Lower, L. K. 1852 –
LOWER, HOOVER, PECK, WATERS, LOWERY
Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/8/2015 at 07:44:32
L. K. LOWER.
Among the residents of Decorah, Winneshiek county, Iowa, who are now living retired, their present comfortable financial position being the direct result of former activity and enterprise along agricultural lines, is numbered L. K. Lower. He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, January 26, 1852, a son of Christian and Barbara (Hoover) Lower, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania respectively. The parents were married in the Keystone state, after which they removed to Indiana and there resided on a farm for a few years. Malaria, however, was so bad in that district that they were compelled to leave and they drove across the country to Winneshiek county with a team. Here their remaining days were spent, the father passing away in 1898 and the mother's death occurring January 26, 1901. In their family were five children but one daughter died in infancy. The surviving members are: John Wesley, of Osage, Iowa; James M., of Waukon; Joseph M., residing in Decorah; and L. K., of this review.
L. K. Lower was a lad of four years when in 1856 his parents brought him to Winneshiek county, and during the fifty-seven years that have intervened he has made his home continuously in this district. During the years of his active life he devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits and no better proof can be given of his life of industry and activity than the fact that in 1905 he was able to retire from further labor and he now makes his home in Decorah, enjoying a substantial competence which is the result of thrift, energy and careful management. He still owns the farm of one hundred and seventy-three acres located on section 10, Frankville township, upon which his parents located when they arrived in Winneshiek county, and he also is the owner of thirty-three and a third acres in Glenwood township, all of which constitutes a source of a substantial annual income.
In 1874 Mr. Lower was united in marriage to Miss Elnora Peck, who was born in Oswego county, New York, on the 18th of April, 1859. She is a daughter of William and Julia Peck, by whom she was brought to this county when but one year old. Here her mother passed away on the 18th of February, 1913. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lower have been born three children: Emma, the wife of J. N. Waters, of Decorah township; Frank C, operating his father's farm in Frankville township; and Mrs. Maude Luella Lowery, of New Richland, Minnesota.
Mr. Lower gives his political support to the democratic party and has ever taken a deep interest in party affairs although he has never found time nor inclination to actively participate therein. The success which now makes it possible for him to live in retirement is well merited for it is the result of hard work combined with common sense. A residence of almost six decades in this county has made him a witness of much of the growth and development of this section and he has a wide acquaintance here, his friends holding him in high esteem.
Source: History of Winneshiek County, Iowa Vol. II Chicago the S. J. Clark Publishing Company 1913
Frankville cemetery Gravestone of Elnora (Mrs. L. K.) Lower
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