MCDOWELL, Samuel b. Abt 1766 d. 9 May 1843 Westmoreland Co., PA

Fisher Family Genealogy

Abt 1766 - 1843 (77 years)

Name	MCDOWELL, Samuel
Birth	Abt 1766 [1]
ASSO	03 Feb 1842	Mercer Co., PA [2]
Death	9 May 1843	Westmoreland Co., PA [3]
Burial	Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA [3]
Burial		Headstone: Samuel McDowell - 1843
Person ID	I207	Main
Last Modified	1 Aug 2009

Father	MCDOWELL
Mother	Mrs.
Family ID	F139	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family FISHER Hannah, b. 11 Feb 1767, Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ d. 5 Jan 1826, Westmoreland Co., PA (Age 58 years)

Marriage Abt 1789 Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA [4]

Children

	1. MCDOWELL, Margaret, b. Abt 1790
	2. MCDOWELL, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1792
	3. MCDOWELL, Rachel, b. Abt 1794 d. 1 Dec 1856, Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA (Age 62 years)
	4. MCDOWELL, Mary, b. Abt 1798, Pennsylvania d. 10 Jun 1877, Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA (Age 79 years) [Birth]
+	5. MCDOWELL, Samuel, b. 23 Jan 1799, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA d. 20 May 1874, Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA (Age 75 years)
+	6. MCDOWELL, Thomas, b. Abt 1801 bur. Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA
+	7. MCDOWELL, Abel, b. 1 May 1803, Westmoreland Co., PA d. 25 Jul 1868, Hickory Township, Lawrence Co., PA (Age 65 years)
+	8. MCDOWELL, Matthias, b. 20 Jun 1805
	9. MCDOWELL, Amy, b. Abt 1808 d. 27 Feb 1828, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA (Age 20 years)
+	10. MCDOWELL, Joseph, b. Abt 1812, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA bur. Eastbrook, Lawrence Co., PA

Family ID F85 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 18 May 2001

Event Map

	Marriage - Abt 1789 - Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA
	ASSO - 03 Feb 1842 - Mercer Co., PA
	Death - 9 May 1843 - Westmoreland Co., PA
	Burial - - Old Ligonier Cemetery, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA

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Notes
Hannah...married Samuel McDowell, and settled near Ligonier. They raised a large family, most of whom removed and settled in Mercer (now Lawrence) County.

Sources

[S180] Old Ligonier Cemetery Photos, 27 Jul 2009 (Reliability: 3).
Calculated from headstone that reads DIED May 9 1843? Aged 72 years, assuming date of death is 1843. Stone is weathered and difficult to read. Date of death could also read 1813.
[SR59] John Fisher, Will: Fisher, John - 1842, 03 Feb 1842 (Reliability: 3).
Will: Fisher, John - 1842, John Fisher, 302-303 (Reliability: 3), Between 12 Jun 1841 and 3 Feb 1842.
"Signed sealed published and declared by the testator to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who saw him subscribe the same And at his request have witnessed the same this 12th day of June 1841.
"John Fisher (seal)
"James Banks
"Samuel McDowell
"Mercer County ss.
"Before me Joseph Smith Register for the probate of wills & e in and for said county personally came Samuel McDowell and on his solemn oath duly administered according to law did depose and say that he was present and saw the testator John Fisher sign and seal the foregoing instrument of writing and heard him pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and testament. And that he was at the time of his so doing of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of his knowledge observation and belief And that he in the presence of the testator and at his request signed the same as a witness and that the name Samuel McDowell so signed to the same is the proper handwriting of this deponent.
"Samuel McDowell
"Sworn and subscribed
"before me the 3rd day of Feb 1842
"Joseph Smith Register"
[S180] Old Ligonier Cemetery Photos, 27 Jul 2009 (Reliability: 3).
Headstone weathered and difficult to read. Date of death could read May 9 1813 or 1843.
[SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 573, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2).
"HannahÉmarried Samuel McDowell, and settled near Ligonier. They raised a large family, most of whom removed and settled in Mercer (now Lawrence) County."