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Capt Benjamin Dow

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Capt Benjamin Dow

Birth
Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
6 Mar 1873 (aged 77)
Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA
Burial
Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Farmer and tax collector;

1820 census of Plantation No 1-6th Range, ME lists him 1 male 16-26 with 1 individual involved in agriculture;

1850 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p293: Benjn Dow, age 54, farmer, born in New Hampshire, listed with wife, Sybil, 44 and children, Lorenzo G, 20, Lucrecia G, 19, Benjn, 16, Zebulon, 13, Maria, 10, Increas, 7 and Gilman, 1.

1860 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p103: Benjamin Dow, age 64, born in New Hampshire, farmer, listed with wife, Sybil, 55 and children, Benjamin F, 26, Maria, 20 and Increase, 19.

1870 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Benj Dow, age 75, farmer, born in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, listed with wife, Sybil, 65 in the household of son, Benj F, 36 and his wife, Lizzie, 31 and Lizzie's son, Edgar W Green, 11.

Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 20 Mar 1873 p2: "DIED---In Dover, March 6th, Benjamin Dow, aged 7? years and 5 months; having lived in Dover more than 70 years. He leaves a widow and a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss."

According to the Ancestral File, IGI and Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Benjamin Dow was born 18 Sep 1795 in Sanbornton, Belknap, New Hampshire to Lyford Dow & Eunice Parsons, married Sybil Towne about 1820 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine and died 6 Mar 1873 in Dover-Foxcroft.
Farmer and tax collector;

1820 census of Plantation No 1-6th Range, ME lists him 1 male 16-26 with 1 individual involved in agriculture;

1850 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p293: Benjn Dow, age 54, farmer, born in New Hampshire, listed with wife, Sybil, 44 and children, Lorenzo G, 20, Lucrecia G, 19, Benjn, 16, Zebulon, 13, Maria, 10, Increas, 7 and Gilman, 1.

1860 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p103: Benjamin Dow, age 64, born in New Hampshire, farmer, listed with wife, Sybil, 55 and children, Benjamin F, 26, Maria, 20 and Increase, 19.

1870 census of Dover, Piscataquis, Maine p30: Benj Dow, age 75, farmer, born in Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, listed with wife, Sybil, 65 in the household of son, Benj F, 36 and his wife, Lizzie, 31 and Lizzie's son, Edgar W Green, 11.

Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 20 Mar 1873 p2: "DIED---In Dover, March 6th, Benjamin Dow, aged 7? years and 5 months; having lived in Dover more than 70 years. He leaves a widow and a large circle of relatives to mourn his loss."

According to the Ancestral File, IGI and Pedigree Resource File at familysearch.org, Benjamin Dow was born 18 Sep 1795 in Sanbornton, Belknap, New Hampshire to Lyford Dow & Eunice Parsons, married Sybil Towne about 1820 in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine and died 6 Mar 1873 in Dover-Foxcroft.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24388830/benjamin-dow: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Benjamin Dow (18 Sep 1795–6 Mar 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24388830, citing East Dover Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Cemetery Hopper (contributor 46953331).