• [S1] Personal knowledge of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Rd., Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S3] Some Descendants of Amos Dowdy and Effie Carrolton, n.d., a collection of Family Group Sheets and Family Bible Information given to Dr. Ben Dowdey by Lucy Thomasson, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S4] Personal knowledge of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Wildsmith, Birmingham, AL., related by conversations to Dr. Ben Dowdey.
  • [S5] Personal knowledge of Mrs. Benna Jean Jones Dowdey, Leeds, AL.
  • [S6] Assumptions or guesses made by Dr. Ben Dowdey.
  • [S24] Personal knowledge of Ivan Charles Dowdey, 1223 Gladstone Ave., Birmingham, AL 35213 related in various conversations to his son, Dr. Ben Dowdey.
  • [S26] Birth record for Lillie Iloma Dycus, Dec. 7, 1909, Register of Births, Winston Co., AL., Alabama Department of Archives and History, PO Box 300100, Montgomery, AL 36130-0100 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S29] Letter from Dollie England to Benna Jean Jones Dowdey, concerning Almon L. Dycus and Alice Armstrong, n.d, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL, 35223.
  • [S31] Application to admit Lillie and Thurston Dycus to the Alabama Methodist Orphanage, Selma, Ala, made by Dollie England, October 24, 1917, given to Dr. Ben Dowdey by his mother, Benna Jean Jones Dowdey, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey.
  • [S43] Mrs. John D. Humphries, Descendants of Daniel McNair of Georgia, Jacob Miller of South Carolina, James Nisbet of Georgia and Robert Jones of South Carolina in unknown series (n.p.: n.pub., May 3, 1935).
  • [S52] Hospital birth record of Benna Jean Jones, Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL, Jul 7-20, 1928, (many records were destroyed by fire or flood. Partial record was sent to Benna Jean Jones Dowdey, who gave it to her son Ben), Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S58] Personal knowledge of Mrs. Susan Lee Wildsmith Dowdey, Birmingham, AL.
  • [S99] Cemetery Records of Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
  • [S101] Information supplied to Dr. Ben Dowdey by Andrew Leath, in conversations and copied materials, approximately 1995.
  • [S118] Birth Certificate of Benjamin Charles Dowdey, 19 Apr 1948, County File No 04-BH-003034, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S119] Birth Certificate of Susan Lee Wildsmith, 5 Sep 1953, County File No 09-BH-008232, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S120] Birth Certificate of Benna Jean Jones, 9 Jul 1928, File No. 3026-Bh, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S121] Birth Certificate of Ivan Charles Dowdey, 12 Nov 1926, File No. 4825-Bh, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S122] Birth Certificate of Henry Alexander Wildsmith, 12 Jan 1909, File No. 10 83, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S123] Birth Certificate of Elizabeth Sudderth, 26 Dec 1913, File No. 3573, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S125] Death Certificate of Perry Katherine Dowdey, 02 Feb 1976, State File No. 03310, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S128] Death Certificate of Benjamin Franklin Jones, 27 Apr 1965, #2247, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S130] Death Certificate of Mrs. Lillie I. Jones, 26 Jun 1962, #3168, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S131] Death Certificate of Henry Alexander Wildsmith, 25 Sep 1965, #5103, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S132] Death Certificate of Frank Lincoln Dowdey, 12 Mar 1963, #1550, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S135] Birth Certificate of Amy Elizabeth Dowdey, 30 Dec 1981, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [S136] Marriage License of Benjamin Charles Dowdey and Susan Lee Wildsmith, 26 May 1979, Office of Marriage Records, Jefferson Co., AL., Book 406, page 72, Judge of Probate's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, AL.
  • [S137] Marriage License of Ivan Charles Dowdey and Benna Jean Jones, 22 Aug 1947, Office of Marriage Records, Jefferson County, AL., Book 200, page 354, Judge of Probate's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, AL. (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S139] Hospital Birth Certificate of Benjamin Charles Dowdey, 19 Apr 1948, South Highlands Infirmary, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL., Hospital Number 133146, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S140] Marriage License of Frank Lincoln Dowdy and Perry Catherine Leath, 18 Mar 1912, DeKalb Co., AL., Book G, page 542, Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Department, 35 North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey, obtained from the LDS branch in Birmingham, AL.).
  • [S141] Hospital Birth Certificate of Susan Lee Wildsmith, 05 Sep 1953, St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S144] Marriage Certificate of Bennie F. Jones and Miss Lillie Dycus, 16 Oct 1927, Winston Co., AL, Collection of Mrs. Benna Jean Jones Dowdey, 1223 Gladstone Ave., Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35213 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S148] Marriage License of A.L. Dycus and Mrs. Alice Watts, 06 Feb 1908, Marriage Record Book 2, page 423, Probate Office, Winston Co. Courthouse, PO Box 309, Double Springs, AL 35553-0309 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S162] 1910 US Census (Population Schedule), Cleburne Co., AL.; (National Archives Microfilm), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S163] 1920 US Census (Population Schedule), Winston Co., AL.; (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Microcopy No. M-432, Roll 67), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S169] 1900 US Census (Population Schedule), Cherokee Co., AL.; (National Archives Microfilm Publications), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S178] 1910 US Census (Population Schedule), Winston Co., AL.; (National Archives Microfilm Publications), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S181] 1920 US Census (Population Schedule), Jefferson Co., AL.; (AGLLL Roll #20), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S226] Tombstone inscriptions, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL., transcribed by Dr. Ben Dowdey and Susan Wildsmith Dowdey.
  • [S342] Marriage License of Henry A. Wildsmith and Elizabeth Sudderth, 20 Apr 1934, Marriage Book White, vol. 132, p. 383, Judge of Probate's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, AL.
  • [S399] 1870 US Census, Hancock County, Ohio.
  • [S407] 1920 US Census (Population Schedule), Wyandot Co., OH, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S412] Marriage record of A.L. Dycus and Nanie E. Hemp, 30 Jul 1885, Hardin County Marriage Book 8, p. 43, Hardin County Courthouse, Public Square, Kenton, OH 43326-9700 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S425] Tombstone inscriptions, Patterson Cemetery, Patterson, Hardin County, Ohio, read by Mrs. Audrey J. Kinezian (Knox, IN), April, 1999 (hereafter referred to as AJK), and reread by Dr. Ben Dowdey (hereafter referred to as BCD), 22 May 1999, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S432] Personal History Files of Mr. Fred Dycus, n.d., 425 Shane Ave., Waynesburg, OH 44688, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S452] Ohio Department of Health Death Index, LDS Microfilm #2024212 (Ohio Death Index M-Z 1939, A-Z 1940), Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Department, 35 North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.
  • [S455] Death Certificate of A. Leroy Dycus, 25 Apr 1940, Forest, Hardin County, Ohio (Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate 28477), Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Family History Department, 35 North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.
  • [S494] Kenton (Ohio) Democrat, 26 April 1940, Obituary of A.L. Dycus.
  • [S506] Obituary of A.L. Dycus (paper and date not specified), provided by Mr. Fred Dycus, Waynesburg, OH, Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S522] The Birmingham (AL) News, 13 Dec 2003, p. 7D, Obituary of Elizabeth Sudderth Wildsmith.