by Iain » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:03 pm
Hi Robert !
Based on the names and that marriage date..., I’ve found this. Don’t forget this is just a hint and could be a genealogical trap ! Nonetheless, as you can imagine, it’s quite rare to have two weddings on the same day with the same names.
Daniel Mackinnon
Birth 1756
Marriage 20 August 1785… Kilcalmonell Parish, Kintyre..
Death 1821
Grace Currie
Birth
Death
Daughter:
Mary Mackinnon
Birth 1785
Death 1832
Mary’s husband:
Randol Martin
Birth ca 1775
Residence 1830... Moore, North Carolina, USA.
Residence 1840... Dale, Alabama.
Death ca 1832
Randol’s children:
Nancy Martin 1824 – 1910
Birth 5 Aug 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina, USA
Death 25 May 1910 in Dale County, Alabama, USA
Caroline Martin 1829 – 1901
Birth 8 Jan 1829 in Moore County, North Carolina, USA
Marriage to Fletcher Dowling abt 1847
Marriage to John W. Murdock abt 1860
Residence 1860... Dale, Alabama.
Death 20 Aug 1901 in Tyler County, Texas, USA... Burial; Woodville, Tyler, Texas.
Nancy’s story:
Nancy L. Martin was born 5 August 1824 in Moore County, North Carolina, and was married c. 1844 to James Dowling (1823-1864), probably in Dale County, Alabama.
Family members remembered Nancy Martin Dowling as an old woman sitting on her front porch. They also remember her talking about her husband's death. James died of disease at a military hospital in Danville, Virginia, on 12 September 1864. He had been set to return home on furlough to recuperate from his illness, accompanied by his nephew Samuel Ezekiel Hallford. James' condition worsened suddenly and he died. Hallford continued the journey to Alabama alone. Nancy saw a man in a cloud of dust coming down the lane to her home. She hoped that James had returned, but, to her sorrow, it was his nephew arriving alone to tell her of her husband's death and burial in Virginia.
Nancy continued to rear her nine surviving children alone. She remained a widow for almost half a century, her death occurring 26 May 1910 in Dale County, Alabama. She is buried at Claybank Cemetery beside her in-laws Dempsey and Martha (Stokes) Dowling.