Ancestry of Dr.
Ephraim McDowell

“Father of Ovariotomy” and Founder of Abdominal Surgery

Ephraim McDowell

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Samuel McDowell 
  • Mother:
  • Mary McClung   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Nov 1771 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rockbridge County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Jun 1830 
  • Death Location:
  • Danville, Boyle, Kentucky 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • McDowell Park, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky 
  • Notes: 

  • “Father of Ovariotomy” and a founder of abdominal surgery.

• Sources for Ephraim McDowell

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/21/2014).
  • ² Schachner, August, Ephraim McDowell, “Father of Ovariotomy” and Founder of Abdominal Surgery, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company (1921).
  • ³ Valentine, Mrs. M.T., Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D., New York: McDowell Publishing Company (1897).
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Ephraim McDowell", (accessed 08/21/2014).