Samuel McLanahan McDowell

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Husband Samuel McLanahan McDowell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Jul 1842 2
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           Died: 27 Jun 1864 - Kenesaw Mountain, GA 1 2
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         Father: John McLanahan McDowell (1801-1882) 1 2
         Mother: Margaret Allison McLanahan (1814-1889) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McLanahan McDowell

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He was a soldier of the Civil war. He was in the same company with his brother Allison in the three months service, with the rank of corporal. He entered the three year service Nov. 6, 1861, with a battery recruited by Capt. P. B. Housum, for the 77th P. V. I., and afterward known as Independent Battery B. He was promoted from first lieutenant to be captain, Jan. 11, 1864, and was in command of the battery at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, where he was killed.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 11.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 96.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 96, 142.