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 irst judicial district. In 1858-60 he was the fourth governor of Iowa; and in 1800-62 was associate justice of the supreme court: and in 1862-66 was chief justice. He died Thre. 22, 1883, in Washington, D.C.

Lowe, Thaddeus S. C., aeronaut, inventor, was hora Ang. 20, 1832, in Jefferson, N.H. HE invented and put into practical use R portable apparatus for generating hydrogen gar for war balloons. He is the inventor of a machine for making water gas, which is successfully used in a number of large cities and has invented a compression ice machine, which made the first artificial ice in the United States: and has invented and put into operation a system for producing gas and metallic coke. 1891-94 he built the Mount Lowe railroad; and established the Lowe observatory in the Sierra Madre mountains.

Lowe, William B., railroad president, financier, was born in July, 1839. in Greenville, Ga. In 1889-1900 he was president of the Columbus southern railroad at Atlanta, Ga. He died in 1918 fu Aflanta. Ga.

Lowe, William Manning, soldier, lawyer, congressman was born in Huntsville, Ala. He entered the confederate army as a private; and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was solicitor of the fifth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1865-69; and was a representative in the stale legislature in 1870. In 1879-82 he was a representative from Alabama to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses. He died Aug. 16, 1882, in Huntsville, Ala.

Lowe, William Warren, soldier, was born Oct. 12, 1831, in Indians. He was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general for services in the civil war; and promoted major in 1866 He built on the Salmon river the first smelting works in Idaho; and more recently prospected for petroleum in Wyoming territory, and discovered a well of lubricating oil on the Little Popoagie river.

Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, educator, lawyer, lecturer, author. was born Dec. 13, 1856. in Boston, Mass. He has been a successful lawyer of Boston; and is now professor of the science of government in Harvard university. He is sole trustee of the Lowell institute of Boston. He is the author of Essays on Government; Governments and Parties of Continental Europe: and other works.

Lowell, Mrs. Anna Cabot, was born in 1819 in Boston. Moss, She was the author of Theory of Teaching: Edward's First Lessons in Grammar and Geometry; Outline of Astronomy ; Letters to Madame Pulksky: Seed trains for Thought and several compilations. She died Jan. 7. 1874, in Cambridge, Mass.

Lowell, Charles, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15. 1782, in Boston, Mass. was pastor of the West Church of Boston 1806-41. He was the author of Occasional Sermons; Practical Sermons: Meditations for the Afflicted; and Devotional Exercises for Communicants. He died Jan. 28. 1861. in Boston, Mass.

Lowell, Charles Russell, soldier, was born Jan. 2, 1835. in Boston, Mass. In 1861 he was captain in the third regiment Massachusetts cavalry; and in 1864 he attained the rank of brigadier-general. He died Oct. 20, 1864, in Cedar Creek. Va.

Lowell, Daniel Ozro Smith, educator, author, was born April 13, 1831, in Denmark. Maine. In 1874 he graduated from Bowdoin college;

and subsequently received the degree of A.M. from that institution. In 1877 he graduated from the medical school of Maine; but adopted teaching as a profession. Until 1884 be taught in various schools and academies in the state of Maine; since 1844 has been a master in the Roxbury latin school of Boston, Mass. He is mender of Phi Beta Kappa: is a member of the American philological association and of other educational and scientific societies. In 1896 he edited The Roger de Coverley Papers. He has contributed extensively to various journals on subjects of travel, literature and education, He is the author of Jason's Quest, and other works.

Lowell, Delmar Rial, soldier, chaplain, author, poet, was born Nov. 29, 1844, in South Valley, N.Y. In 1869 he graduated from Cazenoria seminary; in 1873 he graduated from the Wesleyan university; and then studied in the Boston schools of theology and oratory, Daring the civil war he was a soldier in the one hundred and twenty-first regiment New York volunteers; and in 1st lost his right arm in the battle at Sailor's Run. Va. In 1874-90 he led pastorates in different churches; and in 1890-96 was chaplain in the United States army; and has now retired as a major of the United States army, In 1892-93 he was chaplain-in-chief of the grand army of the republic: in 1901-03 was chaplain of the Connecticut house of representatives; and has filled various other positions of trust and honor. He is the author of Historic Genealogy of the Lowells in America; and has contributed poetry and prose to current literatrure.

Lowell, Edward Jackson, lawyer, author, was born Oct, 18, 1845, in Boston, Mass. he was a lawyer of Boston. He was the author of The Hessians and Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War: and The Eve of the French Revolution. He died May 11, 1894, in Boston. Mass.

Lowell, Francis Cabot, merchant, was born April 7, 1775, in Newburyport. In