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Harriet Rebecca Tanner Dowdell
27 Jun 1857 – 8 Apr 1927
| Birth | 27 Jun 1857 |
| Death | 8 Apr 1927 |
| Cemetery | Ryan Cemetery Tarkington Prairie , Liberty County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Jill Nelson on 12 Nov 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7197779 |
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children- T N Jackson of East Tarkington, Tx, E D Dowell of Gaylor Lake, Sallie Welch of CXleveland, Tx, Mary Spain of KingsvilleGreetings, ------------------------- I found this obituary in the Cleveland Advocate Archives and thought you may like to see it too...Cheryl April 14, 1927, pg. 1 Last Friday at about five p.m. the spirit of Mrs. Harriett Dowdell, wife of P. M. Dowdell departed for its home on high, and on Saturday her remains were laid to rest in the Ryan Cemetery. She had been taken to the hospital in Conroe Monday, and a surgical operation was performed on Tuesday in the hope of saving her life, but she continued to fail until Friday evening when the end came. Mrs. Dowdell was born in Liberty County June 27, 1857 and lived here almost her entire life. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom survive her. They are T. N. Jackson, of East Tarkington, E. D. Dowdell of Gaylor Lake, Mrs. Sallie Welch of Cleveland, and Mrs. Mary Spain of Kingsville. Mrs. Dowdell was a member of the Baptist Church for over forty years. She was a descendant of an early Texas pioneer family. Her grandfather Ed Tanner came from the north, down through Louisiana and drove his ox wagon across the Sabine river in 1825. His five sons helped to drive out the wild men and the wild beasts and make Texas independent and one of them, Edward Jr. Reared a family of ten children, one of whom was Mrs. Dowdell. Only two of the ten still live. They are Thomas M. (Pony) Tanner, of Port Lavaca, and Mrs. John McClendon Sr. of Macedonia. Rev. W. H. Jones of Conroe preached the funeral in the presence of a large concourse of people. T. M. Tanner, 80 years old brother of Mrs. P. M. Dowdell came from his home at Port Lavaca and attended her funeral. We wish to thank our friends for their kindness to our wife, mother and grandmother, and also for their words of comfort and condolence to us since her death. P. M. Dowdell, T. N. Jackson and family, E. D. Dowdell and family, H. H. Spain and family, C. L. Welch and family, Ada Wright, and R. W. Jeffris
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Family
Parents
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Siblings
- Thomas Marion Tanner 1847–1930
- Sally A. Tanner Lum 1848–1904
- Mary Isobelle Tanner Young 1850–1905
- Morris Joel Tanner 1852–1913
- Lucy Jane Tanner Jackson 1855–1906
- Edward J. Tanner 1861–1907
- Elizabeth D. Tanner McClendon 1863–1934
Children
- Thomas Nicholas Jackson 1872–1941
- Emmett Daniel Dowdell 1881–1955
- Iva M. Dowdell 1887–1901
- Sallie Dowdell Welch 1890–1933
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