Lowe, Henry

LOWE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/29/2008 at 16:10:19

Henry Lowe

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.227, Rockford Twp.)
Henry Lowe, farmer and charcoal dealer, Honey Creek, was born in England in 1844, and came to America, when he was six years old, with his parents. They stopped in Fall River, Mass., for about two years, during which time the father followed his trade of boss-carder in a cotton factory. They then moved to St. Louis, Mo., where they remained until 1854, when they came to the present place in Rockford Township. Our subject returned to St. Louis, coming back in 1857, and remained here ever since. He is the son of William Lowe, who is now a teacher of phonography in Ogden, Utah. The father was in the army; he belonged to the Seventh Missouri Cavalry, and went through the entire service. Our subject's grandfather, Lowe, was in the cavalry at the renowned battle of Waterloo. The mother of our subject died in St. Louis about 1855. Her parents - Mr. and Mrs. Allen - came West about 1850, and both died on our subject's place. He was married, August 24, 1862, to Esther Aveyard, who was born in England in the same house as he was. Hiram Bostwick, took her when she was six years old and raised her. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have had ten children - nine of whom - four boys and five girls - are living, and are all at home. The farm now consists of 220 acres, of which fifty acres are in tillable land, the balance being in timber and meadow. Our subject started in life with nothing save determination to win. When he first came here, Mormon huts were the only improvements, and there was a Mormon Church on his present farm. He started into the charcoal business in 1879, in which he has continued since. He now has contracts for about 6,000 bushels. In politics, he is a Republican.