Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL ALEXANDER McDOWELL, SON OF WILLIAM MCDOWELL AND MARY MAXWELL, BORN IN PETERS TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTRY, PENNSYLVANIA 1760. DIED AT FRANKLIN, JAN. 4TH, 1816. SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION UNTIL 1781. APPOINTED SURVEYOR OF THE HOLLAND LAND CO., FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ARBITER OF DISPUTES BETWEEN INDIANS AND SETTLERS. HELD PUBLIC OFFICES IN FRANKLIN AS FOLLOWS: - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 1796, TRUSTEE OF VENANGO COUNTY 1800, FIRST POSTMASTER 1801, FIRST TREASURE OF THE COUNTY 1805.
SARAH PARKER, HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF JACOB PARKER AND ELIZABETH ADAM, BORN AT PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1772. BAPTIZED IN SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 29, 1779. MARRIED IN PHLADELPHIA 1795. DIED AT FRANKLIN, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1865. THE MOTHER OF NINE CHILDREN. AS A WOMAN, BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING, WITTY; AS A HELPMATE, RESOURCEFUL AND FRUGAL.
THEIR CHILDREN HERE: - ELIZA. 1796-1809, SUSAN 1798 - 1806, MARY 1813 - 1821, SARAH ABOUT 1801 - 1821.
Gravesite Details
Interment: November 11, 1915
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