Following could be references to the correct James Dow:
Birth: ABT. 1832 in Perthshire, Scotland
Birth: From Origins.com
James Crichton DOW
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 13 Jan 1834
Kinnoul, Perth, Scotland
Parents:
Father: David DOW
Mother: Mary CRICHTON
Birth: James Gibson DOW
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christening: 25 May 1834
Perth, Perth, Scotland
Parents:
Father: Robert DOW
Mother: Elizabeth GIBSON
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In 1846 a James Dow, Revolutionary War veteran and neighbor in Washington Twp, sells land in Grant co., WI to Silas S. McGhan
BIOGRAPHY: The Dows came to America in 1850.
BIOGRAPHY: OCCUPATION: J.D. was a cainet maker and they moved to Waukegan, then later to Chicago where he was a ship builder. He was killed in the cactory when a boiler burst, killing 40 people.