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William McDowell

Male 1824 - 1907  (83 years)


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  • Name William McDowell 
    Birth 7 Jan 1824  Orange Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 21 Sept 1850  West Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 26, born NY, black smith, brother Andrew in house 
    Census 14 Jun 1860  Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 35, born NY, coach maker, widowed sister Phoebe in house 
    Census 15 Aug 1870  Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born NY, carriage mfg, widowed sister Martha in house 
    Death 6 Oct 1907  Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 8 Oct 1907  Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9261  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2020 

    Father James McDowell,   b. 1783, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1844, Trumbull County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Catherine McCutchen,   b. 1793, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Clarksville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza Miner,   b. 1825, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1858, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Children 
     1. Alice McDowell,   b. 18 Jan 1849, West Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1933, Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Ida McDowell,   b. 1850, West Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1850, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Mary H “Mollie” McDowell,   b. 22 Oct 1852, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1921, Rock Island, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     4. Cornelia Bell “Cora” McDowell,   b. Dec 1855, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1916, Rock Island, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F3157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 

    Family 2 Caroline La Porter,   b. 10 Mar 1839, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1911, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1874 
    Children 
     1. Jean McDowell,   b. 25 Aug 1878, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1935, Greenville, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    Family ID F3159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 

  • Headstones
    William McDowell Gravestone site
    William McDowell Gravestone site
    from Mercer County Cemetery Index, Vol. 9, Pg 16
    D. 1907, Age 83

  • Notes 
    • from "The Greenvile Evening Record", 8 Oct 1907
      WILLIAM McDOWELL
      William McDowell was a native of Orange county, N.Y., where he was born January 7, 1824. When a boy of 10 or 12 his parents moved to Steuben county, N.Y, near Addison, N.Y., and later to the Western Reserve and as early as 1844 to Greenville. In Greenville, he established the Excelsior carriage works, the first of its kind in Greenville and one of the first in this section, and it had a wide and extensive patronage. This was located on the northeast corner of Main and North Mercer streets and later on Shenango street, corner North Mercer. Later Atwater Cook became associated with him and in 1874, his health failing, he sold the establishment to the new firm of Cook & Ford. Since quitting active business he has devoted his time to his real estate, being an extensive owner of Greenville property. Although never rugged it was only recently that he was confined to his room by illness and while critically ill for two weeks, he was a quiet patient sufferer. His last hours were very peaceful and he passed away as in a tranquil sleep. He was a man of a clean life, refined in disposition and gentle in the home and an honor to the community. In 1874 he was married to Caroline La Porter, who with one daughter, Jean, survives him, and their tender ministrations did much to alleviate the suffering in the last weeks of his life, which closed at ten minutes to 4, Sunday morning. He is also survived by three daughters by a former marriage, Mrs. G.H. White and Mrs. C.C. Lininger, of Rock Island, Ill.; and Mrs. Ben Bowers, of Greenville. Mrs. White arrived here for the funeral Monday, but Mrs. Lininger was in Chicago and could not be located. A sister, the sole survivor of the family, Miss Ellen McDowell, resides in Rock Island. The funeral services were held at the house at 2 o'clock, Tuesday, conducted by Dr. C.B. Wakefield and Dr. W. Roth.

    • from "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967" (ancestry.com)
      William McDowell, married, retired, born 7 Jan 1824 in IRE to James McDowell b. IRE & Catherine McCutheon b. IRE, died 6 Oct 1907 in Greenville, Mercer, PA of cerebral softening. Informant ?? McDowell. Burial in Shenago Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA.