Known Tombstone Carvers
of Pennsylvania
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Edward Dowler (ca. 1815 - 1862) (Biography and Photographs contibuted by Ellis Michaels & Bill Plack)
Edward Dowler began to carve
tombstones in Washington and Allegheny County in the early 1830's.
While little is known of his beginnings, a quick review of the Census sheets
provides us some information about his life.
1840 Census
Monongahela, Washington County, PA
American Civil War Soldiers Database
Edward Dowler, Kentucky Enlisted as a Private on 19 October 1861 Enlisted in Company D, Provost Guard Regiment Kentucky on 19 October 1861. Died Company D, Provost Guard Regiment Kentucky on 13 April 1862
US Veterans Cemeteries Database
Name: Edward Dowler
Veteran's Rank: PVT Branch: US Army Last known address: 701 Baxter Avenue Louisville , KY 40204 Death Date: 14 Apr 1862 Interment Date: 14 Apr 1862 Cemetery: Cave Hill National Cemetery Buried At: Section A Site 467 1870 Census 2nd Ward Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Dowler, Sarah, 51 years, female, keeping house, , value personal estate $100, born in PA Minnia, 12 years, female, born in KY 1880 Census, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY Dowler, Sarah, 59 years, widow, keeps house, born in PA, parents born in OH Dowler, Minnie, 24 years, daughter, single, school teacher, born KY, parents born in PA Wife does not appear to have filed for widows pension, so probably died before 1890's? Printer Friendly Text Version of Biography Known examples of Edward Dowler's tombstone carvings
Brush Run Cemetery Peters Township, Washington County
Chartier's Hill Church Cemetery North Strabane Twp, Washington County
Unidentified German Lutheran Cemetery Somerset Township, Washington County
Wright Chapel Cemetery Nottingham Township, Washington County
Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery Bethel Park, Allegheny County
St. Clair Cemetery Mt. Lebanon Borough, Allegheny County
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