Monument to Marcellus Edward McDowell (1837-1891), Jane Berlin McDowell Vansant (1844-1916), William J. McLaughlin (1853-1936), and Martha Banks McDowell McLaughlin (1872-1958) in Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marcellus was a partner in Blackwell’s Durham Tobacco Company, a successor to the company that produced the famous Bull Durham Tobacco. Their advertising campaign saw Bull Durham painted on the sides of brick buildings all over the United States, many of which can still be seen today.

Marcellus Edward McDowell (1837-1891)

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