Dowdle Family Cemetery
Macon Co., NC

Surveyed October 1, 2005.

Note: Thanks to the Macon County Historical Society for providing directions to this cemetery.

Directions: From the red light near McDonald's at the intersection of Hwy. 441 and Hwy. 64 in Franklin, take Hwy. 441S. Go about 3.4 miles. Turn left onto Mark Dowdle Road. Go about 4/10 mile. Turn left onto an unmarked road. Go about 1/10 mile to the cemetery on top of the hill. A wrought iron fence surrounds the burial ground. Look for the gate to enter. The graves were laid out approximately as noted below.

 [wrought iron fence]
f  01    02 03 04 05  f
e          06  09 10  e
n        07 08        n  11
c                     c
e                     e
 [wrought iron fence]


[01]
Double stone, Hunter:
Pearl Dowdle  1887 - 1974; footstone: Mother
Mildred  1907 - 1909; footstone: Daughter

[02]
Nebraska W.  1852 - 1856

[03]
Nebraska A.  1858 - 1861

[04]
Octavia L.  1864 - 1870

[05]
Nevada M.  1862 - 1876

[06]
Headstone, Dowdle [no grave here]

[07]
Ezekial  1804 - 1877

[08]
Margaret M.  1826 - 1885

[09]
Fieldstone

[10]
Fieldstone

[11]
Double stone, Hoffman:
Ralph Harper  Nov. 29, 1909  July 17, 1991; footstone: Ralph H. 
     Hoffman  US Army World War II  Nov. 29, 1909  July 17, 1991
Annebelle Williams  [no dates]; Bryant Funeral Home Marker:
     Annebelle Hoffman  Feb. 4, 1906  Dec. 25, 2002