Francis H. McGowan
b. 4 June 1834, d. 25 January 1918
- Father: Samuel McGowan b. 1 February 1790, d. 2 February 1853
- Mother: Mary A. (?) b. circa 1799
- Francis H. McGowan was born on 4 June 1834 in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
- She was known as Fannie.
- She married William Douglass Mitchell, son of James L. Mitchell and Ann Anderson Hall, circa 1854.
- William Douglass Mitchell and Francis H. McGowan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville PO, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Alice Mitchell, Lillie Josephine Mitchell, Anna Hall Mitchell and Joseph Mitchell. Also in the household overseer F. L. Fields, age 29, born in Lousiana. The Mitchell family was living near the Isaac Baker Jr. household; James Mitchelll and Jonathan Farley, early settlers of Montgomery, Alabama, were the fathers, respectively, of William Mitchell and Jane Pinkston Baker's mother Thermitus Farley.
- William Douglass Mitchell and Francis H. McGowan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Livingston PO, Polk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Alice Mitchell, Anna Hall Mitchell, Lewis Mitchell, Ellen Douglas Mitchell, Mary Josephine Mitchell and Mary A. (?)
- William Douglass Mitchell and Francis H. McGowan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Anna Hall Mitchell, Ellen Douglas Mitchell, Mary Josephine Mitchell, William Bolden Mitchell, Annie J. Mitchell and Sallie C. Mitchell.
- William Douglass Mitchell and Francis H. McGowan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Josephine Mitchell.
- Francis H. McGowan became a widow at the 10 January 1907 death of her husband William Douglass Mitchell.
- Francis H. McGowan appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in San Jacinto County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Josephine Mitchell. Also in the household were Mitchell granddaughters Francis K. (age 6) and Annie (age 4), whose parents are not yet known.
- She was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
- Francis H. McGowan died on 25 January 1918 at age 83 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1118 Jefferson at the home of Mrs. L. L. Brown.
- She was interred at Camilla Hill Cemetery, San Jacinto County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 15 Apr 2013
Family: William Douglass Mitchell b. 3 June 1830, d. 10 January 1907
- Mary Alice Mitchell+ b. 8 January 1855, d. 16 May 1939
- Lillie Josephine Mitchell b. 1857, d. 11 March 1868
- Anna Hall Mitchell+ b. 16 July 1859, d. 22 September 1885
- Fannie Davis Mitchell b. circa October 1861, d. 15 December 1861
- Lewis Mitchell b. circa 1863
- Ellen Douglas Mitchell+ b. 19 September 1866, d. 25 June 1917
- Mary Josephine Mitchell b. 12 November 1868, d. 1 April 1917
- William Bolden Mitchell+ b. 12 August 1871, d. 8 September 1943