When Benjamin Grant M Dowell was born on 7 April 1837, in Kentucky, United States, his father, George Washington Dowell, was 48 and his mother, Mary Ann Wimp, was 43. He married Nannie Spires on 21 May 1868, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Bewleyville, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Big Spring, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 28 May 1901, at the age of 64, and was buried in Big Spring, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see McDowell ).
English: nickname from Middle English do well, do will ‘do well’. Compare Farwell 1 and Gowell .
English: variant of Doll .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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