Birth Date: 19 Mar 1855

Birth Place: Keene Twp, Ionia Co., MI

Death Date: 31 Jan 1899

Notes:

note from Millie

Thomas Jr. burned to death trying to save his son Dewite from a burning house in winter. His wife left the older children in the barn while she ran barefoot through the snow, carrying the baby, to a neighbor's for help

* On Tuesday night, fire destroyed the home of Thomas Lowden, seven miles north of here. Lowden rescued his wife and four children, and was returning to rescue his 5-year-old boy, who slept upstairs, when he was overcome by smoke and both perished in the flames. Mrs. Lowden left three children in the barn, took her baby to her nearest neighbors, half a mile away, barefooted and clad only in her night robe. Both of her feet were frozen. - the Holland Sentinel Feb 3 1899

in 1860 census Keene Twp. Ionia co. was 6

in 1870 census was 15 farm laborer

in 1880 was listed as farmer

Jean Lowden says he sold farm to to Joe Kemp

Spouse: Bertha Barrett Goodhue

Marriage Date: 1885