Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John McGowan    
                Born: ca 1815              in Pennsylvania  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1880                 running a saw mill  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary Ellen Grimm   2,3  
       Also known as: Mary Ellen Grims 
                Born: ca 1817              in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Emma I. McGowan      
                Born: Jan-15-1861          in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV  4,5,6
                Died: Dec-15-1949          in Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  4,6
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: George W. Meek  b. Mar-14-1855  d. Jun-11-1937  
             Married: May-23-1880          in Doddridge Co, WV  5
           F Child 2: Harriet Alverta "Vertie" McGowan      
       Also known as: Alverta McGown 7,1
                Born: Oct-22-1864          in Keyser, Mineral Co, WV  8,9,10
                Died: Mar-27-1941          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8,11
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  8,4 (see note 2)
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  12
              Census: 1920                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880, 1900           in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Husband: Benjamin Franklin Maxwell  b. Nov-27-1856  d. Jul- 4-1897  
       Also known as: Franklin Maxwell 7,13
             Married: Apr- 6-1884          in Doddridge Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). 
(2) Marriage record of daughter. 
(3) Death record of daughter. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) Death record of son. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) 
(11) Obituary - At home. 
(12) Obituary. 
(13) Obituary of sister. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Both parents born in Ireland, according to 1880 Census.
Note (2) Although there is a large upright monument for her at the Williams Maxwell
Family Cemetery in New Milton, where her husband is buried, the death date was
never inscribed.  Rather, there is a small flat marker for her at the Odd
Fellows section of Blockhouse Hill Cemetery in West Union.  Her death record
also shows her burial at "I.O.O.F., West Union."







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