Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ John Frank Dowell ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
John Frank Dowell
LAST NAME: Dowell FIRST NAME: John MIDDLE NAME: Frank NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1: Gillean AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: Spanish American War
BORN: 14 Dec 1879 DIED: 31 Jan 1938 BURIED: 3 Feb 1938
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Attendant - OSIA
BIRTH PLACE:  Toronto, Canada
DEATH PLACE: Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

MARRIAGE John F. Dowell (37y, b Canada, son of John J. Dowell and Hattie Emms) and Mabel E. Hoefs (37y, divorced, b Hanover, Illinois, dau of Jasper N. Johnson & Sarah M. Miller) md 29 Mar 1917, Forsyth, Rosebud Co, Montana

WWI Draft Registration Card John Frank Dowell - Gillean, 39, of Forsyth, Rosebud Co, Montana; born 4 Nov 1878; naturalized citizen; taxi driver; nearest relative Hannah Dowell, 181 Sherborn, Toronto, canada

1920 MT CENSUS Mabel E. Dowell (41y, b Illinois) enuemrated with husband Frank J. (42y, b Canada, immigrated 1890, naturalized 1900, taxi driver). Also with family was boarder Frank E. Savage (34y, b Connecticut, laborer)

1930 OR CENSUS John F. Dowell, age 50, occupation attendant at the Oregon State Insane Asylum, b. Canada, year of immigration 1891, is enumerated with wife Mabel E., age 56, first married at age 16, occupation attendant at the Oregon State Insane Asylum, b. Illinois. 

OBITUARY: 

John F. Dowell, 59, at veterans' hospital, Portland, January 31. Survivors include a brother, Joseph Dowell of California. Funeral services from the Clough-Barrick chapel Thursday, February 3 at 10 a.m. Graveside services, IOOF cemetery under direction Hal Hibbard camp No. 5, Spanish War Veterans. 
Oregon Statesman 2 Feb 1938 5:1.

INSCRIPTION: 

John F. 
Gillean
Arkansas 
Artif 30th Inf.
Nov. 9, 1878 - Jan. 31, 1938

(Government , upright , white marble marker with Christian cross symbol)

SOURCES: 

OSBH DC (Multnomah County 1938) #361 

Montana Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

WWI Draft Registration card (Ancestry.com)

1920 MT CENSUS (Rosebud Co, Forsyth, ED 123, sheet 5B)
1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 66, sheet 2A)
OS 2 Feb 1938 5:1

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