Moses Angell Dow (1825 - 1889)

Born 4 Apr 1825 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Died 4 Apr 1889 at age 64 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Moses was born on Deer Isle in 1825, the son of Thomas Dow and Elizabeth Haskell.^[1]

Moses married Hepzibah Dow about 1845. In 1850, they lived with Moses's parents Thomas and Betsey on their Deer Isle farm.^[2]

Known children of Moses Angel Dow and Hepzibah Dow all b. at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Lemuel Samuel Dow; b. 25 Nov 1845; m. Hattie E Weed, daughter of Levi Weed and Sarah C Duncan; d. 5 Oct 1918 at Rockland, Knox, Maine, at age 72.

• ii. Nathan H. Dow; b. 12 Jan 1849; m. Florence Hargrave Spofford, daughter of Edwin Blake Spofford and Elizabeth Wheeler Haskell, 6 Nov 1871 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine.

• iii. Freeman H. Dow; b. Feb 1851; m. Dorothy T Haskell 25 May 1874 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; m. Eliza Johnson, daughter of William Johnson and Eliza Curtis, 11 Jun 1894 at Rockland, Knox, Maine.

• iv. Lucy Maria Dow; b. 17 Apr 1853; d. 6 Nov 1871 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, at age 18.

• v. Alonzo G. Dow; b. 12 Apr 1855; d. 5 Apr 1858 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, at age 2.

• vi. Victor W. Theodore Dow; b. 28 Dec 1857; m. Hattie J Marshall 5 Apr 1887 at Rockland, Knox, Maine.

• vii. Lucy Mariah Dow; b. 18 Jan 1860; d. 25 Sep 1921 at age 61.

• viii. Anna H. Dow; b. 7 Dec 1863; m. Clifford B. Witham, son of Henry P. Witham and Eliza Mann, 22 Oct 1881 at Rockland, Knox, Maine.

• ix. Armenia H. Dow; b. 7 Jul 1865; d. 4 Jan 1884 at age 18.

• x. Martha Flavilla Dow; b. 1 Aug 1869; d. 1 Sep 1900 at Rockland, Knox, Maine, at age 31.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H5-TD9 : 5 January 2021), Moses Angell Dow, 1825.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-VW7 : Sun Mar 10 01:44:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Dow and Elizabeth Dow, 1850.

• The Book of Dow by Robert Piercy Dow, p. 121
• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQC-P12 : 13 March 2018), Moses A Dow, 04 Apr 1889; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,828.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 November 2020), memorial page for Moses A. Dow (unknown–4 Apr 1889), Find a Grave Memorial no. 177092653, citing Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, Knox County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Sally - Midcoast Maine (contributor 48138595) .