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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 761 came to- America and located tii-st in [ndiana, later coming to Featherstone in the early sixties and engaging in general farm- ing. Both parents are now deceased. To Mr. and Airs. Kappel have been born five children — Florence, born March 12, 1896; Ruth, born March 12, 1898; Herbert .].. born March 10, 1900 (de- ceased), Harriet, born July 30, 1903, and Sivilli, born April 22, 1907. The family residence is at 723 Central avenue, Red Wing. .Mr. Kappel is the oldest of four children. Lillian, born August 11, 1872, died August 11. 1893. Frederick, born .March 13, 1875, is a barber residing a1 Albert Lea. .Minn., and is married to Ger- trude Towle, a native of Goodhue county. Emily, born .May 6, L878, is married to S. II. Moody, of Excelsior. Minn., and resides at .Minneapolis. .Minn. James O. Dow, now deceased, many years a prominent stock dealer, was a native of Gorliam. .Me., born November 13, 1831, son of Abram and Cornelia (Steel) Doav. He attended the public schools of Portland. .Me., and in that vicinity grew to young manhood, later learning the machinisl trade. He made a trip to Chicago in the early days, remained a short time and returned to Portland, .Me. In 1855 he came to Red Wing and a year later located at Cannon Falls, as a stock buyer, combining his business with the lumbering industry. In 18(54 he returned to Red Wing and continued to buy stock until his retirement in 1901. Mr. Dow was a Republican in politics and a member of the Knights of Pythias. By his first wife, Angeline .Moody, he had one son, Henry J., now in California. After her deatb Mr. Dow was mar- ried, November 13, 1866, to Marie Hawkins, and to this union were born seven children — Charles E. (deceased), Mrs. Etta F. Wooders, of Red Wing; Mrs. Minnie L. Drew, of Red Wing; Adeline, of Red Wing; George A. (deceased); Mrs. Grace J. Wing, of Seattle, and Fannie L, of Red Wing. The family attends the Presbyterian Church. At the time of Mr. Dow's death, June 27, 1909, it was written : ''The death of J. O. Dow marks the turn- ing of another leaf in the history of our city, another pagt finished. The record of one of our oldest and most respected citizens is closed. 'To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die,' and thus in a very marked sense will the name of J. O. Dow be cherished, leaving, as he does, besides a large circle of friends, a wife whose loving care softened the pains of a long illness, and a family of whom any father might well be proud. Levi Woodbury, a retired hardware merchant, of Zumbrota village, and possesor of considerable real estate, was born in Craftsbury, Orleans county, Vermonjt, July 9, 1852, son of Lorenzo and Catherine (Glidden) Woodbury, the former a native of Or- ford, N. II., and the latter of Greensboro, Vt. The family, con- sisting of the father and mother and five children, Mernetta D.,