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Abram Irvin McDowell
Abram Irvin McDowell’s gravestone.
15th Mayor of Columbus
In office 1842–1842
Preceded by	Thomas Wood
Succeeded by	Smithson E. Wright
Personal details
Born	1793 Kentucky
Died	November 16, 1844 (aged 51) Columbus, Ohio
Resting place	Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio
Spouse	Eliza Seldon Lord
Children	Irvin McDowell John Adair McDowell
Profession	Mayor Franklin County Recorder Court Clerk

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. There are no existing images of Abram I. McDowell alive.

Life

Abram Irvin McDowell was born on April 24, 1793, 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 children.

He died on November 16, 1844, in Columbus, Ohio. He is buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.

References

1. Egger & (1975), pp. 21.
2. Powers & (1991).
3. History and genealogies
4. Lord, Kenneth,. Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, Conn., in 1636. New York: unknown, 1946.
5. History of the City of Columbus
6. 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

• Egger, Charles, ed. (1975). Columbus Mayors (PDF). Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Citizen-Journal.
• 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.

External links

• Abram Irvin McDowell at Find a Grave
• Abram Irvin McDowell at Political Graveyard

v t e Mayors of Columbus, Ohio
Jarvis W. Pike John Kerr Eli C. King John Laughrey William T. Martin James Robinson William Long Philo H. Olmsted John Brooks John Bailhache Warren Jenkins Philo H. Olmsted John G. Miller Thomas Wood Abram I. McDowell Smithson E. Wright Alexander Patton Augustus S. Decker Alexander Patton Lorenzo English Wray Thomas James G. Bull George W. Meeker James G. Bull John H. Heitmann Gilbert G. Collins George S. Peters Charles C. Walcutt Philip H. Bruck George J. Karb Cotton H. Allen Samuel L. Black Samuel J. Swartz John N. Hinkle Robert H. Jeffrey De Witt C. Badger Charles A. Bond George S. Marshall George J. Karb James J. Thomas Henry W. Worley Myron B. Gessaman Floyd F. Green Jim A. Rhodes Robert T. Oestreicher Jack Sensenbrenner Ralston Westlake Jack Sensenbrenner Tom Moody Buck Rinehart Greg Lashutka Michael B. Coleman Andrew Ginther

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