MARGARET F. LOW WAS G.A.R. WIDOW
Long time resident of Ione dies; Funeral rites held
Margaret Finlayson Low was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, October 3, 1848. When 8 years of age the family came to America in a sailing vessel. Five weeks were required for the voyage. They settled in Kendall county, Illinois, where there was a large Scotch settlement. She was married at Newark, Ill., June 26, 1870, to Clinton A. Low, a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Low lived in Illinois, Michigan and New York, and moved to Iowa in 1880. They lived in that state until 1910, when they came to Oregon, making their home in Ione. Mr. Low died two years ago, and Mrs. Low passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laxton McMurray, after having suffered from poor health for the last seven years.
Mrs. Low was the mother of two children. One daughter, Julia E. Howe, died at Tampa, Florida, in 1927. Surviving relatives are one daughter, Jennie McMurray, three grandchildren, Mrs. Vera Pugsley, Caldwell, Idaho; David Howe, Gilmore City, Iowa; Noland Page, Iowa City, Iowa; one great great grandchild, Bennie Pugsley of Caldwell; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Lynwood, Calif., and Mrs. Elizabeth Harbaugh, Kenosha, Wis.
Mrs. Low became a member of the Methodist church in early life , but united with the Congregational church after coming to Ione. She joined the Eastern Star in 1910 and was a charter member of the chapter at Ione.
Mrs. Low was a devoted Christian and a kind and helpful neighbor who leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing.
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From the Heppner Gazette, March 16, 1933
Long time resident of Ione dies; Funeral rites held
Margaret Finlayson Low was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, October 3, 1848. When 8 years of age the family came to America in a sailing vessel. Five weeks were required for the voyage. They settled in Kendall county, Illinois, where there was a large Scotch settlement. She was married at Newark, Ill., June 26, 1870, to Clinton A. Low, a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Low lived in Illinois, Michigan and New York, and moved to Iowa in 1880. They lived in that state until 1910, when they came to Oregon, making their home in Ione. Mr. Low died two years ago, and Mrs. Low passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laxton McMurray, after having suffered from poor health for the last seven years.
Mrs. Low was the mother of two children. One daughter, Julia E. Howe, died at Tampa, Florida, in 1927. Surviving relatives are one daughter, Jennie McMurray, three grandchildren, Mrs. Vera Pugsley, Caldwell, Idaho; David Howe, Gilmore City, Iowa; Noland Page, Iowa City, Iowa; one great great grandchild, Bennie Pugsley of Caldwell; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Lynwood, Calif., and Mrs. Elizabeth Harbaugh, Kenosha, Wis.
Mrs. Low became a member of the Methodist church in early life , but united with the Congregational church after coming to Ione. She joined the Eastern Star in 1910 and was a charter member of the chapter at Ione.
Mrs. Low was a devoted Christian and a kind and helpful neighbor who leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing.
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From the Heppner Gazette, March 16, 1933
MARGARET F. LOW WAS G.A.R. WIDOW
Long time resident of Ione dies; Funeral rites held
Margaret Finlayson Low was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, October 3, 1848. When 8 years of age the family came to America in a sailing vessel. Five weeks were required for the voyage. They settled in Kendall county, Illinois, where there was a large Scotch settlement. She was married at Newark, Ill., June 26, 1870, to Clinton A. Low, a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Low lived in Illinois, Michigan and New York, and moved to Iowa in 1880. They lived in that state until 1910, when they came to Oregon, making their home in Ione. Mr. Low died two years ago, and Mrs. Low passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laxton McMurray, after having suffered from poor health for the last seven years.
Mrs. Low was the mother of two children. One daughter, Julia E. Howe, died at Tampa, Florida, in 1927. Surviving relatives are one daughter, Jennie McMurray, three grandchildren, Mrs. Vera Pugsley, Caldwell, Idaho; David Howe, Gilmore City, Iowa; Noland Page, Iowa City, Iowa; one great great grandchild, Bennie Pugsley of Caldwell; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Lynwood, Calif., and Mrs. Elizabeth Harbaugh, Kenosha, Wis.
Mrs. Low became a member of the Methodist church in early life , but united with the Congregational church after coming to Ione. She joined the Eastern Star in 1910 and was a charter member of the chapter at Ione.
Mrs. Low was a devoted Christian and a kind and helpful neighbor who leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing.
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From the Heppner Gazette, March 16, 1933
Long time resident of Ione dies; Funeral rites held
Margaret Finlayson Low was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, October 3, 1848. When 8 years of age the family came to America in a sailing vessel. Five weeks were required for the voyage. They settled in Kendall county, Illinois, where there was a large Scotch settlement. She was married at Newark, Ill., June 26, 1870, to Clinton A. Low, a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Low lived in Illinois, Michigan and New York, and moved to Iowa in 1880. They lived in that state until 1910, when they came to Oregon, making their home in Ione. Mr. Low died two years ago, and Mrs. Low passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laxton McMurray, after having suffered from poor health for the last seven years.
Mrs. Low was the mother of two children. One daughter, Julia E. Howe, died at Tampa, Florida, in 1927. Surviving relatives are one daughter, Jennie McMurray, three grandchildren, Mrs. Vera Pugsley, Caldwell, Idaho; David Howe, Gilmore City, Iowa; Noland Page, Iowa City, Iowa; one great great grandchild, Bennie Pugsley of Caldwell; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gray, Lynwood, Calif., and Mrs. Elizabeth Harbaugh, Kenosha, Wis.
Mrs. Low became a member of the Methodist church in early life , but united with the Congregational church after coming to Ione. She joined the Eastern Star in 1910 and was a charter member of the chapter at Ione.
Mrs. Low was a devoted Christian and a kind and helpful neighbor who leaves a host of friends to mourn her passing.
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From the Heppner Gazette, March 16, 1933
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