George A. Carlow Biography


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	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 553-554

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GEORGE A. CARLOW is one of representative general farmers of Baker 
township, Davison county, and has been a conspicuous figure in the 
development and extension of the great agricultural interests of this 
part of the county. He is very thorough and systematic in his work and 
lives in a township where extreme care and hard work alone will bring 
success, yet, with the aid of his devoted wife and children, he has 
become the possessor of four hundred and eighty acres of as good 
farming land as Davison county can boast, and the family enjoy a very 
pleasant and attractive home. The farm is pleasantly situated and is 
equipped with all such improvements as are needed in conducting a 
general farming business. 

Mr. Carlow, whose name appears at the head of this article, was born in 
Canada, about the year 1855. His mother, Anne (Carveth) Carlow, was 
English by birth, and died while our subject was quite young. When in 
his eighteenth year, his father, George Carlow, moved to the United 
States, settling in Missouri, and in Daviess county of that state, our 
subject made his home until he moved to his present location in the 
year 1884. In political affairs he uses his elective franchise in the 
support of the candidates of the Populist party and is a firm advocate 
of the policies of high license and equal suffrage. Religiously, he is 
identified with the Roman Catholic church. 

In 1876, Mr. Carlow was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Tobin, and 
their home has been brightened by the presence of four intelligent, 
interesting children, all of whom are living, and a brief record of 
whom appears below: George is a farmer and a half owner of a threshing 
outfit; James is at present a teacher in the public schools, but his 
aptitude for languages will probably determine his future work; Mary 
and Walter are still making their home with their parents.