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John Ennis McDowell

Male 1863 - 1914  (50 years)


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  • Name John Ennis McDowell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 22 May 1863  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    New Florence P.O. 
    Residence 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and seven siblings 
    Census 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Enumeration District 116 
    Occupation 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Laborer 
    Residence 1880  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings 
    Occupation 12 Apr 1888  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Laborer 
    Residence 12 Apr 1888  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Occupation 15 Nov 1892  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Tile maker 
    Residence 15 Nov 1892  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Occupation 22 Dec 1893  [13
    Laborer 
    Residence 22 Dec 1893  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Birth of a son 
    Occupation 14 Oct 1896  [1
    Laborer 
    Residence 14 Oct 1896  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Birth of son Levi M McDowell 
    Occupation 27 Dec 1898  [14
    Laborer 
    Residence 27 Dec 1898  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Birth of son Charles W McDowell. 
    Census 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Enumeration District 16-81 
    Occupation 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Laborer, Brick works 
    Residence 1900  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    With wife Jennie V (Miller) and four children 
    Occupation 12 Sep 1902  [16
    Laborer 
    Residence 12 Sep 1902  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Birth of son John C McDowell 
    Census 1910  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Enumeration District 20-123 
    Occupation 1910  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    Moulder, Brick works 
    Residence 1910  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    With wife Jennie V (Miller) and four sons 
    Occupation 26 Apr 1914  [3
    Tile maker 
    Died 26 Apr 1914  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 18
    Cause: "Pulmonary Tuberculosis" 
    Buried 28 Apr 1914  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 18
    • West View Cemetery [3, 18]
    John Ennis or Enos McDowell (1863 - 1914) - Find A Grave Memorial
    John Ennis or Enos McDowell (1863 - 1914) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes headstone photos.

    Created by: Meges
    Record added: Jul 05, 2009
    Find A Grave Memorial# 39087048
    Notes 
    • Not found in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania probate index
    Person ID I2783  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2021 

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

    Family 1 Ella Wagoner,   b. 3 Apr 1866, Madison, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1891, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1888  Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 19
    McDowell, John E and Wagoner, Ella - Marriage Application, License and Return - Westmoreland Co., PA, 1888
    McDowell, John E and Wagoner, Ella - Marriage Application, License and Return - Westmoreland Co., PA, 1888
    Children 
     1. Edna Sara McDowell,   b. 28 Mar 1889, Garfield, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1976  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F1272  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Jennie Victoria Miller,   b. 9 Feb 1866, Milligan's Cove, Harrison Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1942, North Canton, Stark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1892  Garfield, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [20
    • By G H Heuffman, Minister of the Gospel, at the bride's home
    McDowell, John and Miller, Jennie V - Marriage Application, License and Return - Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, 1892
    McDowell, John and Miller, Jennie V - Marriage Application, License and Return - Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, 1892
    Children 
     1. McDowell,   b. 22 Dec 1893, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1893, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Mabel McDowell,   b. Abt 1 Dec 1894, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1895, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +3. Levi Miller McDowell,   b. 14 Oct 1896, Lockport, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1947, Plain Twp., Stark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     4. Charles W McDowell,   b. 27 Dec 1898, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1964, Malvern, Carroll, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     5. John Clarence McDowell,   b. 12 Sep 1902, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. bef. 11 Apr 1995  (Age 92 years)
     6. Philip Bertrand McDowell,   b. 2 Dec 1904, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1980, Canton, Stark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1247  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 164 (Reliability: 3), 24 Apr 2018.

    2. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), Vol. M-O 1893-1906, pg. 196 (Reliability: 3), 6 Apr 2021.
      This is a second record of his birth in the same source; this one is dated 1942 and may have been used to substantiate his age for draft purposes.

    3. [S51] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Dist. 934, Cert. No. 35155 (Reliability: 3), 6 Feb 2017.

    4. [S38797] McDowell, Levi M - Death Certificate, Ohio Department of Health, (Dist. 1206, File 66263, 7 Oct 1947).

    5. [S34627] McDowell, Lori Personal Letter to Wm. L. Gann, Lori McDowell, 1.

    6. [S40167] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Marriages 1885-1888, Delia Reagan Fischer, comp., (Delia Reagan Fischer, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1980), 134 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2009.

    7. [S34627] McDowell, Lori Personal Letter to Wm. L. Gann, Lori McDowell, 30 June 2001.

    8. [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. 218B, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

    9. [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.

    10. [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.

    11. [S40209] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), certificate 1634, LDS film 1316383, LDS digital folder 4838961, image 323 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.

    12. [S40209] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), certificate 459, LDS film 1288580, LDS digital folder 4838921, image 701 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.

    13. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 154 (Reliability: 2), 24 Apr 2018.

    14. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 173 (Reliability: 3), 24 Apr 2018.

    15. [S34623] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900), fam. 334, p. 21B, ED 16-81, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 24 Mar 2010.

    16. [S165] Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County registration of births, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. L - O, p. 183 (Reliability: 3), 27 Apr 2018.

    17. [S40176] 1910 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910), fam. 80, p. 4B, ED 20-123, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 12 Mar 2010.

    18. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 39087048 (Reliability: 2), 13 Jun 2013.

    19. [S40209] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), certificate 1634, LDS film 1316383, LDS digital folder 4838961, image 323 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.

    20. [S40209] Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, (index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org)), certificate 459, LDS film 1288580, LDS digital folder 4838921, image 701 (Reliability: 3), 27 Dec 2011.