BIO:  Henry LOWER, Butler Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Pages 384-385

HENRY LOWER (deceased) was born in Adams County, Penn., in 1813, and is a son of 
Conrad and Catherine Lower.  There was at least one generation in America before 
Conrad Lower.  Henry Lower settled where his son, C. A., now resides, in 1854, 
purchasing at the time 140 acres of land and mill property, and he operated the 
mill in connection with farming until his decease.  He was a self-made man, 
having begun life a poor boy; was industrious and had good business tact and 
capacity.  In all his business undertakings he was successful, and he 
accumulated a fair amount of property.  He and his wife were acceptable members 
of the Reformed Church, of which he was a generous supporter.  He married Hannah 
Doterrer, who bore him three children:  John S., Conrad A. and H. R.  His death 
was caused by an accident in 1868, a bank caving in on him, killing him 
instantly.  Conrad A. is the second son, and was born in 1838.  He was reared to 
the milling business, which he followed a number of years.  Having abandoned 
that, he devotes his time to overseeing his property.  The present mill building 
was erected in 1859 by his father.  It is erected on the site occupied by a 
stone mill which was built over 100 years ago.  Conrad A. fully inherits his 
father’s enterprise, and is one of the public-spirited and progressive men of 
the county.