Individual Details
Susan Lewis Dowdell
(30 Jul 1822 - 28 Dec 1897)
Daughter of Lewis Jefferson Dowdell and Elizabeth Clay (Farley) Dowdell.
Sister of James Ferguson Dowdell, U.S. Congressman and president of East Alabama College (now Auburn University).
Aunt of James Render Dowdell (1847–1921), Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (1909 to 1914).
The Dowdells were an early family in west Georgia and East Alabama.
Another brother of Susan Dowdell Samford was William Crawford Dowdell whose plantation house at Oakbowery is still standing.
Sister of James Ferguson Dowdell, U.S. Congressman and president of East Alabama College (now Auburn University).
Aunt of James Render Dowdell (1847–1921), Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (1909 to 1914).
The Dowdells were an early family in west Georgia and East Alabama.
Another brother of Susan Dowdell Samford was William Crawford Dowdell whose plantation house at Oakbowery is still standing.
Events
| Birth | 30 Jul 1822 | Jasper County, Georgia | |||
| Marriage | 11 Jan 1838 | Troup County, Georgia - William Flewellen Samford | |||
| Census (family) | 10 Aug 1860 | Macon County, Alabama - William Flewellen Samford |  |  | |
| Census (family) | 6 Jun 1870 | Auburn, Lee County, Alabama - William Flewellen Samford | | | |
| Census (family) | 7 Jun 1880 | Auburn, Lee County, Alabama - William Flewellen Samford | | | |
| Death | 28 Dec 1897 | Auburn, Lee County, Alabama | |||
| Burial | Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Lee County, Alabama | |
Families
| Spouse | William Flewellen Samford (1817 - 1894) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jane Samford (1838 - 1925) |
| Child | Thomas Lewis Samford (1843 - 1900) |
| Child | William James Samford (1844 - 1901) |
| Child | Katherine Frances Samford (1846 - 1928) |
| Child | Susan George Samford (1847 - 1923) |
| Child | Walter Clifton Samford (1850 - 1935) |
| Child | Dowdell Turbeville Samford (1852 - 1855) |
| Child | Randolph Macon Samford (1854 - 1943) |
| Child | Mary Caroline Samford (1854 - 1929) |
| Child | Annie Laurie Samford (1856 - 1916) |
| Child | Crawford Alexander Lipscomb Samford (1857 - 1934) |
| Child | Yancey Fullilove Samford (1861 - ) |
| Child | Rev. Norris Preston Dowdell Samford (1863 - 1888) |
Notes
Census (family)
Wm F Samford Male 43 Ga - FarmerSusan L Samford Female 38 Ga
Thomas L Samford Male 18 Ga
Wm J Samford Male 16 Ga
Catherine Samford Female 14 Ala
Susan J Samford Female 12 Ala
Walter C Samford Male 9 Ala
Robert M Samford Male 6 Ala
Mary C Samford Female 6 Ala
Crawford Samford Male 3 Ala
Census (family)
W F Samford Male 52 GeorgiaS L Samford Female 47 Georgia
M O Samford Female 15 Alabama
R M Samford Male 15 Alabama
C H L Samford Male 12 Alabama
N B Samford Male 6 Alabama
C Thornton Male 10 Alabama
W Bunckly Male 17 Alabama
Merrineiher Male 19 Alabama
C Kinnon Male 25 Alabama
M Fierpatrick Male 16 Alabama
C Fierpatrick Male 14 Alabama
Census (family)
William F Samford Self Male 62 Georgia - FarmerSusan L Samford Wife Female 57 Georgia - Keeping house
Mary C Samford Daughter Female 21 Alabama
Norris Samford Son Male 16 Alabama - at school
Endnotes
1. United States Census, 1860 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDD-P8W.
2. United States Census, 1870 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKX-LMZ.
3. United States Census, 1880 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JR-ZJ3.
4. Find a Grave Memorial 8994066.