Comments on: Dowse Riverview Homestead & Dowse Sod House – Comstock, Nebraska

By: Eric crook

Eric crook — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:54:12 +0000

My mom was born in that sod house, ive been their a couple of times. Its neat stuff.

By: kent shepherd

kent shepherd — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:02:51 +0000

The Dowse sod homestead is part of my family heritage,I was just looking into the history of the family.Florence Dowse was my great aunt,her maiden name was Florence Murphy as well aunt eunice,s maiden name was Eunice Murphy,she also was my great aunt. I would dearly love to visit this homestead and part of my family history

Kent Shepherd

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:25:17 +0000

Thank you for the information!

By: Paul Alan Roth

Paul Alan Roth — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:12:04 +0000

My father, Arthur Melvin ROTH was born in Comstock. His father, Richard Edgar “Ed” ROTH, moved to Comstock in 1879 with his parents and two younger brothers, when he was a child. Ed’s sister Dora Alice ROTH, born in Comstock, married Samuel Pearl WALTON, later, she married Henry Ormand PIERCE.

The following account is from my cousin Margaret Mary WALDMANN_BADER:

“By the way our own Dora Roth’s daughter Dorothy Pierce married Curtis Dowse, the son of Wm Dowse who built the house. So Curt actually lived in the house before he married Dorothy. Dora, as you know, was a sister to W. B. and Edgar, and Mary, and Fred, and Hal.”

“W.B.” was grandpa ROTHs brother, William Bradley ROTH, Margaret Mary’s grandfather. “Hal” was their sister, Halycon ROTH.

I’ve visited the DOWSE Soddy with my family at least 5 times during my life.

Regards,
Paul Alan ROTH

By: Nancy Lewis

Nancy Lewis — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:36:11 +0000

Visited the Dowse sod house and had very interesting experiences. The house was FULL of flies. Thousands of them. After letting them out, we went inside. It was a very hot Nebraska afternoon. When we entered the bedroom the temperature went down about 25 degrees. hhhmmm. We enjoyed the trip back into pioneer life very much! Got some nice pictures as well.

By: Marilyn Barnes

Marilyn Barnes — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:45:45 +0000

We visited the Dowse sod house and took several photos. Would you be interested in adding any of these to your web site?