Henry Dowst
Henry Dowst was born around 1817 in Vienna, Maine, to Ozem Dowst and Betsey Burrell. He married Mary J. Blackstone, and they had at least eight children: Dana, born around May 1841; Selden, born around March 1843; John, born around 1845; Henry, born on October 3, 1847; Laforest, born on September 21, 1849; Annette, born around 1854; Granville, born around 1857; and Alice, born around 1858.
 
They lived in Vienna, and Dowst worked as a farmer. By 1850, he owned $1,000 of real estate. A decade later, he owned $1,500 of real estate and $956 of personal property. Four of his sons served in the Union army, and two of them died: Dana on March 28, 1863, and Selden on May 13, 1865.
 
By 1870, he owned $1,500 of real estate and $2,500 of personal property. He died of an enlarged prostrate in Vienna on July 10, 1895.
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(4075)Dowst, Henry1817-10-071895-07-10
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 9

  • (11431) [recipient] ~ Julia A. Blackstone to Henry Dowst, 2 April 1865
  • (11434) [writer] ~ Henry Dowst to Selden M. Dowst, 18 April 1865
  • (11436) [recipient] ~ Julia A. Blackstone to Henry Dowst, 6 June 1865
  • (11445) [recipient] ~ Selden M. Dowst to Henry Dowst, 3 March 1865
  • (11447) [recipient] ~ Selden M. Dowst to Henry Dowst, 18 March 1865
  • (11449) [recipient] ~ Frederick B. Allen to Henry Dowst, 21 April 1865
  • (11450) [recipient] ~ Silas R. Kidder to Henry Dowst, 1 May 1865
  • (11452) [recipient] ~ John A. Dowst to Henry Dowst, 10 May 1865
  • (11453) [associated with] ~ Josiah T. Smart to Unknown, 12 May 1865

People - Records: 6

  • (4075) Dowst, Henry is the [parent of] (4060) Dowst, Henry Ferdinand
  • (4075) Dowst, Henry is the [parent of] (4062) Dowst, Selden M.
  • (4075) Dowst, Henry is the [parent of] (4064) Dowst, John Alanson
  • (4056) Dowst, Dana M. is the [child of] (4075) Dowst, Henry
  • (4090) Smart, Josiah T. is the [sibling-in-law of] (4075) Dowst, Henry
  • (5590) Dowst, Laforest is the [child of] (4075) Dowst, Henry

Places - Records: 1

  • (2598) [birth, death] ~ Vienna , Kennebec County, Maine

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, available from Ancestry.com