THOMAS MCDOW, is one of the sturdy pioneers of this county, located in the township nwo known by the name of Mississippi, in the spring of 1823, on section 32. He was a native of South Carolina, born Aug. 12, 1795, and was the son of John and Margaret McDow. In 1807, the elder Mr. McDow immigrated to Illinois and located in Madison county. After living there about a year, he removed to the Mississippi bottom, near St. Louis, where he resided until 1818, when he moved to Boone county, Mo., where he resided until 1824, when he came to this county and made a settlement on section 32, where he died in Oct., 1835. Thomas was married Feb. 25, 1819, to Mary L. Lofton, and in 1823, settled here as above mentioned. Here he resided until his death in 1874.