William Erwin McDowell and Rebecca Jane Gillan

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Husband William Erwin McDowell ¹

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           Born: Aug 1824 1
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           Died: 4 Jul 1892 - Bloomfield, Knox Co, NE 1
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         Father: William Smith McDowell (1776-1834) 2
         Mother: Mary Erwin (1781-1860) 2

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Wife Rebecca Jane Gillan ¹

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           Born: 22 Aug 1826 1
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           Died: 4 Sep 1877 1
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         Father: James Gillan (1767-1854) 3
         Mother: Margaret Reed (1788-1854) 4

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Children

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1 M William Smith McDowell ¹

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           Born: Oct 1850 1
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2 F Margaret Jane McDowell ¹

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           Died: 19 Mar 1904 1
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         Spouse: John Johnston Bradley (1838-      ) 1 5
           Marr: 1 Dec 1880 1

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3 F Mary Holmes McDowell ⁶

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           Born: 1854 6
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         Spouse: John Samuel Patton (1849-      ) 6

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4 F Sarah Elizabeth McDowell ^{7 8}

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           Died: 2 Apr 1901 8 9
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         Spouse: David Humphrey Bard (1848/1848-      ) 7 8
           Marr: 5 Dec 1878 9

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5 F Annabelle McDowell ¹⁰

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M James Gillan McDowell ¹⁰

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Alexander Erwin McDowell ¹⁰

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General Notes: Husband - William Erwin McDowell

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He was a farmer near St. Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and a ruling elder of the St. Thomas Presbyterian church. He served in the Civil War, being commissioned captain of Company I, 158th P. V. I., Nov. 4, 1862, and was mustered out Aug. 12, 1863. He was a member of the G. A. R. He removed to Nebraska in 1883, settling in Hitchcock County.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 101.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 90.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 101, 192.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 192.

5 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 872.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 101, 589.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 28, 102.

8 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 242.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 28.

10 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 102.