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

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.