This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WBC.2ACI/1359.1 Message Board Post: D. Dowda I also descended from an Edward Dowda/Dowdy from Halifax Co. later Irdell Co., N.C. He married Frances Anderson. Mine however was already dead before 1850. Have you found your information yet? Not sure can help but would be glad to try.