William Andrew Dowling
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Born in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Parish of St. David by 1773. William served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1900, and was Darlington County Supervisor when the 1902-1903 courthouse was built.
Dowling's home stood about one-half mile east of here. Erected by The Dr. Henry Woodward Chapter of the S.C. State Society, Daughters of American Colonists, 1979
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