Martha Mary Dow

Martha Mary Dow

Female 1866 - 1915  (48 years)


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  • Name Martha Mary Dow  [1, 2
    Birth 7 Jul 1866  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 22 Jun 1915  Pulaski, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I77599  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Benjamin Dow,   b. Jul 1811, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1904 (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Doolittle,   b. 13 Sep 1826, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1904 (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1864  [1
    Family ID F26183  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin L Zufelt,   b. 24 Jan 1849, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1930, Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1888  Richland, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Harold Benjamin Zufelt,   b. 14 Jun 1891   d. Abt 1973 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Oliver Norman Zufelt,   b. 3 Feb 1894, Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1980, Watertown, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Martha Mary Dow Zufelt - July 7, 1866 - June 15, 1915. Daughter of Benjamin and Martha Doolittle Dow. Wife of Benjamin L. Zufelt. Married September 26, 1888. [Note: Benjamin Zufelt died June 2, 1930 in Sandy Creek, New York; Benjamin is buried in Ellisburg Cemetery at Ellisburg, New York.]
      Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, June 22, 1915 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Martha Dow Zufelt - After two years of suffering with cancer, Mrs. Martha Dow Zufelt, wife of Benjamin Zufelt, died Tuesday evening, at the home on the Frank Woods farm in the south part of the village. Mrs. Zufelt was born in the house on Furnace Street next to the Ontario Iron Works, forty-eight years ago. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Dow who were among the early residents of this village. In her early life she attended the Pulaski Academy and later was employed in the Pulaski Democrat office. About twenty-five years ago she married Benjamin Zufelt who with two sons, Oliver and Howard, survive. Her funeral was held from the home Friday, at one o'clock, Rev. H. A. Lawrence of the Congregational church officiating. The funeral was largely attended by friends and neighbors. Mr. Mrs. Herman Cronk, Mr. Bert Zufelt, Mrs. Ann Nellis, Mrs. Mary Farnham, of Ellisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shaul, Mr. G. C. Widrig, Sandy Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Zufelt, Lacona, were among the out-of-town friends.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1308] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0144; FHL microfilm: 1241144.

    2. [S1458] Ancestry.com, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;), New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Marriage Index.

    3. [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
      Record for Benjamin Zufelt
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=13744602412&indiv=try