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DOW, James, M.D
., son of William Dow, was b. on the homestead, in Nichol, in
1862. He received his preliminary education in the High Schools of Fergus
and Guelph. He taught school for one year in West Garafraxa, and then in
Eramosa, six years, and graduated from the Normal School. He entered Toronto
University, in 1887, as a student in medicine, and graduated in 1891, M. B.,
in medicine. He practiced one year in Rothsay, since which time he has been
practising in Belwood, West Garafraxa. He commands one of the largest
practices in the county and is considered very skilful both by faculty and
people. He has always kept pace with advancement in medicine, both by
private study, and medical literature, and has prospered beyond his
expectations. He is a Presbyterian, and a Liberal. On Oct. 25, 1893, he m.
Kate L., dau. of the late John W. Armstrong.
Mrs. Dow's family were among the first settlers in Eramosa, about 1824, as the history of the Armstrong family, upon another page, will show. William Armstrong, her brother, a retired pioneer, lives in Nichol, near Fergus. There are the following children: Mary R., William W., Lena M., and John A. From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |