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m. 12 Feb 1814 - John Nathan Low1820 - 1888
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Nathan Low |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3] |
17 Apr 1820 |
Licking, Ohio, United States |
| Marriage |
15 Feb 1841 |
McLean, Illinois, United Statesto Lydia Colburn |
| Census[4] |
15 Sep 1850 |
Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
| Residence[1] |
22 Aug 1851 |
Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United StatesTraveling overland |
| Residence[1] |
13 Nov 1851 |
Alki, King, Washington, United States |
| Census[5] |
24 Jun 1860 |
Thurston, Washington, United States |
| Census[6] |
17 Jul 1870 |
Cadyville, Snohomish, Washington, United States |
| Death[1] |
17 Feb 1888 |
Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington, United StatesSnohomish Cemetery |
John and Lydia, and their children Alonzo, John, Mary, and Minerva, were part of the Denny Party, among the first white settlers to arrive in what is now Seattle in September 1851. While most of the rest of the party proceeded to Elliott Bay (what is now downtown Seattle), the Lows stayed at the first settlement at Alki. John ran a lumber business, producing pilings for wharves in San Francisco. The family later moved to Olympia, then Port Madison on Bainbridge Island.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Low, John Nathan (1820-1888) and Lydia Low (d. 1901)", in HistoryLink (Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History)
[1]. - ↑ "The misplaced pioneers", in The Seattle Times. (Seattle, King, Washington, United States)
[2], Sept. 1, 2001.
Profile of the effort to identify John and Lydia's burial place, and protect it from development.
- ↑ Bagley, Clarence Booth. History of Seattle from the earliest settlement to the present time. (Chicago [Illinois]: S. J. Clarke, 1916)
p. 875.
- ↑ McLean, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432).
John N. Low 30 OH; Lydia 30 PA; Mary E. 8 IL; Alonzo 6; John A. 4; Minerva L. 1; William Hodge 18 Bloomington, p. 25B, 9/16/1850)
- ↑ Thurston, Washington, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
J.N. Lowe 40 OH, farmer 3500/1250; Lidia 40 PA; M.E. 17 IL; Alonzo 15 IL; John N. 12 IL; A.A. (f) 7 W.T.; C.N. (m) 5 W.T.; Horace 1 W.T.; Chas. 23 England; Jacob Waldruck 30 OH; Martin E. Mussy 28 Ireland (p. 216, 6/24/1860)
- ↑ Snohomish, Washington, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
John N. Low 50 OH; merchant, 4000/1000; Lydia 50 PA; Alonzo 25 IL; John V. 23 IL; Amelia 17 W.T. teacher; Charles 14 W.T.; Horace 10 W.T.; Fannie 8 W.T. Cadyville, 332B, 7/17/1870)
(Next door to daughter Mary, m. Woodbury Sinclair)
| Founders of Seattle, Washington
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| The founding of Seattle is usually dated from the arrival of the Denny Party on November 13, 1851, at Alki Point. The group had travelled overland from the Midwest to Portland, Oregon, then made a short ocean journey up the Pacific coast into Puget Sound, with the express intent of founding a town. The next April, Arthur A. Denny abandoned the original site at Alki in favor of a better-protected site on Elliott Bay, near the south end of what is now downtown Seattle. Around the same time, Doc Maynard began settling the land immediately south of Denny's. The first plats in Seattle were filed May 28, 1853, and Seattle was incorporated as a town in 1867, by which time it had 350 inhabitants. Credit:Wikipedia, "History of Seattle before 1900"
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| Denny Party: Arthur A. Denny, his wife Mary, and children; David T. Denny; Carson D. Boren, his wife Mary, their daughter, and Carson's younger sister Louisa; William N. Bell, his wife Sarah, and children; John Low, his wife Lydia, and children; Lee Terry; Charles Terry.
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Additional Settlers by 1852: Dr. David S. "Doc" Maynard (1808-1873); Henry Yesler (1810-1892); Luther Collins (1813-1860), Henry Van Asselt, and Jacob and Samuel Maple.
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| Current Location: King County, Washington
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