Harry Bleakley McDowell and Grace Osborne

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Husband Harry Bleakley McDowell ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Apr 1882 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: Maj. Alexander McDowell (1845-Aft 1909) 1 4 5
         Mother: Clara Bleakley (1847-Aft 1875) 6 7 8

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       Marriage: 22 Nov 1911 3

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Wife Grace Osborne ^{2 3}

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           Born: 6 Apr 1883 2
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Children

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1 F Mary McDowell ²

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           Born: 6 Nov 1912 2
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         Spouse: George S. Warren, Jr. (      -      ) 3

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2 F Margaret McDowell ³

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3 F Elizabeth McDowell ³

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4 M Harry Bleakley McDowell ³

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5 M Alexander McDowell ³

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General Notes: Husband - Harry Bleakley McDowell

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He was educated at Trinity Hall, Washington, Pennsylvania, where he was a student from 1898 to 1900, and at Washington and Jefferson College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1904. In 1905-06 he studied at Harvard Law School, but was never active in the profession of law.
Mr. McDowell began his long banking career in 1904 and in 1907 became cashier of the McDowell National Bank in Sharon. In 1919, after twelve years of service in that office, he was elected vice-president of the bank and in 1933 assumed the presidency. Mr. McDowell was also a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. In addition, he was president and director of the Sharon Coal & Ice Company; vice-president and director of the Shenango Valley Water Company; and treasurer and director of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association.
At Sharon he was a director of the F. H. Buhl Club Fund and was active in the support of many community enterprises and institutions. He was a director of the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce; a member of the Economic Policy Commission and the American Bankers Association; and a member of the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, the Shrine Club of Erie and the Sharon Country Club. He was affiliated with the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; with Sharon Lodge, No. 103, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and with the Masonic order, in which he was a member of Sharon Lodge, No. 250, Free and Accepted Masons; all higher bodies of both York and Scottish Rites, including Sharon Commandery, Knights Templar, and New Castle Consistory, thirty-second degree; the Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Erie; and the Royal Order of Jesters at Pittsburgh. During the First World War, Mr. McDowell was director of the Liberty Loan campaign in Mercer County. He was a Republican in politics and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 105.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 377.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 436.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 376.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 376.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 483.

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 785.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 529.