Appling-Tattnall-Liberty County GaArchives Biographies.....Dowsy, Aaron Wiley 1867 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 1071-1072

   AARON WILEY DOWDY. Left fatherless when still a babe in arms and forced at a
tender age to begin to make his own way in the world to a great degree, life
presented to Aaron Wiley Dowdy no primrose path of dalliance. With him it has
been the order of the day to work and hustle from early youth and to attain
success not through any adventitious chance, but by arduous effort and
meritorious, self reliant service. That he has done this and has met with a
large measure of success in his operations is made evident to all who visit his
finely cultivated farm in Appling county, near Rockingham, where he has followed
agricultural pursuits for the past thirteen years. Mr. Dowdy was born March 8,
1862, near Reidsville, Tattnall county, Georgia, and is a son of Aaron Wiley and
America (Bacon) Dowdy.

   Mr. Dowdy's paternal grandfather, Ben F. Dowdy, served as sheriff of Tattnall
county during the war between the states, in which his son, the father of Aaron
W., lost his life while serving in the Confederate ranks at Gettysburg. He
married Emily Mattox. Mr. Dowdy's mother, a native of Bryant county, Georgia,
who now resides in Appling county, is a daughter of Frederick and Emily (Stubbs)
Bacon, farming people of Georgia.

   The educational advantages of Aaron Wiley Dowdy were secured in the schools
of the vicinity of the family home in Tattnall county, and he was reared to the
life and pursuits of an agriculturist. Brought up under stern discipline, he
early learned traits of self-reliance, industry, integrity and clean living,
characteristics which have helped him in surmounting many obstacles and
eventually achieving success. He continued to follow farming1 in his native
county until he reached the age of thirty-seven years, at which time he came to
Appling county, at that time locating on the farm which he now operates. Mr.
Dowdy has been a hard-working, industrious man, living a frugal, correct and
useful life. Whatever he has acquired is the result of his own thrift, energy
and business capacity. He is one of the men who, in making money, do not so fall
in love with it as to forget their duty to their fellow men. In all matters
pertaining to the welfare of the people he takes a deep interest, and is one of
the first to assist in promoting any good enterprise. In consequence of this
disposition, together with his general worth and usefulness, he is well esteemed
and has many friends in his community.

   Mr. Dowdy was married to Miss Frances Weathers, daughter of the Rev. A. and
Harriet (Smith) Weathers, the former a missionary Baptist minister who filled
various charges throughout Tattnall and Liberty counties for a number of years.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowdy have been the parents of seven children, as follows: Byron
McFarland, thirty years of age, a farmer; Edward Cleveland, twenty-seven years
old, who is also engaged in agricultural pursuits; Fannie, who is twenty-three
years of age; Sidney, twenty, the wife of Frank Anderson, residing in Appling
county, near Rockingham; Georgia, a sixteen-year-old student who has read the
New Testament through three times; and Luther McLain, aged thirteen, and Henry,
seven years old, both of whom are attending school. Mr. Dowdy is a master Mason,
and he and his family attend the Methodist church, South.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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