Gilbert, Frank T.  "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and
Garfield Counties, Washington Territory; and Umatilla County, Oregon."
Portland, OR: Print & Lithographing House of A. G. Walling, 1882. p. a23.
 
S. J. LOWE

     Was born near Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, in the year 1832.  In
1852 he crossed the plains to Oregon and worked in the lumber woods on Puget
Sound until spring.  He then went to the California mines, and followed the
varying fortunes of a miner's life until August, 1857.  On the twenty-third of
that month he married Miss L. J. Willhost, of Clackamas county, Oregon, and
settled down to the life of a farmer.  In 1868, he went to Eastern Oregon and
engaged in the stock business.  His wife died in January 1869, and Mr. Lowe
lived alone until July 16, 1874, when he married Mrs. M. M. Harvey.  In 1881, he
came to Columbia county, and purchased of M. B. Burk the place near Marengo
known as Burksville, where he now resides.  A view of this place is given
elsewhere.  Mr. Lowe is specially engaged in raising fine sheep and horses, to
which he devotes much time and capital.  He is a thorough master of the stock
business, and is extremely successful in raising sheep of superior quality.  A
visit to his place will be of pleasure and profit to those interested in sheep
and wool.

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Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in August 2006 by Diana Smith.

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