Capt. Edward Dow    

CAPT. EDWARD DOW, retired seaman, Corry, was born March 19, 1804, near Portsmouth, N.H., and is a son of Benjamin Dow, a tanner by trade. Our subject began when sixteen years of age to lead a seafaring life, engaging in codfishing two-thirds of the year for about twenty years. Capt. Dow farmed from 1852 to 1855 in New York State. He came to Corry twenty-nine years ago, when it was a swamp. Our subject has been twice married, his first wife being Miss Thompson. His second marriage occurred twenty-eight years ago, March 22, 1856, with Harriet Wyatt, born October 13, 1829, in England, and came to America when twenty-six years of age. Two children were born to this union— Mary and Dora.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884. Read this book online More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.