Brief Life History of Isaac Carlton
When Isaac Carlton Dow was born on 22 December 1837, in Tremont, Hancock, Maine, United States, his father, William H Dow, was 23 and his mother, Isabel Mary Billings, was 20. He married Rebecca H. Smith in 1867, in Hancock, Hancock, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 23 May 1919, in Tremont, Hancock, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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- Isaac C Dow, "United States Census, 1870"
- Isaac C Dow, "Maine, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862-1865"
- Isaac Calvin Dow, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Become the Colony of Victoria from 2 July.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dow, a rhyming pet form of Row(e), representing a common pronunciation of Rolf, a side form of Ralph. See Rolfe and compare Daw , Dawson , and Dowson . Alternatively, in East Anglia the name may be a variant of Dove .
Americanized form of Dutch Douw: from the personal name Douwe, from Frisian dou ‘pigeon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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