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ABRAHAM T. LOWE 1796-1888
- MM 1817, WM 1822 Social
- Member of The Massachusetts, 1846-1852
- Member of Fellowship, 1854-1888
Senior Grand Deacon, 1849-1851
Deputy Grand Master, 1855-1856
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1888-261:
"Brother ABRAHAM T. LOWE, one of the oldest Masons in this State, having taken his degrees in 1817, died in Ashburnham, Mass., July 4, at the age of nearly ninety-two years. He was the son of Dr. Abraham and Charlotte (Hale) Lowe, and born in Ashburnham, August 15, 1796. His family has been remarkable for longevity, three of his grand-parents having reached the age of ninety-four years. His early education was obtained at New Ipswich Academy, and in 1816 he received the degree of M.D. from Dartmouth College. He practised his profession for about nine years in Ashburnham. In 1825 he removed to Boston and engaged in the wholesale drug business. From 1849-to 1859 he resided in Bridgewater. In the latter year he returned to Boston and established the Safety Fund Bank, of which he was the first President. When the State banks were reorganized, under the present National system, the Safety Fund became the First National Bank of Boston, Brother Lowe still holding the office of President. He retained that office until 1881, when he declined further service in that capacity on account of his age; still, however, remaining a Director until his death. He was succeeded as President by our present R.W. Grand. Treasurer.
"Brother Lowe had lived under the administration of every President of the United States, and at the time of his death was the oldest living representative of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and the oldest graduate of any department of Dartmouth College. He compiled school-books entitled, The Columbian Class Book, and The Second Class Book. He also published a work under the title of Observations on the Medicinal Agencies of the Vegetable Materia Medica, and in 1877 (when over eighty years of age), a collection of essays called Fragments of Physiology. In 1849, 1850 and 1851 he filled the office of Senior Grand Deacon in this Grand Lodge, and in 1855 and 1856 that of Deputy Grand-Master. He served the.City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts with fidelity, and filled various positions of trust with uprightness. His labors, either as a private business man, or as a public officer, never prevented an active interest in educational matters, nor continued literary activity. His long life affords a striking example of usefulness and honor."
