1888: Dowdell's mob and family

1888: Dowdell's mob and family

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 Th...

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Auburn University photographs
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/aunumphoto,11
format Electronic
collection Auburn University Photographs Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Auburn University photographs
spellingShingle Auburn University photographs
1888: Dowdell's mob and family
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fulltopic Auburn University photographs
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Auburn University
Civil War; Auburn University
Education -- Higher Education; Education -- Military Education
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.
spelling 1888: Dowdell's mob and familyThis 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.UnknownAuburn University Libraries1888-01-20Lee County (Ala.)United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Auburn UniversityCivil War; Auburn UniversityEducation -- Higher Education; Education -- Military EducationJPEGImageIVA0206aAuburn University Numbered PhotographsAuburn University. Special Collections and ArchivesengThis 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) 844-1732.5/11/2004http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/aunumphoto/id/11
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