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| WILLIAM LOWE, farmer on sec. 32 and 33, Green Tp., was born in Ocford Co., England, June 3, 1828. His parents, George and Elizabeth (Athaway) Lowe, lived and died in their native country, the father dying when William was a child of seven years. He remained with his mother until the age of 15, when he went to London, and there was employed as gardener by a Mr. Anderson, where he remained three years. He was married in London, June 3, 1851, to Sarah Beasant, born in Wiltshire, Eng., July 26, 1829. She is a daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Gay) Beasant, natives of the same county of England. In 1852, William Lowe came to the United States, and first settled in Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., where he operated as a gardener. He came to Michigan in the fall of 1853, and resided in Newaygo County for 16 months, and in 1854 came to Mecosta County, where he located land in Green Tp., under the Dradation Act, buying 80 acres for which he paid 75 cents per acre. Here he built a house and began to improve his land. He now owns 140 acres in sections 32 and 33. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are: Eliza, now Mrs. George E. Moore; Louis, wife of Fred S. Dickeron; Anna, William T., Alice M., Oscar L., and Chancey E. Mary A. and Emily are deceased. Mr. Lowe is a Republican. |