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Obituary of William H. Lowe

Wednesday, 29 May 1918, Clark County (IL) Democrat


William H. Lowe, son of Ephraim and Jane Lowe, was born in Parke
county, Indiana, March 12, 1841, and departed this life May 25,
1918, aged 77 years, 3 months and 14 days.

On October 20, 1861, he was united in marriage with Margaret Frakes.
To this union were born 6 children.  His companion and 3 children
have preceded him to that better land.  Three children, Mrs. John
Saiter, Mrs. Walter Hutchison and Mrs. Roy Goodwin, all of this
county; 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren survive him.  The
deceased was the last survivor of a family of 11 children.

In 1861, he heard the call of his Country, offered himself as a
soldier in the cause of the Union, but was rejected on account of
disability.  Again in 1862, he tried to enlist and was again refused
on account of physical disability.  At this time he was living ___
county.  Being anxious to fight for the cause of Union and freedom,
he went to Indianapolis Indiana, and was accepted without a physical
examination and enrolled as Indiana Infantry in which he served with
honor and bravery until the __ of the war in the command of General
Thomas.  He was always extremely loyal to the Flag and one of the
proudest boasts of his life to his children was that the greatest
heritage that he could leave them was that he had fought to save the
Union in its hour of trial.  He has told the writer at different
times that one of the proudest moments of his life was when he was
accepted as a soldier in the Union Army.

Most of his life was spent in and around Marshall.  In 1867, he was
converted and united with the Church of God.  He alway lived a
faithful consistent, Christian life, awaiting the call of his God to
that eternal home, that house not made with hands, eternal in the
Heavens.  He was loved and respected by all who knew him.  He was
noted for his good nature and his faculty for always looking at the
bright side of life.  During the last illness, he was always
patient, kind-hearted and even happy, ready to go when called.  He
was a man or more than natural ability and honesty and was held in
esteem by his friends and neighbors.

Before moving to Marshall in 1907, he had served 18 years as a
Justice of the peace and after moving to Marshall, he was selected
Police Magistrate, in which capacity he served for 6 years, holding
this office at the time of his death.

He was a faithful and loving husband and father, a brave soldier and
a useful, honored citizen.  In his passing, this vicinity has lost
one of the cleanest and best men, the Nation one of her brave
defenders.  The writer visited him in his home a few days before his
death and talked with him a short time and even then, after weeks of
illness, his mind was as bright as ever, his disposition as cheerful
as in his younger and healthier days, and he seemed to radiate
sunshine and happiness from his whole being.  This was one of the
striking traits of his character.  His life should be a shining
example for the rising generations.  What a wonderful life his has
been.  He lived to see the Union saved; the country reunited and the
north, south, east and west under the Stars and Stripes, moving in
millions toward the battlefields of Europe to save the world for
freedom and democracy and to fight for the principles for which he
offered his life during the dark days of the Sixties.

Since the death of his wife, he has made his home with his daughter,
Laura, now Mrs. Walter Hutchison.  The other morning after a night
of peaceful rest, the ___ came, the era was calm and quiet, with a
smile he embarked and then lay still, while the host drifted on,
quietly toward the Bar.  And now he comes back to his old
neighborhood, here to rest by his companion of better and happier
days, among the neighbors and friends of his outh and old age, to
await a summons of his Great Commander on the final resurrection of
mankind. 

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