Two Other McDowell Families are Out There!

In my last previous post I referred to three McDole/McDowell families whom contacted me or my sister, Kathy:

1. One was "Wolfman" who descends from Andrew McDole through his daughter, Sippy McDole Steele. Wolfman -aka Will- wrote about his family in the comments section of  my post of September 2011 re: the Relatives of Andrew McDole/McDowell in 1850 and 1860. Those relatives included Jim and Eliza (Clouse) McDole, who are Will's ancestors. If you would like to contact Will, he wrote his email in the comments section of said post.

2.  My sister heard from a close relative to us who descended from Owen McDowell (1847-1917), who was the brother of my great-great grandmother, Nancy Ann McDowell (1851-1878.) Owen and Nancy are children of the John and Hester Ann McDowell  I wrote about in the introduction to this blog. Their name is McDowell because they moved to Missouri in 1850 and then Iowa by 1861. They used a midwestern spelling and pronunciation.

3. The other person contacted me on GenForum because I had entered some information about Tom McDole who died in Tennessee in  January1944. Thomas McDole is a son of James McDole and Eliza Clouse McDole whom I wrote about in the last blog.  Thomas was born before the 1860 census, since he was named in that census as being 3 months old. He and Nancy Ann McDole may have been 2nd cousins. The lady who contacted me said she is descended from Tom's son Willie McDole.

Unfortunately, neither contact gave my sister or me many details on their family line. We don't know where they live currently or if there are any living male McDoles or McDowells in their family. However, I'm going to assume there are male Mcdowells out there who may be recognized when I start spelling out their family tree.

I. The family of Owen Mcdowell  (1847-1917) who was born in DeKalb County, TN; lived in Taney County, Missouri and Mills County, Iowa; and died in Hardy, Nuckolls Co., Nebraska. He is the child of John and Hester Ann McDowell.

Owen married Hetta Rachel Bixby in 1886 in Nuckolls Co., NE. Hetta lived on in Hardy, Nebraska until she passed away in 1953. Their children were:
Marie McDowell 1886-1969
George Bixley McDowell 1888-1953
Clara McDowell  1889-1889
Ward McDowell  1892-1934
Joseph Edward McDowell 1899-1976
Neil McDowell 1902-1965

In the pursuit of living Mcdowells, here are the children of the McDowell brothers:
A. George Bixley McDowell born March 4, 1888 in Hardy Village, Nuckolls Co., NE
Died June 28, 1953 in Hardy Village, Nuckolls Co., NE
Married Teresa E.Hempel.
There were two sons: Wilford B. McDowell and Wallace E. McDowell. One of these men may still be living.

B. Ward McDowell born 25 October 1892 in Hardy Village, Nuckolls Co., NE
Died in 1934.
Ward played semi-pro baseball. He lived in Kansas, Alabama and Nebraska.
Ward married Clara who was born in 1897. Their sons were Owen (1915-1927) and Don McDowell who was born in 1917.
C. Joseph Edward McDowell born 3 August 1899 in Hardy Village, Nuckolls Co., NE
Died 28 October 1976 Elkhart, Anderson County, Texas
Joseph married Lucille Watkins (1902-1985).

D. Neil McDowell born 1902 in Hardy Village, Nuckolls Co., NE
Died 9 Feb. 1965 Houston. Harris Co.,Texas

II. I am going to publish this unfinished, as one of my readers may be able to fill me in on some details. Also, I need to check more with my sister about the children of Joseph E. and Neil McDowell.

The family I will add here is from Tom McDole and Tennessee Farmer McDole. They had a son named Willie and he had a son named Willie Ray who lived in and around White County in 1940 and later. Willie Ray had three sons, and some of them may be living. I don't like to give many particulars about living people, but I will list names to help someone recognize himself.