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Male William M. McDowell Click to view William M. McDowell in the family tree

William M. was born on March 19th, 1762 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.  William M.'s father was Samuel Woods McDowell and his mother was Mary McClung.  His paternal grandparents were John McDowell and Magdalen Woods; his maternal grandparents were William McClung and Elizabeth Alexander. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named Andrew, Samuel, John, James, Joseph, Ephraim, Caleb Wallace, Martha, Magdalen, Sarah and Mary.  He was the fifth youngest of the twelve children.  He died after 1808 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  He was buried in Bowling Green, Kentucky.


William M.'s family with Margaret Madison

‌William M. and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony in 1786.  They had three sons and six daughters, named Samuel I., John, William Strother, Lucinda, Mary M., Eliza, Agatha A., Georgia Preston and Margaret.

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