Frances Dorothy Linam was born August 20,1811 in Union District, South Carolina and died September 24, 1867 in Lawrence county, Tennessee. She married twice. James Bumpass on July 5,1828 in Lawrence county, Tennessee and Nicholas N. Gower on February 18, 1835 in Lawrence county, Tennessee. She had 5 children
Children of Frances and James Bumpass
1. J. L. Bumpass, nothing more is known
Children of Frances and Nicholas N. Gower
3. Matilda F. Gower was born about 1847. She married U. W. McClendon on February 2, 1865
4. John L. Gower, nothing more is known
5. Charles B. Gower married Elizabeth