This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell, Hall, Duke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AST.2ACEB/568.1.1 Message Board Post: Howdy, cousin! No, I don't know where Perlina died. She was still living in Breckinridge County in the 1930 Census. If I find out I'll write back. But I did get further verification of the shooting of Jess Hall. My Uncle Tommy's sister-in-law (age 84) confirmed that the incident happened and said it was well known around Clifton Mills / Garfield / Norton Valley at the time. She said that Perlina left Elijah Mart Dowell after the shooting and she assumed they divorced. Mart Dowell seems to have remarried twice: first to Liza (Unknown), c.1911; then to Abbie (Unknown), pre-1920. As for the house fire, my great-aunt and other family members said there were rumours at the time that the fire had been set. Supposedly Mart was pretty well off for a farmer, and there was speculation that he had a small fortune hidden in his home. I don't know how seriously to take this anecdote, which sounds more like folklore than fact. But I'm convinced that the shooting took place and hope to find more details - especially from newspaper accounts or court records. Because I live in another stae I rarley get to KY. But if I find any more info I'll certainly pass it along. By the way, Perlina Dowell was my g-g-grandfather Jim Chris Dowell's sister. Could we exchange some info? I have nothing on Jonas & Eliza Kennison's descendants. I'll gladly share with you anything that I have. For instance, do you know the story of Aunt Bertha & the snake....? Thanks for writing!