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Dr. John McDowell
1750 - 1825 (75 years)-
Name John McDowell [1] Prefix Dr. Birth 1750 Cecil County, Maryland 
[2] Gender Male Death 1 Jan 1825 Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio [2] Person ID I20687 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 22 Nov 2020
Father Rev. Alexander McDowell, b. 1721, Gleno, Raloo, Antrim, Ireland d. 13 Jan 1782 (Age 61 years) Mother Ann Craighead, b. 1 Jul 1725, White Clay Creek, New Castle, Delaware bur. Stone Graveyard, Lewisville, Chester, Pennsylvania Family ID F12337 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Martha Johnston, b. New London Crossroads, Chester, Pennsylvania Marriage New London Crossroads, Chester, Pennsylvania [2] Children 1. Alexander Johnston McDowell, b. 1788, New London Crossroads, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 6 Dec 1871, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio (Age 83 years)Family ID F12354 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Jan 2019
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Notes - From “The McDowell Family”, citation details below:
John was born in Cecil county, Maryland, in 1750; was educated as a physician at the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. He married Martha Johnston, at New London Cross Roads, Chester County. About the year 1804 he removed to Steubenville, Ohio and died there January 1, 1825. He was an officer and surgeon in the Continental and United States army. In the Revolutionary War he served with distinction and honor; was engaged in the ‘Crossing of the Delaware,’ the battle of Princeton, Trenton and others. Congress presented him with a sword. He was a close personal friend of Gen. George Washington, and one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. His military record is as follows: First lieutenant and surgeon’s mate, Sixth Pennsylvania Battalion, Jan 9, 1776; first lieutenant, no date, and captain Seventh Pennsylvania March 20, 1777; transferred to First Pennsylvania, Jan. 1, 1783, and served to Nov. 3 1783; surgeon United States infantry regiment, Aug. 1, 1784; resigned July 24, 1788.
He served his State as a member of the Executive Council for three years and was also a member of the Legislature.
- From “The McDowell Family”, citation details below:
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Sources - [S2650] The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead, 1658-1876 by James Geddes Craighead. Philadelphia, 1876.
- [S2988] "The McDowell Family." Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical, and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Annual Volume, 1899, ed. William Henry Egle. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1900.
- [S2650] The Craighead Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead, 1658-1876 by James Geddes Craighead. Philadelphia, 1876.