W.H. BOTTOMS.—On the roster of Murray county’s officials is the name of this gentleman who is now serving as register of deeds. This is an important and responsible position, for upon the care and precision of the incumbent may often rest questions which involve the disposal of property, frequently of great value.

Mr. Bottoms was born in Freeport, Illinois, September 12, 1862, a son of James and Anna (Farrell) Bottoms, the former a native of England and the latter of Ireland. Both came to America in early life, and after their marriage located in Freeport, Illinois, where the father resided until his death, which occurred during the early childhood of our subject. His wife, who survives him, has been a second time married, and is now living on a farm in Murray county, Minnesota.

Our subject is the first child of the first marriage. His younger brother, John, is still living, and is now a resident of Minnesota. When W. H. Bottoms was still a young lad he went with his brother to Elkader, Clayton county, Iowa, where he continued to reside until May, 1875, when with relatives and friends he came to Murray county, Minnesota, where he has since made his home. After his mother’s second marriage he went to live with her and continued to make his home there for ten years. On attaining his majority he started out in life for himself, and naturally turned his attention to farming, with which he was familiar from boyhood. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of choice land in Lime Lake township, Murray county, which he still owns, and which by him has been highly cultivated and improved. He transformed the wild prairie into rich fields, and contin-ued his farming operations until called to public office.

In 1892 Mr. Bottoms was nominated for the office of register of deeds of Murray county, and was elected for a term of two years. Such was the capability he displayed in the discharge of his duties that he was at once re-elected for a second term, and is therefore the incumbent in the office at this writing in 1896. His official career is without blemish, and reflects credit upon the constituents who called him to office. In November, 1885, was consummated the marriage of Mr. Bottoms and Miss Mary Kiernan, a native of Wisconsin, where she was reared and educated. For several terms she was numbered among the success-ful school-teachers of Murray county. She is now the mother of an interesting family of two sons and three daughters, and Mr. Bottoms with his wife and children resides in the pleasant home on Fourth street, in the village of Slayton. Socially our subject is a valued member of the orders of Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America.

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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.
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B.F. LYNCH. —In the business interests which have added to the material welfare of Slayton is included the Slayton Roller Mills, owned by the prominent and well known firm of Klingler & Lynch. Their business is one of the leading industrial concerns in the county seat of Murray county, and the owners are men of known reliability, whose progressiveness and enterprise have been of great benefit to the town. The mill was erected in 1886 by J. P. Smith of Kasota, Minnesota, —a roller mill with a capacity of forty barrels. It was operated by Mr. Smith for one year, and then sold to Foster & Dinehart. In March, 1890, it became the property of the present proprietors, since which time the capacity has been increased to seventy-five barrels per day, and many improvements have been made. A seventy-five-horse-power Corliss engine has been put in operation, together with a ninety-horse-power boiler and the finest machinery of other kinds. A new fire-proof building for the engine and boiler . house has been erected, making one of the most thoroughly equipped mills in this section of the state The products of the mill are of the best possible quality and find a ready sale on the market. They manufacture a number of fine brands of wheat tlour, together with corn, rye and buckwheat products, and do a general exchange business as well as selling direct to various markets. The firm also buys, sells and ships all kinds of grain, and in connection with the mill has a large elevator with a capacity of ten thousand bushels. The business has now assumed extensive proportions, and the thoroughly reliable methods and the well known integrity of the proprietor have secured for them a most excellent trade, from which they derive a good income.
The leading citizens of a town are the promoters of its commercial enterprises, men who by their well directed efforts in business advance the general prosperity. To this class belongs B. F. Lynch; and it is with pleasure that we present a record of his life to our readers.
He was born in New York city, May 21, 1863, and is a son of Philip and Ann ( Barnard ) Lynch. When a child of two years he was taken by his parents to the town of Hudson, on the river of that name, where he remained for fifteen years. Our subject attended the public schools, and subsequently spent two years in the Litchfield Academy, of Litch field, Connecticut, thus acquiring a good practical education. In the year 1880 he accompanied his parents to Adrian, Nobles county, Minnesota, where he worked on a farm for a year; later he was employed in the Adrian mill for a year, and subsequently went to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he was engaged in the same business for a year.

On the expiration of that period, Mr.Lynch took up his residence in Luverne, and accepted a position in the flouring mill owned by W. H. Wilson, where he remained as a trusted and efficient employee for six years. He mastered the business in every detail, and for four years had complete charge of the mill. In the fall of 1887 he came to Slayton and served as manager in the mill, of which he is now proprietor, then owned by Foster & Dinehart. Forming a partnership with Victor Klingler, in March, 1890, they purchased the mills, which they have since made so famous throughout the northwest.
In August, 1892, occurred an important event in the life of Mr. Lynch, —the celebration of his marriage to Miss Louise Shepard, of Slayton, the youngest daughter of the late Dr. N. P. Shepard, a prominent physician and influential citizen of Murray county. They now have two interesting children, — Marie Bernice and William Francis.

In his social relations, Mr. Lynch is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He has been honored by local office, having served for two years as a member of the village council, where his fidelity to duty and marked devotion to the best interests of Slayton made him a valued official. His business integrity is above question, his private life is pure and honorable, and today among the most esteemed residents of Slayton is numbered B. F. Lynch.

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HARRY MORELL, M. D., C. M., is a prominent young physician and surgeon of Slayton, Murray county, and his native talents and acquired ability are rapidly winning him a place among the leading members of the profession in southwestern Minnesota. He was born in Toronto, Canada, February 5, 1869, and is a son of Samuel and Georgiana Morell. His father was a leading business man of Toronto, and died in Canada some years ago. The mother is still living and yet makes her home in the British province. They had eight children, four sons and four daughters, all of whoni are yet living.

Tne Doctor is the fourth in order of birth and his boyhood days were spent in his native city, where he attended the public schools for a time, and afterward became a student in a private school. In 1887 he was enrolled among the students of Trinity University and soon afterward entered Trinity Medical College, where he was graduated in April, 1892. The same year he was also graduated at Victoria University, having therein devoted considerable time to the mastery of the science of surgery. Not long after, by examination, he was admitted a Fellow of Trinity Medical College. During 1892 he served by appointment as assistant physician in Mimico Asylum, and while in college held various infirmary appointments.

In the fall of 1892, Dr. Morell came to Slayton, Minnesota, where he embarked in general practice, and is now well established in his profession, having a large and lucrtive practice. He is a close student, keeping abreast with the progress that is constantly being made in the sciences of both medicine and surgery. His broad and comprehensive knowledge of both departments and his application of his learning to the needs of mankind has been such as to win him marked prestige, and although one of the younger representatives of the medical fraternity he is also one of the most able and honored in Murray county.

Dr. Morell is a licentiate of the state medical examining board by examination, a member of the Minnesota State Medical Society, and a member and treasurer of the Southwestern  Minnesota     Medical Society. He is now a health officer of the village of Slayton, and in 1896 was appointed physician of Murray county, while for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad he is now serving as local surgeon.

On the 29th of January, 1896, the Doctor led to the marriage altar Miss Euphemia Richardson, of Slayton, a teacher in the Minneapolis schools and a daughter of Robert Richardson. Socially, he is connected with Murray Lodge, No. [99, F. & A. M., of which he is secretary, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He was elected and served as justice of the peace of Slayton, and is a prominent and respected young physician of the county, who undoubtedly has a bright future before him.
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