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From: "Carl E. Queen" <>
Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Fw: [OHGALLIA-L] Lorenzo DOW
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 09:50:27 -0400

I thought this would be of interest to some of the researchers on the list,
I know it cleared up some name searching for me.

Carl E. Queen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hazlett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 10:12 PM
Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Lorenzo DOW


> For thos interested, at the instigation of "Kathy" I have done some
> research, and I have found that Lorezno DOW was a pretty well known
> preacher....
>
> Lorenzo Dow 1777 - 1834 A fiery, itinerant Methodist preacher of the
> Eastern and Southern US. In his time, more than 20,000 children were
named
> after Lorenzo Dow (including Brigham Young's younger brother, Lorenzo Dow
> Young) .
>
> He must have made quite an impact. I understand he might have been one of
> the first, maybe THE first preacher to cross the moutains to preach to the
> settlers on the "frountier". Can you imagine, 20,000 or more children
> named after him......amazing......
>
>
>
> ****************
> Charlie Hazlett, Columbus, Ohio
> My family tree is online at: www.hazlett.net
> How much do you pay for your long distance services?
> I can do better, check it out..... www.hazlett.net
>
>
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>
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