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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. pany of loyal Virginians; and served in the 1895-1907 he was a representative from West United States volunteer infantry during the civil war. He was a member of the West Virginia state legislature of 1883; and in Virginia to the fifty- fourth, fifty -fifth, fifty sixth,

fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, and fiftyninth congresses as a republican.

Dow, Allen Wade, chemist,

scientist,

was

born Aug. 24, 1866, in New York City. In 1894-1906 he was chemist to the engineering department; and inspector of asphalt and cement for the District of Columbia. He

A., publisher, founder, was 1810, in Littleton, N.H. In 1850 he in'gan the publication of the Waverly Magazine, the circulation of which for many years was lifty thousand copies. He died

Dow, Moses

born

in

June 22, .ISS6, in Charlestown, Mass. Dow, Neal, soldier, merchant, prohibitionist, was born March 20, 1804, in Portland, He was of Quaker parentage; was JIaine. a merchant and manu^ facturer; and he was

a member of the American association for the advancement of science.

which resulted in the passage of the celebrated Maine liquor law of 1861, in honor of which he was call-



New York City. Dow, Jesse Erskine, educator, mathematician, public official, was born Jan. 21, 1809, in Thompson, Conn. He went to sea with Commodore Elliott in 1835 as professor of mathematics; and later became clerk in the

ed the father

was

vehement against the

Jesuits.

He was

and

is

affairs.

prominently identified with public

eight

times visited England, lecturing on temperance. He died Oct. 2, 1897,' in Portland, Maine. Dow, Samuel K., lawyer, statesman, was born in 1831 in Maine. He was educated in the common schools and academies of Maine and in 1850 began the study of law at Saco

and hit}'.

Harvard univerIn 1855 he began

the practice ,of law in Chicago, 111. where he has since resided and practiced his profession. In 1872 he was elected to the Illinois state senate; served

J

two terms ending

in

1874; and served on several important com-

during his term of service. Dowd, Alice Mary, educator, author, poet, was born Dec. 16, 1855, in Frankford, W. 'a.. She graduated from the normal school coiiiniitiees

at

Mass.;

Westfield,

from

Sauveur

college of languages; he took special courses at Harvard and Chicago universities; and he also duly studied in Berlin,

Germany.

For

many

years she was teacher in Stanford high school of Connecticut; >•,

Oct. 14, 1895, in Evanston, 111. She studied music in St. Louis, Mo.; and has since 1899 conducted a studio for piano study.

Since 1882 he has been postmaster in Shilili, N.M., where he is a successful merchant;

He

served



in the unior army 1861-64; and was in Libby prison. He several

manages her own real estate. Dow, Maud M., teacher, musician, was born

Dow, Milton, merchant, government ofwas born Sept. 18, 1855, in Kansas.

the

months

the

ficial,

of

Maine liquor law. elected to the state legislature

United States patent office at Washington, D.C. He has been a correspondent of various periodicals; and has written frequently in prose and verse. Dow, Lorenzo, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 16, 1777, in Coventry, Conn. He was a methodist traveling preacher, especially author of Polemical Works; The Stranger in Charleston, or the Trial and Confession of Lorenzo Dow; A Short Account of a Long Travel; Journal and Miscellaneous Writings; and History of a Cosmopolite, an autobiographic work. He died Feb. 2, 1834, in Georgetown, D.C. Dow, Mary E. H. G., business woman, railroad president, was bom Dec. 15, 1848, in Dover, N.H. She attended the Dover academy and graduated from the high school in Charlestown, Mass. She is the first woman president of the street railroad, having been president of the Dover street railway company. She is now engaged in real estate and

Maine.

became

of prolegislation,

hibitive

Dow, Daniel, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 19, 1772, in Ashford, Conn. He was

in

mayor

twice elected Portland, About 1857 he the champion of

is

the author of Familiar Letters to Rev. John Sherman; The Pedobaptist Catechism; The Sinaitic and Abrahamic Covenants and Free Inquiry Recommended on the Subject of Free Jlasonry. He died July 19, 1849, in Thompson, Conn. Dow, Edwin Barlow, soldier, was born in 1825 in Canada. In 1861 he enlisted in the civil war; and attained the rank of colonel. After the war he returned to business life

301

and an

German

instructor in Pomona at

college of Claremont, Cal. She is a constant contributor to various periodicals. She is the author of Vacation

and Our Common Wildflowers. Dowd, Charles Ferdinand, educator, mathematician, was born April 25, 1825, in MadiVerses