Marker Details

Dowling, Dick, gravesite

2405 Navigation & St. Charles

Houston , 77003

Notes:

Louis Lenz Inventory # 63 of 71; D.A.R. marker, Lenz notes as John McKnitt Alexander Chapter D.A.R. 1936; St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, next to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (1913). the oldest Catholic cemetery in Houston; NOTE: cemetery contains two additional monuments for Dowling (1) D.A.R. 1935 on South side of cemetery (2) 1988 Dedicated on 125th Anniversary of Battle of Sabine Pass in NW corner of cemetery (is this his actual grave site?)

Directions: St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, east of and adjacent to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church; cemetery sign faces Navigation, access to cemetery from church school building parking lot, check in with school office; cemetery contains two additional monuments for Dowling (1) DAR 1935 on south side of cemetery (2) 1988 Dedicated on 125th Anniversary of Battle of Sabine Pass headstone in the northwest corner of cemetery

Key Time Period: 1846 - 1865 Statehood - Civil War

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: (1) Monument

Near this spot lies

Lt. Dick Dowling

Hero of the Battle of Sabine Pass,

Sept. 8, 1863

Born 1838 Died 1867

Erected Oct. 1935

(2) Gravesite

1st Lt Richard W. Dowling

Co F

I Texas

Hv Arty

CSA

1838 1867

Dedicated to the memory of

Major Richard W. Dowling

by his descendants on the

125th Anniversary of the

Battle of Sabine Pass

September 3, 1988

Marker Type: D.A.R. Monument & Plaque

Historical Org: Daughters of the American Revolution

Key Map Information: 494 N

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.524, 95 20.665

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 00206