James McDowell and Katharine Miller

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Husband James McDowell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Jun 1804 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 10 Jul 1886 3
         Buried:  - Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Mt. Prospect, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: James McDowell (Abt 1760-1827) 4 5
         Mother: Mary McKnight (Abt 1770-1853) 1

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Wife Katharine Miller ¹

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            AKA: Catherine Miller 2
           Born: 1804 1
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           Died: 16 Feb 1881 3
         Buried:  - Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Mt. Prospect, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Jacob Miller (1770-1857) 6 7
         Mother: Jane Filson (1778-Abt 1858) 6 8

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Children

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1 F Mary McDowell ³

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2 F Jane McDowell ³

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3 M James McDowell ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Rachel McDowell ³

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5 M Jacob McDowell ³

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6 M John McDowell ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Samuel McDowell ³

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8 M Robert McDowell ³

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           Died: 30 Mar 1889 - Miami Co, KS 3
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9 M Joseph McDowell ³

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10 F Katharine McDowell ³

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General Notes: Husband - James McDowell

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He married and they set­tled on part of the family farm, it having been willed to him and his brother John to be divided between them. He followed farming, stock raising and hunting as an occupation, and was considered in his day a great marksman and hunter. When about fifteen years of age he, with a flint-lock rifle, went hunting, taking along with him a young fox-hound. Before he was off their own farm, he came up to a black bear. The young hound would not leave him, but with his tail down and bristle's up, kept a sniffing. He finally discovered the bear standing up on its haunches and on firing, the powder flashed in the pan, causing the gun to hang fire. In the meantime the bear had got down on all fours and ran about a rod before the gun discharged the ball. This bear was the last one seen in those parts and was a few days after­ward killed near what is now the village of Hick­ory, in Mt. Pleasant township. When dressed the bear weighed 300 pounds. James McDowell's po­litical views were Democratic, his first vote being cast for Andrew Jackson for President. He voted for all the Democratic nominees down to his last vote, which was cast for Grover Cleveland in 1884. Al­though not a member of any church, he was never known to speak disrespectfully of the Christian religion, and all that is known of his religious be­lief is what he said to the minister on his death­bed which was: “when Christ died He sent the Holy Ghost as a Comforter.”

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1261.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1313.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1262.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1218, 1261.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 672.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 504.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 538, 1248.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 538.