Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-23
OBITUARY.
MRS. MARGARET C. Low.

Died, al the residence of her daagh
ter, in this city. Gil the 18th inst, Mrs
Margaret G. Low
Mrs. Low was born at Carlisle. Pa.
March II, 1898. Her parents were
Stephen aud Sarah Foulke, who had
seven children of whom she was The
Youngest. Her brother Willis served
his country in the last war with Great
Britain, was severely wounded in the
battle of Chippewa and was breyettea
major general. The entire family
were deyotedly attached to the Episco-
pal church. Mrs. Low was married 10
Gideon Low, Aug. 10, 1915, who served
with distinction in the last war with
Great Britain, and during his military
service he was wounded. the marks OF
which he bore to his grave. At the
close of the war he held the title Of
LIST lieutenant, and later ON he was ap-
pointed captain in the regular army
fhe three years of home and quiet life
at Easton, Pa, which followed their
marriage were brought to a close by
Lieutenant Low being reinstated i'll
The army, his company at the close of
the war having been disbanded, and
being ordered to st. Louis. Mo-. Mrs.
Low accompanied her husband, and
from that time To his retirement from
the army she shared with him the periis
and discomfortS of the frontier, and the
excitements and adventures of an
army lite. Many times her endurance
AMI courage were fully tested. as when
at Fort Edwards, the rifle corps not
having received their pa. were i'll a
state of mutiny. Captain Low was not
at the fort at the time, aud was lgno-
rant OF the state of affairs. Mrs. Low
being detained by the sentry calmly
awaited the Captains return, and as
lie approached. at the peril of her life
she loudly and clearly shouted the
word of warning. The nerve and cour-
age and physical strength OF her hus-
band quelled the mutiny.
In 1928 she made a trip in a small
boat with her two little daughters
route of the Mississippi and Wisconsin
and Fox rivers; and IL this adventure
we see her great powers of endurance.
which power had been fully tested be-
fore her marriage in horse back rides
of eighty miles in two days. On one of
these occasions she rode from Carlisle
to Bedford. Pa, eighty miles and back
again, and OH another occasion
llOlli CdI llSlo w DdIllLlOlO anu UdCh
the trip each way in two
days; and again i'll 1882 she rode
on horseback from Fort Winnebago,
near Portage, Wis, to Galena. Ill. How
full her life was of incident and ex-
element may be inferred that she Was
1T Fort Winnebago during the Black
Hawk war where, she writes, We had
many fights and where the garrison
escaped massacre through
The treachery vi d party of VIM
nebago Indians. The life and po-
5ition of Mrs. Low naturally opened
the doors of acquaintance with some
whose characters have become hiStor-
ic, among whom may be mentioned
Colonel Taylor, afterwards General and
Gen. Winfield Scott was a
personal friend; she made his acquain-
lance at Fort Edwards when he was
on an inspecting tour. At jefferson
near St. Louis, she made the
of Jefferson Davis, who
had recently Joined the army as I'd
lieutenant from West Point. Size was
very well acquainted with Mir. John
kinZie, the Indian agent, so well known
in the west and south; Gen. Twiggs.
who turned traitor and surrendered
his troops to the south. in Texas. Cap
lain Low in 1910 resigned his commits
sion and retired to private live and
lied at Portage. Wis, in 1850.
Mrs. Low continued to reside there
until about eighteen years ago. when
she came to this city, and ever since
las made her home with her oldest
laughter, Mrs. Charles Temple. On
Ter way to Mineral Point she stopped !
at Madison and was the guest of Gov
,rnor Farwell. The newspaper at that |
line in its account of this visit, speaks |
If Mrs. Low, although rightly styled,
"a veteran" us sprightly, and showing |
he greatest interest in the historical |
'ooms, and reciting with pleasure the |
Incidents that TRANSFERRED in Wisconsin |
when the site of Madison was first |
Known as the Indian country of the /
Four Lakes" In this incident we see !
he charm of old age; the conSumma-
ion of Il we'll spent life, still full of |
mental vigOr. stored with pleasant and |
Uirring memories and with all the |
hange which time may bring, full of |
interest in the present as well ;is hope |
or the future.
Mrs. Low enjoyed remarkable vital
ty, as was evidenced by the possession |
# her physical faculties. but slightly |
impaired until Il few davS before her |
ieath, at the age OF nearly ninety |
ears.
The qualities of her mind and heart !
we're not inferior to her physical char |
LcteriStics She added to superior in
ellectual powers an accomplished ed |
lcation and to a wonderful sweetness |
# temper, charity, love, good will and |
such as endeared her to all |
Who knew her. and living Christian
lie her sorrowing friends while mourn |
ng their own great loss have the sweet |
of feeling that their loss is
Ter gain, and that in paradise her spirit |
estS in peace.
The only children of Mrs. Low were
son who died in infancy and two |
laughter, Mrs. Chas. Temple, of this |
,ity, and Mrs. Henry Merrill, who died |
It Portage in 1858.
MRS. MARY KETTER.
Deceased was patient sufferer and |
lied with the happy assurance that |
she was only passing to that better |
and. With her death kind wife, a |
owing mother, and the truest and best |
IF women has passed away. Mary has |
gone! Gone just at the morn of life, |
never W Spcllu duUGiieI nOuE VIII her |
children, little Annie, Maggie and |
Mary, listening to their childish pratt
lie. Their days must be spent with |
others than their dear mother. Their |
Joys, sorrows and pleasures must be
shared by others than she who loved |
them dearly. But we would not call |
her back to this world to suffer pain,
trouble and death, from which she is
forever free. Rather would we ask
that when our time may come and we
are called to 90 that we may say, as
she has said: Il have put my trust in
The Lord Jesus Christ"
Many has mourned for thee, dear friend.
And yet shall many mourn.
Long thy name on earth shall be
In sweet remembrance borne
A husband weeps a fathers head
Is bowed in sorrow DER his dead;
That household band to thee so dear,
Thy kindly voice no more shall hear.
Oh, may the hearts that mourn thee now,
The lips that pressed thy claycold brow,
Upon that beautiful radiant shore,
Unite with thine to ache no more
BARBARA E E
Dodgeville, Feb. Is, 1888
MRS. IDA MATHEWS.
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