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Dowdy, Augustus Swain

Male 1888 - 1947  (59 years)


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  • Name Dowdy, Augustus Swain 
    Birth 22 Feb 1888 
    Gender Male 
    Name Gus 
    Reference Number I78903 
    Death 27 May 1947 
    Burial Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I78903  Caswell County
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Father Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Beal, Mary Louise,   b. Abt 1858, Chatham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1925, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F51962  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sigmon, Grace Julie,   b. 10 Jul 1901, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1986, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Dowdy, Henry Darnell   d. 2010  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
     6. Living
    +7. Dowdy, Harold Wayne,   b. 25 Aug 1936, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 2012, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F51963  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • A. S. (Gus) Dowdy of Dowdytown, Caswell County, NC: Convicted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition (liquor) law with John S. Funk, formerly NC prohibition inspector. Dowdy purportedly bribed Funk, who allegedly accepted bribes from other bootleggers. Conviction was reversed on appeal, possibly on jurisdictional grounds. No more is known.

      Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 14 January 1931, Wednesday, Page 1.
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      In 1922, Gus Dowdy and Herman Clark were charged with abducting three minor females. The outcome of the case is not known. The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 6 September 1922, Wednesday, Page 3.
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      By Randall Dowdy January 01, 2011:

      My grandfather, John Lawrence Dowdy Senior, was Augustus Dowdy Senior's brother. Two of Gus Dowdy's sons are still alive. One, Henry Darnell Dowdy, passed away in 2010. Augustus Dowdy Junior is still alive, but he is in his 80s. He just recently (2010) retired from the auto auction. His contact info is in the phone book in Danville Va, he lives on Jenny Lane, near the old DowdyTown. In fact, he still owns "The Hole", part of Dowdy Town, which is famous in itself from the moon shining days.

      Harold Wayne Dowdy lives on HWY 58 East at the edge of the Danville/Ringgold Va line.He still has a car lot, and lives beside it. Then there is Mary Dean Dowdy, his daughter, who is very anti-social, and doesn't want any contact from anyone.

      Randy Dowdy
      283 Dowdy Lane
      Providence NC 27315

      I currently live less than one mile from "The Hole", part of DowdyTown, in Danville Va. In fact I lived there for many years.

      Source: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/dowdy/1362/ [accessed 14 March 2020].