Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Dowell, J. N. 1855 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  J. N. Dowell, a leading produce dealer of Olathe, is a native of Ohio. He was
born in Delaware county in 1855 and is a son of Lorenzo and Nancy (Smith)
Dowell, also natives of Ohio. They were the parents of the following children.
Perry married Ann Tritter and resides in Marion, Ohio; George married Elnora
Tippey, and resides in Johnstown, Ohio; Elmer married Margaret Butts and resides
in Johnstown, Ohio; Charles, Johnstown, Ohio; Sarah, married Noah Green,
Johnstown, Ohio, and J. N., the subject of this sketch: J. N. Dowell was
educated in the common schools of Ohio and when eighteen years old engaged in
farming for himself and followed that vocation in his native State for ten years
and in 1883 came to Kansas, locating in Johnson county. He followed farming here
for a time, living on rented land, and in 1886 engaged in the coal and feed
business in Olathe in partnership with John Elder. About a year later he engaged
in buying and selling produce in a small way which has gradually developed until
he now has, perhaps, the largest business of the kind in Johnson county. Mr.
Dowell was married at Newark, Ohio, August 29, 1877, to Miss Elizabeth Crawford.
She is a native of Ohio and a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hisey) Crawford,
both natives of Ohio, and whose parents were pioneers of Licking county, Ohio.
Mrs. Dowell is one of a family of seven. The other members of the family are as
follows, in the order of birth, Mrs. Dowell being the oldest; Leanna, married A.
J. Nybarger, Newark, Ohio; Harriet, unmarried, resides near Newark, Ohio; Oscar
married Gertrude Loafman, lives in Hebron, Ohio; Florence, unmarried, resides at
Newark, Ohio; Margaret, unmarried and lives in Chicago, Ill., and Luenda, died
at the age of six years. To J. N. and Sarah Elizabeth (Crawford) Dowell have
been born three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are as
follows: Lawrence, born June 1, 1879, married Lena Pugh, of Olathe, and they
have three children, Elizabeth, died at the age of ten years, Harriet Alicetene
and Mary Martha; and Oscar, born April 14, 1881, married Pearl Wingfield, of
Olathe, and to this union have been born three children, one of whom died in
infancy, and the others are Harold and Doris. J. N. Dowell is a descendant of
Revolutionary ancestors on his maternal side. His great-grandfather, Capt. John
B. Smith, was a captain in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war.
Mr. Dowell is one of Johnson county's representative men and the family is well
known in Johnson county where they are highly respected. 

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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