Johnson MCDOWELL

Born

31 August 1824 , Ledyard, New York, USA

Died

10 July 1886 , Auburn, New York, USA

Johnson married Mary NEWCOMB 13 June 1866 in Springport, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Mary NEWCOMB was born abt. 1844 in Ireland. Mary died 6 April 1905 in Auburn, New York, USA.

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Johnson was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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son of Alexander McDowell and Jane Johnson

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Johnson MCDOWELL

Johnson MCDOWELL married

Mary NEWCOMB
Marriage date: 13 June 1866
Marriage place: Springport, New York, USA

Children of Johnson MCDOWELL and Mary NEWCOMB

James Avery MCDOWELL

Born: 29 August 1867, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 3 April 1950, Auburn, New York, USA

Charles B MCDOWELL

Born: 5 September 1869, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 23 February 1953, Geneva, New York, USA

Mary Jane Jennie MCDOWELL

Born: 11 July 1872, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 6 May 1933, Bronx, New York, USA

Married: Philip D KEELEY 19 September 1894 Place: Auburn, New York, USA

Francis MCDOWELL

Born: 6 January 1874, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: ,

William Johnson MCDOWELL

Born: 27 August 1876, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 5 July 1931, Auburn, New York, USA

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Birth — 1824
31 August 1824
Ledyard, New York, USA

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York

Name: Johnson Mcdowel
event: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
estimated Birth Year: 1825
family number: 323
Line Number: 28
pAge:
Film Number: 1435218
Digital Folder Number: 005207172
Image Number: 00689
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Oscar F Van Marter M 30
wife Maria A Van Marter F 30
boarder Charles Fox M 25
boarder Johnson Mcdowel M 30
boarder George Myres M 11
boarder Edward Phillips M 24

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K67R-RZ4 : accessed 10 Feb 2013), Johnson Mcdowel in entry for Oscar F Van Marter, 1855.

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1855 New York State Census
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York

Name: Johnson Mc Dowell
Residence: , Cayuga, New York
ward: Ledyard
Age: 36 years
estimated Birth Year: 1824
birthPlace: New York
Gender: Male
pAge: 1
family number: 2
Film Number: 803729
dgs number: 4235213
Image Number: 00611
nara number: M653

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 - Civil War Enlistment

Name: Johnson Mcdowell
Father: Alexander Mcdowell
Mother: Jane Johnston
Residence Place: Ledyard
Enlistment Date: 22 Jul 1862
Enlistment Location: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
Regiment: 111th Infantry
Company: K
Rank: Sergeant
Race: White
Marital Status: Single

New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 7; Roll Number: 4

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Johnson MCDOWELL - One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/ Infantry/111th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf

One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry

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Infantry/ 111th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Civil War Pension Index Cards

name: Johnson Mc Dowell
rank: Sgt.
company: K
regiment: 111
state: New York
arm of service: Infantry
date of filing:
state/ arm of service:
company/ regiment:
publication title: Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900
nara publication number: T289
publisher: National Archives and Records Administration
collection title: Civil War Pensions

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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1866 Marriage / Partner
Johnson MCDOWELL and Mary NEWCOMB 13 June 1866, Springport, New York, USA (Union Springs)

He was 41 years old.

Cayuga County, New York Directory, 1867-68 (GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY, N.Y. FOR 1867-8)

Johnson McDowell is living in Aurora, Occupation: (Johnson) McDowell & Salisbury druggists

1867 Birth of Child
James Avery MCDOWELL was born 29 August 1867, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Johnson was 43 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Charles B MCDOWELL was born 5 September 1869, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Johnson was 45 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Mary Jane Jennie MCDOWELL was born 11 July 1872, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Johnson was 47 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Francis MCDOWELL was born 6 January 1874, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Johnson was 49 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
William Johnson MCDOWELL was born 27 August 1876, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Johnson was 52 years old.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Auburn, Cayuga, New York

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Name: Johnson Mcdowell
Residence: Auburn, Cayuga, New York
birthdate: 1825
birthPlace: New York, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's Name: Mary Mcdowell
spouse's birthPlace: Ireland
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: New York, United States
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: New York, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 55 years
Occupation: Prision Keeper
nara Film Number: T9-0813
pAge: 274
page character: A
entry number: 1188
Film Number: 1254813
Household Gender Age
Johnson Mcdowell M 55
spouse Mary Mcdowell F 42
child James Mcdowell M 12
child Charles Mcdowell M 10
child Jennie Mcdowell F 7
child Johnson Mcdowell M 3

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

Grave

Saint Josephs Cemetery Fleming, Cayuga County, New York, USA

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Death — 1886
10 July 1886
Auburn, New York, USA
He died at the age of 61.

1890

Name: Johnson Mcdowell
Spouse's Name: Mary Mcdowell
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890.
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 53
GS Film Number: 338212
Digital Folder Number: 004679118
Image Number: 00032

Mary is listed as a widow. Johnson was a sergeant with K 111th NY Volunteers. He enlisted July 22, 1862 and was discharged Apr 16, 1864.

'United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K836-JQM : accessed 05 Dec 2013), Johnson Mcdowell, 1890.

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