Rootsweb volunteer,BobDowell, provided me following information: John E. Dowell b 1859 d 18 March 1936 at Adrian, Bates Co. MO. Married Mary Mollie Trapp. Had son John Emery Dowell Jr. b Dec 1891, Bates Co. MO d 1948 Bates CO. Had married Lu Crece B. b 1889 d 1932 Bates Co. MO Probably named their two children, born after 1920, after themselves: Although Bob Dowell said he had more data on Dowell lineage before 1920, he did not forward it. I am grateful for what he sent, however, and the additional info may not have been in my direct line so was irrelevant to my record gathering. But, some others of you may be able to add something or correct my scenerio which follows. Another volunteer for the AZMARICO list said he had more data on subject to share, but it never came through.. I am interested in the two Dowell children born after 1920 and any of their children. If alive, I'd like to contact them. Also their grandmother may have passed down to them some records about our shared great great grandparents William & Jennette Matthes. I have fitted the new information with what I already had and have come up with this SCENARIO: Squire Geo. Bevington from Winterset IA b Jan 1857 married my great aunt Amelia Matthes b about 1854 in NY (she was dau. of William Ernest Matthes and Jennette Satler who immigrated from Prussia/Saxony (exact village or city unknown) about 1854 . Squire and Amelia had dau. Lucrece Bevington b. April 1888 in Winterset IA. It appears she married Frank F. Clay and lived in Butler, Bates Co., MO (per information in William Matthes's death certif and his will) It appears something happed to Frank and she married again to John Emery DOWELL Jr in Bates Co. MO. Prior to her 1932 death Lucrece and John Jr. had two children: (born after 1920): (1) Lucrece Beverly Dowell who in 1951 was operating a med. lab "Dowell Laboratories" at 26 E. 8th, Tempe, AZ (2) Emery (Sonny) Dowell who grad. from AZ State 1952, majoring in Journalsim. He had married on 22 or 27 Dec. 1950 a Catholic girl from Phoenix named Ruth Timberlake and expecting a baby June 1952. If I had the names and addresses of Catholic Churches in Tempe and Phoenix, I could write each of them and find out if their baby was baptized there and if a boy could trace him. It appears that John Emery Dowell, Jr. (Lucrece Beverly and Emery's (Sonny) father) being a widower after 1932 married again to Alyeene (surname unknoiwn) and they operated a weekly journal in Adrian, Bates Co., MO. After John's death Alyeene and her step-son Emery (Sonny) managed the journal and were attempting to sell it. Alyeene "Mrs. John Dowell" was elected president of the Missouri Women's Press Club in 1947. As a widow Alyeene married on Nov. 1951 Mack Sauer, a publ;ished humorist, and they lived at Leesberg OH. I have photos to share with family if located. Two are as follows: (1) nurse holding infant Rose Ann Newman born abt. Oct. 24 1948 in Hawaii. (2) woman holding baby, photo inscribed "Baby Rose Ann with Mamma Lou" This could be Lucrece Beverly Dowell and her baby. but I have no data about Lucrece marrying a Mr. Newman. Who is Baby Rose Ann? How does she fit into this family? Another photo shows "Sonny" in a Navy officer's uniform. He resembles his mother Lucrece of whom I also have a photo. Sorry this is so lengthly, but I wanted you all out there in computerized genealogy land to see if you tied into any of it, or could add or correct the scenerio.. Thanks for listening, Jo Ann in Olympia WA.