
Thomas M. Vowell

Person ID: I79308
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Name Thomas M. Vowell [1] Born 1871 Winston, Mississippi, USA [1]
Gender Male Died 1907 Mars Hill, Winston, Mississippi, USA [1]
Siblings 1. Nannie D. Vowell (ID:I79309), b. 28 Feb 1873, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 30 Jun 1899, Mars Hill, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 26 years)
2. John Moses Vowell (ID:I79310), b. 7 Feb 1876, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 5 Mar 1967, Zama, Attala, Mississippi, USA
(Age 91 years)
3. Minnie Lee Vowell (ID:I79311), b. 30 May 1878, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 25 Jun 1965, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA
(Age 87 years)
4. Eli Jordan Vowell (ID:I79239), b. 29 Oct 1879, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 1938, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 58 years)
5. Virginia Pearl Vowell (ID:I79299), b. 29 Oct 1883, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 18 Apr 1952, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 68 years)
6. William Henry Vowell (ID:I79300), b. 10 May 1885, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 29 May 1957, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 72 years)
7. P. Ola Vowell (ID:I79301), b. 13 Apr 1889, Winston, Mississippi, USA , d. 26 Jun 1953, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 64 years)
Parents
Father John Henry Vowell (ID:I79296), b. 2 Aug 1849, Carroll, Georgia, USA , d. 1908, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 58 years)
Mother Leanna Amanda Keen (ID:I79297), b. 15 Mar 1846, Newton, Mississippi, USA , d. 28 Apr 1895, Winston, Mississippi, USA
(Age 49 years)
Married 29 Sep 1870 Leake, Mississippi, USA [2, 3]
- There is some ambiguity about the lineage of John Vowell or John Henry Vowell, but the Y-DNA evidence listed on the web seems to clear up things.
First the uncertainty: John Henry Vowell's first wife seems to be Leanna Amanda Keen, but the marriage record is in Leake County, Mississippi, about 60 miles from where John lived in Winston County, and in the only listing of a J. Vowell in the 1870 census, J. H. Vowell is listed as a single farm worker from Arkansas living in Koskiusko, Mississippi. There is a record of John Vowell marrying A. J. (Amanda) Allgood (née Blaine) in 1895, which was a few months after Leanna Amanda Keen died. Amanda had previously married H. W. Massingill and Reuben Allgood. The strange thing is that in the 1900 census, there are separate listings for John Vowell and Amanda Vowell. John is listed with his wife Mandy and his younger children, while Amanda Blaine is listed as Amanda Vowell, living with her son Marshall Allgood (from her previous marriage with Reuben Allgood). Is Mandy the same person as Amanda? Is John Vowell the same person as John Henry Vowell? Which one is the child of Malachi Vowell and Nancy Leopard?
Fortunately, there is an indication on the web (see Notes of Daniel Stucker) that lists Y-DNA results that purports to show that William Vowell (born circa 1717) was the ancestor of Obediah (born 1768), his son Malachi, and his son John Henry. Y-DNA traces male heirs with high accuracy for many generations.
These questions are relevant, because the supposed son Ely Jordan Vowell of John Henry Vowell and Leanna Amanda Keen is the great great grandfather of Elizabeth "Lizzie" (née RePass) Vitter, niece of website co-hosts Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter. So there is some uncertainty in the Vowell lineage of Lizzie beyond Ely Jordan Vowell.
- There is some ambiguity about the lineage of John Vowell or John Henry Vowell, but the Y-DNA evidence listed on the web seems to clear up things.
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Event Map
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Source Citations
- [S1829] Family Database of RePass, Seghers, Vowell, and Follett Families, Elizabeth RePass Vitter, Individual records.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/5394443?cfpid=-1459978094&dtid=100 - [S1836] Family Database of Pam Caven Bennett Family, Pam Caven Bennett.
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/23964567?cfpid=170026633698&dtid=100 - [S1837] Notes of Joan Myres Taunton, Joan Myres Taunton, Family of Malachi Vowell.
https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/11683737/person/-419243184/media/0bf0d575-c5fe-4857-ac0d-cf8927561114?_phsrc=ifD13&_phstart=successSourceAt least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
- [S1829] Family Database of RePass, Seghers, Vowell, and Follett Families, Elizabeth RePass Vitter, Individual records.