The biography of Ephraim McDowell : the father of ovariotomy / by his granddaughter Mary T. Valentine (Mary Young Ridenbaugh).

  • Valentine, M. T. (Mary Thompson)
Date:
1894
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Credit: The biography of Ephraim McDowell : the father of ovariotomy / by his granddaughter Mary T. Valentine (Mary Young Ridenbaugh). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Virginia. Three children were born to them. The second daughter married Col. Thomas H. Benton, a once prominent politician. He was several times United States Senator, and was for many years identified with Missouri's inter- ests and politics. Samuel McDowell, the first-born of John (and grandson of old Ephraim, of London- derry), and the father of Dr. Ephraim Mc- Dowell, the subject of this work, was born in the colony of Pennsylvania, October 29, 1735. On the 17th day of January, 1754, in Rock- bridge County, Virginia, at the age of eighteen years, he was married to Miss Mary McClung, daughter of John McClung and Elizabeth Alex- ander, the lady being born in Ireland, October 28, 1735, and being by one day the senior of her husband. She, Elizabeth Alexander, was the daughter of Archibald Alexander and Mar- aaret Parks, and was born at Manor Cunninof- ham, Scotland, and was married in Ireland, December 31, 1734. Samuel McDowell and his wife Mary had eleven children born to them, and Ephraim was the ninth child. For many years Judge Samuel McDowell was engaged in public life, and held many high positions of trust. He