HORACE W. LOWE
Horace W.
Lowe, a well known business man and representative citizen of
Stoughton
, is senior partner in the firm of Lowe
& Powers, undertakers. He was
born in
Canton
,
Norfolk
county,
March 20, 1862
, and is a son of Edmund A. and Susan
E. (Withington) Lowe, the former a native of
Canton
, while the latter was born in
Maine
. The father became an engineer and was employed by various firms. He continued
a resident of his native city until 1872, when he removed to
Stoughton
, where he spent his remaining days. His widow survives and has now reached the
notable old age of ninetv years.
In taking up the personal
history of Horace W. Lowe we present
to our readers the life record of one widely known in
Norfolk
county. He spent his youthful days largely in the acquirement of a public
school education in Canton and in Stoughton and later made his preliminary step
in the business world as an employee of his uncle, Phineas Withington who was engaged in the furniture and undertaking
business. He bent his energies to a thorough mastery of the trade and displayed
marked efficiency and capability in mastering the business. After a time he was
admitted to a partnership by his uncle and their association continued for a
number of years with mutual pleasure and profit. At length, however, Mr. Lowe
purchased the interest of his uncle, who retired from business, and he then
admitted Webster Smith to a partnership and later M. F. Powers. This association was maintained for a long period or
until the death of Mr. Smith in
October, 1916. The firm name is now Lowe
& Powers and in January, 1917, Mr. Lowe
and Mr. Powers admitted their sons to
a partnership, so that Millard D. and
Arthur W. Lowe and John
J. Powers are now members of the firm. The three sons are also proprietors
of the business conducted under the name of the Electric Knife Sharpening
Company. The three young men own together a third interest in the undertaking
business, each having a ninth share, in addition to their interest in the
Electric Knife Sharpening Company. The firm of Lowe
& Powers enjoys an extensive patronage, theirs being the only
undertaking establishment in
Stoughton
.
On
the 20th of June, 1883
, Mr. Lowe was married to Miss Florence
C. Drake, a daughter of Luther W.
and Hannah (Swift) Drake, who were
natives of
Sandwich
,
Massachusetts
, and removed to
Stoughton
, where they resided for twenty years or until Mr. Drake
was called to the home beyond. The father was a glass cutter by trade and worked
for many years for the Boston Sandwich Glass Works, but on establishing his home
in
Stoughton
gave up his trade. He died in the year 1913, while his widow survives and now
makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. Lowe,
who have a family of two children, the sons previously mentioned - Millard
D. and Arthur W., both of whom are yet under the parental roof.
Mr. Lowe votes with the republican party and
fraternally he is a prominent Mason and is also connected with the Odd Fellows.
He has membership in the lodge, chapter and council and in Bay State Commandery,
K. T., all of
Brockton
, while his connection with the Mystic Shrine is that of a representative of the
Temple
at
Boston
. He likewise has connection with both the Odd Fellows lodge and the Rebekah
degree at
Stoughton
. He belongs to the Board of Trade and is interested in all that has to do with
the progress and unbuilding of the community in which he makes his home. His
religious faith is that of the Universalist church and his life has ever been
actuated by high and honorable principles, which have made him a man whom to
know is to esteem and honor. He has a wide acquaintance in
Stoughton
and throughout his section of
Norfolk
county and enjoys the warm regard of all with whom business or social relations
have brought him in contact. His business today extends not only over
Stoughton
but also over
Canton
and
Sharon
and he has made for himself a creditable place as a representative of
commercial interests in his part of the county.
Source: History of
Norfolk
County
Massachusetts
1622-1918 (New York, S. J. Clark Publishing Co., 1918), 1:140-142.
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