William McDowell

1851-1853 - 1885  (32 years)

• Name	William McDowell  [1, 2]
  Born	1851-1853	Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4]
  	The three available censuses give his birth year as 1851, 1852 and 1853
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [2]
  	Bolivar P.O.
  Residence	1860	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [2]
  	With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings
  Census	1870	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [4]
  	New Florence P.O.
  Residence	1870	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [4]
  	With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and seven siblings
  Census	1880	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [3]
  	Enumeration District 116
  Occupation	1880	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [3]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1880	Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania   [3]
  	With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings
  Occupation	1882	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania   [5]
  	Conductor
  Residence	1882	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania   [5]
  	1308 8th Ave
  Occupation	1884	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	Brakeman
  Residence	1884	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	1303 9th Ave
  Died	9 Mar 1885	Pennsylvania   [1, 7]
  	Sunday morning a week ago, in Altoona, while engaged in a friendly tussle with one another, brakeman Alonzo Pressell had his arm broken, a piece of bone running through the flesh and causing the blood to gush out. Brakeman William McDowell, who was coming down the track on a lot of cars, seeing the blood, was overcome by sickness, and fell from his train under the wheels and had both legs crushed below the knees in a horrible manner, resulting in his death next evening. He was a married man and leaves one child. He was a son of Sam'l McDowell, of Bolivar.
  		McDowell, William - train accident - "Indiana Weekly Messenger" - Indiana Co., PA, 18 Mar 1885
  Buried	Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania   [8]
  	Fairview Cemetery Plot L 44 [8]
  		William McDowell (1859 - 1885) - Find A Grave Memorial Includes headstone photo. Created by: annie Record added: Jul 02, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 92964510
  Notes	Not found in Blair Co., Pennsylvania probate index
  Person ID	I2762	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Samuel McDowell,   b. 30 Nov 1824, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 24 Mar 1896, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sarah Anne Ennis,   b. 1831 - 1834, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years)
  Notes	Likely married late 1849
  Family ID	F1254	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine Crone,   b. 2 Sep 1862, Bellwood, Blair, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Feb 1915, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F1465	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S34638] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Volume 9, page 313, Will #87. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 1190, p. 161, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 06 Jul 2010. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 274, p. 30, ED 116, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 23 Apr 2010. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 299, p. 39, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 18 May 2010. [S40249] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Altoona, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1882, p. 155 (Reliability: 2), 24 Sep 2013. [S40249] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Altoona, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1884, p. 176 (Reliability: 2), 24 Sep 2013. [S40169] Indiana Weekly Messenger, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), 18 Mar 1885, p. 3 (Reliability: 2), 25 Dec 2009. Sunday morning a week ago...William McDowell...resulting in his death the next evening. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 92964510 (Reliability: 2), 24 Sep 2013.