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Gale S. Dowis (Knox County, Kentucky, pvt, sgt, lieut 7th Ky Inf USA)

b. 1835? d. 1912?

Knox County, Kentucky, soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Robert Dowis and Nancy Dowis. Resident of Knox County, Kentucky, in 1850. Resident of Knox County in 1860. Served in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, first sergeant, second lieutenant, and first lieutenant from September 22, 1861, to May 8, 1864.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, p. 373A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Knox County, Lynn Camp, p. 2.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 212.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #1283688, Certificate #1047670.

Find A Grave, "Gale S. Dowis (1835-1912)," Memorial #20364662, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20364662 (accessed July 29, 2020).

Citation

Dowis, Gale S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201877 (November 12, 2026).

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