I just received this information in the mail from a cousin. All of these events took place in Polk County: >From the Bible of Marcus Lee McDowell (comments in parenthesis are mine). Births: J.H. (John Henry) McDowell was born Dec. 21, 1862 M.J. McDowell was born Apr 10 1867 (Mary Jane) M.L. McDowell as born June 7, 1885 (Marcus Lee) L.M. McDowell was born Feb. 27, 1888 (Lottie Mae) L. G. McDowell was born May 16, 1890 (Lou Gennie) E. I. McDowell was born June 21, 1892 (Effie Irene) F. C. McDowell was born Jan. 2, 1894 (Fannie Catherine) J. A. McDowell was born Oct. 30, 1895(Julia Amanda) H. H. McDowell was born April 28, 1898 (Henry Hudson) E. L. McDowell was born Aug. 16, 1900 (Emory Lonzo) Bertha McDowell was born July 9, 1902 C. E. McDowell was born Apr 8, 1904 (Cynthia Evelyn) J. B. McDowell was born May 27, 1908 (Joe Brown) Marriages: J. H. McDowell was married to Mary Jane Privett Aug. 30, 1884 Lottie McDowell was married W.(illiam) E. Gallimore Sept 8, 1903 M.L. McDowell (Marcus Lee) was married to Mary Gallimore Nov. 22, 1903 Fannie McDowell was married to R.(aleigh) H. Ellis Feb. 6, 1910. Effie McDowell was married to Ben A. Davis Jan. 14, 1912 Julia McDowell was married to C.W. Moore March 14, 1915 Cynthia McDowell was married to George Irwin Feb. 25, 1923 Deaths: Fannie McDowell died Sept 8, 1893 (Frances "Fanny" Barnes McDowell, born about 1836 in Alabama) Isaac McDowell died June 8, 1895 (born Fayette County 1833) H. H. McDowell died Spt 3, 1898 L. G. McDowell died Feb. 9, 1908 P. P. Privett was born April 19, 1834 and died Feb. 19, 1896 (Pleasant Philemon) C. M. Privett was born Jan. 11, 1840 and died April 5, 1912. ( Catherine M. Garner Privett) E. H. Privett died july 20, 1906 ( Elijah H. born Oct. 5, 1874, died 1908. twin brother to Elisha Daniel Privett who died August 24, 1937) E. L. McDowell died Sept 26, 1917 (Emory Lonzo) Nancy Jane McDowell died March 23, 1921 ( born to Isaac and Fannie McDowell in 1860) Mary E. Turner died March 3, 1921 (born to Isaac and Fannie McDowell on December 20, 1858. married Lewis Turner). If anyone has connections to any families mentioned in this list, I would like to make contact and exchange information. I have just begun studying the Gallimore and Ellis families. thanks, Cathy Moore Casper Sanford, NC Researching: Moore, McDowell, Privitt, Kinney, Ewing, Wilson, Bradshaw, Hitchcock, Erwin, Atkins, Haynes, Burton, Snelling, Barnes, Garner, Massey, Ward, Workman, Cox, Merrill, Lewis, Cassidy, Berry, Alford, Dent, Barton, Casper, Heath, King, Hill and Sutton.