Thomas McDowell

1772 - 1851  (79 years)

• Name	Thomas McDowell
  Born	1772	____, Franklin Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  1840 Census	1840	Peters Twp., Franklin Co., PA
  	p. 313 Thos. McDowell   010 010 010 0000 - 110 201 000 0000
  Died	4 Aug 1851	____, Franklin Co., PA
  Buried	Aft 4 Aug 1851	Spring Grove Cemetery, Lemasters, Franklin Co., PA
  Person ID	I10072	Pennsylvania Davidsons
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	William McDowell,   b. 1722, ____, Chester Co., PA ,   d. 17 Sep 1812, Peters Twp., Franklin Co., PA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Maxwell,   b. 1727,   d. 9 Apr 1805  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1751
  Family ID	F10062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Craig Davidson,   b. Aug 1784, ____, ____, PA ,   d. 31 Oct 1854, ____, Franklin Co., PA  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1807	Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA
  Children	1. Mary Maxwell McDowell,   b. 17 Mar 1808, ____, Franklin Co., PA ,   d. 20 Oct 1874, ____, Franklin Co., PA  (Age 66 years)   2. Catherine Davidson McDowell,   b. 2 Apr 1811,   d. 21 Oct 1893  (Age 82 years)   3. William Henry McDowell,   b. 6 Feb 1813, ____, Franklin Co., PA ,   d. 3 Jan 1900, Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA  (Age 86 years)   4. Hugh Davidson McDowell,   b. Sep 1814, ____, Franklin Co., PA ,   d. 16 Feb 1840, ____, Franklin Co., PA  (Age ~ 25 years)   5. John Alexander McDowell,   b. 1819,   d. Bef 1859  (Age 40 years)   6. Susanna Agnes "Susan" McDowell,   b. 21 Jun 1822, ____, Franklin Co., PA ,   d. 18 Jun 1843, ____, Franklin Co., PA  (Age 20 years)
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F10017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1772 - ____, Franklin Co., PA Married - 12 Mar 1807 - Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA Died - 4 Aug 1851 - ____, Franklin Co., PA Buried - Aft 4 Aug 1851 - Spring Grove Cemetery, Lemasters, Franklin Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, VOLUME 1 (1905), pp. 89-90. (XVII) THOMAS McDOWELL (born in 1772 - died Aug. 4, 1851), son of William and Mary (Maxwell) McDowell, was a farmer in Peters township, and a ruler elder of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, from 1814 until his death. He married March 12, 1807, Mary Craig Davidson (born in 1784 - died Oct. 31, 1854), daughter of Elias and Agnes (McDowell) Davidson. They had issue: 1. Mary Maxwell married (first) Dr. William Humphreys; (second) Rev. A. K. Nelson (XL). 2. Catherine Davidson (born April 2, 1811 - died Oct. 21, 1893), married Nov. 1, 1842, Rev. Nathan Grier White (born in Fagg's Manor, April 11, 1810 - died Sept. 29, 1895) son of Rev. Robert and Nancy (Grier) White. He was graduated at Disckinson College and the Princeton Theological Seminary, and was pastor of the McConnellsburg Presbyterian Church for thirty years, 1834-64. He afterward served congregations at Williamsburg and New Haven, Pa. She was his second wife. They had issue: Thomas Henry, born Oct. 26, 1845, married Clara V. Ake; Anna Mary, born June 26, 1848, married William L. Neff; and Edwin McCrea, born Aug. 31, 1850, died May 8, 1859. 3. William H. (XLI). 4. Hugh Davidson, born September, 1814, died Feb. 16, 1840. 5. John Alexander, born in 1819. 6. Susan Agnes, born June 21, 1822, died June 18, 1843. ____________ This book on page 86 also shows that Mary Davidson. daughter of Elias Davidson and Agnes McDowell, married Rev. Robert Kennedy. Evidence suggestions that Mary Craig Davidson was a daughter of Col. Hugh Davidson and Catherine McDowell.