W. J. McDowell and Elizabeth Smith

---

---

Husband W. J. McDowell ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 1855 - Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 28 Mar 1877 3

---

---

Wife Elizabeth Smith ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

Children

---

1 M Lawrence H. McDowell ^{3 4}

---

           Born: 27 Dec 1878 - Mercer Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1917 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Kathryn Campbell (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1903 4

---

2 M John Quincy Adams McDowell ²

---

           Born: 1883 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1942 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Charlotte McCandless (1883-1971) 2

---

3 M Paul F. McDowell ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

4 M James W. McDowell ³

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

---

General Notes: Husband - W. J. McDowell

---

His early life was devoted mainly to farming, but after he came to Butler, PA, in 1890, he embarked in the laun­dry business and established the first steam laundry in the place. He started his plant near the flats along the Bessemer Railroad, but when the tracks began to encroach, he bought another site on McKean Street and on this land built a substantial build­ing with dimensions of 30 by 100 feet, with boiler rooms in the rear. In 1896 he took possession of it and has did a large business, giving employment to twenty-one people. He also had other business interests, being a stock­holder in the People's Telephone Com­pany; in the Butler Silk mill and in the American Mower works.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1464.

2 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 34.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1465.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 346.