George McDowell
(Abt 1825-)
Elizabeth Hemming
(Abt 1830-)
Erastus Bascom McDowell
(1847-1928)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Catherine Beecher

Erastus Bascom McDowell 1

  • Born: 21 Sep 1847, , Darke, OH 1
  • Marriage (1): Mary Catherine Beecher on 17 Oct 1915 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN
  • Died: 28 Mar 1928, Hartford City, Blackford, IN at age 80 1 2
  • Buried: Bluffton: Fairview Cemetery, Wells, IN 1

   FamilySearch ID: LXMP-YKG.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Indianapolis News: Former Legislator Dies on 29 Mar 1928 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 2 FORMER LEGISLATOR DIES
E. B. McDowell. 80.
Served in State Assembly From 1903 to 1904.
Special to Tha Indianapolis News
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. March 29. Erastus B. McDowell, age eighty, former state representative from Wells county, died at the county hospital here last night. He had lived here for the last ten years., Mr. McDowell served In the legislature from 1902 to 1904 and was a former Wells county recorder. Burial will be at Bluffton. The widow and four sons survive.


Erastus married Mary Catherine Beecher, daughter of Jesse Beecher and Elisabeth Trostle, on 17 Oct 1915 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. (Mary Catherine Beecher was born on 15 Aug 1849 in , Juniata, PA,3 4 5 6 7 died on 18 Jul 1931 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN 6 7 and was buried on 20 Jul 1931 in Hartford City: Hartford City Cemetery, Blackford, IN 6 7.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71028245.

2 "Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN)," 29 Mar 1928, page 25. Obituary of Erastus McDowell.

3 1860 United States Census, Indiana, Grant County, Center Township, Series: M653 Roll: 261 Page: 389.

4 1870 United States Census, Indiana, Blackford County, Hartford, Series: M593 Roll: 300 Page: 425.

5 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Licking, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: 360; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1240360.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40413361.

7 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 21243. Mary Catherine McDowell. Father Jesse Beacher. Mother Elizabeth Trussel. Spouse E. B. McDowell.


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