Ancestry of
Mary (Todd) Lincoln

First Lady of President Abraham Lincoln

John McDowell

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Mary (Todd) Lincoln — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 60 
  • Father:
  • Ephraim McDowell 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Irvine   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1705 
  • Birth Location:
  • Londonderry, Ireland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Dec 1743 
  • Death Location:
  • near Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • McDowell Cemetery, Fairfield, Rockbridge, Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Magdelena Wood
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1734 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
  • Child:

  Samuel McDowell (Ahnentafel No:30 )

  • Notes: 

  • John McDowell was killed by Indians.

• Sources for John McDowell

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/19/2014).
  • ² U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Marriage record for John McDowell and Magdelen Wood.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #78343, Application for William Mayo McCandless.
  • ⁴ Schachner, August, Ephraim McDowell, “Father of Ovariotomy” and Founder of Abdominal Surgery, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company (1921), 1-3.
  • ⁵ Speed, Thomas, The Political Club, Danville, Kentucky, 1786-1790, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company (1894), 56-57.
  • ⁶ Valentine, Mrs. M.T., Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D., New York: McDowell Publishing Company (1897), 19-27.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Samuel McDowell", (accessed 08/19/2014).