Eliza Lowe biography

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MS 0647

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Eliza Lowe biography consist of a brief history of Eliza Lowe and her husband, Thomas, compiled by their granddaughter, Mary Belnap Lowe.

Dates

1980s

Creator

Lowe, Mary Belnap (Person)

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Biographical Sketch

In 1851, Thomas and Eliza Lowe joined the LDS Church in Scotland. Their family sailed for the United States to join others of their faith, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in 1863. They later settled in Franklin, Idaho, where they built the first shingle mill in the state. Thomas Lowe died of pneumonia, after being arrested as a polygamist, in 1886. Eliza Lowe died in 1917.