Full Name: Samuel James Polk "Sam" McDowell
Birth date: July 6, 1824
Death date: May 28, 1920
Terms of Service
House,
9th
(1)
Legislature
11/4/1861 - 3/11/1862
(1)
Stephen McKie, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded Sam J. McDowell, resigned 3/11/1862.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
35th Legislature, Communications from Members of 9th Legislature, 2/7 and 2/8/1917, p. 496: S.J.P. McDowell (served as member of 9th Legislature, 1st session in 1861-1862, then resigned and entered Confederate military service) and W.P. McLean ("I believe Judge Lindsay, at Gainesville, and I are the only surviving members of the 9th Legislature and I well remember that we were the youngest members of that body. We both resigned at the close of the first session and went into the Confederate army . . .").
House Journal .
Sam J.P. McDowell, marriage to L.C. Shropshire 6/25/1857 in Caldwell County.
Census of 1860 - Saml. J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 35, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, county clerk, living in household with C.L. McDowell, Emma Shropsher, and son Sml. S.
Census of 1870 - S.J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, living in household with Kate L. McDowell and children Samuel S., Walter, and Charley.
Census of 1880 - Sam'l J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 45, born circa 1825 in Tennessee, county clerk, wife Rebecca W. McDowell, children Walter R., Tillie E., Charles T., Horace, and Samuel S.
Sam James Polk McDowell and Kate Lovinda Shropshire, parents of T.E. McDowell, birth date 5/22/1871, death date 1/5/1939.
FamilySearch . Texas Deaths, 1890-19761880
S.J.P. McDowell, birth date 7/6/1824, death date 5/28/1920, photos, burial in Lockhart Municipal Burial Park, Lockhart, Caldwell County.
Find a Grave .
Confederate States Army. Captain, Lockhart Volunteers; 17th Regiment of Texas Infantry, part of Walker's Texas Division; Captain, Company K.
Handbook of Texas Online .
Confederate States Army, Captain, Company K, 17th Texas Volunteer Infantry, McCulloch's Brigade, Walker's Division, enlisted 3/28/1862 at Camp Terry, Texas. S.J.P. McDowell, Lockhart, Texas. Born 7/26/1824 near Columbia, Tennessee. Yeary, Mamie, 1876-. Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, 1861-1865, 1912, p. 488.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Obituary, Sam J.P. McDowell, "Captain J.P. McDowell, Pioneer Legislator, Is Buried at Lockhart," The Houston Post, 5/30/1920, p. 7. "He was elected to the Ninth legislature in 1861, representing Hays, Blanco and Caldwell counties."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .