of Jefferson County, Ohio · from Washington County, Pennsylvania · documented from the public record
The family in the record
William Mcdowell b. 1834
William Mcdowell⚭ Nancy McConnell
childrenJane Walker · John McDowell
Source: Biographical Record of Jefferson County, Ohio
Their story
What the record says
Born April 29, 1834 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Milling business in Washington County, Iowa for seven years.
Enlisted 1862 in Company C, 19th Iowa Volunteer Infantry (Civil War), commissioned corporal, prisoner of war ten months, wounded in the leg, discharged for disability.
Came to Jefferson County, then Steubenville (~1868).
Lumber and planing mill business at 213 South Seventh Street.
Republican.
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