Dale County AlArchives Biographies.....Dowling, Daniel Y. 1842 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    DANIEL Y. DOWLING, Ozark, member of the firm of Dowling Bros., composed of
Daniel Y. and Noel P. Dowling, merchants and manufacturers of all kinds of
leather, was born in 1842 in Dale county. He is a son of Noel and Sarah D.
Dowling, a sketch of whom is given in connection with that of John W. Dowling.
Daniel Y. Dowling grew to manhood and received his early education in the
schools of Dale county. He enlisted at Greenville in August, 1861, as a private
soldier in company I, Thirty-third Alabama infantry, and served four years. He
was assigned to the western army and was under the command of Col. Sam. Adams,
Lowry's brigade, Cleburne's division, Gen. Hardee's corps. He participated in
many a hard-fought battle and skirmish, among them the following: Murfreesboro,
Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Stone Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain. July 3, 1864, at the
battle at the latter point he was taken prisoner and sent to Camp Morton, Ind.,
where he remained in confinement until March 13, 1865, when he was paroled. He
then came home and commenced farming, operating his father's farm one year. He
then began business for himself, continuing till 1870, when he formed a
co-partnership with his brother Noel, and this firm established a tannery and
leather manufacturing business, also made shoes and harness. In 1880 they
established themselves in general merchandise, in which they have been eminently
successful, carrying a stock of goods worth from $5,000 to $10,030. In 1886 Mr.
Dowling established a branch store at Geneva, Ala., which he conducted for three
years, then returned to Ozark. The firm now owns and operates a tannery, a
leather manufactory and a large general store. November 14, 1865, Mr. Dowling
was married to Miss Rebecca J. Dick, daughter of William Dick, who was a native
of North Carolina, but who settled in Alabama in 1822. His death occurred in
1861. Mrs. Dick was a native of South Carolina, but came with her parents into
Alabama in 1825 and was married in Dale county in 1840. She is the mother of
seven children, five of whom still survive. She now lives near Ozark, and is a
member of the Missionary Baptist church. The wife of Daniel Y. Dowling was born
in Dale county in 1845, and was married in her nineteenth year. She is the
mother of a large family, seven of which survive. Early is employed as
book-keeper in the store of his father; he graduated in 1891 from the Atlanta
business college, with first honors; Marcus is employed as a clerk in the store
of his father; Hart; Young D.; Lannie; Mertie M. and Irene G., students of Ozark
high school. Mrs. Dowling is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south.
Mr. D. Y. Dowling has always been identified with everything calculated to
benefit the city of Ozark. He was active in establishing the State bank at
Ozark, which was organized in 1890 with a capital of $50,000. He was elected a
director for 1891 and proved himself an efficient officer. In June, 1892, he was
elected vice-president of the bank, which is in a prosperous and healthy
condition. Mr. Dowling is regarded as a stanch and progressive business man,
public spirited and always interested in what promises to build up the city. He
is a member of Ozark lodge, No. 349, F. & A. M., and of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He has been a member of the municipal board for a number of years.
Politically he is a straight out democrat. The Dowling family was founded in
Virginia by John W. Dowling, great-grandfather of Daniel Y. His son, Dempsey
Dowling, was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in North
Carolina, and moved to Alabama in 1826. John MacDonald, the maternal grandfather
of D. Y., came from Scotland to the United States in 1778 and settled at
Norfolk, Va., and from him. sprang the family on the mother's side. No family
stands higher in Dale county than that of the Dowlings, and none are more active
or influential in whatever tends to benefit the community in which they live.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 816-817
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI



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