Whitcher Dow married Eunice Bump 27 Jan 1828 in Cattaraugus Co. NY. He had come from Weedspot, Cayuga, NY when he arrived in Bureau County in 1847. Emmeline Dow was born in Freedom, Cattaraugus, NY. French's Gazetter has an Edward Bomp and Thomas Dow among the first settlers of West Yorkshire, NY. First settlement in 1810 by Abner Bomp of Vermont. I saw in the land records that Whitcher Dow and John McKenzie had adjacent lands.