Fisher Family Genealogy
MCDOWELL, Matthias
1805 --
Name MCDOWELL, Matthias Birth 20 Jun 1805 CENSUS 20 Sep 1850 West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA [1] Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, Roll M432_796; Page: 380A; Image: 638 Person ID I326 Main Last Modified 31 Jan 2010
Father MCDOWELL, Samuel, b. Abt 1766 d. 9 May 1843, Westmoreland Co., PA (Age 77 years) Mother 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 [2] Family ID F85 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LEECH, Jane, b. 2 Mar 1822 d. 5 Jan 1889, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA (Age 66 years) Marriage 3 Feb 1842 Children + 1. MCDOWELL, Lydia, b. 4 Jan 1843, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA d. Mar 1915 (Age 72 years) + 2. MCDOWELL, Loretta, b. 3 Feb 1844, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA d. 31 Jul 1891 (Age 47 years) 3. MCDOWELL, DeWitt, b. 10 Sep 1845, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA 4. MCDOWELL, Samuel, b. Abt 1846, Pennsylvania 5. MCDOWELL, Leech, b. Abt 1849, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA 6. MCDOWELL, Matthias, b. Dec 1849, Pennsylvania [Birth] + 7. MCDOWELL, Hannah, b. 30 Nov 1854 8. MCDOWELL, Samuel, b. 7 May 1857, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA + 9. MCDOWELL, William, b. 1 May 1859, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA 10. MCDOWELL, Gererure, b. 26 Apr 1861 Family ID F137 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jan 2010
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Notes - Matthias McDowell (spelled Mathias McDowel in the document) served as executor of uncle Abel Fisher's will: "And I do nominate and appoint Mathias McDowel Executor of this my last will hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand the 9th day of December AD 1833.
Abel Fisher Sen." [3]
- Matthias McDowell (spelled Mathias McDowel in the document) served as executor of uncle Abel Fisher's will: "And I do nominate and appoint Mathias McDowel Executor of this my last will hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand the 9th day of December AD 1833.
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Sources - [S190] Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, (Ancestry,com), 20 Sep 1850, Roll M432_796; Page: 380A; Image: 638 (Reliability: 2).
- [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." - [SR15] Abel Fisher, Will: Fisher, Abel - 1838, (Registrar of Wills), 18 Aug 1838, Will Book 2: p 403-404. (Reliability: 3).
- [S190] Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, (Ancestry,com), 20 Sep 1850, Roll M432_796; Page: 380A; Image: 638 (Reliability: 2).