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