Robert McDowell
MCDOWELL, RALSTON
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2004 at 08:04:54
R. McDowell, Union twp., farmer, Sec. 25; P.O. Patterson; born in Pennsylvania, in 1826, and lived in this State until 1861, when he removed to Ohio, and remained until 1864, and then came to this county; he has held various township offices; he married Mss Martha Ralston in 1849; she was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania; has ten children: Joseph N., Maggie, Rachel and James (twins), John, Mary, Anna, Emma, Etta and Willie.
Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 609
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