John Wesley Lowe was born in 1831, in Plunketts Creek Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Jesse Lowe and Rachel Plotts. He married Nancy Elizabeth Blackburn on 18 February 1860, in Poweshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Stark, Stark, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died after 1900, at the age of 8168.
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English and Scottish: variant of Low .
German (Löwe) and Danish (Løwe): from Middle High German lēwe, löuwe ‘lion’, hence a nickname for a brave or regal person. In some cases the surname may have been a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a lion. It is also found in Sweden. Compare Loewe 1, Lau , Lave , and Lurvey .
Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): artificial name from German Löwe ‘lion’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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