James C. McDowell    

JAMES C. MCDOWELL, prop. of livery stable, son of James H. and Fanny F. (Byerly) McDowell, was born September 13. 1848, in Jefferson Township; was reared on time homestead farm; received his early education at the common schools of the township; completed his education at New Brighton College, and after graduating engaged in farming until 1883, when he located at Sharpsville, and engaged in the livery business. Our subject was married in 1868 to Miss Sarah, daughter of Branton Holstein, of Mercer. By this union they have three children: Charles, Constance and Branton. In 1866 Mr. McDowell was elected burgess of Sharpsville, and re-elected in 1887. Our subject is a member of the A. 0. U. W., No. 127 of Sharpsville, also of the K. of P.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 843.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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