Hon. John Dow

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Husband Hon. John Dow ¹

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           Born: Abt 1765
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           Died: 1847 1
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         Father: Benjamin Dow (      -      ) 2
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Wife

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Children

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1 F Lucy Dow ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1792 - Watkins, Schuyler Co, NY 1 4
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           Died: 1868 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 1 4
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         Spouse: Greeley Davis (1787-1863) 1 3 4
           Marr: 1811 - Reading, Schuyler Co, NY 5

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Dow

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Reading Centre, Steuben Co (later Schuyler), NY

He was the second settler at Watkins, later the fa­mous Watkins Glen, at the head of the beautiful Seneca Lake. He was a man of commanding appearance and great natural ability, and was soon recog­nized as a leader. Among the many public offices he held in his adopted county was member of the assembly, four terms, sitting with the then young Martin Van Buren who afterward became president of the United States; he was also judge of the county court eighteen years, and held many other local positions of trust and responsibility. He was a near relative of Lorenzo Dow, the once famous pioneer preacher. When he died, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, he was the oldest Freemason in the State of New York.

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 928.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 383.

3 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 628.

4 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 305.

5 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 929.