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Dr William Adair McDowell

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Dr William Adair McDowell

Birth
Mercer, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA
Death
10 Dec 1853 (aged 58)
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sect. G, Lot 23, Gr. 4
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Married in Fincastle, August 24, 1819. Son of Samuel and Ann (Irvine) McDowell; grandson of Samuel and Mary (McClung) McDowell; great-grandson of John and Magdalen (Woods) McDowell. William Adair McDowell attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee), and received the M. D. degree from Philadelphia Medical College. He began the practice of medicine with his distinguished brother [sic - this may should be uncle], Dr. Ephraim McDowell, under whom he had studied before attending college in Philadelphia. After his marriage he practiced medicine for a number of years, and in 1837 he settled in Louisville, Ky. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812.

~The Descendants of William Kellie of Scotland; Helen Kelly Brink; H.K. Brink, 1994.

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He married Maria Hawkins Harvey in 1819 in Virginia.

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*** Many thanks to Todd Whitesides (#47553735) for burial info and to Richard H. L. Chichester, III (#46953186) for above bio, and Contributor: Dr. Wilhelmus (49500966) for uncle info.

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Married in Fincastle, August 24, 1819. Son of Samuel and Ann (Irvine) McDowell; grandson of Samuel and Mary (McClung) McDowell; great-grandson of John and Magdalen (Woods) McDowell. William Adair McDowell attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee), and received the M. D. degree from Philadelphia Medical College. He began the practice of medicine with his distinguished brother [sic - this may should be uncle], Dr. Ephraim McDowell, under whom he had studied before attending college in Philadelphia. After his marriage he practiced medicine for a number of years, and in 1837 he settled in Louisville, Ky. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812.

~The Descendants of William Kellie of Scotland; Helen Kelly Brink; H.K. Brink, 1994.

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He married Maria Hawkins Harvey in 1819 in Virginia.

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ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

*** Many thanks to Todd Whitesides (#47553735) for burial info and to Richard H. L. Chichester, III (#46953186) for above bio, and Contributor: Dr. Wilhelmus (49500966) for uncle info.

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