Mrs. Jessie Dowse
A Sherborn Teacher, Mother to five, sister, wife, and a widely remembered “Camp Fire Girls” leader
1883-1975
Her Story
Mrs. Jessie Dowse (born Jessie Parker) was born in 1883 in Uxbridge, MA to Edward Parker and Aurissa Delphina Parker.
Mrs. Dowse had two sisters, one named Agnes Parker. In 1907, Jessie married Charles Arthur Dowse and resided in Sherborn with her husband. She worked as a school teacher.
Camp Fire Girls
She is fondly remembered for her time as a Camp Fire Girl’s leader. The Camp Fire Girls of America, now known as the Camp Fire coed organization, was a youth development organization that many girls in town belonged to. Sherborn residents remember her kindness and extensive historical knowledge in meetings. After leading her Camp Fire Girl meetings, she often told stories of Old Sherborn to the wide-eyed girls whose parents had not yet picked them up.
In 1975, she passed away at age the of 92 and was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Sherborn.
The Charles Arthur Dowse Sr. House (1907), anointed after her husband, remains at 1 Lake Street in Sherborn, MA.
A Sherborn Teacher, Mother to five, sister, wife, and a widely remembered “Camp Fire Girls” leader
1883-1975
Her Story
Mrs. Jessie Dowse (born Jessie Parker) was born in 1883 in Uxbridge, MA to Edward Parker and Aurissa Delphina Parker.
Mrs. Dowse had two sisters, one named Agnes Parker. In 1907, Jessie married Charles Arthur Dowse and resided in Sherborn with her husband. She worked as a school teacher.
Camp Fire Girls
She is fondly remembered for her time as a Camp Fire Girl’s leader. The Camp Fire Girls of America, now known as the Camp Fire coed organization, was a youth development organization that many girls in town belonged to. Sherborn residents remember her kindness and extensive historical knowledge in meetings. After leading her Camp Fire Girl meetings, she often told stories of Old Sherborn to the wide-eyed girls whose parents had not yet picked them up.
In 1975, she passed away at age the of 92 and was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery in Sherborn.
The Charles Arthur Dowse Sr. House (1907), anointed after her husband, remains at 1 Lake Street in Sherborn, MA.
