a million dolla…
- 1929-09-06 Dexter. Read the Latest and Best Novels at 25c each. We have on our shelves 150 of the LATEST AND BEST SELLERS. Ask George Dowdy at J. J. DOWDY'S DRUG STORE
- 1929-09-13 Dexter. '"They Stooped to Folly," by Ella Glasgow, rent it for 10 days for 25c. GEORGE DOWDY.' 'Read Best Sellers, costing $1 to $2 for 25c for ten days. See GEO. DOWDY at J. J. DOWDY'S Drug Store.'
- 1929-09-20 Dexter. Mrs. George Dowdy returned from St. Louis Sunday, after having spent the past three weeks there as the guest of her brothers Quote: "Mrs. George Dowdy returned from St. Louis Sunday, after having spent the past three weeks there as the guest of her brothers."
- 1929-10-04 Tatum. Mrs. George Dowdy, of Dexter, spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. L. F. Mayer Co-mentioned: L. F. Mayer. Quote: "Mrs. George Dowdy of Dexter spent Tuesday with her mother Mrs. L. F. Mayer."
- 1930-10-17 Dexter. Dowdy's Drug Store has installed its own lighting system, a dynamo and an oil engine of sufficient capacity to light the entire building; George Dowdy was the divining genius, aided by Dowdy Senior and O. B. Flagg
- 1932-10-22 Age 30y 8m 0d. Cause: Typhoid (Sept 20, 1932). Burial: Dexter.
- (undated) Dexter. Geo. Dowdy visited relatives in St. Louis a few days last week
- (undated) St. Louis. George Dowdy was in St. Louis shopping this week Quote: ""George Dowdy was in St. Louis shopping this week.""
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.