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Samuel McDowell

Male 1824 - 1896  (71 years)


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  • Name Samuel McDowell  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 30 Nov 1824  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • Death certificate shows him as 71 years old at his death. The headstone transcription at Find A Grave gives an 1891 death year, leading to the possible conclusion it's not the right grave, but the month and day match and the Greensburg Daily Tribune of 30 Mar 1896 gives the cemetery name. Correcting the year transcription error and taking the age at death given on the headstone gives this birth date.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Occupation 1850  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Boatman 
    Residence 1850  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    In the Richard Powers household with wife Sarah A (Enos) and son Robert 
    Census 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Bolivar P.O. 
    Occupation 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1860  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    With wife Sarah A (Enos) and six children 
    Census 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    New Florence P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1870  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    With wife Sarah A (Enos) and eight children 
    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 wife Sarah A (Enos) and six children 
    Residence 24 Mar 1896  Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Died 24 Mar 1896  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 11, 12] 
    Cause: "Bright's Disease" 
    Buried 27 Mar 1896  Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 11] 
    • Coles Cemetery
      Section C [4, 5]
    Samuel McDowell (1819-1891) - Find A Grave Memorial    		 Samuel McDowell (1819-1891) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes headstone photo.

    Created by: Rob and Debi Felten
    Added: 24 Apr 2020
    Find a Grave Memorial 209423961
    Notes 
    • This will was obtained from the Register of Wills in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA

      The Last Will and Testament of Samuel McDowell, Fairfield Twp, Volume 9, page 313, Will #87, 1896

      I, Samuel McDowell of the Township of Fairfield, County of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made. First I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses and the expense of probating this my last will and testament be by my executor hereinafter mentioned fully paid. Item, I give and devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sarah Anne McDowell, all my estate real and personal and mixed and to hold to her, the said Sarah Anne McDowell, for and during the term of her natural life. And at her death, I direct that the Sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) be paid to my Son Robert McDowell, and a like sum of Five Dollars be paid to my Granddaughter Della McDowell, daughter of my deceased Son William McDowell, and a like Sum ($5.00) to my daughter Mary inter married with Daniel Kelly, and a like Sum ($5.00) to my daughter Annie inter married with Phillip Dell, and a like Sum ($5.00) to my daughter Ellen inter married with Henry Dell, and a like sum of five dollars ($5.00) to my Son Henry McDowell, and a like Sum of five dollars ($5.00) to my Son John McDowell, and a like Sum of ($5.00) to my daughter Emma inter married with John McCartney. Which said sums I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto them to be paid at the death of my said wife. The property in which I now reside together with my personal property, real personal and mixed, to be given to my Son Charles Wesley McDowell. I hereby nominate and appoint Charles M. Johnston Executor of this my last will and testament and that he execute a good deed for the property. In witness whereof the above named testator, Samuel McDowell, have herewith set my hand and seal this 26th day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight Hundred and ninety six.

      Samuel (his mark) McDowell

      Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Samuel McDowell as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names at his request as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator and of each other.

      Wm. M. C. Hammond
      G. M. Hammer

      April 2nd 1896 will filed and duly probated and letters of Testamentary were issued to C. M. Johnston who was sworn. Testator died March 24th 1896 at about 9 p.m.

      Jno. R. Ourslev, Register
    Person ID I2764  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2020 

    Family 1 Maria Snyder,   b. 1828, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1851  (Age 23 years) 
    Notes 
    • Both Snyder and Enos families lived in close proximity in Milford Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania, with intermarriages around the 1840s-1850s
    Children 
    +1. Robert McDowell,   b. 17 Jan 1849, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1909, Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1699  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Sarah Anne Ennis,   b. 1831 - 1834, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1900  (Age 66 years) 
    Notes 
    • Likely married late 1849
    Children 
     1. William McDowell,   b. 1851-1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1885, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     2. Mary J McDowell,   b. 16 Jun 1853, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1934, Clyde, Indiana, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Susanna McDowell,   b. 1855 - Apr 1856, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1905, Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     4. Ella R McDowell,   b. 11 May 1857, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1942, Duquesne, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Henry McDowell,   b. 1859 - 1860, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 24 Mar 1896  (Age 36 years)
    +6. John Ennis McDowell,   b. 22 May 1863, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1914, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     7. Emma McDowell,   b. 9 Aug 1865, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1938, Bolivar, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     8. Charles Wesley McDowell,   b. 23 Apr 1869, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1943, Green Twp., Mahoning, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1254  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S40167] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Marriages 1885-1888, Delia Reagan Fischer, comp., (Delia Reagan Fischer, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1980), 134 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2009.
      Marriage record of John Ennis McDowell mentions father Samuel.

    2. [S34638] Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Volume 9, page 313, Will #87.

    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. [S164] Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Registration of deaths, 1893-1906, Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Westmoreland County), (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982), vol. 1, 1893 - 1900, p. 118 (Reliability: 3), 24 Apr 2018.

    5. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Find a Grave Memorial 209423961 (Reliability: 2), 15 Oct 2020.

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

    7. [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.

    8. [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.

    9. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 63, p. 111, Fairfield Twp., Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Reliability: 2), 09 Aug 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. [S232] Greensburg Daily Tribune, (Greensburg, Pennsylvania: Tribune Pub. Co. (1890-1955)), LCCN: sn 86081689., 30 Mar 1896, pg. 1, col. 6 (Reliability: 2), 15 Oct 2020.

    12. [S40168] Death Notices 1866-1900, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, Della Reagan Fischer, comp., (Della Reagan Fischer (McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1969)), 176 (Reliability: 1), 14 Dec 2009.
      This source lists Samuel's death date as 25-Mar-1896, the cause being "advanced age."


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