Mowry, (-)An Innsmouth selectman who, in 1846 after hearing little Zadok Allen's tale of human sacrifice on Devil's Reef, had Obed Marsh and members of the Esoteric Order of Dagon arrested and jailed. This led to the stange epidemic (or attack) that killed half the population of Innsmouth, oddly enough those who had taken the Oath of Dagon survived.
[The Shadow Over Innsmouth - H.P.L.]