From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.
JOHN LOWE, farmer and stock-dealer, is a native of Tennessee, and came with his parents, about 1848, to Jasper County, of which his father was a pioneer, and where he took claim, made some improvements,and later removed to another part of the county; he improved, in all, three farms, and is now a resident of Kentland. In 1861, John Lowe enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged in the battles of Perryville and Mumfordsville, and on the forced march of Gen. Buell from Stevenson, Alabama to Louisville, Kentucky. After fifteen months service, he was discharged on account of illness. In 1863, he married Miss Keziah Jones, daughter of Cornelius Jones. This union was honored with four children--Charles C., M.E., Bennett and Greenberry G. Mr. Lowe has a fine and productive farm. He usually plants 100 acres of corn, raises from fifty to sixty tons of hay, 200 head of hogs, and seventy-five to eighty head of cattle every year, besides 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of oats.
He died at the home of his son Charles on Lincoln Street on the 60th anniversary of the organization of Company B, 51st regiment, IVI.
JOHN LOWE, farmer and stock-dealer, is a native of Tennessee, and came with his parents, about 1848, to Jasper County, of which his father was a pioneer, and where he took claim, made some improvements,and later removed to another part of the county; he improved, in all, three farms, and is now a resident of Kentland. In 1861, John Lowe enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged in the battles of Perryville and Mumfordsville, and on the forced march of Gen. Buell from Stevenson, Alabama to Louisville, Kentucky. After fifteen months service, he was discharged on account of illness. In 1863, he married Miss Keziah Jones, daughter of Cornelius Jones. This union was honored with four children--Charles C., M.E., Bennett and Greenberry G. Mr. Lowe has a fine and productive farm. He usually plants 100 acres of corn, raises from fifty to sixty tons of hay, 200 head of hogs, and seventy-five to eighty head of cattle every year, besides 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of oats.
He died at the home of his son Charles on Lincoln Street on the 60th anniversary of the organization of Company B, 51st regiment, IVI.
From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.
JOHN LOWE, farmer and stock-dealer, is a native of Tennessee, and came with his parents, about 1848, to Jasper County, of which his father was a pioneer, and where he took claim, made some improvements,and later removed to another part of the county; he improved, in all, three farms, and is now a resident of Kentland. In 1861, John Lowe enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged in the battles of Perryville and Mumfordsville, and on the forced march of Gen. Buell from Stevenson, Alabama to Louisville, Kentucky. After fifteen months service, he was discharged on account of illness. In 1863, he married Miss Keziah Jones, daughter of Cornelius Jones. This union was honored with four children--Charles C., M.E., Bennett and Greenberry G. Mr. Lowe has a fine and productive farm. He usually plants 100 acres of corn, raises from fifty to sixty tons of hay, 200 head of hogs, and seventy-five to eighty head of cattle every year, besides 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of oats.
He died at the home of his son Charles on Lincoln Street on the 60th anniversary of the organization of Company B, 51st regiment, IVI.
JOHN LOWE, farmer and stock-dealer, is a native of Tennessee, and came with his parents, about 1848, to Jasper County, of which his father was a pioneer, and where he took claim, made some improvements,and later removed to another part of the county; he improved, in all, three farms, and is now a resident of Kentland. In 1861, John Lowe enlisted in Company B, Fifty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was engaged in the battles of Perryville and Mumfordsville, and on the forced march of Gen. Buell from Stevenson, Alabama to Louisville, Kentucky. After fifteen months service, he was discharged on account of illness. In 1863, he married Miss Keziah Jones, daughter of Cornelius Jones. This union was honored with four children--Charles C., M.E., Bennett and Greenberry G. Mr. Lowe has a fine and productive farm. He usually plants 100 acres of corn, raises from fifty to sixty tons of hay, 200 head of hogs, and seventy-five to eighty head of cattle every year, besides 1,200 to 1,500 bushels of oats.
He died at the home of his son Charles on Lincoln Street on the 60th anniversary of the organization of Company B, 51st regiment, IVI.
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