Birth: Dec. 26, 1776 Westmoreland Co., PA     Death: Oct. 1, 1862 Marshall Co., VA     Burial: McMechen Cemetery, McMechen, Marshall Co., WV
Married Mary Barto (Barteaux)
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"History of the panhandle, 1879," pg. 402, Union District, Marshall Co., WV.

The McHenrys, the McCombs, the Allens, the Dowlers, the Blacks, the Barteaux, the Caldwells, are among the most prominent who first settled here.

Mount Zion Methodist Protestant Church. The first meeting of the society, which is now extinct, was held at the house of Rev. George Dowler in 1833. Burnes then succeeded Dowler. In 1848 a log church was erected. During the rebellion, it united itself to the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was only a mission field. The building is still standing, but is unoccupied.

He was appointed as a school commissioner 23 APR 1836 for a one year term. He was appointed supervisor & overseer of the poor in 19 JUN 1835 by the court.

2 APR 1811 Enoch Sutton & Elizabeth, his wife, sold to George Dowler of Washington Co, PA for $250.00 a tract of land containing one hundred acres on Little Grave Creek. Marshall Co, WV Deed bk 7 pg 140.

4 MAY 1812 John Brown binds his ward, Margaret Brown, to George Dowler until she is 18 years old to learn reading, writing, and the art of spinning, knitting, etc.

The old Dowler farm is three miles east of Sherrard, Marshall County, WV.
Died at Dowler's Ridge, Union District, Marshall County, Virginia. - Above its says something different 
Spouse: Mary Barto Dowler (1781 - 1860)*

Children:
Michael Dowler (1805 - 1875)*
Mary Dowler Orum (1816 - 1898)*
Sarah Dowler Conner (1818 - 1887)*

Mary Barto Dowler Birth: May 22, 1781, Westmoreland Co., PA     Death: Dec. 18, 1860, Marshall Co., VA
Married Rev. George Dowler.

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From Find a Grave:  

Rev Michael Dowler
Birth: 1805 Pennsylvania
Death: Nov. 22, 1875, Marshall Co., WV

Son of George and Mary (Barto/Barteaux) Dowler; married Hester Blakemore September 06, 1827, Ohio County, Virginia, by Rev. John Parriott.
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Farmer & minister, Rev. Michael Dowler died 29 November 1875 age 70 yrs., 8 mos. of paralysis;