When John Lowe was born on 23 March 1852, his father, JOHN William Lowe, was 33 and his mother, MARY Wilgoose, was 35. He married Ann Elizabeth Ward on 3 November 1873, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Almo, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 4 October 1920, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Cassia, Idaho, United States.