“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


OLIVER P. DOW,  merchant and editor of the Palmyra Enterprise; born 
in Hudson, Hillsboro Co., N.H., Sept 30, 1823; the early part of his life 
was spent in his native State; he came to Chemung Co., N.Y., with his 
parents, in 1838; attended academy at Manchester, N.H., winter of 1844 
and 1845.  After several years of hard work as a farmer, he taught 
several terms in New York.  Mr. Dow came to Wisconsin and located in 
Palmyra in 1846; here he engaged in teaching school and in farming; has 
110 acres of land on Sections 21 and 28, also five acres in the village; he 
opened a store in 1855, where he now has a stock of hardware, paints, 
oils, school-books, stationery, etc.; realizing the need of a local paper, he 
began publishing the Palmyra Enterprise March 25, 1874, the first and 
only paper in the town.  Mr. Dow married Miss Mary Boss, of Chenengo 
Co., N.Y., in 1846, who died June 15, 1859, leaving four children – 
Katie L., Edward E., Oliver P. and Della M.  On March 20, 1861, Mr. 
Dow married Miss Emerett Graves; they have five children – Nellie, 
Clifford, Lura J., Alice C. and Bertha.  He is a strong advocate of 
Republican principles; he has served as President of the village, and, for 
several years, Chairman of the Town Board, Town Superintendent of 
Schools and Justice of the Peace; he has always been an active and 
earnest opponent of the traffic in intoxicating liquors; as a religionist, 
believes in the final restoration of all things, that Christ came to seek and 
to save that which was lost, and that the great design will never be 
frustrated, as sure as God lives omnipotent.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)