Family:John Dow and Mary Love (1)

Parents: John Dow and Betsey Strout John Dow b. 23 Apr 1796 Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States d. 30 Nov 1864 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States	Mary Love b. 1796 Maine, United States d. 5 Jun 1854 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States

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Marriage^[1]^[2]

3 Mar 1821

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Betsey Strout Dow	20 Dec 1821 Phillips, Franklin, Maine, United States	1 Jul 1898 New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Mary Jane Dow	Apr 1823 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States	5 Oct 1860 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States
3.	Caroline Dow	19 Dec 1824 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States
4.	William Sally Dow	23 Nov 1826 Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States	1912 Phillips, Franklin, Maine, United States
5.	Edmund Dow	1829 Maine, United States
6.	Angeline R. Dow	1832 Maine, United States

References

↑ Sedgley, George Burbank. Dow, the ancestry and posterity of Joshua Dow of Avon, Maine. (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co, 1938)
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John [Dow] ... married widow Mary Love Smith of Avon, Maine.
↑ A Record of Marriages Solemnized by Esq. Cornelius Norton, Jr., of Industry, in Hatch, William Collins. A history of the town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine: from the earliest settlement in 1787 down to the present time, embracing the cessions of New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson, and Stark : in two parts, including the history and genealogy of many of the leading families of the town. (Farmington, Me.: Press of Knowlton, McLeary & Co., 1893)
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1821. March 3. John Dow and Mary Smith, both of Anson.
Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
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It's possible that Mary Love was not the mother of all of John Dow's children. Daughter Betsey (Dow) Billington's death record identified her mother as "Elizabeth Saley." Also son William Dow's middle name was Sally, probably a family name. Who this Elizabeth Saley or Sally was is unknown.