BIOGRAPHIES: Eugene Silas LOWELL, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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Eugene Silas Lowell, Sumner Township, now deceased, was a man of sturdy,
character who stood high throughout the community, and his death was
sincerely mourned. He was one of those men who quietly go their way in
life, taking their deepest interest in their work and in their families,
and go to make up the backbone of those desirable qualities which
constitute the best elements of American life. He was a hard worker, he had
good judgment, and attained a well-earned success. He was born in Michigan
Jan. 1, 1853, the son of Harvey and Sarah (Randolph) Lowell, both
descendants of a long line of good American ancestry. Upon coming west he
lived for a while in Wisconsin and then went to Minnesota. He came to
Barron County in 1876 and secured a tract of land on the south half of the
northeast quarter of section 14, Sumner Township, and the west half of the
southeast quarter of the same section. This was all wild land. He built a
log cabin and moved into it with his wife. He had an ox team and two cows,
and a few tools, and thus started his farming operations. He gradually
cleared and improved the land and erected a good set of buildings. One of
the Knapp & Stout Co.'s logging camps was in the vicinity, and after the
logging operations were suspended Mr. and Mrs. Lowell became the custodians
of the property. They were real pioneers and Mrs. Lowell was the first
white woman on the east side of Long Lake. The nearest neighbors were far
away. A journey to the nearest stores was a long and wearisome one, and
provisions were usually brought in afoot. Wheat was carted to distant mills
with the oxen over trails and tote roads, often amid actual dangers. But
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell were then young people, they were sustained by the hope
of establishing a home for themselves and posterity, and in time they built
up a good place. After eighteen years' residence on that farm they sold out
and came to their present place on section 7, Sumner Township. Here again
they built a log cabin, started to clear the land and develop a farm. This
time they were better equipped than before, as they had brought many of
their possessions from their former farm. Here, too, in time, they built up
a good place. After a long and useful life Mr. Lowell died Sept. 3, 1918.
His wife is still living on the home place. Mr. Lowell was married at
Winona, Minn., April 22, 1875, to Amelia Gorman, born in Racine April 22,
1857, daughter of Abraham and Sophia (Martin) Gorman, natives of Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell had two daughters, Addie May and Della, and a foster
son, Percy.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 810.