A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . approachable and his friendship, which is highlyprized by all who know him, can be won by true merit. Fearless in conductand stainless in reputation, he stands out conspicuously as one of the strong-est and most distinguihed residents of the state. MATTHEW DOW. Mattliew Dow, one of the most prominent and successful contractors andbuilders of Seattle, w-ith ofifice at No. 45 Colman Block, is a worthy repre-sentative of
A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . approachable and his friendship, which is highlyprized by all who know him, can be won by true merit. Fearless in conductand stainless in reputation, he stands out conspicuously as one of the strong-est and most distinguihed residents of the state. MATTHEW DOW. Mattliew Dow, one of the most prominent and successful contractors andbuilders of Seattle, w-ith ofifice at No. 45 Colman Block, is a worthy repre-sentative of the land to which he owes his birth—Scotland. Thoroughlyimbued with the strong religious ideas as held by the Scottish people, he isa man not to be swerved from principles which he believes to be right, andin all his dealings of both a business and political nature he has strictly ad-hered to those principles, even when they have worked to his immediate per-sonal detriment. In the long run this characteristic has made him thor-oughly appreciated by those who at the time were thwarted by his ruggedhonesty. His life has been a verj^ eventful one. but even when threatened. SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 229 by death he was not to be moved from the path which he beheved to be right. Mr. Dow was born on the 29th of July, 1849, seven miles south ofGlasgow, Scotland, and is the oldest of the thirteen children in the family ofAndrew and Maggie (Steel) Dow. In his native land the father followedfanning, and contmued to follow that occupation to some extent after com-ing to America, having emigrated to this country about four years after oursubject sought a home here. He was the first man to raise Irish potatoesin Texas. During his residence m the United States he practically lived re-tired most of the time, and spent his last days in Seattle, Washington, wherehe died at the ripe old age of eighty-three years. He was a strong adherentof the Presbyterian church, in which his father, Andrew Do
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