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Alexander C. Lowe, a farmer and stock raiser, is a native of Ohio, born in 1820, and is a son of Alexander and Magdalena (Courtwright) Lowe. The father was born in Maryland, where he was reared and married to Nancy Brewington. He afterward moved to Kentucky and then to Ohio, where he was married a second time. In about 1822 he removed to Dearborn County, Ind. He died at Springtown, Ky., while on a visit, at the age of eighty-four. He was a carpenter by trade. The mother of our subject was born in Canada, and died about 1832. Alexander C. remained at home until fifteen years of age, receiving no educational advantages, and has never attended school in his life. He began life for himself as a boatman on the river, and remained thus engaged for several years. In 1840 he married Miss Mary, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Evans, of Indiana. This union has been blessed with eleven children, four of whom are living: Thomas (of Texas), Alonzo, Rispie B. (wife of William Abbott, of Terre Haute) and Henry C. In 1865 Mr. Lowe came to Putnam County, Mo., and located in Elm Township at Graysville, where he has a nice farm of 194 acres of land well improved and cultivated, which is the result of his unassisted toil and good management. His principal occupation has been that of farming, although he has worked a little at the carpenter’s trade. He was once elected township trustee, but declined to serve. He was formerly a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Polk, but since the war has been a Republican, and for many years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. Himself and wife are prominent members of the Baptist Church.