Carroll-Henry-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Lowe, Stephen D. 1851 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

STEPHEN D. LOWE.

   Stephen D. Lowe, the general manager of the Burlington Telephone Company
since its organization in 1905, is a native of Henry county, Indiana, born in
March, 1851.

   Mr. Lowe is the son of David R. and Elizabeth A. (Iliff) Lowe, both of whom
died when he was five years old. His father died in June, 1856, and his mother
in August of the same year, in Kokomo, Indiana. David R. Lowe was bound out when
a lad and worked on a farm until he was eighteen years old, when he began life
on his own responsibility.

   In 1873 Stephen D. Lowe was married to Frances Moss, the daughter of Edmund
Moss, who was born on October 28, 1852. Mrs. Lowe was reared in Burlington
township and educated in the Burlington public schools.

   After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe rented Mr. Lowe's father-in-law's
farm for two or three years. They then began farming for themselves on forty
acres, which Mr. Lowe purchased and which he still owns. In the meantime,
however, he has increased the acreage of the farm.

   Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have one daughter, Laura N., who graduated from the
Burlington schools and is the wife of James M. Milburn. They have one son, Elmer
L., born on June 4, 1894. He is a graduate of the Burlington high school.

   The Burlington Telephone Company was organized on February 1, 1905. Mr. Lowe,
having been made manager of the company at its organization, has continued in
the position ever since. The officers of the company are William T. Henderson,
president; Stephen D. Lowe, vice-president; J. P. Haun, secretary; and Harry
Summers, treasurer. The directors include, besides the officers, P. W.
Stonebraker, Ellis Logan and Joseph Tarn. Mr. Lowe himself has built up the
telephone system and has entire charge of the physical equipment. The entire
responsibility of the management of the company is left to Mr. Lowe, since the
officers and directors of the company have entire confidence in his judgment and
management.

   Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Lowe are members of the Christian church. Mr. Lowe is
a member of Masonic Lodge No. in, at Burlington. He is also a member of the
Knights of Pythias and has attended the grand lodge. Politically, he is
identified with the Republican party.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

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