NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
OBITUARY 
Captain Thomas Dow 
_ Captain Thomas Dow, one of Man- 
chester’s oldest sons, passed away last 
Sunday at his home on Vine street at 
the age of 86 years, 3 months and 3 
days, after being confined to his bed 
the past five weeks. Death resulted 
from old age. In his death another of 
the old landmarks of the town is re- 
moved. The Dow family has been 
identified with the town since about 
1700. 
Thomas Dow was born in Manches- 
ter July 4, 1820, a son of Thomas 
Dow. Like his father and grand- 
father before him, he followed the sea. 
He shipped first when he was 9 years 
old on a Grand Banker. He went 
fishing till he was 26 years old, when 
he had a narrow escape from drown- 
ing by being washed overboard, and 
washed back on the ship again, most 
miraculously. He then learned the 
cabinet making trade and like many 
others at that time he followed this 
work for niany years, spending most 
of his summers fishing. He learned 
his trade with Enos Allen, an uncle. 
In late teh he has followed dory- 
fishing off shore fora living. He re- 
tired about six years ago, when he 
was 80 years old. 
He was a man of quiet disposition, 
kind-hearted, and one that everybody 
liked, He had not an enemy in the 
world. 
He is survived by one brother, Ed- 
ward Dow, of Lynn, one sister, Mrs. 
Frank Boardman, two sons, George 
_E., of Manchester, Thomas, of Kings- 
ton, N.H., and four daughters, Mrs. 
Mary Stanley and Miss Acena Dow 
of Manchester, Mrs. Ida Smith of 
Marblehead and Mrs. Eliza Huddell 
of Chelsea. He also leaves twelve 
grandchildren and nine great-grand- 
children. 
Funeral services were held Wednes- 
day afternoon at the Crowell Memo- 
rial Chapel], Rev. Dr. Rider of Glouces- 
ter officiating. Interment was in 
Rosedale Cemetery. 
Mrs, Nancy Burnham 
Mrs. Nancy ( Morgan) Burnham 
passed away at her home on Pleasant 
street, Manchester, Thursday after a 
prolonged illness. She lacked one 
day of being 88 years old. 
Mrs. Burnham was born in Man- 
chester, in the house corner of Pleas- 
ant and School streets, now occupied 
by descendants of the Morgan family, 
on Oct. 12, 1818. She wasa daugh- 
ter of Nathaniel Morgan, and has 
spent all her life in Manchester. 
She was three times married, her 
first husband being Daniel Hildreth 
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Manchester Next Friday Evening 
A grand Republican rally is to be 
held in the Manchester Town hall, 
next week on Friday evening, at which 
Congressman Augustus P. Gardner 
and other speakers of national promin- 
of Manchester. She later married 
Thomas Dade of Essex, and later Addi- 
son Burnham, who died some ten 
years ago. None of her family of 
seven children survive her, and she is 
the last of the family herself. 
Two grandchildren, Geo. Hildreth 
and Mrs. Chester D. Cook (Hattie 
Baker), and two great-grandchildren, 
Gladys and George Clifford Hildreth, 
all of Manchester, also survive her. 
“‘Aunt Nancy,” as she was familiar- 
ly called, will be greatly missed as a 
cheerful neighbor. She was well- 
known for her helpfulness in minis- 
tering to the sick and needy. 
Funeral services will be held today 
in the Crowell Memorial Chapel at 
2 p.m. 
Mrs. Ellen M. Knight 
Mrs, Ellen M., widow of Samuel 
Knight, formerly of Manchester, 
passed away at Farhills, N.Y., Tues- 
day, at the age of 85 years. Her 
body was brought here for burial 
Thursday on the 3.15 train, the ser- 
vices being held at the Crowell Me- 
morial chapel. 
Mrs, Elfen Augusta Chase 
Mrs. Ellen Augusta Chase, a native 
of Manchester, passed away at her 
home in Standish, Me., Wednesday, 
at the age of 54 years. Death re- 
sulted from a complication of diseases. 
She was buried yesterday at Standish. 
Mrs. Chase was born in Manches- 
ter June 25, 1852, in that part of the 
town then called “ Newport.’’ She 
was a daughter of the late Deacon 
Oliver Roberts by his first wife, and 
was a sister of Oliver T. Roberts of 
this town. In 1879 she was married 
to Silas S. Baker of Standish, who 
passed away in 1887. Two years later 
she married John Lombard Chase, 
who survives her. Three daughters, 
Ruth Sherman and Annie Elvira 
Baker, and Edna Baker Chase also 
survive. 
Horace Ross 
Horace Ross, an old time resident 
of Manchester, passed away at his 
home in Arlington last Saturday, at 
the age of 88 years. Funeral serv- 
ices were held at his late home 
Monday and his body was brought 
ence will speak, the exact program 
not yet being announced. The local 
committee have hired the Manchester 
Brass band for the occasion and every 
voter in town should be out. 
to Manchester for burial, prayers 
being said over his remains at the 
Crowell Memorial chapel, by the 
Rev. C. Arthur Lincoln. Burial was 
at Rosedale cemetery. 
Though born in Ipswich in 1818, 
Mr. Ross spent many years of his 
life in Manchester, in the days when 
cabinet-making was the leading 
business of the town, and he will be 
remembered by many of the older 
residents of the town now. He is 
survived by two daughters and one 
son. 
Mr. Ross learned his trade with 
Larkin Woodbury and_ afterward 
worked with other concerns. He 
married a sister of the late William 
E. Wheaton. After leaving Man- 
chester he was connected for some 
time with the Boston Traveler and 
Salem Gazette. He was a constant 
attendant, until the past year, of the 
annual gatherings of the Elder 
Brethren. 
Mr. Ross made the first snow plow 
ever used in Manchester and he ran 
it over the town that winter, and at 
the March meeting was given a vote 
of thanks and $5.00. During all his 
life he never used liquor or tobacco of 
any kind. 
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