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Captain Samuel L McDowell 1785–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jul 1785

Birth Location: Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 21 Mar 1857

Death Location: Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

Father: Col McDowell

Mother: Mary McDowell

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Captain Samuel L McDowell was born in 1785 in Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, the child of Col James Old Thunder Mcdowell And Mary Polly Paxton Lyle Mcdowell. Captain Samuel L McDowell passed away in 1857 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Captain Samuel L McDowell was born in 1785 in Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, the child of Col James Old Thunder Mcdowell And Mary Polly Paxton Lyle Mcdowell.
  • Captain Samuel L McDowell passed away in 1857 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States.

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Captain McDowell's Ancestors

Self
Captain McDowell
1785–1857
Birth Place: Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Parents
Col James "Old Thunder" McDowell
1760–1843
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Mary ("Polly" Paxton Lyle) McDowell
1763–1843
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Judge (Samuel) McDowell
1735–1817
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mary McClung
1734–1826
Coleraine, Antrim, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Captain McDowell
1714–1742
Magdalena Woods
1706–1800
John McClung
1706–1787
Rebecca Stuart\Stewart
1710–1781
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Woods
1684–1762
Lady Woods
1690–1742

Captain McDowell's Timeline

2 Records

1785
23 Jul 1785
Birth of Captain Samuel L McDowell in Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
1857
21 Mar 1857
Age 72
Death of Captain Samuel L McDowell in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jul 1785
    Event Place: Fayette, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1857
    Event Place: Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

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