This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AST.2ACEB/321.328.336.1 Message Board Post: Also have info on Benjamin Franklin Dowell. His father was James Dowell and mother was Frances Dalton. I have another Benjamin Franklin Dowell who was married to Elizabeth Desha. This Benjamin I have as the son of John Dowell and Ann Franklin.