Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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W. W. LOWE, 
 
real-estate agent in Long Beach, who came to California in October, 1883, is a 
native of the Buckeye State. He was born in 1843, and is the youngest of a 
family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. His father, Jacob Lowe, 
was a native of Ulster County, New York. He subsequently moved to Ohio, where 
for several
years he taught school, and died in that State in 1865. The subject of this 
sketch was educated at the common schools in Pickaway County, Ohio. After 
leaving school he engaged in teaching a short time before his marriage, after 
which he retired from the school-room, eight years later resuming the profession 
of teaching and continuing it for a number of years. January 24, 1867, he was 
united in marriage with Miss Belle McKee, of Ohio, daughter of James and 
Elizabeth McKee, both
natives of Maryland. For ten years Mr. Lowe was engaged in the grain and 
live-stock business. After coming to California he chose for his future home a 
beautiful site in Los Angeles County, which has since been named Long Beach, he 
being one of the first settlers in the place. Mr. Lowe erected the first 
store-room and kept the first store here. Fortune has smiled on him since he 
came to this beach, and he is one of the most successful business men in the 
village. He has practically retired from the mercantile business and is giving 
his attention to the management of real estate and insurance. He is also a 
notary public. Mr. Lowe is thoroughly identified with the best interests of the 
place, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. At present 
he holds the office of treasurer of the municipality. Politically he affiliates 
with the Prohibition party, and is an active worker for temperance, and may be 
depended upon to support, by his influence and his means, anything which has for 
its object the general good of the community. Mr. Lowe is a member of the 
Congregational church. Socially he is connected with the Masonic order, and also 
with the Knights of Honor. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have been blessed with two lovely 
daughters, Ethel and Vinnie. They live in a delightful location on Pine street, 
overlooking the beach and the grand old ocean beyond.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 769
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler