John McDowell 1816 - 1881

John McDowell

Born

April 22, 1816

Died

Mar. 8, 1881

Buried Shady Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 11 March 2011. Note the name of the company/person who inscribed and erected this monument on the lower right side of the tombstone: "Davis & Young, Princeton Ky"

John McDowell married Permelia Crider 21 October 1840 in Livingston County, Kentucky.[1]

John McDowell last appeared on the census in 1880 in Caldwell County.[2]  Although the John and Permelia McDowell family appears to have lived in Caldwell County, Kentucky, most of them are buried at Shady Grove Cemetery in Crittenden County. 

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[1] Joyce McCandless Woodyard. Livingston County, Kentucky Marriage Records Including Marriages of Freedmen Vol. II (August 1839-December 187), (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1994) 10.

[2] 1880 Caldwell County, Kentucky census, Williams Mill District, page 484D, E.D. 160, dwelling 283, family 330, family of J. McDowell.

Published 26 June 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/