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Houston County, Alabama, Heritage

Rev. J.Z.S. Connelly was elected the first mayor of Dothan.  He started off with the town when it was first incorporated, and began his official connection with the town, November 30, 1885.  He didn't serve long as mayor; in fact he only served long enough to try one case.  That was enough for him.  He moved here in a881 and a year later he moved to Texas, where he resided until his death.  (Watson, Fred F., Hub of the Wiregrass)

Descendants of Connelly

1-James Zechariah Simpson Connelly 
 +Elizabeth Ann McKissack 
|--2-Caledonia Connelly b. 24 Feb 1858, d. 8 Nov 1922
|   +Anderson Dowling m. 10 Jan 1878, Newton, Alabama, d. January 24, 1919, 
|    Woodville Cemetery, par. Fletcher Dowling and Christian Caroline Martin
|  |--3-William Pierce Dowling 
|  |--3-Ida Martile Dowling 
|  |   +Arch Watson 
|  |  |--4-Arch L. Watson Jr. 
|  |  |   +Mary Marshall 
|  |  |--4-Nelda Ryal Watson 
|  |  |--4-Jack Watson 
|  |      +Minnie Stringer 
|  |--3-Pearl Estelle Dowling 
|  |   +John W. Hankins 
|  |  |--4-Helen Hankins 
|  |  |--4-Flo Hankins 
|  |  |   +T. R. Causey 
|  |  |--4-Lillian Hankins 
|  |  |   +N. N. Zirbel 
|  |  |--4-Albert Hankins 
|  |--3-Cordie Dowling 
|  |   +T. D. Snelling 
|  |  |--4-W. D. Snelling 
|  |  |   +Mary Audrey Lawrence 
|  |  |--4-J. Frank Snelling 
|  |  |--4-Vera Snelling 
|  |  |--4-Ruth Snelling 
|  |  |   +John Trigg 
|  |  |--4-Bessie Snelling 
|  |  |   +Charles M. Power 
|  |  |--4-David Snelling 
|  |  |--4-Ruby Snelling 
|  |--3-Blanche Irene Dowling 
|      +A. H. DeVilleneuve , par. Unknown and Unknown
|     |--4-Jeanette DeVilleneuve 
|     |   +Paul B. Nicks 
|     |--4-Margeurite DeVilleneuve 
|--2-Ida Connelly 
|   +Louis Lawrence Dowling , par. John Dowling and Charlotte Brackin
|  |--3-Arthur Crawford Dowling 
|  |   +Addie Mae Posey 
|  |  |--4-Dorothy Dowling 
|  |      +Ernest Armstrong 
|  |--3-Connie Wyatt Dowling 
|  |   +Cona Martin 
|  |  |--4-Henry Lawrence Dowling 
|  |  |   +Esther Bell 
|  |  |--4-Roy Lanier Dowling 
|  |  |   +Annabelle Elliott 
|  |  |--4-Marie Dowling 
|  |  |   +Joe W. Horne 
|  |  |--4-Evelyn Dowling 
|  |      +Eric Ballard 
|  |      +Ralph Valentine 
|  |--3-John Lamar Dowling 
|  |   +Cordie Folsom 
|  |   +Leila Collier 
|  |--3-Lucy Dowling 
|      +John Morgan 
|     |--4-George C. Morgan 
|     |   +Imogene Holman , par. Dr. Henderson Looney Holman . and Edmonia Inge
|     |--4-T. Elizabeth Morgan 
|     |   +Floyd McKnight 
|     |--4-Helen Morgan 
|         +Charles A. Kilpatrick 
|--2-Lucy Ann Connelly 
|   +King David Thurman 
|--2-Ella Racheal Connelly 
    +Bailey 
   |--3-Unknown Bailey 
       +Louis Lanier bur. Jasper, Texas