Dow, Peter B.

1839 - 1917  (77 years)

• Name	Dow, Peter B.
  Birth	5 May 1839  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	DOW.P001
  _FGRAVE	22692664
  Military Service	American Civil War, Captain, 61st Ohio Infantry
  	61st & 65th
  		Flag of the United States, 35 Stars (1863-1865) This flag was flown by the Federal States during the United States Civil War. The flag of the United States of America from 1861 to 1863, with 34 stars for all the 34 states. In 1863 a 35th star was added to represent the new state of West Virginia (the loyal northwestern counties of Virginia), and in 1864 a 36th star for Nevada (previously the…
  		American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865)
  		61st Ohio Infantry Regiment
  		191st Ohio Infantry Regiment
  Death	3 Apr 1917  [1]
  Burial	Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Civil War Veterans Buried in Clay County, Illinois_0012 Compiled by Les Higgason
  		Headstone, Dow, Peter B.
  		Clay County Civil War Veterans A Virtual Cemetery Created By Ewood Sexton
  Person ID	I55386	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Patterson, Sarah Ellen 'Sallie',   b. 21 Sep 1846, North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania d. 7 Sep 1922, Harter Township, Clay County, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F20089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  P. B. Dow, farmer, P. O. Xenia, was born in Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio, May 5, 1840, to Robert and Harriet (Brewster) Dow. The father was born in Scotland, near Crief, but came to the United States when only live years of age. He is yet living, and at the advanced age of seventy years. The mother was born in Pennsylvana, and died when our subject was small. She was the mother of five sons, four of whom yet survive—one son died in 1878. Mr. Robert Dow has been married three times. By the second wife, however, he had no child, but has a daughter by the third wife. His occupation has always been that of farmer, but is now retired from active life. Our subject was reared on the farm and educated in the schools of his native county. He has made farming his occupation during life, and has met with success, as he now owns a farm of 240 acres of well -improved land. On his farm there are never- failing springs of pure water, and also an outcropping of coal in a four-inch vein. In the spring of 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Ohio Infantry. Soon afterward, however, he raised a company for the One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Infantry, and was elected Captain of the company. He then served as Captain of Company F till receiving his discharge in September, 1865. During his service, he was in the Army of the Potomac, participating in all the engagements on the Peninsula and around Richmond during his time of service. After returning from the army, he again engaged in farming in Ohio, but in 1871 came to Clay County, Ill., to his present farm. In April, 1869, he was married, in his native county in Ohio, to Miss Sallie E. Patterson, a native of Washington County, Penn. This union has been blessed with the following named children: Stewart P., Robert B., William S., D. Jay, Mary Nina and Brewster. He and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the G. A. R. of Xenia. In politics, he is Republican. Excerpt from "History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois 1884 "

  
  

• Sources

  [S16024] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Dow, Peter B., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22692664/peter-b-dow), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16025] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Dow, Peter B., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22692683/sarah_ellen_dow), none. (Reliability: 2).