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Caswell County Genealogy
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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 |
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 d. 26 Oct 1925, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age ~ 67 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Family ID |
F51962 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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].
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