The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-14
SONS OF VERMONT.
WIN Became Distinguished in Medicine
and Public Life.
A son OF GRAFTON

WYNN necame Distinguished in Mcdici"
and Public Life.
Dir l.. w. Lowell died at Climax
Mich. the Goth ult., from a shock Q
naralysis which he suffered the Weei
before and under which he had stcadi
lv sunk. He was born in Grafton May
81 1922 so that he was nearly - years
old at tbc time of his death Hl'
PARENTS went west when he was -
settling at Climax, and ne began ire
on his own account as soon as ne was
81 Being ambitious to enter tht
medical profession, he sold his inter.
est in his fathers estate and entered
mon his studies under DR.. Thayer and
later with Drs. Cox, Campbell and
Thaver. which he continued for three
Gears. then attending two courses o.
lectures at Bush Medical college, and
then sprnding year in the city hos
nital. and in the eye and ear infirmary
If New, York city With such careful
and thorough preparation, unusual IN
the west or even any where else IN the
country al that time, he opened an
Office for practise at Okego, Mich,
where he remained two years. In the
fall of 1919 he returned to kalamazoo
county. and was active in practice
until 1865, when he retired from his
profession to devote his time more OK
tensively to his landed interests.
For IS years DIR. Lowell was mem.
/ Der of the Kalamazoo county board
of supervisors, as a representative OF
! Climax township. In 1886 he was
senator from that district to the Mich
/ ipan state legislature For II years
he was inspector of prisoners, appoint
ed first bv Governor Baldwin in 1871,
and reappointed by Governors Bagley
and Croswell In politics he was
Republican. He was member OF the
Masonic order and was a charter mem
Der of lodge No. -, Climax. The
Kalamazoo Gazette says of him;
DIR Lowell was the representative of a promir.
ent pioneer family. His name had been closely
est OF Kalamazoo county. not only as phyFisc
clan of great rcputc, but as business man OF
more than ordinary ability;
Dr. Lowell was married in March,
1915. to Miss Catherine Eldred. She
came to Michigan in 1892 with her
parents who were pioneers OF tins
county. Besides widow, deceased, he
leaves son and daughter. George L.,
banker of Monticello. Iowa, and
Mary NJ, Mrs. Smith. Their
daughter Fannie Ms. Colmanl died
at the age of 81 years.
4 Noted Inventor.
Orlando Child a son of Pomfret.
and distinguished as an inventor, died
at Malone. H., the lst inst. after a !
few days illness with pneumonia and
at the age of ST. After receiving a
common school education in his native
town and attending the academy at
FreGonia, n. Y. he started west at
the age of 20, and found employment
as a clerk in a mercantile house in
Pittsburg, Ohio aud later in Burling
ton, Ohio. He taught school at Hang
ing Rock, Ohio, two years, and then
travelled on horseback up what is
known as the Kanawha Ridge to the
celebrated salt works. He spent some
time in Chillicothe. Ohio, and in
Monticello. Va. Richmond next be
came his home for d time and then
New York city, where he entered the
Employ of Horace Greeley and took a
rip south, stopping at Savannah. In ,
1886 Mr.. Child located at Granville
Putnam county, III. Invention was
he ruling passion of Mr.. Child's life,
md in Granville he made his expert '
nent, double rotary saw, which is n
low in use all over the world, and 1t
ewarded its inventor with substan ,
ial competency Mr.. Child also
patented an improvement in mechanl /
al movement, the Importance of
which, like many other great inven- !
ions, will not be appreciated for many
ears. In 1855 Mr.. Child removed to :
ioine and engaged in the manufac-
ure of his newly patented saw. build.
ng a steam mill which burned down !,
n 1856, later engaging in mercantile
BUSINESS and making profitable real !,
state investments.
}. H. Benton, Jr., prominent law
er of Boston, who spent his school
avs in Bradford studied law with ex y
iov. Farnham and went from here to 4
be war it is said to write n short his.
Dry Of the first chartered library in r
ne state, which was organized at
bradford in 1876, 100 years ago. He IL
ill give sketch OF each of the p
gners of the petition as asking for y
le charter one Of them colored man, "
nd also history of each library asso-
ation that has been formed in the Il
,wn until the present time. This
istory is for the benefit of the Brad i
nd Public library. :,