Individual Details

Is Benson the "Vincent McDowell" named in mother's obituary? He is theonly known son whose middle name or initial is not known to me. WorldWar I draft registration card has a line where middle name should be.Perhaps the familly said Benson and the newspaper person heardVincent. Could sound similar.

A ditch notice in Logansport Pharos Tribune (Logansport, Indiana),Feb. 9, 1925, names David A. McDowell, Marion McDowell, NancyMcDowell, Ellen McDowell, Gladys McDowell, Marvin McDowell and BensonMcDowell, all of Miami Co., IN, along with other residents.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Benson McDowell
Name: Benson McDowell
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1882
RESIDENCE: Union, Pennsylvania
Birth: Miami, Indiana
Roll: WW2_2240998
Note regarding the images for the states of PA, MD, WV, and DE. Thesefour states were scanned at the National Archives facility in such away that the back of one person?s draft card appears on the same imageas the front of the next individual. The result is that when you clickto view the original image, you will see the correct front side of thedraft card, but the back of the previous soldier?s card. Ancestry isaware of this problem, and is working to correct this issue.

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BENSON McD OWE LL-Vice-President andsuperintendent of the LewisburgMills, Benson McDowell,of Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, isnot only one of the outstanding executives of the textile industryincentral Pennsylvania because of his quarter century as anofficial ofthe Lewisburg organization, but he is alsowidely known throughout thetextile world through his previous activities in the industry atestablishments in Indiana, Massachusetts and Connecticut. BensonMcDowell was born in the State of Indiana on May 30, 1887, the son ofHenry P. and Ellen (O'Brien)McDowell. Henry P. McDowell, a native ofIndiana,established himself in his native State as a physician andsurgeon, following his profession in general practice untilhis deathin 1904. His wife, Ellen (O'Brien) McDowell,who was a native of Ohio,passed away in 1936. After obtaining his academic education in thepublic schools of Indiana, Benson McDowell began his career in thetextile industry by obtaining employment in mills in his native State.Demonstrating his executive ability, he was promoted through variouspositions in the several departments of the industry and, subsequentlyleaving Indiana, became associated with textile enterprises firstinMassachusetts and then in Connecticut. Finally, in I917, he came toLewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania,as vice-president andsuperintendent of the Lewisburg Mills, positions which he has heldthrough the present time. The Lewisburg Mills were established in 1916by James R. Brown, Oscar A. Franke and Percy Whittaker, for themanufacture of woolen textiles. Through the years the organization hasdeveloped its range of products and multiplied its output until, atthe present time, an average of one hundred and forty-five persons areregularly employed in a building occupying some thirty thousand squarefeet of floor space and the Lewisburg Mills woolens are merchandisedin all sections of the United States. The present officers, inaddition to Mr. McDowell include: Oscar A. Franke, president; James R.Brown,secretary and treasurer; and James A. Brown, assistanttreasurer. Mr. McDowell, who is a member of the Sacred Heart CatholicChurch of Lewisburg, expresses his active interest in the welfare andprosperity of the community by his membership in various localorganizations and has made many contributions to the advancement ofthe well-being of the city. Benson McDowell married, in I9I5,Elizabeth E. Moran, of Warren, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Mc-Dowellhave become the parents of four children: I. Eleanor M., who is agraduate nurse. 2. David L., a chemical engineer who graduated fromNotre Dame University. 3. John W., now a senior at Notre DameUniversity. 4. Gladys E., a student in the Lewisburg High School.

Birth	30 Mar 1882	Miami Co., Indiana
Census	1 Jun 1900	Peru City and Twp., Miami Co., IN, ED 103 Sh 17A; Benson McDowell, son, born Mar 1883, 17, single, born IN father born IN mother born IN, at school.
Census	15 Apr 1910	Warren Town, Worcester Co., Mass., ED 1831 Sh 10A; Benson McDowel, lodger, 28 (1881-82), single, born IN father born IN mother born OH, Asst. Superintendent - Woolen mill.
Marriage	Abt 1914	Mary Elizabeth MORAN
Military	12 Sep 1918	World War I Draft Reg. card: Benson --- McDowell ( NMN?), res. Brown
Census	1 Jan 1920	Lewisburg Borough North Ward, Union Co., PA, ED 182 Sh 1A; Benson [indexed Benwn] McDowell, head, 37 (1882), born IN both parents born OH; Superintendent - Woolen Mill; rents.
Census	1 Apr 1930	Lewisburg Borough North Ward, Union Co., PA, ED 10 Sh 1B; Benson McDowell, head, 48 (1881-82), 33 at first marriage, born IN both parents born OH; Superintendent - Woolen Mill; rents for $15 and has a radio.
Military	1942	World War II Draft Registration: Benson (No middle initial) McDowell,
Death	Apr 1979
Reference No		10111

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth MORAN (1889 - 1950)
Child	Living
Child	David L. MCDOWELL (1919 - 1999)
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Henry P. MCDOWELL (1852 - 1904)
Mother	Ellen O'BRIAN (1851 - 1936)
Sibling	Ivan J. MCDOWELL (1876 - 1880)
Sibling	Marvin A. MCDOWELL (1878 - 1945)
Sibling	Gladys MCDOWELL (1879 - 1945)
Sibling	Charles MCDOWELL (1884 - 1903)