The Dow Page

Submitter Information	Civil War Ancestor Information
Dow, James E. 2030 Plantation Key Circle Brandon, FL 33511-4654 United States Email Address: jed50@hotmail.com	Dow, George Farnum Branch of Service: Army-Infantry Company/Regiment: Co. K - 27th Iowa Volunteers Date of Service: 2 August 1862 Starting Rank: Pvt. Discharge Rank: Pvt. Date of Discharge: 8 August 1865 Reason for Discharge: Muster Out/End of War

I am a member of the following:

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp W.S. Whitehurst #1, Department of Florida

Lineage from James Dow to George Dow


1	Albert Edward Dow		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	7 Sept 1900	Birth Location:	Ashland, Grafton, New Hampshire
	Death Date:	1 Mar 1961	Death Location:	Ashland, Grafton, New Hampshire

2	George Edward Dow		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	7 June 1875	Birth Location:	Ashland, Grafton, New Hampshire
	Death Date:	10 Sept 1958	Death Location:	Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire

3	George Farnum Dow		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	19 Jan 1847	Birth Location:	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
	Death Date:	21 June 1907	Death Location:	Ashland, Grafton, New Hampshire

Additional Biographical Information

George Farnum DOW (the soldier) was the son of Josiah Farnum DOW (1810-1847) and Sarah Jewett BARKER (1820-1891). George's first wife was Harriet LIBBY (1848-1870) - one daughter Margaret H. (1870-1918); his second wife was Mary Emma BLANCHARD (1852-1909) - one son George E. (1875-1958). Burial in Green Grove Cemetery (BLANCHARD/DOW/DREW allied family lot), Ashland, Grafton county, New Hampshire.

George F.'s father, Josiah F. died 10 May 1847, at Concord, Merrimack county, New Hampshire, when G.F. was four months old. His mother Sarah J. married secondly Dr. Reuben Morrill POINDEXTER (1818-????) on 6 January 1855, at Cornish, York county, Maine. The family relocated to Mitchell county, Iowa in 1856. After the War, George F. returned to the east to live in Maine and New Hampshire.

George Farnum Dow enlisted at Mitchell Township, Mitchell county, Iowa on 2 August 1862. George F. was wounded at Pleasant Hill, LA on 9 April 1864. Mustered out on 8 August 1865, at Clinton, Iowa.