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George Farnum Dow
Branch of Service: Army-Infantry
Company/Regiment: Co. K - 27th Iowa Volunteers
Date of Service: 2 August 1862
Starting Rank: Pvt.
Discharge Rank: Pvt.
Date of Discharge: 8 August 1865
Reason for Discharge: Muster Out/End of War
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| Birth Date: |
19 Jan 1847 |
Birth Location: |
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts |
| Death Date: |
21 June 1907 |
Death Location: |
Ashland, Grafton, New Hampshire |
Additional Biographical Information
George Farnum DOW (the soldier) was the son of Josiah
Farnum DOW (1810-1847) and Sarah Jewett BARKER (1820-1891).
George's first wife was Harriet LIBBY (1848-1870) - one
daughter Margaret H. (1870-1918); his second wife was Mary
Emma BLANCHARD (1852-1909) - one son George E. (1875-1958).
Burial in Green Grove Cemetery (BLANCHARD/DOW/DREW allied
family lot), Ashland, Grafton county, New Hampshire.
George F.'s father, Josiah F. died 10 May 1847, at Concord,
Merrimack county, New Hampshire, when G.F. was four months
old. His mother Sarah J. married secondly Dr. Reuben Morrill
POINDEXTER (1818-????) on 6 January 1855, at Cornish, York
county, Maine. The family relocated to Mitchell county, Iowa
in 1856. After the War, George F. returned to the east to
live in Maine and New Hampshire.
George Farnum Dow enlisted at Mitchell Township, Mitchell
county, Iowa on 2 August 1862. George F. was wounded at
Pleasant Hill, LA on 9 April 1864. Mustered out on 8 August
1865, at Clinton, Iowa.
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