Person:William McDowell (27)

Watchers
William Banks McDowell
m. 1832
  1. Robert Alexander McDowell1833 - Bef 1881
  2. Mary Jane McDowell1835 - 1872
  3. Henry Marion McDowell1836 - 1864
  4. Leroy Davis McDowell1838 - 1918
  5. William Banks McDowell1842 - 1914
  6. James T. McDowell1844 - Bef 1880
  7. Caroline E. McDowell1847 - 1880
  8. Eleanor A. McDowell1849 - 1880
m. 19 May 1867
  1. Elma McDowell1868 - 1882
  2. Nannie Lou McDowell1870 - 1881
  3. Joseph Sadler McDowell1873 - 1949
  4. Mary Ella (May) McDowell1876 - 1891
  5. Maria S. McDowell1878 - 1909
  6. William Guy McDowell1884 - 1959
Facts and Events
Name William Banks McDowell
Gender Male
Birth[1][8] 13 Apr 1842 Chester, South Carolina, United States
Census[2] 1850 Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Census[3] 1860 Houston, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Military[13] From 1861 to 1865
Property[11] 1867 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Marriage 19 May 1867 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United Statesto Martha Elmore Sadler
Census[4] 1870 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Property[10] 1873 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Property[14] 1874 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United StatesLot No. 128, west side of Centre Street
Property[9] 1875 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Census[5] 1880 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Property[12] 1883 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Other[15] 1895 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United StatesPeoples Party Executive Committee
Census[6] 11 Jun 1900 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Census[7] 1910 Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Death[1] 9 Jan 1914 Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Burial[1] Jan 1914 Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grave Marker.

    "W. B. McDowell, born April 13, 1842, died January 9, 1914"

  2. 1850 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - E. Division (Houston)
    Page 612; Dwelling/ Family 123, September 13, 1850.

    William B. McDowell, 8 years old, born South Carolina, residing with parents and siblings.

  3. 1860 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Division 1 (Houston)
    Pages 130-31; Dwelling 988 / Family 1007, September 6, 1860.

    Wm. McDowell, 17 years old, born South Carolina, hotel clerk, residing with his mother and siblings in the hotel she owned. Also residing with them was his mother's second husband, E.P. Porter.

  4. 1870 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - 3rd Subdivision of the Northern Division (Okolona)
    Page 70; Dwelling 475/ Family 490, September 6, 1870.

    W.B. McDowell, 28 years, born South Carolina, farmer with $600 personalty, residing with wife, M. E. and daughter, Elma (2 years old).

  5. 1880 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Okolona Town, ED 31
    Page 4; Dwelling/Family 34, June 2, 1880.

    McDowell W.B. W M 37 married County official SC Ire Ire
    ", Martha E W F 30 wife married keeping house MS NC AL
    ", Elma W F 12 dau single at school MS SC MS
    ", Nannie L W F 9 dau single at school MS SC MS
    ", Joseph S W M 7 son single at school MS SC MS
    ", May E W F 4 dau single MS SC MS
    ", Maria S. W F 1 dau single MS SC MS

  6. 1900 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Okolona Precinct, ED 16
    Page 92B; Dwelling 122 / Family 134, June 11, 1900.

    William McDowell, 54 years old, born March, 1846 in South Carolina, father and mother born South Carolina, married 30 years, farmer, residing with his wife and children, Maria and William.

  7. 1910 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi - Okolona City, Ward 2
    Page 162A; Dwelling/Family 8, April 19, 1910.

    W. B. McDowell, 62 years old, born South Carolina, father and mother born Ireland, married for 43 years, living on his own income, owned his home, residing with his wife, son, Will, and daughter-in-law.

  8. Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (1891)
    Vol I, pp. 1185-86.

    Indicates that his parents married in Chester district, South Carolina, and resided there until moving to Chickasaw County, Mississippi.

  9. Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1875
    Page 55.

    In 1875 W.B. McDowell was assessed personal property tax on 4 cows, 3 horses, 3 mules, 2 wheeled vehicles, 2 pistols and 1 watch.

  10. Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1873.

    In 1873 Wm. B. McDowell was assessed personal property tax on 10 cows, 3 horses, 2 mules, 10 swine, 2 wheeled vehicles and 1 pistol.

  11. Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1867
    Page 65.

    W.B. McDowell was assessed personal property tax on $75 of watches. Mcdowell Bros., a firm in which he may have held an interest, was assessed personal property tax on
    $6500 in sales of merchandise by regular merchants.

  12. Assessment of Persons and Personal Property, Chickasaw County, 1883
    Page 343.

    W. B. McDowell was assessed personal property tax on 1 pistol.

  13. Pension Application of William B. McDowell
    Office of the State Auditor Series 1201: Confederate Pension Applications, 1889-1932, August 4, 1909.

    The application reports that William B. McDowell enlisted at Chickasaw County in April, 1861, in the 11th Mississippi Infantry, Company H, under Col. Moore and Captain W. F. Tucker. He served until the close of the war. After July 3, 1863 he was assigned to detailed duty. He was wounded in battle three times: at the battles of 2nd Manassas in 1862, Suffolk in 1862 and at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, where he was "permanently disabled...by nature of wounds giving there". He was then assigned to detailed service at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, until the time of surrender in 1865. At the time of the application he reported that had been totally blind since 1904.
    Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (1891), Vol I, pp. 1185-86, indicates that after he was wounded at Gettysburg, he served in the quartermaster department.

  14. The Prairie News, Okolona, Mississippi
    Vol. 20, No. 9, Page 4, September 04, 1874.

    W.B. McDowell assessed for "Lot in Town of Okolona No. 128, west side of Centre Street"

  15. The People's Messenger, Okolona, Mississippi
    Vol 24, No. 11, Page 4, November 20, 1895.

    W.B. McDowell listed as member of the Peoples Party Executive Committee.