| Office 1 | 15th Mayor of Columbus |
|---|---|
| Term start 1 | 1842 |
| Term end 1 | 1842 |
| Predecessor 1 | Thomas Wood |
| Successor 1 | Smithson E. Wright |
| Profession | Mayor Franklin County Recorder Court Clerk |
| Birth date | 1793 |
| Birth place | Kentucky, US |
| Death date | November 16, 1844 (aged 51) |
| Death place | Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio |
| Spouse | Eliza Seldon Lord |
Abram Irvin McDowell (1793–1844) was the 15th mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was the 14th person to hold the office, and served for less than one year. His successor was Smithson E. Wright.[1] There are no existing images of Abram I. McDowell alive.[2]
Life
Abram Irvin McDowell was born on April 24, 1793,[3] in Mercer County, Kentucky, to Col. Samuel McDowell, Jr. and Anne (Irvine) McDowell. He had two brothers, John Adair and William Adair McDowell.
McDowell was married to Eliza Selden (Lord) McDowell. The couple had seven[4] children.
He died on November 16, 1844, in Columbus, Ohio.[5] He is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.[6]
References
- ^ Egger & (1975), pp. 21.
- ^ Powers & (1991).
- ^ History and genealogies
- ^ Lord, Kenneth,. Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, Conn., in 1636. New York: unknown, 1946.
- ^ History of the City of Columbus
- ^ Lentz, Ed (February 2, 2011). "Abram Was Part of an Intriguing McDowell Family in Civil War Era". ThisWeek Community News. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
Bibliography
- Columbus Mayors. Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Citizen-Journal. 1975.
- Powers, Scott (December 29, 1991). "Lashutka, Rinehart to Dedicate Hall of Mayors". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio: The Dispatch Printing Company. p. 01B.
Further reading
- Bentley, Elizabeth Petty (1984). Ohio Cemetery Records. Reprint ed. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 243. ISBN 9780806310718.
- Boyd, Lucinda (1908). The Irvines and Their Kin: Revised By the Author In Scotland, Ireland and England; A History of the Irvine Family and Their Descendants. Also Short Sketches of Their Kindred, the Carlisles, McDowells, Johnstons, Maxwells, Gaults, McElroys, etc., From A.D. 373 Down to the Present Time. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. p. 152.
- Lee, Alfred Emory (1892). History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio. Vol. 1. Munsell & Company. pp. 179, 181, 744, 883.