Harry is the son of Andrew Jackson Dover and Grace "Ruby" McLendon. Andrew is the son of William Frederick Dover and Sarah Alabama Blanchett. In 1910, William F. Dover and his wife Sarah were living in Altoona on Highland Avenue in Etowah County, Alabama. He was a coal miner. His age was 47, and his wife, Sarah A. was 33. His son Walter was 18, and another son, Andrew J. was 11. I haven't found him in 1900 or 1920. In 1930, W.F. Dover, age 67, b. Georgia, father born GA, mother born Tennessee, was living on White Hall Street in Gadsden, AL. He was a manager of his own store. Wife Sara was 75 (she was much younger). Sarah was 29 when she married, and William was 21. On September 12, 1918, Andrew Jackson Dover, b. December 1, 1898, He lived at 120 North 12th Street, Gadsden, AL. He was a telephone and telegraph operator for the L&N Railway in Gadsden, AL. His nearest relative was Mrs. Ruby Dover, same address or 126 North 12th Street. He was medium height, slender build, blue eyes and black hair. In 1920, Andrew was lived as Andrew Dovel, living in Gadsden, Etowah County, AL (Pearl Street). He was a telegraph operator, age 21. His wife's name was Ruby, age 18. Living with them was Hugh McLendon, a brother-in-law, so we know Ruby was a McLendon. They had no children as of the date of the census (January 13, 1920). In 1930, he is listed as Albert J. Dover, and is a telegraph operator living at Gadsden in Etowah County, AL (Chesnut Street). Albert is 31, married at 19. Wife Grace is 29, married at 17, both born in AL. Harry is 9, and Ralph is 4. I have assumed that Ruby and Grace are the same person; however, please post anything different for this family. Marjorie Dover Stansel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Dover" <ddover1793@earthlink.net> To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 11:11 PM Subject: [Dover] Harry James Dover Obituary > Harry is a descendant from Alabama that goes back to Edmund Bryan > Dover. Harry was a piece of work. Not the place here to share some > funny stories. > > Will say that Harry met a Dover in the Asheville area years ago and > they had no idea how they might be related. All Harry knew about his > family was that his grandparents were William Frederick Dover and > Sarah A. Blanchet in Etowah County, Alabama. Harry and Lindsey Dover > used to go walking those streams in the Dover area of old Buncombe > Co., NC. They found what might be the property of Elijah Dover with > a piece of a chimney laying on the ground. Lindsey Dover is the 2nd > great grandson of Elijah Dover and Martha Duckett through William > Manson Dover. > > I called and talked to Harry early last year. I wanted to tell him > that I thought he was a descendant of Edmund Bryan Dover ... and > also possible that he and Lindsey shared DNA. Strange how things go, > Harry had heard from his elders as a kid that their ancestor was > believed to be a Frederick Dover. > > http://www.citizentimes.com/obituaries/keepsake.php?id=26991&PHPSESS > ID=00dd19b5d93617aa8cb75c79cc774661 > > > > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Genconnect board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover > >