Biographical Sketch of Charles Lowe, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg Township >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Charles Lowe, of the firm, Stockton & Lowe of Warrensburg, was born in 1857 in Henry county, Indiana. He is the son of George and Mary E. (Roach) Lowe, the former, a native of Ireland, who came with his par- ents to America when he was but an infant, and the latter, a native of Virginia. George Lowe was one of eleven sons born to his parents. Both he and his wife lived to be 85 years of age and their remains are in- terred in the cemetery at Newcastle, Indiana. George and Mary E. Lowe were the parents of the following children: Virginia, wife of Henry Hurliman, of Newcastle, Indiana; William, who resides in Warrensburg; Anne, died at the age of 21 years; David, died at the age of 45 years; Jane, was the wife of John Whisman and is now deceased, he resides in Cass county, Indiana; Elizabeth, wife of Roy Carnell, of Cass County, Indiana; Alice, was the wife of George Goodwin and is now deceased, he resides at Newcastle, Indiana; George, Jr., Indianapolis, Indiana; John, died at Newcastle, Indiana; Charles T., the subject of this re- view; and Henry S., of Indianapolis, Indiana. Charles Lowe attended the public schools of Newcastle, Indiana. February 13, 1877 he came to Warrensburg from Indiana and engaged in carpentering. From that work he became interested in contracting and for probably 18 years was thus engaged. He then entered the manufacturing business, associated with the firm of Stockton & Lowe, in the manufacture of concrete materials. For the past ten years, their place of business has been located on Gay street in Warrensburg on the Quarry switch. During the year 1916 the company unloaded 236 cars of material. The first business venture of Mr. Lowe in contracting in Warrensburg was the purchase of an acre of land upon which he built four houses, which he sold on the monthly pay- ment plan. This proved so successful that for many years afterward he was engaged in buying vacant lots and building houses. He has erected all sorts of buildings, from a small, inexpensive cottage to a $10,000 structure. There are but three or four houses between the old town of Warrensburg and Gay street, which Charles Lowe has not built or improv- ed. He purchased five acres of the Minerva land estate, when there was but one brick building on the place, and with the exception of that one house, he has built every house now on this addition, which lies bet- ween Gay and North streets. In 1891, Charles Lowe was united in marr- iage with Ida M. Norris, of Warrensburg. By a former marriage with Sarah Scheadenberger, he has one son, Harry, who married Vorden Derheart, and they reside in Warrensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe reside at 502 North Maguire street in Warrensburg, on which street there were but four families residing, when Mr. Lowe located his home there. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are highly esteemed in Warrensburg, where they are numbered among the most substantial citizens. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================