The Dows or Dowse family in America: a genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence Dows, including the genealogy of the Masterman family, two branches of the Newman family, a branch of the Morse family, and many genealogical lines of other families1642-1890 . and harmony of his ministry of more than half a century.* With his father and grandfather among his parishioners, he has beenassociated with the christenings, marriages, and deaths of several genera-tions of descendants of Eleazer Dows (152), and after the form of shall have passed from earthly sight, his kind and genial face willlo
The Dows or Dowse family in America: a genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence Dows, including the genealogy of the Masterman family, two branches of the Newman family, a branch of the Morse family, and many genealogical lines of other families1642-1890 . and harmony of his ministry of more than half a century.* With his father and grandfather among his parishioners, he has beenassociated with the christenings, marriages, and deaths of several genera-tions of descendants of Eleazer Dows (152), and after the form of shall have passed from earthly sight, his kind and genial face willlong be remembered by many of the now young readers of this work. Rev. Edmund Dowse has always taken an active interest in educa-tional matters. He has served fifty years as member of the school com-mittee of Sherborn, and it was largely through his influence that theDowse High School of the same place was founded from funds contributedby Thomas Dowse (216). He was a chaplain of the Christian Commissionin the Civil war, in the army of the Cumberland and Tennessee. He was a * Dr. Chandler Robbins (883), another descendant of Lawrence Dowse, also held a long pastorate, one of fortyyears, over the Second Chr. (Unitarian) in Boston. 182 THE DOWS OK DOWSE. PILGRIM CHURCH. SHERBORN, MASS. FAMILY IN AMERICA. 183 member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1869 and 1870. The degree ofD. D. was conferred upon him, June, 1886, by his alma mater, AmherstCollege. The semi-centennial anniversary of Dr. Dowses ordination and in-stallation as pastor of the Pilgrim Chr. in Sherborn was fittingly observedOct. 10, 1888. Rev. A. H. Coolidge of Leicester, who participated, con-tributes the following account: The day was delightful. The celebrationwas opened with a salute of fifty guns by a battery from Natick, mannedby veteran soldiers of the Civil war. A large concourse filled the meeting-house. It was composed of present and former members of the churchand society, many representatives of the ministry,
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