Sons Of Mayor Dowell
Hijos del Alcalde Dowell
Sons Of Mayor Dowell
John Dowell is seated - standing to his left is Nehemiah Dowell - the little boy to his right standing is Richard Dowell, and to the side of Richard is Elijah Dowell. The four sons of Mary Philips (Dowell) and Warner Phillips, so they are the grand children of Mayor Dowell. DOWELL, BENJAMIN SHACKLETT (1818–1880). Benjamin Shacklett (Uncle Ben) Dowell, pioneer settler and first mayor of El Paso, son of James Board and Barbara (Shacklett) Dowell, was born in Meade County, Kentucky, on November 30, 1818. He served with Company G, First Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, in the Mexican War (1846–47), during which he was taken prisoner at La Encarnación. About 1850 he moved from Kentucky to Texas and was employed by Juan María Ponce De León, whose ranch occupied the site of present downtown El Paso. After a brief sojourn in Los Angeles (1854) he returned to El Paso, where his business interests came to include a saloon, general store, post office, stagecoach stand, billiard parlor, and hotel in the downtown area, plus an extensive ranch on the Rio Grande above the town. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdo33
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