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     Myrtle Elizabeth Carroll was born on 1 November 1925 in Harlan Co., Kentucky.¹ She married Thanes Walter Davis, son of James Henderson Davis and Bertha Bowditch, on 24 May 1941 in Claiborne Co., Tennessee.⁴ She died on 28 June 2009 in Barbourville, Knox Co., Kentucky, at age 83.⁵ She was buried at Pineville Cemetery in Pineville, Bell Co., Kentucky.⁵

     Nina Grindstaff was born on 22 June 1930 in Bakersville Twp., Mitchell Co., North Carolina.^3,4 She married Jack M. Davis, son of James Henderson Davis and Bertha Bowditch, on 30 October 1950 in Marion Twp., McDowell Co., North Carolina.¹ She died on 21 December 2007 at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, at age 77.³ She was buried on 26 December 2007 at Indian Run Cemetery in East Canton, Stark Co., Ohio.³

     Pearl Elsie Miller was born on 26 March 1920 in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tennessee.² She married Marvin John Davis, son of James Henderson Davis and Bertha Bowditch, about 1953 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., South Carolina.^1,3 She died on 24 October 2006 at age 86.² She was buried at Vians Valley Presbyterian Cemetery in Bakersville, Mitchell Co., North Carolina.⁴
     She and her husband Marvin moved to Bristol, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, where their daughter Bertha was born in 1959.¹ They later moved to Canton, Stark Co., Ohio. After his retirement they moved to Houston, Harris Co., Texas, then several years later to Clearwater, Pinellas Co., Florida, to be closer to their daughter and her family.³

     Lucinda Banks Dunn was born on 1 January 1887 in Providence Twp., Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.^4,3 She married Roy Bowditch, son of Joseph Bowditch and Martha Elizabeth Anderson, on 30 August 1913 in Washington, D. C.^3,1 She died on 9 May 1966 at St. Mary's Hospital in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, at age 79.⁵ She was buried at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁶
     She sometimes went by her middle name Banks⁷, and sometimes by the nickname Lucy.⁸
     At the time of her marriage in 1913 she was living in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, and had been employed for the previous three years as secretary and confidential clerk to William Carey Dowd, owner of the Charlotte News.³
     After their marriage she and her husband Roy initially lived in Schenectady, Schenectady Co., New York.³ By October 1915, when their son Joseph was born, they had moved to Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts,⁹ and in 1918 they were living in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana.¹⁰ They were in Norton, Wise Co., Virginia, from at least 1922 to 1923^11,12, and moved to Fountain City, a neighborhood in the northern part of Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, about 1924.¹³ She and her family are listed there in the 1930 and 1940 censuses.^7,8
     In 1937 she and Roy built a vacation cabin on the Roaring Fork in Gatlinburg, Sevier Co., Tennessee, that they often shared with family and friends.¹⁴ Roy's cousin Frederick Tryon Bowditch, the author of The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts, North Carolina Branch, recalled spending "many very happy summer vacations" there.² They also bought a winter home in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida, in September 1945, and the following spring applied for a permit to enlarge the garage apartment.^15,16
     She was a member of the Fountain City Park Commission, served as president of the Fountain City Garden Club and the Knoxville Rock Garden Society, and was a regent of the Simon Harris Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.⁵
     Her will was filed on 29 June 1966. In it she left the family home on Terrace View Dr. and 111 shares of AT&T stock to her daughter Alice, a store building in Knoxville to her daughter Mary, and property on Dogwood Rd. to her son Joseph. Her children were also left property in Sevier Co. (location of the family's vacation cabin), with her daughters sharing 111 acres and Joseph receiving 51.5 acres. The remainder of her estate was to be divided equally among the three children.¹⁷

     Joseph Francis Bowditch was born in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, probably on 31 October 1915. (His birth record and Social Security records say 31 October 1915, and this is consistent with his age listed in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. However, his World War II draft registration and his cemetery marker say 31 October 1916, and this is consistent with his age of 69 given in his obituary.)^{1,4,5,6,7,8,9} He married Ruth Hood, daughter of Francis Gilbert Hood and Effie Hayes Johnson, on 12 July 1947 at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.^10,2 He died on 4 January 1986 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee, at age 70.⁹ He was buried at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knox Co., Tennessee.¹¹
     In the 1940 census, enumerated on 11 April, he was listed with his parents in Fountain City, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁶ By 16 October 1940, when he registered for the World War II draft, he was living in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, and working for the Allen-Bradley Co.⁷
     He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, enlisting on 27 November 1943, and was stationed in India for 14 months. He was discharged on 2 January 1946.^12,10
     He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville¹⁰, and became an electrical engineer.² After his military service he joined his father's electrical equipment firm, Bowditch & Co.¹⁰, and took over the company when his father's health began to fail. The company began losing business when its main customer "abandoned its agency policy in favor of its own employees," and he moved to the Clark Controller Co. By 1964 he was manager of the Knoxville branch.² He later took a sales position with Roden Electric in Knoxville.⁹

     Alice Lee Bowditch was born on 11 June 1918 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana.¹ She married Frank Ogdin, son of George Lewis Ogdin and Ethel Moses, on 30 August 1940 at Fountain City Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁴ She died on 13 July 2008 at McKendree Village in Hermitage, Davidson Co., Tennessee, at age 90.⁵ She was buried on 16 July 2008 at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁵
     She attended Queen's College in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., South Carolina, and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.⁶ In 1940 she was working as a stenographer for her father's firm Bowditch & Co in Fountain City, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁷
     She lived most of her life in Fountain City, moving into McKendree Village in Hermitage, Davidson Co., Tennessee, a few years before her death. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as several local service organizations.⁵

     Mary Lee Bowditch was born on 4 May 1922 in Norton, Wise Co., Virginia.^4,2 She married Charles David Wolff, son of Charles David Wolff and Kate Hemmelrath, on 10 January 1947 at the Fountain City Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁵ She died on 30 August 1982 at Oak Ridge Hospital in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at age 60.⁶ She was buried on 2 September 1982 at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.⁶
     She graduated from Virginia-Intermont College in Bristol, Virginia.⁵

     Ruth Hood was born on 24 February 1925 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.^4,2 She married Joseph Francis Bowditch, son of Roy Bowditch and Lucinda Banks Dunn, on 12 July 1947 at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.^1,2 She died on 23 November 2015 at age 90.³ She was buried on 2 December 2015 at Lynnhurst Cemetery in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee.³