Sandra: I don't know if this will help, but my mother is a Dowell, and one of my relatives has an entire website (see below) devoted to Dowells and other relatives who eventually settled in Illinois. I don't see a Margaret Dowell, but perhaps there will be something there that might help in some way. Julie http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes?userid=v5657&view=8&tview=0&lastname=Dowell