This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDowell, Roberts, Gregg, Currie, Bowman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2dB.2ACI/2623 Message Board Post: The Ligonier, PA "Echo" issue of 3 August 1932, p. 5, col. 3 GODFREY McDOWELL Godfrey McDowell, aged pioneer and civil war veteran, son of the late George and Mary McDowell, died July 19, 1932, at his home in Scandia, Kansas, at the age of 86 years, 1 month and 6 days. Mr. McDowell was born near Ligonier, June 13, 1846. At the age of 18 years, he enlisted in Co. 211, Vol. Infantry regiment of Pennsylvania, and was transferred into the U.S. Service at Camp Reynolds, Sept. 12, 1864. He was mustered out in 1865. In 1870 he went to Scandia, Kansas, where he settled on a farm and resided there until his death. He was married to Mathaldia Gregg, August 28, 1873, at Scandia, Kansas, who preceded him in death, March 26, 1931. Mr. McDowell was a member of Mason Lodge at Scandia, Kansas. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Alice Currie, Mrs. Pearl Bowman and Carl McDowell, of Scandia, Kansas, and William and Fred of Republic, Kansas; also by 20 grandchildren and three great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Burns of Ligonier and Mrs. Belle Mickey of Pittsburgh; and two brothers, William McDowell of Portland, Oregon and Ed. McDowell, of Latrobe. Funeral services were held at his late home and the Union Valley Church, Thursday morning, July 21, with the Rev. Chas. A. Rheson, the Masonic Lodge and the American Legion in charge. Members of the Scandia American Legion Post and Andy Bettis, the remaining Civil War veteran in Scandia, acted as honorary pallbearers. The Union Valley Church failed to hold all who came to attend the funeral, and many were compelled to stay on the outside. Interment was made in the Union Valley Cemetery. ________________________________________________