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Francis Marion McDowell

Francis Marion McDowell (June 12, 1831 – March 22, 1894) was an American banker and farmer and a co-founder of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization in the United States.

. The Connecticut State Grange. Retrieved 2007-10-26. Note: The text of this page is very close to the biography given in this web page. The Connecticut State Grange has kindly allowed this work to be used and has given it freely to the public domain.

"The Founders of the Grange"

Rowland, Donald A. (April 1991). . The Crooked Lake Review (37). Hammondsport, NY: Martha and William Treichler. Retrieved 2007-10-18.

"The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Patrons of Husbandry"

Richard Sherer, ed. (1996). Steuben County, The First 200 Years, A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, VA: The Donning Company.