BIOGRAPHIES: Charles William LOWELL, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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Charles William Lowell, a solid and substantial citizen of Sumner Township,
is one of the earliest pioneers, still living in the county. He has
developed several good farms, and has had his part in the wonderful growth
and progress of this part of the state. He has been acquainted with the men
who have made the county, and has borne an enviable reputation during all
the 45 years that he has lived here. His influence has always been felt in
the right direction. In temperament he is kindly and genial, he has been a
hard worker, and he has always been ready to lend a hand whenever help and
encouragement have been needed. He was born in Baraboo, Sauk County, this
state, Dec. 4, 1856, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Brandon) Lowell, the
pioneers. He came to La Crosse County with his parents, and in 1875 came to
Barron County, and secured 80 acres of wild land. He erected a log
building, and started farming with a yoke of oxen and a cow. In 1880 he
bought a place in Section 22, Sumner Township. Of this tract, ten acres had
been broken, and a log building had been erected. A few years later he
moved to Canton Village and erected a house there. In 1901 he bought 40
acres in Section 7, north of Canton, and to this he added 50 acres in
Section 18, Sumner Township. There he remained about 20 years, building up
a good place. In 1912 he bought eighty acres of partly improved land in
Section 1, Stanley Township, only a few miles from Rice Lake. A year later
he bought a tract of 40 acres in Section 21, Sumner Township. Buildings had
been erected, and some 14 acres broken. This property he sold in the fall
of 1920. Mr. Lowell is a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Store of
Canton and in the State Bank of Canton.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 726.