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James Milton McDowell

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James Milton McDowell

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
16 May 1922 (aged 68)
Burial
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3028, Longitude: -96.0315806
Plot
Section D, Lot 17, Grave 11
Memorial ID
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James was born in Pennsylvania. His family later relocated to Wheeling, Guernsey Co., Ohio (by the time the 1860 census was taken) and then to Crawford, Madison Co., Iowa by 1870. James is identified on the 1870 US Census in Crawford, Madison, Iowa living with his parents and eleven siblings; Joseph, Maggie, Sarah, Rachael, John, Mary, Martha, Emma, Nathaniel, Wilham, and Loretta. James' father was a farmer. James had a twin sister named Rachel.

James married Sarah R. Folwell on January 21, 1875 in Madison County, Iowa. James & his first wife, Sarah, lived in Madison County, Iowa (where he was a farmer) before moving to Omaha. James is identified on the 1880 US Census in Crawford, Madison, Iowa living with his wife and daugher, Gertie. James is identified on the 1900 US Census in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, living with his wife and six daughters; Gertrude, Edith, Mina, Flossie, Jennie and Blanche. In Omaha, James earned his living as a carpenter.

After his first wife's death, James remarried Louise Stark in June of 1904.

There is a boy named James McDowell buried in the same family plot as James and Sara who died in 1905. He is listed as an infant.
James was born in Pennsylvania. His family later relocated to Wheeling, Guernsey Co., Ohio (by the time the 1860 census was taken) and then to Crawford, Madison Co., Iowa by 1870. James is identified on the 1870 US Census in Crawford, Madison, Iowa living with his parents and eleven siblings; Joseph, Maggie, Sarah, Rachael, John, Mary, Martha, Emma, Nathaniel, Wilham, and Loretta. James' father was a farmer. James had a twin sister named Rachel.

James married Sarah R. Folwell on January 21, 1875 in Madison County, Iowa. James & his first wife, Sarah, lived in Madison County, Iowa (where he was a farmer) before moving to Omaha. James is identified on the 1880 US Census in Crawford, Madison, Iowa living with his wife and daugher, Gertie. James is identified on the 1900 US Census in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, living with his wife and six daughters; Gertrude, Edith, Mina, Flossie, Jennie and Blanche. In Omaha, James earned his living as a carpenter.

After his first wife's death, James remarried Louise Stark in June of 1904.

There is a boy named James McDowell buried in the same family plot as James and Sara who died in 1905. He is listed as an infant.


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