1888: Dowdell's mob and family
Title
1888 : Dowdell's mob and family
Description
This picture shows William Crawford Dowdell , his family , and a group of Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) cadets who roomed with them standing on the steps of Dowdell's home Dovedale in Auburn , Alabama . Standing from left to right are: Dowdell , his wife Elizabeth Caroline Thomas Dowdell , Miss Sanders , and his granddaughter Caroline "Carrie " Elizabeth Merrick . Seated from left to right are: Abernathy (cadet seated on porch column pedestal) , Hurt (in dark suit on topmost porch step) , Raphael Semmes Kell (cadet seated two steps below Hurt) , Prout (cadet on top step) , Brooks (cadet) , Chandler (in suit) , McMillan (cadet seated one step below) , and Hendley Varner Kell (cadet) who would later marry Dowdell's daughter Caroline "Caro " Dowdell . The African American boy in front is not identified . William Crawford Dowdell served in Capt . Wallis ' Company of the Alabama Home Guard in the Civil War , then later served as mayor of Auburn in the 1870s or 1880s , and finally served as the Auburn postmaster from 1895 to his death in 1901 . Anyone with further information may contact the Auburn University Libraries Cataloging Dept . at caudlda@auburn.edu .
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Date
1888-01-20
City, County, State
Lee County (Ala.)
LC Subject Headings
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Auburn University
ESC Subject Headings
Civil War Auburn University
EOA Categories
Education -- Higher Education Education -- Military Education
Format
JPEG
Type
Image
Original Item ID
IVA0206a
Collection
Auburn University Numbered Photographs
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Sanders , Thomas R .
Date Submitted
5/11/2004
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