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ALVA DOW, OF MARSEILLES, ILL. 55
Agnes, daughter of James Bettoii. She was b. June 1.
20, 17G0;
d. July 1, 1792. Five children. He m., second, April 19, 1794,
Eunice Dow, b. Oct. 20, 1770; d. Feb. 7, 1854. Children:
Elizabeth Morrison,* b. Dec. 12, 1783; m. Abel Dow, and died in
Windham, X. H., Sept. 28, 18G5. He d. Oct. 23, 1824. Children
:
I. AlvaDow,'^b. Feb. 13, 1812; d. Nov, 7, 1877; m., Nov. 30, 187t), Sarah
Eumncv, of Biddeford, Me.; res. Marseilles, 111. Children:
Vermeiia C. Dow," b. May 19, 18:^8; d. July 28, 1878; m. Nelson
Rhines, of Marseilles. Children: Ella Mary Rhines,' Sadie
Bell Rhines,' Alva Dow Rhines.' Oilman Corning Dow,^ b.
Jan. 4, 1840; res. Lynn, Mass.; m., Dec. 16, 180.5, Hannah Jane
Kelley. Children: Alva N. Dow,' Willie C. Dow,' Frank H.
Dow,' Lillian A. Dow.' Sarah E. Dow,« b. Feb. 18, 1844; m.,
Nov. 7, 1808, W. J. Burnett, of Marseilles, 111. Children : Aleda
B. Burnett,' William T. Burnett,' Lizzie M. Burnett.' Charles
A. Dow,« b. Sept. 21, 1840; d. April 30, 1850. Emma F. Dow,» b.
July 6, 1855; d. July 19, 1855.
II. Robert M. Dow," b. Sept. 3, 1813; res. Bellevue, Sarpy Co., Neb.
He m., Oct. 3, 1841, Ann W. Bennett, of Salem, N. H., b. Aug.
19, 1813; d. June 10, 1850. He m., second. May 4, 1855, Emily
R. Lane, b. March 2, 1827. Children: Olive H. Dow," b. July
12, 1842; Robert H. Dow,", b. May 19, 1844; d. April 11, 1805;
Willard W. Dow,^ b. July 20, 1840. Infant son d. July 10, 1850.
Lizzie J. Dow,6 b. Aug] 31, 1850. Jessie F. Dow," b. Jan. 13,
1858; .d. Oct. 30, 1865. Cora L. Dow,6 b. Aug. 13, 1860. Nellie
C. Dow," b. July 18, 1802. Infant daughter," b. Dec. 13, 1863.
Jessie L. Dow," b. III.
Aug. 13, 1805.
Nancy Eetton Dow,5 b. Mar -h 30, 1815; m., Dec. 31, 1835, Jonathan
Massey, of Salem, N. H.; res. Morris, 111. She d. April 18,
1875. 'He d. June 10, 1800. Children: Stillman E. Massey,^ b.
Oct. 28, 18:30; res. Morris, 111; m., July 31, 1872, Miriam R. Barstow.
Adeline B. Massey," b. June 12, 1841; m., Oct. 18, 1801,
J.N. Raymond; res. Morris, 111. Children: Edward S. Raymond,'
Howard Raymond.' Mvra S. Massey,"!). June, 1844; m.,
Jan. 30, 1873, Joseph H. Petti'tt; res. Morris, 111. Child: Murrell
Pettitt.' Horace S. Massey," b. Aug. 16, 1851. Lizzie H.
Massey," b. IV.
Sept. 24, 1852.
Lucinda Doav,"^ b. Oct. 22, 1810; m Dec. , 27, 18.38, Oilman Corning,
of Salem, N. H. res. ; Haverhill, Mass., where she died in 1889.
He res. Salem, N. H., 1893. Child: Albian James Corning," b.
Nov. 7, 1841; an apothecary; res. Baltimore, Md. ; m., Nov. 12,
V.
1871, Margaret Shepard Woodside, of Baltimore. Children:
John Woodside Corning' and Charles Francis Corning,' b. Dec.
10, 1872. Abram James Corning,' b. July 27, 1870.
Betsey Dow," b. June 20, 1818; d. Dec. 27, 1854; m. (second Avife),
Aug. 29, 1849, Ebenezer T. Abbott, of Windham, N. H., b. May
27, 1804; d. March 2, 1853. Child: Jacob Abbott," b. June 17,
VI.
1850; d. Sept. 20, 1857.
Philena Dow,-' b. Sept. 8, 1820; m., Dec. 26, 1839, Samuel Carter
Jordan, of Kennebunk, Me., b. Jan. 20, 1818; res. Morris, 111.
Shed. Sept. 7, 1880. Children: Elizabeth Hannah Jordan," b.
May 15, 1841; d. Jan. 11, 1844. Alvah Reynolds Jordan," b,
Dec. 13, 1842; m., June 18, 1809, Sarah D. Parmelie; lawyer;
VII.
VIII.
res. Morris, 111.
Hannah Dow,= b. Dec. 27, 1822; d. Sept. 1842.
Abel Dow,= b. Dec. 12, 1824; m., Sept. 28, 1849, Rhoda Ann,
daughter of Samuel Plummer, of Salem, N. H. ; res. Windham,
of Granite State Grove and
\
N. H. the owner and ; manager
boats on Canobie lake ; was representative in 1877, and again
in 1879 and 1880. Children b. Windham, N. H. : Martha Morrison
Dow," 1). Dec. 15, 1850; d. Aug. 27, 1852. George Plum-