| 1. | Dow, Peter B. was born on 5 May 1839; died on 3 Apr 1917; was buried in Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: DOW.P001
- _FGRAVE: 22692664
- Military Service: American Civil War, Captain, 191st Ohio Infantry
Notes:
P. B. Dow, farmer, P. O. Xenia, was born in Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, May 5, 1840, to Robert and Harriet (Brewster) Dow. The father was born in Scotland, near Crief, but came to the United States when only live years of age. He is yet living, and at the advanced age of seventy years. The mother was born in Pennsylvana, and died when our subject was small. She was the mother of five sons, four of whom yet surviveone son died in 1878. Mr. Robert Dow has been married three times. By the second wife, however, he had no child, but has a daughter by the third wife. His occupation has always been that of farmer, but is now retired from active life.
Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of his native county. He has made farming his occupation during life, and has met with success, as he now owns a farm of 240 acres of well -improved land. On his farm there are never- failing springs of pure water, and also an outcropping of coal in a four-inch vein.
In the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Ohio Infantry. Soon afterward, however, he raised a company for the One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and was elected Captain of the company. He then served as Captain of Company F till receiving his discharge in September, 1865. During his service, he was in the Army of the Potomac, participating in all the engagements on the Peninsula and around Richmond during his time of service. After returning from the army, he again engaged in farming in Ohio, but in 1871 came to Clay County, Ill., to his present farm. In April, 1869, he was married, in his native county in Ohio, to Miss Sallie E. Patterson, a native of Washington County, Penn. This union has been blessed with the following named children: Stewart P., Robert B., William S., D. Jay, Mary Nina and Brewster.
He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the G. A. R. of Xenia. In politics, he is Republican.
Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "
Military Service:
61st & 65th
Family/Spouse: Patterson, Sarah Ellen 'Sallie'. Sarah was born on 21 Sep 1846 in North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; died on 7 Sep 1922 in Harter Township, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1839 - 1917 (77 years)
