Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-Isaac N. Lowe
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
ISAAC N. LOWE, a prosperous farmer residing
in Hayes Township, Dickinson County, on
its section 10, was born in Otsego County, N. Y.,
on the 8th of May, 1843. His father, Peter Lowe,
was also born in the same county August 25, 1818.
His mother in her maidenhood bore the name of
Louisa Lettus. She was also a native of Otsego
County, and her death occurred there about 1857.
The father is still living. To them was born a
family of seven children, four sons and three
daughters, our subject being the second child in
the family.
Isaac Lowe passed his boyhood days on a farm in
his native county, receiving his education in the
common schools and engaged in work on his
father's farm. In the spring of 1874, he went to
Lenawee County, Mich., and lived there one year,
coming in 1875 to Kansas. He took up a homestead
of eighty acres on section 10, Hayes Township,
Dickinson County, where he has since lived.
He has added to his original tract until he now
owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, which
is under a high state of cultivation. He has made
the best modern improvement, and has erected
comfortable and substantial buildings.
Responding to the call of his country, Mr. Lowe
enlisted in July, 1862, in Company G, One Hundred
and Twenty-first New York Infantry, and
served faithfully during the succeeding three
years. With his regiment he took part in a number
of battles and skirmishes, among them being
the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. He
was mustered out at Washington, D. C, in 1865,
and on receiving his discharge returned to Otsego
County.
The marriage of our subject occurred November
6, 1867, when he married Miss Louisa
Batson in Otsego County, N. Y. She is a
daughter of Thomas C. and Licena (Hoyer) Batson.
The father was a native of England, and the
mother was born in Otsego County. Mr. Batson
died in 1849, and his wife passed away May 8,
1892. Their union was blessed with six children,
two sons and four daughters. Mrs. Lowe, who was
born in Otsego County, May 15, 1846, was the
fourth child in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe
are the parents of seven children: Claude P.,
Charles B., Maude L., Stella M, Dea G., Minnie E.,
and Nora B., who died when but six months of
age. Our subject and his wife have always been
very active in religious work, and are numbered
among the most earnest members of the Christian
Church He has held the office of Deacon and
Elder.
In matters of education, he has always lent his
interested support, and has been elected to fill the
position of School Trustee and also that of School
Clerk. His family early allied themselves with
the Republican party and he is an earnest advocate
of its principles. Since turning his attention to
agricultural pursuits he has followed that as his
chief occupation, and by reason of his well-directed
energy and perseverance has merited the comfortable
home and competency he has acquired. Taking
up a piece of wild, uncultivated land as he did,
he has transformed it into a fertile and well-cultivated
farm, well stocked and well improved in
every respect. He is one of the solid and most respected
citizens in this locality.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP