The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 436

ARTHUR E. LOWE.

The fine ranch property of Arthur E. Lowe adjoins Grandview and is splendidly
improved. His is one of the attractive homes of the district and all of the
equipment and accessories of the model ranch are found upon his place. Mr. Lowe
is a native of DeKalb county, Illinois. He was born June 12, 1878, a son of
Oliver and Laura (Knight) Lowe, the former a native off New York, while the
latter was born in Illinois and was a daughter of Samuel Knight, of Maryland,
who made the trip to Illinois with ox team and wagon in early pioneer times and
took up government land. He then developed a farm, to which he devoted his
energies for many years, spending his remaining days in that state. The paternal
grandfather, Benjamin Lowe, was a native of New York, and also made farming his
life work, always continuing a resident of the Empire state. Oliver Lowe was
reared in New York, where he remained to the age of nineteen years and then made
his way westward to Illinois, where he has since carried on farming, becoming
one of the progressive agriculturists of that state. His wife has passed away.

The youthful experiences of Arthur E. Lowe were those of the farm-bred boy. He
divided his time between the acquirement of a public school education and the
work of the fields during his youthful clays and afterward took up farming in
Illinois, where he resided until March, 1903, when he came to Yakima county,
Washington. He purchased land five miles west of Sunnyside and in the fall of
1904 sold that property. He then bought a relinquishment on a homestead nine
miles southeast of Sunnyside, thus acquiring one hundred and sixty acres of land
that now adjoins Grandview although the town had not been established at that
time. It was a wild tract covered with sagebrush, but he recognized the
possibilities of the district and has profited by his investment. He has since
sold all but fifty acres of his land and in 1910 disposed of forty acres of the
tract that was entirely wild and undeveloped for twelve thousand dollars. He is
engaged in raising hay, grain and sugar beets, together with other crops. In
1912 he erected one of the fine homes of the district upon his place and in 1914
built a large barn. He has also built two silos and added other modern
improvements. He hauled the lumber for the first building in Grandview, which
was the postoffice, and he has been closely associated with the development and
progress of his section of the county for more than fourteen years.

On the 28th of October, 1901, Mr. Lowe was married to Miss Cora M. Cheney, a
native of Illinois and a daughter of Alonzo Cheney, Their children are five in
number: Harold, Glenn, Florence. June and Laura. The religious faith of the
family is that of the Methodist church and in politics Mr. Lowe is a republican.
He has never sought nor desired political office but has served as a member of
the school board, and his aid and influence are always given in behalf of those
activities and interests which are looking to the benefit and welfare of the
community. He has been ambitious to develop his farming interests along
profitable lines and has accomplished much in that direction.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.