JOHN  LOWE,  farmer, was born in Washington County, Ohio, September 21, 1822, and is a son of John and Hannah (Ayles) Lowe.   The grandfather of our subject, James Lowe, came from Scotland and settled in Maryland.  He was a soldier in the Revolution, and served for three years as Secretary under General Washington; at that time, it was claimed that he was the finest penman in the United States. In Maryland the father was born, and when he was about eight years old his father moved to Ohio.  The mother's people originally came from Ireland and settled in  Baltimore, where she was born.  Our subject was the third of nine children of whom four are now living.  His education was but very limited, he never having attended a school but a few months in his life, but after he became a man he taught himself to a great extent.  He worked on the home place until he was  about twenty two, and then worked around for himself some years.  In 1854, he came to Wayne County,  and settled on the farm he now occupies in Section 7 and 8, of Town 1 south, Range 6 east. He owns 291 acres, of which about 110 are in cultivation, and about three acres in orchard.  Mr. Lowe was married on April 9, 1850, to Ellender Booth, a daughter of John and Hannah (Bearkmore) Booth, whom was a native of Ohio, and was born July, 29, 1828, in Bellafontaine, that State.  This union has resulted in sixteen children, of whom the following survive -- Isaac;  Hannah, wife of Newton King; John; Mary Ann, wife of Thomas Shaffer; Polly Ann, wife of William Marple; Sarah Jane, wife of Sylvestor Taylor; Eli and Emma.  Subject enlisted in the Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company I, in September  1861, and remained over three years and one month.  Is a member of the Baptist Church.  In politics, is a Republican.