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/

Tombstone Tuesday - Laura Walker

Laura Wife of W.M. Walker Jan. 10, 1868 Feb. 12, 1926

Buried Sugar Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 11 March 2011. W.M. Walker married Miss Laura J. Corley 27 January 1889 Crittenden County. According to her Kentucky death certificate #22286 (1926), Laura was the daughter of Jno. L. Corley and Julia A. McDowell. 

Published 24 Apr 2012, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/