Joseph and Penelope E Thompson McDowell
Joseph McDowell was born c1840 in Tennessee the second son of William and
Jane Collins Robinson McDowell (older brother George W was born in 1838 - see
"George W and Lucy Johnson McDowell" page). Sometime before 1846 the
family moved to Marshall County, Alabama where siblings Hannah, Letta and Ganium
were born between 1846 and 1852. In the mid 1850's the family moved to Wayne County, Missouri where William
is thought to have died. Joseph's widowed mother then moved to Ripley County and married widower James Elgin McKinney.
Joseph married Penelope Elizabeth Thompson before 1860 though it is not known to us
where or on what date they married. They probably married in Wayne County, MO, where the marriage records are missing before 1896.
Joseph and his wife lived with his mother and her new husband and family during the 1860 Ripley County, MO, census.
Penelope was born 10?/16? Dec 1841 in Benton
County, Tennessee and died in Corning (Clay Co), Arkansas in 1920. It is possible that she had
remarried to a Turner after Joseph's death, which is not known to us.
Joseph and Penelope had the following known children:
- James McDowell b: c1860
- William Frank McDowell b: April 1862 ?Ripley Co, MO m: 4 Oct 1885 Ripley Co, MO Amanda Eunice Payne
- George G McDowell b: 1864 d: 24? Jun 1880 Ripley Co, MO*
- Jane McDowell b: 9 Apr 1868 d: Jul 1935 m: John Stafford
- Mary L A McDowell b: Apr 1868 m1: 29 May 1884 Ripley Co, MO William L Smoot b: Mar 1858 m2: Newton McCann
- Ganum James McDowell b: c1872 d: 25 July 1900 m: Sefronia Hixon
*He was living with the family of Isaac Webb in Carter County, MO, (five houses away from Joseph's brother, George) at the time of his death.
For information on the descendents of William Frank and Amanda Payne McDowell as well as descendents of Amanda
and second husband Isiah Hilliard see Susie Patton's information at http://www2.localaccess.com/susie/McDowell.htm
Documents:
All of this information provided by Susie Patton.
Census records 1850 Marshall Co, AL; 1860, 1870 Ripley Co, MO
Last updated August 1999
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