Ancestry of Dr.
Ephraim McDowell

“Father of Ovariotomy” and Founder of Abdominal Surgery

Samuel McDowell

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• • Father of Ephraim McDowell — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • John McDowell 
  • Mother:
  • Magdelena Wood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Oct 1735 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Sep 1817 
  • Death Location:
  • near Danville, Mercer, Kentucky 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary McClung
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Jan 1754 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Rockbridge County, Virginia 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth McDowell

  Ephraim McDowell (Ahnentafel No:1 )

• Sources for Samuel McDowell

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A076518.
  • ² U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #78343, Application for William Mayo McCandless.
  • ³ Schachner, August, Ephraim McDowell, “Father of Ovariotomy” and Founder of Abdominal Surgery, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company (1921), 1, 3-5.
  • ⁴ Speed, Thomas, The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 1786-1790, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company (1894), 56-61.
  • ⁵ Valentine, Mrs. M.T., Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D., New York: McDowell Publishing Company (1897), 19.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Samuel McDowell", (accessed 08/19/2014).