IMy computer crashed on me a few weeks ago and I lost all of my email addresses so if I was corresponding with anyone out on the list please email me with your email and remind me what we were corresponding about. That really sounds stupid but I have a short memory and I get confused real easy!!! I am researching the following families in the Jackson Purchase area. Dowdy- I have made some progress on this. My grndmother was Lucy Ellen Dowdy. She was born 1882 in Carlisle Co., KY Her father was Thomas Dowdy and her mother was Lydia Beard. Thomas was the son of John Dowdy and Paige Harris I think!! Thomas had three brothers, Joseph William Dowdy, John Dowdy and James Dowdy. They all lived in Carlisle Co., KY at the time of the 1880 census. Lydia Beard is the daughter of Robert Beard and Mary Jane Taylor. Lydia Beard and Thomas Dowdy died when Lucy Ellen Dowdy was about 6 years old. I do not know how they died or if they died somewhere else. There are no court papers appointing anyone as her guardian in Carlisle Co.,KY. If any one knows of a marriage record for Lydia Beard and Thomas Dowdy I would sure appreciate knowing about it. If any knows where Lydia Beard and Thomas Dowdy are buried I would love to know that also. Thanks, Janet Morgan Brown