FRANK A. DOWD
William Vanderford Dowd, the father of our subject, was born in Ross county, Ohio, September 25, 1823, and there married Martha Jane Alison, who was a native of the same county. Her death occurred in Noble county, Indiana, in 1854, and her remains were interred in Wolf Lake cemetery. Our subject was then only six years of age. There were five children by that marriage. Susan Maria, the eldest, married G. T. Nettles, an employe of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, now living at Dayton, Iowa, but she died October 25, 1890, at the age of forty-five years and two days. Mary Jane is the wife of John L. Kinney, of Dayton. Frank A. is the next younger, Alexander is living in Dayton township, and John H., the youngest, is a resident of Oklahoma.
After the death of his first wife the father married Elizabeth Hill, and their only child was given the mother's maiden name. She became the wife of Frank Rakestraw, an engineer of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, who was killed March 30, 1888, at Walnut. Iowa. His widow afterward became the wife of C. B. Morrison, of Spokane. Washington.
For his third wife William V. Dowd married Rebecca Kinney, and they also had one daughter, Nannie E. who became the wife of T. D. Reese, of Missoula, Montana, and died August 18, 1901, at Everett, Washington.
In 1855 the entire family, consisting of the paternal grandparents of our subject and the parents of Alexander Dowd, Jr. came from Indiana to Webster county, locating in Dayton township when it was all wild land still belonging to the government. There was not a house in the village of Davton and even pioneer development had scarcely begun. The father entered the north half of section 12, Dayton township, while Alexander Dowd, the grandfather of our subject, entered the south half. From that time till his death, which occurred June 4, 1889, he remained a resident of Dayton township. He did much for the development and progress of the county along agricultural lines and was a worthy and highly respected citizen.
Frank Allison Dowd was born in Sparta township, Noble county, Indiana, June 18, 1848, and was therefore only about seven years of age when with his parents he came to Webster county. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and with the family endured all the hardships and trials of pioneer life. He assisted in the cultivation of the fields until 1867, when he entered the employment of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as brakeman, the road having been completed to Omaha only the year before. In the spring of 1868, however, he returned to his home in Dayton, where he remained until the fall of 1869. He was elected constable of Dayton township in that year, and on the 3rd of November, 1869, he went to Des Moines, where he entered the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad as fireman for George T. Nettles, his brother-in-law. He continued in that employment until 1872, when he went to Colorado and worked on the Rio Grande Railroad as fireman for a time and was then promoted to engineer, serving until the financial panic of 1873, when he was laid off. He next removed to Saguache, near Lost Pinnos Agencv, and did the machine work for a sawmill, which he operated through the winter of 1873.
On the expiration of that period he returned to Iowa, locating at Stuart, and for one year was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In 1875 he again went upon the road, running an engine on the main line from Stuart to Council Bluffs and to Brooklyn until 1882, when he went north, entering the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in August, as engineer, his run being between Winnipeg and the mountains. He was with that road until April, 1887, and during the last two years ran an engine through the Kicking Horse Pass, at the foot of Alt. Stevens. Going to Minot, North Dakota, he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad as conductor, running from Minot to Great Falls, Montana, on a passenger train until he resigned in August, 1890. At that time he was appointed deputy collector of customs at Sweet Grass, his office being at that place in the Great Falls & Canada Railroad, one hundred and thirty-three miles north of Great Falls, on the Canadian boundary. In 1893 he resigned that office and returned to Dayton to look after his farming interests, for since 1863 he has owned a half section of valuable land in Dayton township.
On the 27th of March, 1896, Mr. Dowd was united in marriage to Mrs. Caroline Burnquist of Webster county, the widow of Samuel Burnquist. They have a wide acquaintance in the county and their friends are many. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Dowd was elected sheriff of Webster county for a term of four years, which expired January 2, 1902. He has served as mayor of Dayton for two terms and has also been justice of the peace. In his political views he has always been a stalwart Republican, which has been the political faith of the family since the organization of the party, previous to which time his father and grandfather were Whigs. Mr. Dowd is a prominent Mason. On the 5th of August, 1870, he became a member of Capitol Lodge, No. no, A. F. & A. M., at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1877, he became a Royal Arch Mason in Adell, Iowa, and the same year he joined Temple Commandery, No. 4, K. T., of Des Moines, while on the 23d of November, 1896, he joined Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership relations with Lincoln Lodge, No. 59, K. P., of Stuart, Iowa, was one of its charter members and was elected vice chancellor and chancellor commander. Dimitting from that lodge, he was one of the seventeen members to institute Mystic Lodge, No. 2, K. P., at Moose Jaw, in the Northwest territory of Canada, where he was elected vice chancellor, but his membership is now in Dayton. He likewise belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Fort Dodge. There are certain qualities in his nature which render him popular with his fellow men, and in Webster county he has many warm friends.
Source: The biographical record of Webster County, Iowa
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William Vanderford Dowd, the father of our subject, was born in Ross county, Ohio, September 25, 1823, and there married Martha Jane Alison, who was a native of the same county. Her death occurred in Noble county, Indiana, in 1854, and her remains were interred in Wolf Lake cemetery. Our subject was then only six years of age. There were five children by that marriage. Susan Maria, the eldest, married G. T. Nettles, an employe of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, now living at Dayton, Iowa, but she died October 25, 1890, at the age of forty-five years and two days. Mary Jane is the wife of John L. Kinney, of Dayton. Frank A. is the next younger, Alexander is living in Dayton township, and John H., the youngest, is a resident of Oklahoma.
After the death of his first wife the father married Elizabeth Hill, and their only child was given the mother's maiden name. She became the wife of Frank Rakestraw, an engineer of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, who was killed March 30, 1888, at Walnut. Iowa. His widow afterward became the wife of C. B. Morrison, of Spokane. Washington.
For his third wife William V. Dowd married Rebecca Kinney, and they also had one daughter, Nannie E. who became the wife of T. D. Reese, of Missoula, Montana, and died August 18, 1901, at Everett, Washington.
In 1855 the entire family, consisting of the paternal grandparents of our subject and the parents of Alexander Dowd, Jr. came from Indiana to Webster county, locating in Dayton township when it was all wild land still belonging to the government. There was not a house in the village of Davton and even pioneer development had scarcely begun. The father entered the north half of section 12, Dayton township, while Alexander Dowd, the grandfather of our subject, entered the south half. From that time till his death, which occurred June 4, 1889, he remained a resident of Dayton township. He did much for the development and progress of the county along agricultural lines and was a worthy and highly respected citizen.
Frank Allison Dowd was born in Sparta township, Noble county, Indiana, June 18, 1848, and was therefore only about seven years of age when with his parents he came to Webster county. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and with the family endured all the hardships and trials of pioneer life. He assisted in the cultivation of the fields until 1867, when he entered the employment of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as brakeman, the road having been completed to Omaha only the year before. In the spring of 1868, however, he returned to his home in Dayton, where he remained until the fall of 1869. He was elected constable of Dayton township in that year, and on the 3rd of November, 1869, he went to Des Moines, where he entered the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad as fireman for George T. Nettles, his brother-in-law. He continued in that employment until 1872, when he went to Colorado and worked on the Rio Grande Railroad as fireman for a time and was then promoted to engineer, serving until the financial panic of 1873, when he was laid off. He next removed to Saguache, near Lost Pinnos Agencv, and did the machine work for a sawmill, which he operated through the winter of 1873.
On the expiration of that period he returned to Iowa, locating at Stuart, and for one year was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In 1875 he again went upon the road, running an engine on the main line from Stuart to Council Bluffs and to Brooklyn until 1882, when he went north, entering the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in August, as engineer, his run being between Winnipeg and the mountains. He was with that road until April, 1887, and during the last two years ran an engine through the Kicking Horse Pass, at the foot of Alt. Stevens. Going to Minot, North Dakota, he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad as conductor, running from Minot to Great Falls, Montana, on a passenger train until he resigned in August, 1890. At that time he was appointed deputy collector of customs at Sweet Grass, his office being at that place in the Great Falls & Canada Railroad, one hundred and thirty-three miles north of Great Falls, on the Canadian boundary. In 1893 he resigned that office and returned to Dayton to look after his farming interests, for since 1863 he has owned a half section of valuable land in Dayton township.
On the 27th of March, 1896, Mr. Dowd was united in marriage to Mrs. Caroline Burnquist of Webster county, the widow of Samuel Burnquist. They have a wide acquaintance in the county and their friends are many. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Dowd was elected sheriff of Webster county for a term of four years, which expired January 2, 1902. He has served as mayor of Dayton for two terms and has also been justice of the peace. In his political views he has always been a stalwart Republican, which has been the political faith of the family since the organization of the party, previous to which time his father and grandfather were Whigs. Mr. Dowd is a prominent Mason. On the 5th of August, 1870, he became a member of Capitol Lodge, No. no, A. F. & A. M., at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1877, he became a Royal Arch Mason in Adell, Iowa, and the same year he joined Temple Commandery, No. 4, K. T., of Des Moines, while on the 23d of November, 1896, he joined Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership relations with Lincoln Lodge, No. 59, K. P., of Stuart, Iowa, was one of its charter members and was elected vice chancellor and chancellor commander. Dimitting from that lodge, he was one of the seventeen members to institute Mystic Lodge, No. 2, K. P., at Moose Jaw, in the Northwest territory of Canada, where he was elected vice chancellor, but his membership is now in Dayton. He likewise belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Fort Dodge. There are certain qualities in his nature which render him popular with his fellow men, and in Webster county he has many warm friends.
Source: The biographical record of Webster County, Iowa
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FRANK A. DOWD
William Vanderford Dowd, the father of our subject, was born in Ross county, Ohio, September 25, 1823, and there married Martha Jane Alison, who was a native of the same county. Her death occurred in Noble county, Indiana, in 1854, and her remains were interred in Wolf Lake cemetery. Our subject was then only six years of age. There were five children by that marriage. Susan Maria, the eldest, married G. T. Nettles, an employe of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, now living at Dayton, Iowa, but she died October 25, 1890, at the age of forty-five years and two days. Mary Jane is the wife of John L. Kinney, of Dayton. Frank A. is the next younger, Alexander is living in Dayton township, and John H., the youngest, is a resident of Oklahoma.
After the death of his first wife the father married Elizabeth Hill, and their only child was given the mother's maiden name. She became the wife of Frank Rakestraw, an engineer of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, who was killed March 30, 1888, at Walnut. Iowa. His widow afterward became the wife of C. B. Morrison, of Spokane. Washington.
For his third wife William V. Dowd married Rebecca Kinney, and they also had one daughter, Nannie E. who became the wife of T. D. Reese, of Missoula, Montana, and died August 18, 1901, at Everett, Washington.
In 1855 the entire family, consisting of the paternal grandparents of our subject and the parents of Alexander Dowd, Jr. came from Indiana to Webster county, locating in Dayton township when it was all wild land still belonging to the government. There was not a house in the village of Davton and even pioneer development had scarcely begun. The father entered the north half of section 12, Dayton township, while Alexander Dowd, the grandfather of our subject, entered the south half. From that time till his death, which occurred June 4, 1889, he remained a resident of Dayton township. He did much for the development and progress of the county along agricultural lines and was a worthy and highly respected citizen.
Frank Allison Dowd was born in Sparta township, Noble county, Indiana, June 18, 1848, and was therefore only about seven years of age when with his parents he came to Webster county. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and with the family endured all the hardships and trials of pioneer life. He assisted in the cultivation of the fields until 1867, when he entered the employment of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as brakeman, the road having been completed to Omaha only the year before. In the spring of 1868, however, he returned to his home in Dayton, where he remained until the fall of 1869. He was elected constable of Dayton township in that year, and on the 3rd of November, 1869, he went to Des Moines, where he entered the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad as fireman for George T. Nettles, his brother-in-law. He continued in that employment until 1872, when he went to Colorado and worked on the Rio Grande Railroad as fireman for a time and was then promoted to engineer, serving until the financial panic of 1873, when he was laid off. He next removed to Saguache, near Lost Pinnos Agencv, and did the machine work for a sawmill, which he operated through the winter of 1873.
On the expiration of that period he returned to Iowa, locating at Stuart, and for one year was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In 1875 he again went upon the road, running an engine on the main line from Stuart to Council Bluffs and to Brooklyn until 1882, when he went north, entering the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in August, as engineer, his run being between Winnipeg and the mountains. He was with that road until April, 1887, and during the last two years ran an engine through the Kicking Horse Pass, at the foot of Alt. Stevens. Going to Minot, North Dakota, he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad as conductor, running from Minot to Great Falls, Montana, on a passenger train until he resigned in August, 1890. At that time he was appointed deputy collector of customs at Sweet Grass, his office being at that place in the Great Falls & Canada Railroad, one hundred and thirty-three miles north of Great Falls, on the Canadian boundary. In 1893 he resigned that office and returned to Dayton to look after his farming interests, for since 1863 he has owned a half section of valuable land in Dayton township.
On the 27th of March, 1896, Mr. Dowd was united in marriage to Mrs. Caroline Burnquist of Webster county, the widow of Samuel Burnquist. They have a wide acquaintance in the county and their friends are many. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Dowd was elected sheriff of Webster county for a term of four years, which expired January 2, 1902. He has served as mayor of Dayton for two terms and has also been justice of the peace. In his political views he has always been a stalwart Republican, which has been the political faith of the family since the organization of the party, previous to which time his father and grandfather were Whigs. Mr. Dowd is a prominent Mason. On the 5th of August, 1870, he became a member of Capitol Lodge, No. no, A. F. & A. M., at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1877, he became a Royal Arch Mason in Adell, Iowa, and the same year he joined Temple Commandery, No. 4, K. T., of Des Moines, while on the 23d of November, 1896, he joined Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership relations with Lincoln Lodge, No. 59, K. P., of Stuart, Iowa, was one of its charter members and was elected vice chancellor and chancellor commander. Dimitting from that lodge, he was one of the seventeen members to institute Mystic Lodge, No. 2, K. P., at Moose Jaw, in the Northwest territory of Canada, where he was elected vice chancellor, but his membership is now in Dayton. He likewise belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Fort Dodge. There are certain qualities in his nature which render him popular with his fellow men, and in Webster county he has many warm friends.
Source: The biographical record of Webster County, Iowa
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William Vanderford Dowd, the father of our subject, was born in Ross county, Ohio, September 25, 1823, and there married Martha Jane Alison, who was a native of the same county. Her death occurred in Noble county, Indiana, in 1854, and her remains were interred in Wolf Lake cemetery. Our subject was then only six years of age. There were five children by that marriage. Susan Maria, the eldest, married G. T. Nettles, an employe of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, now living at Dayton, Iowa, but she died October 25, 1890, at the age of forty-five years and two days. Mary Jane is the wife of John L. Kinney, of Dayton. Frank A. is the next younger, Alexander is living in Dayton township, and John H., the youngest, is a resident of Oklahoma.
After the death of his first wife the father married Elizabeth Hill, and their only child was given the mother's maiden name. She became the wife of Frank Rakestraw, an engineer of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, who was killed March 30, 1888, at Walnut. Iowa. His widow afterward became the wife of C. B. Morrison, of Spokane. Washington.
For his third wife William V. Dowd married Rebecca Kinney, and they also had one daughter, Nannie E. who became the wife of T. D. Reese, of Missoula, Montana, and died August 18, 1901, at Everett, Washington.
In 1855 the entire family, consisting of the paternal grandparents of our subject and the parents of Alexander Dowd, Jr. came from Indiana to Webster county, locating in Dayton township when it was all wild land still belonging to the government. There was not a house in the village of Davton and even pioneer development had scarcely begun. The father entered the north half of section 12, Dayton township, while Alexander Dowd, the grandfather of our subject, entered the south half. From that time till his death, which occurred June 4, 1889, he remained a resident of Dayton township. He did much for the development and progress of the county along agricultural lines and was a worthy and highly respected citizen.
Frank Allison Dowd was born in Sparta township, Noble county, Indiana, June 18, 1848, and was therefore only about seven years of age when with his parents he came to Webster county. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and with the family endured all the hardships and trials of pioneer life. He assisted in the cultivation of the fields until 1867, when he entered the employment of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad as brakeman, the road having been completed to Omaha only the year before. In the spring of 1868, however, he returned to his home in Dayton, where he remained until the fall of 1869. He was elected constable of Dayton township in that year, and on the 3rd of November, 1869, he went to Des Moines, where he entered the employ of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad as fireman for George T. Nettles, his brother-in-law. He continued in that employment until 1872, when he went to Colorado and worked on the Rio Grande Railroad as fireman for a time and was then promoted to engineer, serving until the financial panic of 1873, when he was laid off. He next removed to Saguache, near Lost Pinnos Agencv, and did the machine work for a sawmill, which he operated through the winter of 1873.
On the expiration of that period he returned to Iowa, locating at Stuart, and for one year was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. In 1875 he again went upon the road, running an engine on the main line from Stuart to Council Bluffs and to Brooklyn until 1882, when he went north, entering the service of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in August, as engineer, his run being between Winnipeg and the mountains. He was with that road until April, 1887, and during the last two years ran an engine through the Kicking Horse Pass, at the foot of Alt. Stevens. Going to Minot, North Dakota, he entered the employ of the Great Northern Railroad as conductor, running from Minot to Great Falls, Montana, on a passenger train until he resigned in August, 1890. At that time he was appointed deputy collector of customs at Sweet Grass, his office being at that place in the Great Falls & Canada Railroad, one hundred and thirty-three miles north of Great Falls, on the Canadian boundary. In 1893 he resigned that office and returned to Dayton to look after his farming interests, for since 1863 he has owned a half section of valuable land in Dayton township.
On the 27th of March, 1896, Mr. Dowd was united in marriage to Mrs. Caroline Burnquist of Webster county, the widow of Samuel Burnquist. They have a wide acquaintance in the county and their friends are many. In the fall of 1897 Mr. Dowd was elected sheriff of Webster county for a term of four years, which expired January 2, 1902. He has served as mayor of Dayton for two terms and has also been justice of the peace. In his political views he has always been a stalwart Republican, which has been the political faith of the family since the organization of the party, previous to which time his father and grandfather were Whigs. Mr. Dowd is a prominent Mason. On the 5th of August, 1870, he became a member of Capitol Lodge, No. no, A. F. & A. M., at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1877, he became a Royal Arch Mason in Adell, Iowa, and the same year he joined Temple Commandery, No. 4, K. T., of Des Moines, while on the 23d of November, 1896, he joined Kaaba Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership relations with Lincoln Lodge, No. 59, K. P., of Stuart, Iowa, was one of its charter members and was elected vice chancellor and chancellor commander. Dimitting from that lodge, he was one of the seventeen members to institute Mystic Lodge, No. 2, K. P., at Moose Jaw, in the Northwest territory of Canada, where he was elected vice chancellor, but his membership is now in Dayton. He likewise belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Fort Dodge. There are certain qualities in his nature which render him popular with his fellow men, and in Webster county he has many warm friends.
Source: The biographical record of Webster County, Iowa
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