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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [209-210]

           WILLIAM H. McDOWELL, farmer, section 22, Colfax Township, was
        born June 22, 1832, at West Point, N.Y.  His parents, JOHN and ANN
        (SIMONTON) McDOWELL, were natives of Belfast, Ireland, and came to
        the Dominion of Canada at an early date in their lives.  After
        their marriage they settled in the State of New York, and later on
        went to Ohio.  They finally returned to Canada, turned to Canada,
        whence they made another transfer in 1862 to Bay City, Mich., where
        the senior McDOWELL put in operation the first foundry established
        in that city. The parents both died there.
           MR. MCDOWELL is the eldest of six children. He acquired a good
        education and was under the parental roof until he was 23 years of
        age.  He was instructed in the business of a foundryman by his
        father, and at 14 began to work at molding, which he followed
        nearly 11 years. He came from Canada to Bay City in 1867, where he
        passed two years operating as a molder. In 1869, he returned to
        Canada and engaged in farming, in which he was occupied until 1878.
        In that year he came to Huron County and bought 720 acres of land
        in the township of Colfax.  He still retains the ownership of 520
        acres of land, which comprises 145 acres improved and cultivated.
        He is a Democrat in political connection and has served in several
        official positions in Colfax.
           His marriage to BARBARA McNAUGHTON occurred May 27, 1856. She
        was born in Chippewa, Ont., and is of Scotch descent. Nine children
        have been born of this marriage, seven of whom survive. Their
        births occurred in the following order: JOHN W., ANNA, MARY, WIL-
        LIAM H., SAMUEL, BELLA M., GEORGE N.  EMMA is deceased, and another
        child died in infancy. The mother is a member of the Pres-byterian
        Church.

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