CS Con McDowell, David Smith - C.S. Congressman, NC

Thomas David Smith McDowell
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Born: January 4, 1823

Birthplace: Bladen County, North Carolina

Father: Dr. Alexander McDowell 1775 – 1846

Mother: Mary Jane Smith 1780 – 1849

Wife: Mary Eliza Davis 1826 – 1881
(Buried: McDowell Cemetery, McDowell, North Carolina)​

Children:

Alexander McDowell 1846 – 1922​
John Alexander McDowell 1851 – 1925​
Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1843: Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Plantation Manager of Purdie Plantation​
1846 – 1850: Member of North Carolina State House of Commons​
1852 – 1855: North Carolina State Senator​
1858 – 1860: Member of North Carolina State Senator​
1858 – 1860: Member of Senate Committee on Education​
1858 – 1860: Member of Senate Committee on Literary Fund​
1858 – 1860: Trustee of University of North Carolina​
Supporter of Emancipating Slaves at owner’s time of death​
1860: His Estimate of his Plantation was valued at $65,000.00​

Civil War Career:

1861: Opposed Secession until Lincoln called for troops after Fort Sumter​
1861: Delegate to North Carolina State Secession Convention​
1861–1862: N.C. Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​
Supporter of selling African Americans and distributing the Profits When Captured by Soldiers​
1861: Supported giving the Davis Administration basic War Powers​
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from North Carolina​
1862 – 1864: Opposed Suspending the writ of habeas Corpus​
1862 – 1864: Opposed repudiating inflated currency​
1862 – 1864: Member Confederate House Committee on Commerce​
1862 – 1864: Member Joint Committee on the Inauguration​
1862 – 1864: Always alert at best Coastal Defenses for North Carolina​
1863: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection as Congressman​

Occupation after War:

1863 – 1885: Manager of 320 Acre plantation​
1863 – 1885: Employer of Fifty–seven Former Slaves​
1874 – 1881: Trustee of University of North Carolina​
1885: Turned over his plantation to his sons to Manage​

Died: May 1, 1898

Place of Death: Bladen County, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: McDowell Cemetery, Bladen County, North Carolina
 
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