Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Ironton:

N. Stowe, farmer, Sec. 5; P.O. Ironton; son of William E. and Sarah B. (Dunn) Stowe; born in Lincolnshire, England, Aug. 11, 1822. He was married in May, 1847, to Ann, daughter of Thomas and Mary Maw; they have two boys and two girls- Sarah B. (now Mrs. E. Stanley, living in Iowa), Mary J. (now Mrs. Charles Noble, of Ironton), William F. and George W., at home. Mr. Stowe came to the United States in June, 1847; made his home in Bouckville, Madison Co., N. Y., where he was engaged in distilling; in the fall of 1859, he came to Wisconsin and settled in Sauk Co., town of Woodland, Sec. 28; was Chairman of that town from 1862 to 1865. Mr. Stowe offered himself three times as a volunteer soldier, and was rejected; finally he was drafted and taken, in February, 1865, and served till the close of the war. In 1867, he came to Ironton and settled on Sec. 5, where he now resides; he has a well-improved farm of 235 acres; within a week after coming to Ironton, he was elected Supervisor, and the next year was elected Chairman; has served in that capacity since that time, with the exception of three years, has served as Justice of the Peace several years, and Town Treasurer two years; was elected Superintendent of the Poor for the north district of Sauk Co., in 1879, and is now serving in that capacity.

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