At the time of his death he was the oldest resident of Dawson CO., MT
His parents came to America and settled in Rhode Island
m. 1857 Providence, RI Helen Baird d 1885
They had 7 children:
1st & 2nd child b/d RI in infancy
Edwin d at 14yrs
Esther d age 20yrs
dau m Mr. Frank Fleming
Guy R.
Ray G.
--A history of MT Vol 2 by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders 1913
The Spokesman-Review (WA), 7 June 1912:
Glendive, Mont.--Glendive lost one of its most highly respected and oldest citizens in the death of William Lowe, who died May 26 in this city. Mr. Lowe was in the 84th year of his age and came to the west from Rhode Island in the early '50s, going to Iowa where he lived until 1864. In that year he came across the plains to Montana and located at Emigrant gulch. While at the Platte bridge, 142 miles above Fort Laramie, the party with which he was traveling was met by a man named Hurlbert, who told them of the discovery of gold in Montana. The mines, he said, could be reached by the Bozeman cutoff. Hurlbert was one of the original locators of the Lost Cabin mine. His three partners were killed by Indians and he had a narrow escape. With Hurlbert as guide, they attempted to locate the mine, but were not successful, but Mr. Lowe never relinquished the hope of finding it. In the fall of 1866, while traveling down the Yellowstone river, they were attacked by Indians and one of Mr. Lowe's men was killed.
Mr. Lowe is survived by two sons and one daughter.
His parents came to America and settled in Rhode Island
m. 1857 Providence, RI Helen Baird d 1885
They had 7 children:
1st & 2nd child b/d RI in infancy
Edwin d at 14yrs
Esther d age 20yrs
dau m Mr. Frank Fleming
Guy R.
Ray G.
--A history of MT Vol 2 by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders 1913
The Spokesman-Review (WA), 7 June 1912:
Glendive, Mont.--Glendive lost one of its most highly respected and oldest citizens in the death of William Lowe, who died May 26 in this city. Mr. Lowe was in the 84th year of his age and came to the west from Rhode Island in the early '50s, going to Iowa where he lived until 1864. In that year he came across the plains to Montana and located at Emigrant gulch. While at the Platte bridge, 142 miles above Fort Laramie, the party with which he was traveling was met by a man named Hurlbert, who told them of the discovery of gold in Montana. The mines, he said, could be reached by the Bozeman cutoff. Hurlbert was one of the original locators of the Lost Cabin mine. His three partners were killed by Indians and he had a narrow escape. With Hurlbert as guide, they attempted to locate the mine, but were not successful, but Mr. Lowe never relinquished the hope of finding it. In the fall of 1866, while traveling down the Yellowstone river, they were attacked by Indians and one of Mr. Lowe's men was killed.
Mr. Lowe is survived by two sons and one daughter.
At the time of his death he was the oldest resident of Dawson CO., MT
His parents came to America and settled in Rhode Island
m. 1857 Providence, RI Helen Baird d 1885
They had 7 children:
1st & 2nd child b/d RI in infancy
Edwin d at 14yrs
Esther d age 20yrs
dau m Mr. Frank Fleming
Guy R.
Ray G.
--A history of MT Vol 2 by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders 1913
The Spokesman-Review (WA), 7 June 1912:
Glendive, Mont.--Glendive lost one of its most highly respected and oldest citizens in the death of William Lowe, who died May 26 in this city. Mr. Lowe was in the 84th year of his age and came to the west from Rhode Island in the early '50s, going to Iowa where he lived until 1864. In that year he came across the plains to Montana and located at Emigrant gulch. While at the Platte bridge, 142 miles above Fort Laramie, the party with which he was traveling was met by a man named Hurlbert, who told them of the discovery of gold in Montana. The mines, he said, could be reached by the Bozeman cutoff. Hurlbert was one of the original locators of the Lost Cabin mine. His three partners were killed by Indians and he had a narrow escape. With Hurlbert as guide, they attempted to locate the mine, but were not successful, but Mr. Lowe never relinquished the hope of finding it. In the fall of 1866, while traveling down the Yellowstone river, they were attacked by Indians and one of Mr. Lowe's men was killed.
Mr. Lowe is survived by two sons and one daughter.
His parents came to America and settled in Rhode Island
m. 1857 Providence, RI Helen Baird d 1885
They had 7 children:
1st & 2nd child b/d RI in infancy
Edwin d at 14yrs
Esther d age 20yrs
dau m Mr. Frank Fleming
Guy R.
Ray G.
--A history of MT Vol 2 by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders 1913
The Spokesman-Review (WA), 7 June 1912:
Glendive, Mont.--Glendive lost one of its most highly respected and oldest citizens in the death of William Lowe, who died May 26 in this city. Mr. Lowe was in the 84th year of his age and came to the west from Rhode Island in the early '50s, going to Iowa where he lived until 1864. In that year he came across the plains to Montana and located at Emigrant gulch. While at the Platte bridge, 142 miles above Fort Laramie, the party with which he was traveling was met by a man named Hurlbert, who told them of the discovery of gold in Montana. The mines, he said, could be reached by the Bozeman cutoff. Hurlbert was one of the original locators of the Lost Cabin mine. His three partners were killed by Indians and he had a narrow escape. With Hurlbert as guide, they attempted to locate the mine, but were not successful, but Mr. Lowe never relinquished the hope of finding it. In the fall of 1866, while traveling down the Yellowstone river, they were attacked by Indians and one of Mr. Lowe's men was killed.
Mr. Lowe is survived by two sons and one daughter.
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