"THE HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO"
CHICAGO; W. H. BEERS & CO.; 1882.
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JOSEPH E. LOWES, physician. Dayton, Ohio. Among the men who merit a place in the history of this county, none are more worthy than Dr. Lowes, who came among us fresh from the lecture room, and by close attention to business and professional worth, has established a practice second to none of his school in the city. His father, John, called by the Indians " Honest John." was born in Cumberland County, Eng., in 1811, and came to Canada a short time before the " Six Nation " war. After remaining here six years, he returned to England, where he married Miss Isabella Bateman, of' Cumberland County, and with her again came to America, settling in Brantford, Brant County, Ont., where he still resides. He was the father of five boys and seven girls, of whom our subject was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga. an Indian valley close to Brantford, where his father was at that time engaged in farming. He was educated in the common and high schools of Brantford, and then took a years' private instruction under an eminent Irish teacher. named Moore. He was only twelve years old when he entered high school, and commenced the study of the higher branches of literature and the sciences, and at fifteen he graduated therefrom with the highest honors. At sixteen years of age, he commenced reading medicine in Brantford with Prof. Allen, and afterward attended lectures in Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College, where Prof. Allen was Professor of Anatomy. At twenty, he completed his medical course and graduated, but could not get his certificate, which was withheld until he arrived at age. During the year intervening, he entered the office of Dr. S. A. Boynton as partner. In 1868, he came to Dayton, where he entered into a partnership with Dr. Bosler, who died five months thereafter, leaving his practice to our subject, who has ably conducted it since with the best success. In the fall of 1868, he was married to Dr. Bosler's daughter, Meloezene, by whom he had one child--a daughter. His wife died in 1870, and in 1879 he was again married to Emma Jane Robbins, daughter of Ira Robbins, of Union County, Ohio. By her he also had a daughter born December 1, 1879. Dr. Lowes has the reputation of being the best Homeopathic physician in the county, and the best surgeon in the county, with a single exception. He is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in politics. He was Vice President of the School Board for five years ; was a member of the County and City Republican Central Committees, and Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment. He has always been an active, influential and energetic partisan leader.
"History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Band 2"
Augustus Waldo Drury (1909)
JOSEPH EDWIN LOWES, M. D.
Dr. Joseph Edwin Lowes held distinctive precedence as one of the most prominent residents of Dayton, where he was recognized as an eminent physician and where his labors along other lines were of a character that contributed in large and substantial measure to the growth and upbuilding of the city. He was connected with railroad building and was the promoter of the street railway and interurban railway systems of this city. His influence, too, was felt in municipal affairs and in political circles and thus he left the impress of his individuality upon many events in public life. He was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, his birthplace being an old. Indian village among the "Six Nation" Indians of Canada. He represented one of the old families of the North of England, his ancestors being prominent in that section of England, which bordered on Scotland in the days of Scotch invasions. His parents were John Lowes and Isabella Bateman. They were married February 13, 1841, at Moat Hall, Irehy, Cumberland, England, and after their marriage went direct to Canada, settling at Brantford, Ontario. John Lowes operated a grain business between Brantford and Hamilton, transporting the produce with teams, before the railroads were built. Later he removed to Onondaga.
In the public schools of Brantford, Dr. Lowes pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work
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he matriculated in the Cleveland Homeopathic College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1867, at the age of nineteen years, although according to the law of the state a college could not award him his. diploma until he had attained his majority. When the law allowed him to enter into active relations with the profession he located in Dayton and took the practice of Dr. Jacob Bosler. From the beginning his professional career was one of continuous advancement resulting from his superior ability and his close study of important problems relative to the work. He continued in practice alone until he was forty-five years of age, at which time he admitted George W. Miller, of Cincinnati, to a partnership, owing to the development of the People's Railroad Company, then the old White Line, and of the Dayton Lighting Company. He was among the leading promoters of both and after about six years he gave up the practice of medicine entirely that he might give his undivided attention to his business interests. He was chosen president of the Dayton Lighting Company and at one time controlled the electric light plant of this city, of Richmond, Indiana, and of three Kentucky towns—Covington, Newport and Dayton. Moreover, he was the father of street electric railroads in Dayton as well as the traction railroads, being one of the original stockholders of the Miamisburg traction line, now the Ohio Electric Railway Company. He also built and operated the road of the Dayton & Western Traction Company of Dayton, the Dayton & Northern Traction Company, and was just completing the line of the Dayton & Muncie Traction Company at the time of his demise. In all his business affairs he displayed an initiative spirit that gave him a position of leadership. He closely studied the situation, his keen insight enabling him to understand its possibilities, and in the wise utilization of his opportunities he reached the goal of prosperity and at the same time contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city and of this portion of the state. His cooperation was sought in the management and control of various important industries and all with which he became connected profited by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He was president of the Wagner Water Supply Company and of the Bradley Cordage Company, was one of the directors of the T. M. Roberts Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at one time the proprietor of the Dayton Evening Press. His activities therefore touched many lines and his interests were a potent element in the upbuilding and prominence of Dayton.
Dr. Lowes was not unknown in military circles, for he served as surgeon of the Third Ohio National Guard and was with that regiment in the railroad strike at Newark. He was also surgeon general of Ohio on Governor Bushnell's staff and was active in preparing the Hospital Corps of Ohio for the Spanish-American war. He had charge of a hospital relief train, which went to all the southern posts and brought back home the Ohio boys who were ill. He received complimentary mention from the United States government on his record of not losing a man on his relief expedition and on the equipment of the Ohio Hospital Corps. He was also a member of the examining board at the National Military Home at Dayton for fifteen years and for a number of years did effective work in behalf of the cause of public education as a member of the school board. In politics he was a stanch republican and took an active part in city and national politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In his
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In Dayton, on the 28th of December, 1868, Dr. Lowes was married to Miss Melozena Bosler, the only daughter of Dr. Jacob Bosler, whose practice he assumed when he first came to Dayton. The death of Mrs. Lowes occurred in March, 1870. Their only daughter, Isabella Bateman, born February 25, 1870, was married October 30, 1889, to John R. Mann, at Brantford, Canada. In February, 1878, Dr. Lowes was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Emma J. Wheeler, a daughter of Ira and Mary Robbins, of Union county, Ohio. The children of this marriage are : Alberta, Who was born December I., 1879, and was married October 16, 1900, to Ralph E. Deweese, of Dayton; and Joseph E., who was born November 15, 1883, and was married January 25, 1905, to Mary F. Schaeffer, of Dayton. The husband and father died May 24, 1905, at Pasadena, California. His death brought a sense of personal bereavement to the entire community, for he had been most active in its public life and had won many friends throughout the period of his residence here. Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success, and when judged in this light, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes was an extremely successful man. He founded and developed some of the most important enterprises of Dayton but it was not alone the extent of his business interests th.a.t entitled him to distinction. The course that he followed in all of his business relations might well serve as an example to others, while the spirit which he displayed in all of his relations to his fellowmen gave him a strong hold on their affectionate regard. He did much toward molding public thought and action during the years of his residence here and at all times he was actuated by high ideals of citizenship and of patriotism.
CHICAGO; W. H. BEERS & CO.; 1882.
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JOSEPH E. LOWES, physician. Dayton, Ohio. Among the men who merit a place in the history of this county, none are more worthy than Dr. Lowes, who came among us fresh from the lecture room, and by close attention to business and professional worth, has established a practice second to none of his school in the city. His father, John, called by the Indians " Honest John." was born in Cumberland County, Eng., in 1811, and came to Canada a short time before the " Six Nation " war. After remaining here six years, he returned to England, where he married Miss Isabella Bateman, of' Cumberland County, and with her again came to America, settling in Brantford, Brant County, Ont., where he still resides. He was the father of five boys and seven girls, of whom our subject was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga. an Indian valley close to Brantford, where his father was at that time engaged in farming. He was educated in the common and high schools of Brantford, and then took a years' private instruction under an eminent Irish teacher. named Moore. He was only twelve years old when he entered high school, and commenced the study of the higher branches of literature and the sciences, and at fifteen he graduated therefrom with the highest honors. At sixteen years of age, he commenced reading medicine in Brantford with Prof. Allen, and afterward attended lectures in Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College, where Prof. Allen was Professor of Anatomy. At twenty, he completed his medical course and graduated, but could not get his certificate, which was withheld until he arrived at age. During the year intervening, he entered the office of Dr. S. A. Boynton as partner. In 1868, he came to Dayton, where he entered into a partnership with Dr. Bosler, who died five months thereafter, leaving his practice to our subject, who has ably conducted it since with the best success. In the fall of 1868, he was married to Dr. Bosler's daughter, Meloezene, by whom he had one child--a daughter. His wife died in 1870, and in 1879 he was again married to Emma Jane Robbins, daughter of Ira Robbins, of Union County, Ohio. By her he also had a daughter born December 1, 1879. Dr. Lowes has the reputation of being the best Homeopathic physician in the county, and the best surgeon in the county, with a single exception. He is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in politics. He was Vice President of the School Board for five years ; was a member of the County and City Republican Central Committees, and Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment. He has always been an active, influential and energetic partisan leader.
"History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Band 2"
Augustus Waldo Drury (1909)
JOSEPH EDWIN LOWES, M. D.
Dr. Joseph Edwin Lowes held distinctive precedence as one of the most prominent residents of Dayton, where he was recognized as an eminent physician and where his labors along other lines were of a character that contributed in large and substantial measure to the growth and upbuilding of the city. He was connected with railroad building and was the promoter of the street railway and interurban railway systems of this city. His influence, too, was felt in municipal affairs and in political circles and thus he left the impress of his individuality upon many events in public life. He was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, his birthplace being an old. Indian village among the "Six Nation" Indians of Canada. He represented one of the old families of the North of England, his ancestors being prominent in that section of England, which bordered on Scotland in the days of Scotch invasions. His parents were John Lowes and Isabella Bateman. They were married February 13, 1841, at Moat Hall, Irehy, Cumberland, England, and after their marriage went direct to Canada, settling at Brantford, Ontario. John Lowes operated a grain business between Brantford and Hamilton, transporting the produce with teams, before the railroads were built. Later he removed to Onondaga.
In the public schools of Brantford, Dr. Lowes pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work
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he matriculated in the Cleveland Homeopathic College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1867, at the age of nineteen years, although according to the law of the state a college could not award him his. diploma until he had attained his majority. When the law allowed him to enter into active relations with the profession he located in Dayton and took the practice of Dr. Jacob Bosler. From the beginning his professional career was one of continuous advancement resulting from his superior ability and his close study of important problems relative to the work. He continued in practice alone until he was forty-five years of age, at which time he admitted George W. Miller, of Cincinnati, to a partnership, owing to the development of the People's Railroad Company, then the old White Line, and of the Dayton Lighting Company. He was among the leading promoters of both and after about six years he gave up the practice of medicine entirely that he might give his undivided attention to his business interests. He was chosen president of the Dayton Lighting Company and at one time controlled the electric light plant of this city, of Richmond, Indiana, and of three Kentucky towns—Covington, Newport and Dayton. Moreover, he was the father of street electric railroads in Dayton as well as the traction railroads, being one of the original stockholders of the Miamisburg traction line, now the Ohio Electric Railway Company. He also built and operated the road of the Dayton & Western Traction Company of Dayton, the Dayton & Northern Traction Company, and was just completing the line of the Dayton & Muncie Traction Company at the time of his demise. In all his business affairs he displayed an initiative spirit that gave him a position of leadership. He closely studied the situation, his keen insight enabling him to understand its possibilities, and in the wise utilization of his opportunities he reached the goal of prosperity and at the same time contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city and of this portion of the state. His cooperation was sought in the management and control of various important industries and all with which he became connected profited by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He was president of the Wagner Water Supply Company and of the Bradley Cordage Company, was one of the directors of the T. M. Roberts Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at one time the proprietor of the Dayton Evening Press. His activities therefore touched many lines and his interests were a potent element in the upbuilding and prominence of Dayton.
Dr. Lowes was not unknown in military circles, for he served as surgeon of the Third Ohio National Guard and was with that regiment in the railroad strike at Newark. He was also surgeon general of Ohio on Governor Bushnell's staff and was active in preparing the Hospital Corps of Ohio for the Spanish-American war. He had charge of a hospital relief train, which went to all the southern posts and brought back home the Ohio boys who were ill. He received complimentary mention from the United States government on his record of not losing a man on his relief expedition and on the equipment of the Ohio Hospital Corps. He was also a member of the examining board at the National Military Home at Dayton for fifteen years and for a number of years did effective work in behalf of the cause of public education as a member of the school board. In politics he was a stanch republican and took an active part in city and national politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In his
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In Dayton, on the 28th of December, 1868, Dr. Lowes was married to Miss Melozena Bosler, the only daughter of Dr. Jacob Bosler, whose practice he assumed when he first came to Dayton. The death of Mrs. Lowes occurred in March, 1870. Their only daughter, Isabella Bateman, born February 25, 1870, was married October 30, 1889, to John R. Mann, at Brantford, Canada. In February, 1878, Dr. Lowes was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Emma J. Wheeler, a daughter of Ira and Mary Robbins, of Union county, Ohio. The children of this marriage are : Alberta, Who was born December I., 1879, and was married October 16, 1900, to Ralph E. Deweese, of Dayton; and Joseph E., who was born November 15, 1883, and was married January 25, 1905, to Mary F. Schaeffer, of Dayton. The husband and father died May 24, 1905, at Pasadena, California. His death brought a sense of personal bereavement to the entire community, for he had been most active in its public life and had won many friends throughout the period of his residence here. Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success, and when judged in this light, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes was an extremely successful man. He founded and developed some of the most important enterprises of Dayton but it was not alone the extent of his business interests th.a.t entitled him to distinction. The course that he followed in all of his business relations might well serve as an example to others, while the spirit which he displayed in all of his relations to his fellowmen gave him a strong hold on their affectionate regard. He did much toward molding public thought and action during the years of his residence here and at all times he was actuated by high ideals of citizenship and of patriotism.
"THE HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO"
CHICAGO; W. H. BEERS & CO.; 1882.
222 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
JOSEPH E. LOWES, physician. Dayton, Ohio. Among the men who merit a place in the history of this county, none are more worthy than Dr. Lowes, who came among us fresh from the lecture room, and by close attention to business and professional worth, has established a practice second to none of his school in the city. His father, John, called by the Indians " Honest John." was born in Cumberland County, Eng., in 1811, and came to Canada a short time before the " Six Nation " war. After remaining here six years, he returned to England, where he married Miss Isabella Bateman, of' Cumberland County, and with her again came to America, settling in Brantford, Brant County, Ont., where he still resides. He was the father of five boys and seven girls, of whom our subject was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga. an Indian valley close to Brantford, where his father was at that time engaged in farming. He was educated in the common and high schools of Brantford, and then took a years' private instruction under an eminent Irish teacher. named Moore. He was only twelve years old when he entered high school, and commenced the study of the higher branches of literature and the sciences, and at fifteen he graduated therefrom with the highest honors. At sixteen years of age, he commenced reading medicine in Brantford with Prof. Allen, and afterward attended lectures in Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College, where Prof. Allen was Professor of Anatomy. At twenty, he completed his medical course and graduated, but could not get his certificate, which was withheld until he arrived at age. During the year intervening, he entered the office of Dr. S. A. Boynton as partner. In 1868, he came to Dayton, where he entered into a partnership with Dr. Bosler, who died five months thereafter, leaving his practice to our subject, who has ably conducted it since with the best success. In the fall of 1868, he was married to Dr. Bosler's daughter, Meloezene, by whom he had one child--a daughter. His wife died in 1870, and in 1879 he was again married to Emma Jane Robbins, daughter of Ira Robbins, of Union County, Ohio. By her he also had a daughter born December 1, 1879. Dr. Lowes has the reputation of being the best Homeopathic physician in the county, and the best surgeon in the county, with a single exception. He is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in politics. He was Vice President of the School Board for five years ; was a member of the County and City Republican Central Committees, and Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment. He has always been an active, influential and energetic partisan leader.
"History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Band 2"
Augustus Waldo Drury (1909)
JOSEPH EDWIN LOWES, M. D.
Dr. Joseph Edwin Lowes held distinctive precedence as one of the most prominent residents of Dayton, where he was recognized as an eminent physician and where his labors along other lines were of a character that contributed in large and substantial measure to the growth and upbuilding of the city. He was connected with railroad building and was the promoter of the street railway and interurban railway systems of this city. His influence, too, was felt in municipal affairs and in political circles and thus he left the impress of his individuality upon many events in public life. He was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, his birthplace being an old. Indian village among the "Six Nation" Indians of Canada. He represented one of the old families of the North of England, his ancestors being prominent in that section of England, which bordered on Scotland in the days of Scotch invasions. His parents were John Lowes and Isabella Bateman. They were married February 13, 1841, at Moat Hall, Irehy, Cumberland, England, and after their marriage went direct to Canada, settling at Brantford, Ontario. John Lowes operated a grain business between Brantford and Hamilton, transporting the produce with teams, before the railroads were built. Later he removed to Onondaga.
In the public schools of Brantford, Dr. Lowes pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work
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he matriculated in the Cleveland Homeopathic College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1867, at the age of nineteen years, although according to the law of the state a college could not award him his. diploma until he had attained his majority. When the law allowed him to enter into active relations with the profession he located in Dayton and took the practice of Dr. Jacob Bosler. From the beginning his professional career was one of continuous advancement resulting from his superior ability and his close study of important problems relative to the work. He continued in practice alone until he was forty-five years of age, at which time he admitted George W. Miller, of Cincinnati, to a partnership, owing to the development of the People's Railroad Company, then the old White Line, and of the Dayton Lighting Company. He was among the leading promoters of both and after about six years he gave up the practice of medicine entirely that he might give his undivided attention to his business interests. He was chosen president of the Dayton Lighting Company and at one time controlled the electric light plant of this city, of Richmond, Indiana, and of three Kentucky towns—Covington, Newport and Dayton. Moreover, he was the father of street electric railroads in Dayton as well as the traction railroads, being one of the original stockholders of the Miamisburg traction line, now the Ohio Electric Railway Company. He also built and operated the road of the Dayton & Western Traction Company of Dayton, the Dayton & Northern Traction Company, and was just completing the line of the Dayton & Muncie Traction Company at the time of his demise. In all his business affairs he displayed an initiative spirit that gave him a position of leadership. He closely studied the situation, his keen insight enabling him to understand its possibilities, and in the wise utilization of his opportunities he reached the goal of prosperity and at the same time contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city and of this portion of the state. His cooperation was sought in the management and control of various important industries and all with which he became connected profited by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He was president of the Wagner Water Supply Company and of the Bradley Cordage Company, was one of the directors of the T. M. Roberts Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at one time the proprietor of the Dayton Evening Press. His activities therefore touched many lines and his interests were a potent element in the upbuilding and prominence of Dayton.
Dr. Lowes was not unknown in military circles, for he served as surgeon of the Third Ohio National Guard and was with that regiment in the railroad strike at Newark. He was also surgeon general of Ohio on Governor Bushnell's staff and was active in preparing the Hospital Corps of Ohio for the Spanish-American war. He had charge of a hospital relief train, which went to all the southern posts and brought back home the Ohio boys who were ill. He received complimentary mention from the United States government on his record of not losing a man on his relief expedition and on the equipment of the Ohio Hospital Corps. He was also a member of the examining board at the National Military Home at Dayton for fifteen years and for a number of years did effective work in behalf of the cause of public education as a member of the school board. In politics he was a stanch republican and took an active part in city and national politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In his
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In Dayton, on the 28th of December, 1868, Dr. Lowes was married to Miss Melozena Bosler, the only daughter of Dr. Jacob Bosler, whose practice he assumed when he first came to Dayton. The death of Mrs. Lowes occurred in March, 1870. Their only daughter, Isabella Bateman, born February 25, 1870, was married October 30, 1889, to John R. Mann, at Brantford, Canada. In February, 1878, Dr. Lowes was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Emma J. Wheeler, a daughter of Ira and Mary Robbins, of Union county, Ohio. The children of this marriage are : Alberta, Who was born December I., 1879, and was married October 16, 1900, to Ralph E. Deweese, of Dayton; and Joseph E., who was born November 15, 1883, and was married January 25, 1905, to Mary F. Schaeffer, of Dayton. The husband and father died May 24, 1905, at Pasadena, California. His death brought a sense of personal bereavement to the entire community, for he had been most active in its public life and had won many friends throughout the period of his residence here. Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success, and when judged in this light, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes was an extremely successful man. He founded and developed some of the most important enterprises of Dayton but it was not alone the extent of his business interests th.a.t entitled him to distinction. The course that he followed in all of his business relations might well serve as an example to others, while the spirit which he displayed in all of his relations to his fellowmen gave him a strong hold on their affectionate regard. He did much toward molding public thought and action during the years of his residence here and at all times he was actuated by high ideals of citizenship and of patriotism.
CHICAGO; W. H. BEERS & CO.; 1882.
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JOSEPH E. LOWES, physician. Dayton, Ohio. Among the men who merit a place in the history of this county, none are more worthy than Dr. Lowes, who came among us fresh from the lecture room, and by close attention to business and professional worth, has established a practice second to none of his school in the city. His father, John, called by the Indians " Honest John." was born in Cumberland County, Eng., in 1811, and came to Canada a short time before the " Six Nation " war. After remaining here six years, he returned to England, where he married Miss Isabella Bateman, of' Cumberland County, and with her again came to America, settling in Brantford, Brant County, Ont., where he still resides. He was the father of five boys and seven girls, of whom our subject was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga. an Indian valley close to Brantford, where his father was at that time engaged in farming. He was educated in the common and high schools of Brantford, and then took a years' private instruction under an eminent Irish teacher. named Moore. He was only twelve years old when he entered high school, and commenced the study of the higher branches of literature and the sciences, and at fifteen he graduated therefrom with the highest honors. At sixteen years of age, he commenced reading medicine in Brantford with Prof. Allen, and afterward attended lectures in Cleveland Homoeopathic Medical College, where Prof. Allen was Professor of Anatomy. At twenty, he completed his medical course and graduated, but could not get his certificate, which was withheld until he arrived at age. During the year intervening, he entered the office of Dr. S. A. Boynton as partner. In 1868, he came to Dayton, where he entered into a partnership with Dr. Bosler, who died five months thereafter, leaving his practice to our subject, who has ably conducted it since with the best success. In the fall of 1868, he was married to Dr. Bosler's daughter, Meloezene, by whom he had one child--a daughter. His wife died in 1870, and in 1879 he was again married to Emma Jane Robbins, daughter of Ira Robbins, of Union County, Ohio. By her he also had a daughter born December 1, 1879. Dr. Lowes has the reputation of being the best Homeopathic physician in the county, and the best surgeon in the county, with a single exception. He is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in politics. He was Vice President of the School Board for five years ; was a member of the County and City Republican Central Committees, and Surgeon of the Fourth Regiment. He has always been an active, influential and energetic partisan leader.
"History of the city of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Band 2"
Augustus Waldo Drury (1909)
JOSEPH EDWIN LOWES, M. D.
Dr. Joseph Edwin Lowes held distinctive precedence as one of the most prominent residents of Dayton, where he was recognized as an eminent physician and where his labors along other lines were of a character that contributed in large and substantial measure to the growth and upbuilding of the city. He was connected with railroad building and was the promoter of the street railway and interurban railway systems of this city. His influence, too, was felt in municipal affairs and in political circles and thus he left the impress of his individuality upon many events in public life. He was born July 25, 1848, in Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, his birthplace being an old. Indian village among the "Six Nation" Indians of Canada. He represented one of the old families of the North of England, his ancestors being prominent in that section of England, which bordered on Scotland in the days of Scotch invasions. His parents were John Lowes and Isabella Bateman. They were married February 13, 1841, at Moat Hall, Irehy, Cumberland, England, and after their marriage went direct to Canada, settling at Brantford, Ontario. John Lowes operated a grain business between Brantford and Hamilton, transporting the produce with teams, before the railroads were built. Later he removed to Onondaga.
In the public schools of Brantford, Dr. Lowes pursued his education to the age of sixteen years, when, determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work
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he matriculated in the Cleveland Homeopathic College at Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated in 1867, at the age of nineteen years, although according to the law of the state a college could not award him his. diploma until he had attained his majority. When the law allowed him to enter into active relations with the profession he located in Dayton and took the practice of Dr. Jacob Bosler. From the beginning his professional career was one of continuous advancement resulting from his superior ability and his close study of important problems relative to the work. He continued in practice alone until he was forty-five years of age, at which time he admitted George W. Miller, of Cincinnati, to a partnership, owing to the development of the People's Railroad Company, then the old White Line, and of the Dayton Lighting Company. He was among the leading promoters of both and after about six years he gave up the practice of medicine entirely that he might give his undivided attention to his business interests. He was chosen president of the Dayton Lighting Company and at one time controlled the electric light plant of this city, of Richmond, Indiana, and of three Kentucky towns—Covington, Newport and Dayton. Moreover, he was the father of street electric railroads in Dayton as well as the traction railroads, being one of the original stockholders of the Miamisburg traction line, now the Ohio Electric Railway Company. He also built and operated the road of the Dayton & Western Traction Company of Dayton, the Dayton & Northern Traction Company, and was just completing the line of the Dayton & Muncie Traction Company at the time of his demise. In all his business affairs he displayed an initiative spirit that gave him a position of leadership. He closely studied the situation, his keen insight enabling him to understand its possibilities, and in the wise utilization of his opportunities he reached the goal of prosperity and at the same time contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city and of this portion of the state. His cooperation was sought in the management and control of various important industries and all with which he became connected profited by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He was president of the Wagner Water Supply Company and of the Bradley Cordage Company, was one of the directors of the T. M. Roberts Supply Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and at one time the proprietor of the Dayton Evening Press. His activities therefore touched many lines and his interests were a potent element in the upbuilding and prominence of Dayton.
Dr. Lowes was not unknown in military circles, for he served as surgeon of the Third Ohio National Guard and was with that regiment in the railroad strike at Newark. He was also surgeon general of Ohio on Governor Bushnell's staff and was active in preparing the Hospital Corps of Ohio for the Spanish-American war. He had charge of a hospital relief train, which went to all the southern posts and brought back home the Ohio boys who were ill. He received complimentary mention from the United States government on his record of not losing a man on his relief expedition and on the equipment of the Ohio Hospital Corps. He was also a member of the examining board at the National Military Home at Dayton for fifteen years and for a number of years did effective work in behalf of the cause of public education as a member of the school board. In politics he was a stanch republican and took an active part in city and national politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. In his
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In Dayton, on the 28th of December, 1868, Dr. Lowes was married to Miss Melozena Bosler, the only daughter of Dr. Jacob Bosler, whose practice he assumed when he first came to Dayton. The death of Mrs. Lowes occurred in March, 1870. Their only daughter, Isabella Bateman, born February 25, 1870, was married October 30, 1889, to John R. Mann, at Brantford, Canada. In February, 1878, Dr. Lowes was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Emma J. Wheeler, a daughter of Ira and Mary Robbins, of Union county, Ohio. The children of this marriage are : Alberta, Who was born December I., 1879, and was married October 16, 1900, to Ralph E. Deweese, of Dayton; and Joseph E., who was born November 15, 1883, and was married January 25, 1905, to Mary F. Schaeffer, of Dayton. The husband and father died May 24, 1905, at Pasadena, California. His death brought a sense of personal bereavement to the entire community, for he had been most active in its public life and had won many friends throughout the period of his residence here. Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success, and when judged in this light, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes was an extremely successful man. He founded and developed some of the most important enterprises of Dayton but it was not alone the extent of his business interests th.a.t entitled him to distinction. The course that he followed in all of his business relations might well serve as an example to others, while the spirit which he displayed in all of his relations to his fellowmen gave him a strong hold on their affectionate regard. He did much toward molding public thought and action during the years of his residence here and at all times he was actuated by high ideals of citizenship and of patriotism.
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