5. World War I - 1917

ELLERBE DE LOACH. Born 1900 Served in World War I. Son of Mellie Dowling De Loach and Jos. De Loach. His Grandfather was James Theophilus Dowling, whose antecedents were John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II.

BROADUS ESTES DOWLING. Born June 22, 1893, at Varnville, S. C. Attended school at Chatham Academy and Fort Worth Texas Medical College. Married former Louise Cleveland of Milltown, Georgia; children - Edward Cleveland. Business: Distribution of Consumer Products. Residence: Greenville, S. C. Served in U. S. Army 'Medical Corps in World War I; two years overseas, attached to 142nd Field Artillery Hospital Company. Cited for bravery under fire while evacuating wounded. Son of Annie Williams Dowling and John Virgil Dowling. His Grandfather was James Theophilus Dowling, whose antecedents were John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II.

HARRY DOWLING. Born November 22, 1888, at Hampton, S. C. Attended school at University of South Carolina and elsewhere. Married former Inez Nichols of South Carolina; children, Evangeline (deceased) and Ada Maud. Occupation: Writer. Residence: Texas. Served in U. S. Army Coast Artillery, F. C. Gunner. Served on Mexican Border (Villa Campaign) 1916 was attached to Fort Screven base in World War I. Office of Coast Defense Artillery Engineer, as Non-Com. Officer in charge of Post Operations. Son of Clara Ruth Dowling and William Hamilton Dowling. His Grandfather was James Theophilus Dowling, whose antecedents were John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II.

LEON KELEHEAR. Served in U. S. Navy. Son of Sallie Nix Kelehear and O. L. Kelehear. His Grandmother was Aimee Dowling Nix, whose antecedents were Oliver Perry Dowling (brother of James Theophilus Dowling), John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II. (See World War II (1941) for remainder of family line.)

ROBERT LEE NETTLES I. Major Robert Lee Nettles, U. S. Army, served in both World War I (1917) and World War II (1941). See his sketch under 1941.

JAMES HAMILTON TURNER. Born July 17, 1897, at Augusta, Ga. Attended school at Marist College, Atlanta, and Columbia University, New York. Married former Susan Dryden of Crisfield, Maryland ([who] died [in] 1937); children Jean and (foster) George (Dryden) Atkinson. Married, in 1944, former Esther Gage of San Antonio, Texas. Profession: Utility and Property Management. Residence: San Antonio, Texas. Served in U. S. Army Infantry and Air Service as Lieutenant in World War I. Son of Maud Dowling Turner and William Heyward Turner I (died 1929). His mother was one of the founders of the Dowling Family Association. His Grandfather was William Hamilton Dowling, whose antecedents were James Theophilus Dowling, John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II. (By his father's line James Hamilton Turner is descended from early Jamestown, Va., colonists and through his paternal Grandmother to Thos. Heyward, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence for South Carolina.) His foster son, George, served throughout World War II in the U. S. Marines.

(J.) ARTHUR TUTEN. Born 1894 at Gifford, S. C. Attended school at Univ. of South Carolina. Resided in Charleston, S. C. Died March 19, 1945. Married former Ethel Kroeg; children, Margueritte, Charlotte and John Arthur, Jr. Served one year and seven months in World War I as Non-Comm. officer, participating in most of the French and Belgian salient engagements with 30th Div., Engineers. One-time editor of Hampton County Guardian; President of Protestant Episcopal Churchmen's Association of Diocese of South Carolina and member of vestry of St. Luke's Church; member of the St. Andrew's Society. Son of Eliza Stokes Tuten and Southwood Walter Tuten. His Grandmother was Susan Dowling Tuten, whose antecedents were James Theophilus Dowling, John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II.

GARNET TUTEN. Born July 5, 1889, at Gifford, S. C. Attended school at Univ. of South Carolina, Medical College. Married former Lillian McPhail; children, Mrs. Kenneth Yost. Profession: Physician. Residence: McCormick, S. C. Served eighteen Months in World War I as First Lieutenant, Medical Corps, from Christmas Day, 1917, to August 20, 1919. With Remount Squadron 314 in France during War and with Army of Occupation. He is the son of Susan Dowling Tuten and John Asa. Tuten. His Grandfather was James Theophilus Dowling, whose antecedents were John (Jabez) Dowling, James Dowling and Robert Dowling II.


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