Former mayor of Columbus, Ohio

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.

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 References
• 3 Bibliography
• 4 Further reading
• 5 External links

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 three children.

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

References

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