William McDowell

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Bolivar P.O.
• Census: 1870, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; New Florence P.O.
• Census: 1880, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Enumeration District 116
• Occupation: 1880, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; Laborer
• Occupation: 1882, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; Conductor
• Occupation: 1884, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; Brakeman
• Residence: 1860, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings
• Residence: 1870, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and seven siblings
• Residence: 1880, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; With parents Samuel and Sarah A (Enos) McDowell and five siblings
• Residence: 1882, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; 1308 8th Ave
• Residence: 1884, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; 1303 9th Ave

Notes:

Not found in Blair Co., Pennsylvania probate index

Birth:
The three available censuses give his birth year as 1851, 1852 and 1853

Buried:
Fairview Cemetery
Plot L 44

Died:
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.

William — Catherine Crone. Catherine was born 2 Sep 1862, Bellwood, Blair, Pennsylvania; died 25 Feb 1915, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania; was buried 27 Feb 1915, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]