J. B. McDOWELL, physican and surgeon, Mason City; born in Bedford Co., Penn., Feb. 22, 1818; his literary education was completed at the Bedford Academy. He commenced the study of medicine at 19 years of age, and graduated from the State Medical School at St. Louis in 1844. He then located in Lewistown, Fulton Co., where he successfully followed his profession for a period of twenty-eight years. In 1871, he located at Mason City, where he has since successfully followed his profession. In 1850, he entered 160 acres of land one-half mile west of where Mason City now stands. He has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion, having been a member of the Church for many years. In 1849, he was united in marriage with Sarah W. Rice. She was a daughter of Dr. E. D. Rice, one of the old settlers of Fulton Co., and a practicing physician of Lewistown for nearly fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell were the parents of two children, of whom one died in infancy; the other is now farming in Mason Co. Mrs. McDowell died April 30, 1879.



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