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Retired Prison Farm Overseer Dies At Home

WALDOBORO – Wilmot E. Dow, 76, of Waldoboro, died Wednesday at the home of his son, Wilmot S. Dow here. Mr. Dow was a retired superintendent of the Maine State Prison Farm.
He was born at the Theodore Roosevelt Ranch in North Dakota, Aug. 12, 1886, the son of Wilmot S. and Elizabeth Edwards Dow. He had made his home in Waldoboro for the past 20 years.
Mr. Dow was a graduate of the College of Pharmacy of Columbia University in New York City and operated his own drug store for several years in Presque Isle. He was forced to give this up due to his health and for several years was employed by the Western Electric Company in Presque Isle. Later he was superintendent of the Maine State Prison Farm for eight years and resided in Thomaston.
He was a member of Trinity Lodge of Masons, Presque Isle, a member of Meenagha Grange, Waldoboro, a member of the Waldoboro Lions Club, and previously had belonged to the Houlton Elks Club.
Surviving are: his widow, Mrs. Katherine S. Dow of Waldoboro; two sons, Wilmot S. Dow of Waldoboro and John A. Dow of Presque Isle; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Melgard of Thomaston; one brother, George F. Dow of Island Falls; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Emerson and Mrs. Lona Tower, both of Warren; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Flanders Funeral Home, Waldoboro, with Rev. Royal Brown officiating. Interment with committal services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle.⁵

This officer was appointed Ensign in the 24th foot in July, 1774, and in March, 1776, he embarked for Canada; he served the campaign of that and the following year with the advanced corps of the army. In October, 1776, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy; he was present in every principal action in which the northern army was engaged, and was wounded at nearly the close of the campaign, 1777, which terminated in the convention of Saratoga. This officer was detained prisoner till exchanged in 1781, and then returned to England. In July, 1787, he succeeded to a company, and in 1789 again embarked with his regiment for Canada. In May, 1795, he received the brevet of Major, and the 27th of July, 1797, was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in Canada, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. He remained in Canada until promoted, in July, 1803, to a Majority in the 9th battalion of reserve, and shortly after joining that battalion, was appointed an Assistant-Adjutant-General on the Irish Establishment. The 16th of August, 1804, he received the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 62nd; the 30th of October, 1805, the rank of Colonel; and the 4th of June, 1811, Major-General. He served on the Staff in Ireland as Major General; and the 12th of August, 1819, received the brevet of Lieutenant-General. Philippart: The Royal military calendar, p. 310.