Dr. Roy Johnson McDowell and Myrtle Davidson

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Husband Dr. Roy Johnson McDowell ¹

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           Born: 5 Oct 1888 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Ezra Alonzo McDowell (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: L. Rebecca Johnston (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 28 Jul 1919 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA 1

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Wife Myrtle Davidson ¹

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         Father: William Davidson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Reddick (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Harold McDowell ⁵

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           Born: 20 May 1920 5
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2 M William McDowell ⁵

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           Born: 28 May 1924 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Martha McDowell ⁵

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           Born: 21 May 1925 5
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Roy Johnson McDowell

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He received his early education in the public schools of Grove City, Pennsylvania, was graduated from Grove City College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1912 and during the following two years taught school, becoming principal of Volant High School in Lawrence County. At the end of this time he entered Philadelphia College of Osteopathy to prepare for his profession and con­tinued his studies there until 1918, when he joined the United States Army for World War service. As a first class private he was attached to the 305th Ammunition Train and subsequently was transferred to the Medical Corps for duty in the Laboratory Department at Fort McHenry General Hospital. Following his discharge from the army in 1919, he returned to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy to take the degree of Doctor of Osteopathy and in the same year came to Sharon, where he then engaged in practice. In 1928 he completed a special course in proctology at Bir­mingham, Alabama, and in 1934 took postgraduate work at Philadelphia College of Osteopathy, keeping abreast of all recent developments in osteopathic science.
He was a member of the staff of Grove City Osteopathic Hospital and a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the Northwestern Osteopathic Association and the Pennsylvania State Osteopathic Asso­ciation. In addition to his professional connections, Dr. McDowell was a director of the Crestview Memorial Park Association of Grove City and at Sharon was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis Club and the Sharon Country Club. He was affiliated fraternally with Sharon Lodge, No. 668, Free and Accepted Masons, and in this order was also a member of various higher bodies in the York Rite, including the Commandery, Knights Templar. Dr. McDowell was a Republican in politics and a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Sharon.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 259.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1024.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1343.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1023, 1024.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 260.