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History of Clayton County,
Iowa:... L Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton. In January, 1877, occurred the death of Rev. David Lowry, at the advanced age of 82. Although he was not a resident of Clayton county at the time of his death, he was, in the early days, one of its best known pioneers. He came to Iowa in 1835, as a missionary and educator to the Winnebago Indians and was first located at the Stone House, on Yellow River , in Allamakee county. He was appointed an Indian agent and, for 15 years, devoted himself to the best interests of the Indians, doing all that he could to educate them, give them practical instruction in agriculture and to protect them from the whites who wished to exploit them and to sell them whiskey. Something of his labors have been told in the early chapters. He resided in this vicinity until 1874 when he removed to Missouri . In his day he was one of the most powerful men of northeastern Iowa .
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