El Dorado County Biographies


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A. J. LOWRY
 
            The present Postmaster of Placerville, was appointed to the office 
first on July 1st, 1866, and has been reappointed at each succeeding term since. 
 The position as resident agent of Wells, Fargo & Co�s express he also holds, 
was conferred to him on December 28th, 1871.  Mr. Lowry was born December 16th, 
1828, near Roseville, Ohio, here he was raised and spent his boyhood days on his 
father�s farm and in attending public school and whatever chance there was at 
those times to give a young man the average business education.  Up to the time 
of maturity young Lowry remained with his folks at the old home; but just at 
that time the news of the discovery of gold in California had arrived and opened 
a new field for all energetic young men.  It did not take him a long time of 
hesitation, and he concluded to try his fortune like others in the new El 
Dorado.  He crossed the plains in 1850, and arrived at Hangtown on August 18th, 
the same year, about three weeks before California was declared a State in the 
Union.  Immediately after his arrival he began to work at mining on Hangtown 
creek and followed this vocation, -- with the exception of a short period from 
1853 to �54, when he was Deputy Sheriff under D. E. Buel, Sheriff � here, on 
Weber creek and at Indian Diggings, with but very indifferent success, up to 
1862, when he quitted mining entirely.  Under Sheriff Alex. Hunter he was 
appointed Deputy, for the whole term, from 1862 to �64, and thereafter he was 
appointed Deputy Clerk under G. J. Carpenter; which office he kept until his 
appointment as Postmaster.  Mr. Lowry is one of the most active members of the 
Society of Territorial Pioneers of El Dorado.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 250
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler