Brief Life History of Winchester Pearson
When Winchester Pearson Dowell was born on 10 April 1825, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Martin Dowell, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Ann Terry, was 16. He married Lavina Jane Terry in 1848, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 19 December 1902, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.
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- W P Dowell, "United States Census, 1860"
- W P Dowell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Winchester P Dowell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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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