PUBLISHED IN MANTI MESSENGER November 12, 1915

JOHN LOWRY ANSWERS THE CALL--- John Lowry Jr., of Springville, member of the Nauvoo legion, and pioneer of 1847, explorer, Indian interpreter and peacemaker, died at the home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. S.L. Reynolds, in Salt Lake City Sunday, after an illness of more than a year.

Two years ago a train smashed into a wagon Mr. Lowry was driving, and he was badly shaken up, and last December, while boarding a street car in Salt Lake he suffered a broken collar bone. These two accidents are believed to have hastened his death.

John Lowry was born in Lewis County, Missouri, January 31, 1829. His early life was spent on his father's farm. He was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and came to Utah in September, 1847, with the John Taylor Company. He accompanied his father to Manti in 1849 and was one of the first settlers to take up land in Sanpete County.

During the winter of 1849-1850 he was a member of the Pratt party, which explored southern Utah, and in 185 he was a leader of the Elk Mountain mission. In 1857 he accompanied President Brigham Young to the Salmon River country on an exploring and settling expedition.

During his life on the frontier he gained a wide reputation as an Indian interpreter, and was frequently called upon to make peace in behalf of whites with hostile redskins.

Although Mr. Lowry was in school but a few months he acquired a wide education by observation and at the time of his death was one of the best informed men in the state on political and historical matters. During the latter part of his life he did all he could to foster education and was well known as one of the state's most progressive citizens.

Two wives and eleven children survive him. They are Mrs. Sarah Brown Lowry, of Salt Lake, Mrs. Mary Allen Lowry of Manti, John Lowry III of Manti, William B. Lowry of Arco, Idaho, Daniel A. Lowry of Ferron, Utah, Mrs. J.C. Reynolds of Salt Lake, Mrs. G. E. Anderson of Springville, Mrs. S.H. Allen of Salt Lake, Mrs. Ed. Olson of Prove, Mrs. Samuel Singleton of Ferron, Utah and Mrs. Nathaniel Crawford of Ferron, Utah.

The remains were brought to this city Tuesday and the funeral held at the Tabernacle Wednesday, Bishop Jacobson presiding. Other speakers were Bishop Huntington of Springville and Bishop Peterson, Bishop Kjar, and Geo D. Bench.