Iowa, where he has since been engaged in farming and stock-breeding, making a specialty of importing Percheron horses from France. He is one of the largest importers of the state and has made forty trips abroad for that purpose. He has a splendidly improved farm, equipped with all modern accessories and conveniences and has upon the place every facility for the care of his stock. Energy, economy, thrift and diligence have enabled him to win a place among the prosperous agriculturists of his adopted county, within the borders of which he now owns eight hundred acres of valuable land, while in Big Stone county, Minnesota, he owns four hundred acres.
Mr. Lowrey was married, November 5, 1890, to Miss Elizabeth Otto, of McLean county, Illinois, and to them have been born three children : Joseph and Lawrence, who aid in carrying on the home farm; and Leona, at school.
Mr. Lowrey gives his political support to the republican party but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him as he prefers to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs. He is honest almost to a fault. His word is as good as his bond, and he has never been one to take advantage of the necessities of another in any business transaction. He would far rather suffer loss himself than inflict it upon any-one else. He has prospered by reason of his close application, his intelligently directed effort and his sound judgment, and his record should serve to encourage and inspire others.
LOVETTE OLIVER.
Lovette Oliver, a capitalist of Gilbert, who has been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes, was for many years identified with commercial pursuits and at the present time is vice president of the Gilbert Savings Bank, although not in active control of the institution. Large investments in lands, as well as in bank stock, indicate the success which has come to him as the reward of persistent and intelligently directed labor.
He was born in Livingston county, New York, October 13, 1846, a son of John and Mary (Rosenberg) Oliver. The father was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1816, and when about twenty years of age crossed the Atlantic, becoming a resident of New York, where he married Miss Mary Rosenberg, who was born in the Empire state in 1820. About 1850 he removed with his family to Indiana, where he lived for three years, and then became a resident of Kenosha county, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1869. He then came to Ames, Iowa, but spent his last days in Neosho, Missouri, where he passed away in 1871. His widow long survived him and died in Missouri on the 11th of October, 1910. The father was a cabinet-maker by trade, serving a seven years' apprenticeship in