Thomas Lowe, M.D., a physician and surgeon of Slayton, has won marked prestige as a member of the medical profession in this section of the state. Success in his chosen calling comes only through careful preparation, earnest endeavor and fidelity to the interest of the business, and the high reputation which Dr. Lowe has gained has come through exercise of these qualities.
A native of Canada, the Doctor was born near the city of Montreal, November 8, 1858, and is of Scotch descent. His parents, James and Wilhelmina (Schlaberg) Lowe, were both natives of Scotland, but came to Canada when young, and in 1868 they removed with their family to Bremer county, Iowa. The father was a farmer by occupation and carried on agricultural pursuits in Iowa until 1876, when he came to Murrary county, Minnesota, and secured a homestead near Hadley, where his death occurred in 1896. His wife passed away in 1883.
Our subject is the fifth in the family of eight children, of whom six sons and a daughter are living. He spent his boyhood on the farm in Canada until nine years of age and there acquired his elementary education. He then accompanied his parents to Iowa, where her continued to attend scholl, spending two years as a student in Decorah Institute. For a time he engaged in the profession of teaching and later continued his studies in the Decorah Institute of Iowa. For three years thereafter he followed the teacher's profession, and then took up the study of medicine, spending one year in the office of Dr. A.M. Tuttle, of Britt, Iowa. Subsequently he graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, in 1885, with high honors, standing second in a class of ninety seven members.
Dr. Lowe came immediately to Slayton, where he entered upon the practice of his profession, and is now recognized as a leading physician of the place, being weill established in a large and lucrative business. His most excellent preparation, combined with native talent and a deep and sincere interest in his chosen profession, without which there is no success, has gained him high prestige as a physician and surgeon. He holds membership in the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Homeopathic State Medical Society of South Dakota, and belongs to the Minnesota Homeopathic Institute, of which organization he is vice president.
In June 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Lowe and Miss Sarah Southwell, of Wenona, Illinois, a daughter of Captain O.M. Southwell and a native of Wenona. They now have two interesting children, William and Alice. Their home is a beautiful and commodious frame residence, built in a modern style of architecture, and is noted as a place of hospitality. Dr. Lowe is an esteemed member of the Masonic Fraternity and also affilitates with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and has been honored with various offices of trust, having served as village recorder, secretary of the school board and county coroner. He is deeply interested in all that pertains to the welfare and advancement of the community, is a stanch adherent of the public school system, and belongs to that class of honorable, respected citizens who are the true strengh of the American repbulic.
[Source: Memorial Record of S.W. Minnesota - submitted by Gary Boomgaarden]

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