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NATHAN LOW, boots and shoes, Heyworth; is a native of McLean Co., Ill., and was born on his father’s farm July 5, 1835, where he lived until 1855; he then visited St. Paul, Minn. In 1856, he, in company with A. J. Mason, engaged in the livery business in Bloomington, Ill.; he continued in the business for six months, when he withdrew and went to Missouri, also visiting Omaha, Neb., to look after a claim, which he found had been “jumped.” In 1856, he engaged in the general merchandise business at St. Joseph, Mo., and in the following November he exchanged the same for the Denman House, in Bloomington, which he sold in December, 1857, and went to Missouri; in the spring of 1858, he went as assistant wagon master in a Government train to Salt Lake City, being discharged there in November of the same year; from thence he went to California, stopping in San Bernardino Co.; thence to Los Angeles; thence to San Francisco, in 1859; thence to Olympia, Washington Territory, where he conducted a sheep ranch until 1861; in July of that year, he took his stock to the Walla Walla Valley, and remained until 1862; he then went to Florence City, Idaho, and engaged in gold-mining, remaining until 1863, when he returned to Heyworth, Ill., via the Panama and New York route, arriving here in December, 1863, when he engaged in farming in this township, and followed the same until 1867; he then went to Missouri, and engaged in the stock business; in the spring of 1868, he engaged in his present business. He married Miss Annie M. Hill Nov. 30, 1865; she is a native of Holmes Co., Ohio; they have five children.