Dr. Willard Madell Dowlen
Photo courtesy of Kitty Allen

Dr.Willard Madell Dowlen was born on October 18, 1870, in Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee, and died on March 21, 1953, in Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee. He married Edith Scott [December 4, 1879 - April 27, 1966] on December 4, 1900.

PARENTS: Harris Dowlen and Lucy James Tabitha Fontaine

GRANDPARENTS: John Dowlen and Susan Shaw, Moses Alexander Fontaine and Martha Courtney Freeman

GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Harris Dowlen and Susan Hargrove, John H. Shaw and Martha Binkley

SECOND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Thomas Shaw and unknown, Jacob Binkley and Sarah Frey

THIRD GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Binkley and Johanna Jacobina Leedy, Johann Michael Frey, Sr., and Anna Maria Dorothea Schmidt

FOURTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Peter Binkley and Anna Maria Salome Werle, John Leedy and Elizabeth ?, Johann Valentine Frey, Sr., and Anna Maria Barbara Binkley

FIFTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Christen Binkley and Elsbeth Burri, Johannes Werle and Marguerite Neuvillers, Johann Peter Frey and Judica Anna Barbara Schmidt

SIXTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Jean Neuvillers and Marie Thon, Johann Jacob Frey and Anna Maria Schaub, Hans Diebolt Schmidt and Anna Maria Schlaben

SEVENTH GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Joseph Neuvillers and Anne Ringelsbach, Theobald Schmidt and Margretha ?, Johan Michael Schlaben and Anna Mang