William Clark McDowell and Laura O'Brien

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Husband William Clark McDowell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Dec 1879 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Parker McDowell (1848-      ) 1 3
         Mother: Martha A. McClain (1857-      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 6 Sep 1904 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 1

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Wife Laura O'Brien ¹

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         Father: M. I. O'Brien (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Reardon (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M William Parker McDowell ⁴

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           Born: 14 Jun 1914 4
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General Notes: Husband - William Clark McDowell

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Sharon schools furnished William C. McDowell's early education, and after attending Sharon High School he began his active career. He turned his attention to news­paper work at the age of thirteen, publishing, with his brother, between 1892 and 1898, a weekly paper, the “Sharon Star,” long since out of existence and a rare collectors' item. Between 1910 and 1917 he served as assistant cashier of the McDowell National Bank, of Sharon. Then, until 1924, he was vice-president and cashier of the People's Bank, of Farrell. From 1924 to 1926 he served as treasurer of the automo­bile sales organization known as the Dietrich-McDowell Company. In 1926 he accepted the post of treasurer of the Sharon Herald Company.
He was a Re­publican; a member of the organizing committee of the Sharon Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Sharon Country Club, and was affiliated fraternally with the Protected Home Circle and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

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

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 287.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 98.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 288.