Serial Number: 67244
Birth Place: Windsor Mills, Canada
Age: 31 3/12 years
Comment: Enl: NG Rumford, June 23, 1916. Reported for Federal Serv: Apr. 13, 1917. Private. Org: Co B 2nd Inf Me NG (Co B 103 Inf) to disch. Eng: Chemin des Dames; St Mihiel; Chateau Thierry; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action severely: July 20/18. Overseas: Sept. 25, 1917 to Jan. 3, 1919. Hon disch on demob: Feb. 28, 1919. Decorations and Awards: World War I Victory Medal and World War I Victory Button Bronze.
He enlisted June 22, 1917 in Rumford, Maine as a Private. He was discharged February 28, 1919 at Camp Devens, Mass due to debilitating injuries. He was shot in the right arm and had chronic arthritis in both knees and ankles.
According to the records of the Home for Disabled Volunteers Soliders, Robert was 5' 6" and had blue eyes and brown hair. He could read and write and was protestant. His given occupation was that of a paper maker.
The April 26, 1910 Rangeley Plantation, (Bemis Village) Census, Herbert W. and Robert C. McDowell, were living in a boarding house doing odd jobs.
At the time of his death, Robert resided at the Oxford House, in Rumford, Maine. He apparently had fallen several times and hit his head and died from respiratory failure due to a concussion of the brain. He had worked as a cook in the lumber camps.
According to the 1920 Census, Robert, Grace, and their daughter Alice were living in Saco, Maine with Grace's parents Peter and Mary Grant, living on Lincoln Street, working as a carpenter in a machine shop.
Robert C. McDowall was a patient from time to time at the Home for Volunteer Disabled Soldiers in Augusta, Maine. There were 17 or 18 of these homes across the country. This was the first one. They were established by Abraham Lincoln. There is an interesting history to the facility in Maine. Robert was in and out of the facility over the course of his life after World War I. However, he died after a fall at the Oxford House in Rumford after a series of falls. He died from respiratory failure as a result of concussion of the brain. His death certificate gives his place of death as Rumford, Maine.
Robert's grand niece, Arline Francis McIntire, is buried at Togus National Cemetery in Togus, Maine.
His grand nephew, Douglas Leo McIntire, is buried at Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, in Augusta, Maine.
Birth Place: Windsor Mills, Canada
Age: 31 3/12 years
Comment: Enl: NG Rumford, June 23, 1916. Reported for Federal Serv: Apr. 13, 1917. Private. Org: Co B 2nd Inf Me NG (Co B 103 Inf) to disch. Eng: Chemin des Dames; St Mihiel; Chateau Thierry; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action severely: July 20/18. Overseas: Sept. 25, 1917 to Jan. 3, 1919. Hon disch on demob: Feb. 28, 1919. Decorations and Awards: World War I Victory Medal and World War I Victory Button Bronze.
He enlisted June 22, 1917 in Rumford, Maine as a Private. He was discharged February 28, 1919 at Camp Devens, Mass due to debilitating injuries. He was shot in the right arm and had chronic arthritis in both knees and ankles.
According to the records of the Home for Disabled Volunteers Soliders, Robert was 5' 6" and had blue eyes and brown hair. He could read and write and was protestant. His given occupation was that of a paper maker.
The April 26, 1910 Rangeley Plantation, (Bemis Village) Census, Herbert W. and Robert C. McDowell, were living in a boarding house doing odd jobs.
At the time of his death, Robert resided at the Oxford House, in Rumford, Maine. He apparently had fallen several times and hit his head and died from respiratory failure due to a concussion of the brain. He had worked as a cook in the lumber camps.
According to the 1920 Census, Robert, Grace, and their daughter Alice were living in Saco, Maine with Grace's parents Peter and Mary Grant, living on Lincoln Street, working as a carpenter in a machine shop.
Robert C. McDowall was a patient from time to time at the Home for Volunteer Disabled Soldiers in Augusta, Maine. There were 17 or 18 of these homes across the country. This was the first one. They were established by Abraham Lincoln. There is an interesting history to the facility in Maine. Robert was in and out of the facility over the course of his life after World War I. However, he died after a fall at the Oxford House in Rumford after a series of falls. He died from respiratory failure as a result of concussion of the brain. His death certificate gives his place of death as Rumford, Maine.
Robert's grand niece, Arline Francis McIntire, is buried at Togus National Cemetery in Togus, Maine.
His grand nephew, Douglas Leo McIntire, is buried at Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, in Augusta, Maine.
Serial Number: 67244
Birth Place: Windsor Mills, Canada
Age: 31 3/12 years
Comment: Enl: NG Rumford, June 23, 1916. Reported for Federal Serv: Apr. 13, 1917. Private. Org: Co B 2nd Inf Me NG (Co B 103 Inf) to disch. Eng: Chemin des Dames; St Mihiel; Chateau Thierry; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action severely: July 20/18. Overseas: Sept. 25, 1917 to Jan. 3, 1919. Hon disch on demob: Feb. 28, 1919. Decorations and Awards: World War I Victory Medal and World War I Victory Button Bronze.
He enlisted June 22, 1917 in Rumford, Maine as a Private. He was discharged February 28, 1919 at Camp Devens, Mass due to debilitating injuries. He was shot in the right arm and had chronic arthritis in both knees and ankles.
According to the records of the Home for Disabled Volunteers Soliders, Robert was 5' 6" and had blue eyes and brown hair. He could read and write and was protestant. His given occupation was that of a paper maker.
The April 26, 1910 Rangeley Plantation, (Bemis Village) Census, Herbert W. and Robert C. McDowell, were living in a boarding house doing odd jobs.
At the time of his death, Robert resided at the Oxford House, in Rumford, Maine. He apparently had fallen several times and hit his head and died from respiratory failure due to a concussion of the brain. He had worked as a cook in the lumber camps.
According to the 1920 Census, Robert, Grace, and their daughter Alice were living in Saco, Maine with Grace's parents Peter and Mary Grant, living on Lincoln Street, working as a carpenter in a machine shop.
Robert C. McDowall was a patient from time to time at the Home for Volunteer Disabled Soldiers in Augusta, Maine. There were 17 or 18 of these homes across the country. This was the first one. They were established by Abraham Lincoln. There is an interesting history to the facility in Maine. Robert was in and out of the facility over the course of his life after World War I. However, he died after a fall at the Oxford House in Rumford after a series of falls. He died from respiratory failure as a result of concussion of the brain. His death certificate gives his place of death as Rumford, Maine.
Robert's grand niece, Arline Francis McIntire, is buried at Togus National Cemetery in Togus, Maine.
His grand nephew, Douglas Leo McIntire, is buried at Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, in Augusta, Maine.
Birth Place: Windsor Mills, Canada
Age: 31 3/12 years
Comment: Enl: NG Rumford, June 23, 1916. Reported for Federal Serv: Apr. 13, 1917. Private. Org: Co B 2nd Inf Me NG (Co B 103 Inf) to disch. Eng: Chemin des Dames; St Mihiel; Chateau Thierry; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action severely: July 20/18. Overseas: Sept. 25, 1917 to Jan. 3, 1919. Hon disch on demob: Feb. 28, 1919. Decorations and Awards: World War I Victory Medal and World War I Victory Button Bronze.
He enlisted June 22, 1917 in Rumford, Maine as a Private. He was discharged February 28, 1919 at Camp Devens, Mass due to debilitating injuries. He was shot in the right arm and had chronic arthritis in both knees and ankles.
According to the records of the Home for Disabled Volunteers Soliders, Robert was 5' 6" and had blue eyes and brown hair. He could read and write and was protestant. His given occupation was that of a paper maker.
The April 26, 1910 Rangeley Plantation, (Bemis Village) Census, Herbert W. and Robert C. McDowell, were living in a boarding house doing odd jobs.
At the time of his death, Robert resided at the Oxford House, in Rumford, Maine. He apparently had fallen several times and hit his head and died from respiratory failure due to a concussion of the brain. He had worked as a cook in the lumber camps.
According to the 1920 Census, Robert, Grace, and their daughter Alice were living in Saco, Maine with Grace's parents Peter and Mary Grant, living on Lincoln Street, working as a carpenter in a machine shop.
Robert C. McDowall was a patient from time to time at the Home for Volunteer Disabled Soldiers in Augusta, Maine. There were 17 or 18 of these homes across the country. This was the first one. They were established by Abraham Lincoln. There is an interesting history to the facility in Maine. Robert was in and out of the facility over the course of his life after World War I. However, he died after a fall at the Oxford House in Rumford after a series of falls. He died from respiratory failure as a result of concussion of the brain. His death certificate gives his place of death as Rumford, Maine.
Robert's grand niece, Arline Francis McIntire, is buried at Togus National Cemetery in Togus, Maine.
His grand nephew, Douglas Leo McIntire, is buried at Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, in Augusta, Maine.
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