Dr.
Roswell
Dow
Ph.D.
Born in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Agrippa Dow
and Polly (Storrs) Dow
Brother of
Eliza Bond (Dow) Camp
Husband of
Theresa Richards
— married
6 Sep 1851 in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, United States
Father of
Elsie Storrs Dow Ph.D.
Died
at age 77
in Sycamore, DeKalb, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Dr. Roswell Dow, PhD, was a school teacher and founder of Dow Academy in 1847 with over 64 students enrolled.. This was to be known as a Prepatory School for classical training. The Dow family certainly brought a touch of New England to this prairie town in Illinois.
Sources
- DeKalb County History: Public career: 1850 Dr. Roswell Dow was hired as a Surveyor to plot and make maps of all existing roads in DeKalb county. 1855-58: Dr. Roswell Dow elected County Treasurer. 1862: Roswell Dow elected to Board of Supervisors, 1870: Roswell Dow elected officer DeKalb Agricultural Association as the Treasurer.
- US Census Records: 1840-1900
- "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
- Find-a-Grave; Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore
- ©Joiner documents and records. [source: Title: "The Traveling Joiners: A Genealogy of the Joiner Family and Other Related Families"; privately pub 1971, 39 pages; by Rev. Dr. Darrell and Sally Ann Joiner. 4 works in 6 publications in 1 language and 32 library holdings since 1971. All rights reserved. For personal use only.]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roswell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roswell:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Roswell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Roswell:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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