Low, William (1779-1847)

Name:

Low, William (1779-1847)

Title:

Member, State House Building Committee
Postmaster, Village of Concord, 1829-39

Born:

04/20/1779

Birthplace:

Amherst, NH

Died:

05/09/1847

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Amherst, NH 1779-1806
Concord, NH 1806-1847

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Chairmaker and painter

Father:

Low, William

Mother:

Crosby, Elizabeth

Relations:

Partnership, Low & Damon, chairmakers and painters, 1806-1826
(William Low and Benjamin Damon)

Spouse:

Nichols, Grace Gardner (1783-1868), June 9, 1803, Amherst

Children:

none

Notes:

Poetic reference: "...And William Low would build a chair, With seat of wood, straw, cloth or hair, Which for a hundred years would wear...." From Colonial Amherst, E.P.B. Locke, read at the Centennial, May 30, 1860.

Nathaniel Bouton, The History of Concord, From Its First Grant in 1725, To the Organization of City Government in 1853... (Concord, New Hampshire: McFarland & Jenks, 1856), 677-679.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "Concord, New Hampshire: A Furniture-Making Capital," Historical New Hampshire, 45(Spring 1990)1, 18-20, 22, 25, 31-33, 37, 55, 77, 78.

Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common: Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 1750-1850. (Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1978), 74-75, 143, 148-149.

"Low & Damon" Advertisment, American Patriot, Concord, NH, March 28, 1809, 4.

"Low & Damon" Advertisment, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, December 7, 1813, 4.

"At the Signof the Eagle" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, February 6, 1816, 3.

"Apprentice Wanted" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, May 3, 1824, 4.

"Dissolution of Copartnership" Advertisement, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, January 23, 1826, 1.

Death Notice, New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, NH, May 13, 1847, 3.

Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH