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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY. 971 lie was an earnesl advocate of temperance, belonged to the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars, and was one of the founders of the Methodist church, to which he belonged for many years. He was married October 27, 1847, to Susan J. Mclntire, of Han- over, N. H., and six children blessed this union, three of whom are living: AVallis S., of Red Wing; Mrs. Fred Tebben, of Spokane, Wash., and Mrs. L. P. CordelL of La Crosse, Wis. Effie, Edith and Lettie, the other sisters, are deceased. Mr. Lowater died in 1888. Wallis S. Lowater, proprietor of a boat livery on the levee at Red Wing, is a native of the city, born April 10, 1869, son of Elias P. and Susan J. (Mclntire) Lowater, early pioneers. After attending the public and high schools of Red Wing Wallis S. worked in the store with his father, and after his father's death took charge of the business for his mother several years. The store, together with the house and lot, was sold after the death of the mother, and in 1901 Mr. Lowater took up his present business, in partnership with H. E. Sayles, with whom he also engaged in wood sawing. He has never married and has never cared for public life, either in a fraternal or political way. He has, however, since his first vote, consistently voted the Repub- lican ticket. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church. F. W. Kohn, of Florence township, was born in Hay Creek township April 24, 1856, son of Frederick and Sophia (Vesphal) Kohn, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, who came to America in 1853 and located in New York state, remaining three years. In 1856 they came to Hay Creek township, where they took up a homestead, which the father cleared and improved, and carried on general farming until a few years before his death, when they moved to Florence township. The father died in 1900 and the mother in 1906. F. W. Kohn received his education in the public schools of the township, and after being employed by others for a while, engaged in farming for himself on a place of 264 acres, of which 140 is under cultivation. He has made many improve- ments on the place, built a fine house and barns, and carries on general and diversified farming, also dairying. He was married March 14, 1882, to Louise Isensee, daughter of Henry and Caro- line (Opperman) Isensee, natives of Brunswick, who came to the United States in 1852, remaining in New York for one year, after which they came to St. Paul. They remained only a short, time in St. Paul, and then went to Florence township, where the father engaged in his trade of plasterer and stone mason. He plastered the first house in Red Wing. He carried all his supplies to Florence from Red Wing, sometimes using ox teams. Mr. and Mrs. Kohn have three children living: Clara married John Steffenhagen ; Caroline and Fred live at home. Louis, the