• [S1] Personal knowledge of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Rd., Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S2] Leo Sudderth Sr., Ancestors-Descendants of Emanuel Sudderth 1829-1916 in unknown series (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
  • [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.
  • [S47] Information Concerning the Families of Nancy Tegner Wildsmith and Edward Taylor Wildsmith, Feb. 4, 1974, compiled by Lula Wildsmith (who received some of the information from her cousins, and some from the Bible of Cora Wildsmith Weaver), Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey.
  • [S58] Personal knowledge of Mrs. Susan Lee Wildsmith Dowdey, Birmingham, AL.
  • [S60] Alice Smythe, Editor McCabe, Gwinnett County, Georgia; Deaths 1818-1989 in unknown series (Lawrenceville, GA: Gwinnett Historical Society, Inc., 1991).
  • [S65] James C. Flanigan, History of Gwinnett County, Georgia, 1818-1960, Volume II (1959; Facsimile reprint, Lawrenceville, GA: Gwinnett Historical Society, Inc., 1984).
  • [S74] Personal knowledge of Jerry L. Wildsmith Vickery, Helena, AL.
  • [S82] The Birmingham News, (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
  • [S99] Cemetery Records of Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
  • [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.
  • [S129] Death Certificate of Mary Floy Sudderth, 24 Mar 1973, #2061, Jefferson County Department of Health, Health Statistics and Vital Records, P.O. Box 2648, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL 35202.
  • [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.
  • [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.
  • [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.
  • [S185] __________, "The Carolina Herald and Newsletter (Official Publication of the South Carolina Genealogical Society)."
  • [S186] J.C. Flanigan, History of Gwinnett County, Georgia, 1818-1943, Volume I (1943; Facsimile Reprint, Lawrenceville, GA: Gwinnett Historical Society, Inc., 1995).
  • [S187] 1860 US Census (Schedule 1), Gwinnett Co., GA.; (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Copy No. 653, Roll 125), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S189] 1880 US Census (Schedule 1), Gwinnett Co., GA; (National Archives Microfilm Publications, Copy T9, Roll 149), Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S211] The Birmingham News (Birmingham, AL), Oct. 29, 1996, p. 5D; Obituary of Lois Wildsmith; Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.
  • [S222] Obituary of Nancy E. Tegner Wildsmith, published in a Birmingham, AL. newspaper, Feb. 1, 1928, obtained from Oak Hill Cemetery Records (block 2, lot 19 file), Birmingham, AL (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S226] Tombstone inscriptions, Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL., transcribed by Dr. Ben Dowdey and Susan Wildsmith Dowdey.
  • [S300] Dr. Alfred A. Kent, Jr., The Abraham Sudderth Family History (Lenoir, NC: n. pub., August, 1966).
  • [S301] Information from the personal library of Daniel D. McLean, Jr., PO Box 793, Lenoir, NC 28645.
  • [S302] Mary Anderson Montgomery, Caldwell County, North Carolina Cemeteries read by Mary Anderson Montgomery, Vol. 1, Belleview Cemetery (Patterson, NC: Staley Publishing and Genealogical Research, 1989).
  • [S331] Death Certificate of Robert S. Wildsmith, 03 Jun 1947, Jefferson County (state file #11818), Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, P.O. Box 5625, Montgomery, AL 36103-5625 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben 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.
  • [S344] Marriage Index White 1818-1940, , Judge of Probate's Office, Jefferson County Courthouse, Birmingham, AL.
  • [S345] James L. Williams, Sr., Personal Family History Files of Mr. James L. Williams, Sr (500 Elm St., Redwood City, CA 94063-2321: n. pub., 1998) note: these files were provided to Dr. Ben Dowdey by Mr. Williams, in the form of GEDCOM files, both directly from Mr. Williams, and downloaded from an internet site maintained by him.
  • [S347] Family history files of Mrs. J. Edward Williams, Vestavia Hills, AL, unknown publish date.
  • [S355] Marriage License of Robt. S. WIldsmith and Alice V. Seay, 10 Oct 1903, Tuscaloosa Co., AL, page 342 (copy in possession of Dr. Ben Dowdey).
  • [S449] Birmingham (AL) Post-Herald, 3 Aug 1953, p. 14, Obituary of J.C. Sudderth (University Microfilms International, "Birmingham Post-Herald, August 1953"); Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S451] Birmingham (AL) Post-Herald, 26 Mar 1973, p. 14, Obituary of Mrs. Mary Floy Sudderth (Bell & Howell Microfilms, "Birmingham Post-Herald, March 1973"); Birmingham Public Library- Genealogical Division, Tutwiler Collection of Southern History and Literature, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203.
  • [S484] The Birmingham (AL) News, 01 Feb 2000, p. 5A, Obituary of John Tegner Wildsmith; 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.
  • [S541] The Birmingham (AL) News, 04 Apr, 2005, Obituary of Nathalie Nehls Smith Wildsmith.
  • [S591] The Birmingham (Al) News, 02 Sep 2008, p. 5B, Obituary of Dorfa Wildsmith.
  • [S605] Tombstone inscriptions, West Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Tuscaloosa Co., AL., read by Dr. Ben Dowdey and Susan Wildsmith Dowdey.
  • [S623] The Birmingham (AL) News, 30 Mar 2018, p. A20, Obituary of Jerry Louise Wildsmith Vickery; Collection of Dr. Ben Dowdey, 3636 Westbury Road, Birmingham, AL 35223.