Rebecca Ann Dow

Rebecca Ann Dow (no photo available) was born on 19 January 1828, in Oromocto, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Joseph Dow, was 56 and her mother, Sarah Alice Brown, was 33. She married Charles Shelton in October 1844, in Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 June 1854, in Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.