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William Dower Jr (1850 - 1897)

William Dower Jr
Born in Land's End, Cornwall, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at age 46 in Caperton, Fayette, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

"...a native of Cornwall, England, came to the United States at the age of sixteen (16), after having had some experience in the mines of Wales, and for a time he lived in Nova Scotia, was then in the Iron Mine District of Lake Superior, in the Iron Mines of New York State, entered the Pennsylvania coal field at Wilkesbarre, and later at Logan and Clearfield County.

In 1923, "His widow [Ann] is now living at Turkey Knob on Loup Creek, Fayette County, West Virginia, at the age of sixty-seven. Of their thirteen children, four sons and two daughters are living, and all the sons are practical coal men, Richard, being a resident of Turkey Knob, in Fayette County, John, mine foreman for the Cadle Ridge Coal Company in Fayette County, and Edward, at McDonald on Loup Creek."[1][2]


  • Fact: Residence (1861) Residence Kea, Cornwall, England
  • Fact: Occupation (1870) Miner Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1877) Logan, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Moved to West Virginia from Pennsylvania (1879) Fayette, West Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1880) Mountain Cove, Fayette, West Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Occupation (1888) Bank Boss Fayette, West Virginia, United States
  • Fact: Burial Flannigan Cemetery, Anstead, Fayette, West Virginia, United States

Sources

  1. ↑ History of West Virginia, Old and New, West Virginia Biography By Special Staff of Writers, Vol 3, Page 647 and 648
  2. ↑ History of West Virginia
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMMD-WWG : 4 December 2014), Wm. in entry for Michael Koons and Celia Dower, 01 Sep 1890; citing Fayette, West Virginia, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5RK-ZQL : 12 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Jane Dower, 14 Jul 1891; citing Sewell, Fayette, W Va, reference ; FHL microfilm 584,755.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM6C-3Y3 : 4 December 2014), Wm. in entry for Michael Kraus and Celia Dawes, 04 Sep 1890; citing Fayette, West Virginia, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRCX-XYM : 4 December 2014), Wm in entry for Michael Kraus and Celia Dawes Or Dower, 04 Sep 1890; citing Fayette, reference 2:3HWRCMW; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMH1-5PK : 4 December 2014), William Dower in entry for Celia Kraus, 06 Feb 1949; citing Summers, West Virginia, County Records, 5397, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,984,025.
  • "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMCZ-W4B : 4 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Dower, 05 May 1888; citing Echo, Wayne, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,761.
  • "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5RK-QGS : 12 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Elizabeth Dower, 05 May 1888; citing Fayette Co , WV, reference ; FHL microfilm 584,755.
  • "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F1TM-BBQ : 4 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Elizabeth Dower, 05 May 1888; citing Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,755.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMMD-T7T : 4 December 2014), Wm. in entry for Richard Dower and Ettie Harrah, 30 Oct 1901; citing Edmond, Fayette, West Virginia, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F1TV-6VK : 4 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Jane Dower, 14 Jul 1891; citing Sewell, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,755.
  • "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM72-19J : 4 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Edward Dower, 10 Mar 1881; citing Kanawha, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,730.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRC6-3Z1 : 4 December 2014), Wm in entry for Richard Dower and Ettie Harrah, 30 Oct 1901; citing Edmond, reference 2:3WJ6HXS; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMQ8-MMN : 4 December 2014), Wm. Dower in entry for Edward Dower, 31 Aug 1949; citing Fayette, West Virginia, County Records, 11477, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,984,027.
  • "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F12N-7RB : 4 December 2014), William Dower in entry for Charles R. Ash and Edith J. Dower, 08 Sep 1909; citing Elms, Fayette, West Virginia, page 3, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 584,765.
  • "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMQF-BC8 : 4 December 2014), William Dower in entry for William Henry Dower, 27 Nov 1941; citing Logan, West Virginia, County Records, 14923, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,562.
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6R2-KYT : 15 July 2017), Wm Dower, Mountain Cove, Fayette, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 30, sheet 94B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1402; FHL microfilm 1,255,402.
  • "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRXG-33Y : 4 December 2014), William Dower in entry for Edward Dower, 16 Mar 1881; citing Caperton, Fayette,West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,465.

Acknowledgement

To LovelyMissEB for facts and sources on the Dower and Seymour Families.





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Ronny Dower
This is excellent work. Wm and Anna Dower are my Great Grandparents. Marriage is recorded in Fayette Co. WV Courthouse. Adult children attended marriage. There are two "Flannagan" cemeteries located outside Babcock State Park, Fayette Co. WV. Plan is to find headstone for Wm Dower in August after failure to do so in July. Anna is buried in MacDonald Cemetery, Mount Hope, Fayette Co. WV. They are also parents of Edward Dower husband of Mary Samuels, my Grandparents. I've followed LovelyMissEB for some time now. The work is accurate. Thanks to that work, I've connected to other English/Welsh ancestors and found an American Revolutionary War Patriot.
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