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Descendants of Jesse Dowis


Generation No. 1

1. JESSE1 DOWIS He married CHARITY MILLS.

Children of JESSE DOWIS and CHARITY MILLS are:
2. i. ROBERT2 DOWIS.
3. ii. REBECCA DOWIS.


Generation No. 2

2. ROBERT2 DOWIS (JESSE1) He married NANCY STEELE November 07, 1828 in
Whitley County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM STEELE and ANNA ROBINETT. She
was born January 09, 1803 in Virginia, and died November 07, 1890 in Knox
County, Kentucky.

Children of ROBERT DOWIS and NANCY STEELE are:
i. DALLAS3 DOWIS.
ii. HELEN DOWIS.
iii. JOHN JACK DOWIS.
iv. MARTHA ANN DOWIS, b. January 29, 1829, Knox County, Kentucky; d.
October 07, 1851, Knox County, Kentucky.
v. MARY KELLEN DOWIS, b. March 01, 1831, Knox County, Kentucky; d.
August 20, 1852, Knox County, Kentucky.
4. vi. GALE STEELE DOWIS, b. December 12, 1835, Knox County, Kentucky; d.
August 26, 1912, Footares, Kansas.
vii. DANIEL FRANK DOWIS, b. October 02, 1838, Knox County, Kentucky;
d. October 20, 1867, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky; m. MAHALA POLLY
ANDERSON, May 27, 1862, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky.
5. viii. ELIZABETH ANN DOWIS, b. March 26, 1841, Lynn Camp, Whitley
County, Kentucky; d. December 13, 1925, Stanford, Harlan County, Kentucky.
ix. PARKS DOWIS, b. 1842; d. Aft. 1861.
x. ROBERT PARKS DOWIS, b. 1843, Knox County, Kentucky; d. 1862, Civil
War.
xi. JASPER D. DOWIS, b. 1845, Knox County, Kentucky; d. Knox County,
Kentucky; m. DELPHINA MORRIS, March 22, 1881.

3. REBECCA2 DOWIS (JESSE1) She married WILLIAM N. STEELE August 25, 1831 in
London, Laurel County, Kentucky, son of EDMOND STEELE and REBECCA BAIRD. He
was born July 12, 1812 in Wythe County, Virginia, and died June 27, 1885 in
London, Laurel County, Kentucky.

Children of REBECCA DOWIS and WILLIAM STEELE are:
6. i. PERRY3 STEELE, b. June 01, 1832, Whitley County, Kentucky; d.
Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky.
ii. MATILDA STEELE, b. March 18, 1835, Corn Creek, Woodbine, Whitley
County, Kentucky; m. CORNELIS BOLTON.
iii. JESSE STEELE, b. February 14, 1837, London, Laurel County,
Kentucky.
iv. PHEBE STEELE, b. November 07, 1838, London, Laurel County, Kentucky;
m. ALSTON CLARK.
v. HIRAM WILLIAM STEELE, b. March 08, 1841, London, Laurel County,
Kentucky; m. (1) MARY HIGGINS; m. (2) SARA BARTON.
vi. SUSANA STEELE, b. January 20, 1843, London, Laurel County, Kentucky;
m. ? CLARK.
vii. MATISON MARION STEELE, b. November 20, 1846, London, Laurel
County, Kentucky; d. October 25, 1923; m. MOLLY JONES.
viii. PLEASANT STEELE, b. October 17, 1848, London, Laurel County,
Kentucky; m. KATE BARTON.
ix. REBECCA ROWAN STEELE, b. May 29, 1852, London, Laurel County,
Kentucky; m. WILLIAM STORM.


Generation No. 3

4. GALE STEELE3 DOWIS (ROBERT2, JESSE1) was born December 12, 1835 in Knox
County, Kentucky, and died August 26, 1912 in Footares, Kansas. He married
ELIZABETH DUPUY March 27, 1869 in Napoleon, Missouri.

Children of GALE DOWIS and ELIZABETH DUPUY are:
i. ELLEN4 DOWIS, m. GEORGE M. BERRY.
ii. ROBERT DOWIS.
iii. CORA DOWIS, m. J. A. PETER, 1880.
iv. ALBERT JACK DOWIS, b. May 11, 1878; d. April 1968, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kansas; m. AMELIA PRATT, 1900.

5. ELIZABETH ANN3 DOWIS (ROBERT2, JESSE1) was born March 26, 1841 in Lynn
Camp, Whitley County, Kentucky, and died December 13, 1925 in Stanford,
Harlan County, Kentucky. She married SAMUEL LUSK BENJEY April 06, 1859 in
Laurel County, Kentucky, son of WILLIAM BENJEY and MARY MARK. He was born
October 26, 1832 in Woodbine, Knox County, Kentucky, and died May 23, 1903 in
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Children of ELIZABETH DOWIS and SAMUEL BENJEY are:
i. MARTHA KELLEN4 BENJEY, b. 1859, Woodbine, Whitley County, Kentucky;
d. March 09, 1919, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky; m. FRANCIS PARIS
GATLIFF, 1883, Kentucky.
ii. ROBERT PARKS BENJEY, b. February 20, 1860, Lynn Camp, Kentucky; d.
September 02, 1919, Gatliff, Whitley County, Kentucky; m. SARAH FRANCES
BURNETT, April 18, 1878, Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky.
iii. WILLIAM FRANK BENJEY, b. August 26, 1862, Lynn Camp Creek, Knox
County, Kentucky; d. March 26, 1949, Fabers, Whitley County, Kentucky; m. (1)
AMERICA STEELE; b. June 13, 1855, Kentucky; d. July 29, 1930, Whitley County,
Kentucky; m. (2) ARMENTHA E..
iv. GALE D. BENJEY, b. August 09, 1868, Woodbine, Whitley County,
Kentucky; d. November 12, 1941, Loyall, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. ROSA E.
GREEN, 1895, Kentucky.
v. MARGARET CALADONIA BENJEY, b. April 07, 1875, Woodbine, Whitley
County, Kentucky; d. July 11, 1948, London, Laurel County, Kentucky; m.
JOSEPH LENUEL NORRIS, December 03, 1892; b. December 12, 1859, New York, New
York; d. May 28, 1950, London, Laurel County, Kentucky.
vi. NANCY E. BENJEY, b. January 26, 1871, Woodbine, Whitley County,
Kentucky; d. March 05, 1969, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. ADRON
HOWARD, 1886, Kentucky.
vii. LAURA E. BENJEY, b. November 1878, Woodbine, Whitley County,
Kentucky; d. April 06, 1941, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. JOHN MERCER, 1898,
Kentucky.
viii. GRACE BENJEY, b. October 29, 1897, Woodbine, Whitley County,
Kentucky; d. December 03, 1966, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. GEORGE MATT
ASHER, 1905, Kentucky; b. April 07, 1887.

6. PERRY3 STEELE (REBECCA2 DOWIS, JESSE1) was born June 01, 1832 in Whitley
County, Kentucky, and died in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky. He
married (1) AMERICA WARFIELD. He married (2) RHODA SAPHRONA STEELE March
15, 1852 in Whitley County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM STEELE and ANNA
ROBINETT. She was born May 25, 1826 in Corn Creek, Kentucky, and died
December 25, 1894 in Whitley County, Kentucky.

Children of PERRY STEELE and RHODA STEELE are:
i. BARSON4 STEELE, b. February 22, 1853.
ii. SARAH A. STEELE, b. December 11, 1854.
iii. JAMES J. STEELE, b. April 01, 1860.
iv. MARY M. STEELE, b. April 03, 1861.

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