Stephen Grant Dowden b. 6 Feb 1846 Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 8 Mar 1929 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

1846 - 1929 (83 years)

Name	Stephen Grant Dowden
Birth	6 Feb 1846	Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
Gender	Male
Death	8 Mar 1929	Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
Burial	American Cemetery, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Person ID	I41818	Clan Montgomery
Last Modified	8 Apr 2005

Father	Hugh Dowden, b. Abt 1809, Jefferson, Mississippi, USA d. 18 Dec 1874, Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 65 years)
Mother	Sarah Burgess, b. Abt 1813, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aft 1870, Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 58 years)
Family ID	F14782	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Roseannah Sophia Adle, b. 25 Dec 1846, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 18 Sep 1893, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 46 years)

Marriage 1 Aug 1865 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Children

	1. Elsie M. Dowden
	2. Ruth Dowden
>	3. Nancy Victoria Dowden, b. 10 Mar 1867, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 30 Jan 1941 (Age 73 years)
	4. Charles Andrew Dowden, b. 10 Apr 1869
>	5. Sarah Elizabeth Dowden, b. 2 Feb 1871, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 17 Jul 1893, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 22 years)
>	6. Sarah L. Dowden, b. 30 Sep 1872, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
	7. Melissa Christine Dowden, b. 23 Feb 1876, Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 3 Aug 1960 (Age 84 years)
>	8. Blanche Dowden, b. Abt 1877
	9. Vivian Dowden, b. 1878, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 1878, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 0 years)
	10. Pauline Dowden, b. 1879 d. 1879 (Age 0 years)
	11. Frances Marganie Dowden, b. 27 Feb 1880, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. 27 Feb 1880, Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 0 years)
>	12. Willis Stephen Dowden, b. 5 Mar 1881, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA d. Oct 1950, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA (Age 69 years)
>	13. David Pearson Dowden, b. 1 Aug 1883, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Family ID F14920 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Dec 2015

Family 2 Nancy Graham

Marriage 13 Jan 1895 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Children

>	1. Julia Maude Suzette Dowden, b. 18 Dec 1897, Kisatchie, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Family ID F14921 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Dec 2015

Family 3 Eliza J. Rhodes, b. 10 Jan 1873 d. 1 Sep 1934 (Age 61 years)

Marriage 3 Mar 1901 Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Children

	1. James Sheldon Dowden
>	2. Edna Mahalia Dowden, b. 18 Mar 1902 d. 25 Jul 1979, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years)
	3. Edward Grant Dowden, b. 18 Mar 1902 d. 22 Dec 1976 (Age 74 years)
	4. James Abraham Dowden, b. 1 Jun 1904 d. 13 Jun 1944 (Age 40 years)
	5. Hugh Harley Dowden, b. Abt 1913 d. 10 Feb 1956, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 43 years)

Family ID F14922 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Dec 2015

Notes

Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004.

Bio: Stephen Grant Dowden, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Submitted by: Mike Miller

Stephen Grant Dowden, assessor for the parish of Natchitoches, was bornin that parish, Feb. 6, 1846; the son of Hugh Dowden, a native ofMississippi, who came to Louisiana at the age of 9, settled inNatchitoches parish, where he resided many years. He was engaged instock-raising and farming
and less than 6 months before his death removed to Red River county,Texas, where he died. His father, James Dowden, was a native ofPennsylvania, and came from Mississippi to Louisiana in 1818. The familyof James Dowden was reared in the parish of Natchitoches; both he and hiswife, whose maiden name was Patsey Nash, were buried in the oldNatchitoches cemetery, now the site of Mink Postoffice. Sarah Jane(Berges) Dowden, mother of Stephen Grant Dowden, was the daughter ofAndrew Berges of Pennsylvania, of English parentage.

The subject of this sketch is the seventh child in a family of 10 sonsand 2 daughters, all but 3 growing to maturity. Reared and educated inhis native parish, he led an uneventful life until his enlistment, duringthe Civil war, in the 11th Louisiana regiment of infantry, whicheventually was consolidated
with the Crescent regiment of New Orleans. At the battle of Mansfield hewas wounded and sent to a military hospital and then removed to a privateresidence, where he completed his convalescence, and was able to go backto his regiment. To the last day of the war the gallant soldier was inthe field, and when honorably discharged, after the surrender of Gen. Leeat Appomatox, he had been promoted to sergeant.

Returning to Natchitoches, Mr. Dowden engaged in farming until 1892, whenhe removed from the farm to Natchitoches, where he became deputysheriff. In 1882 he was elected a member of the police jury and servedas such from the eighth ward until he became deputy sheriff, serving inthe latter office until
elected to his present position in 1905. Mr. Dowden is very influentialin the politics of the parish and enjoys great popularity. He is amember of the Masonic fraternity, council and Royal Arch, and is aBaptist in religion.

In August, 1865, occurred the marriage of Mr. Dowden and Miss Rosana L.Adle, who bore him 11 children, 6 of whom are living: Nancy Victoria,wife of B. E. Taylor; Sarah Jane, wife of Rufus Sanders; Melissa, wife ofAllen Nash; Willis S., David P. and Julia, wife of Robert Alexander.From a second marriage with Miss Eliza J. Rhodes, there were born 7children--Edward G. and Edna M. Dowden, twins; James A., Lees M., BessieV., Maud K. and Hugh H. Dowden.

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