Nathaniel
E. Low, O.P.L.S., who died at Sarnia, in his 87th year, came with
his brother, the late Col. Low of the 40th Regiment to Nanticoke
county of Haldimand in 1852, where he followed his profession for
many years. He moved to
Wiarton about 1880.
His wife, a daughter of the late Lt.-Col.
Pritchard, of the 58th Regiment, died in 1885.
Deceased was a
descendant of an Irish and a military family, his father having been
at Waterloo. His mother was a daughter of Major Abbott, 50th
Regiment, and Governor of Launceaton and Hohert, Tasmania.
His
grandfather, Capt. Wm. Low of Lowville Co., Galway, served in the
67th Regiment until his marriage with the Hon. Sophia Hamilton,
daughter of Richard, fourth Viscount Royce.
A brother, Lieut.
Hamilton Low entered the 3rd West Indian Regiment and died at Lagos, west coast of Africa, in 1864. Two cousins and
two uncles also served in the British Army and Navy in India.
He
leaves, besides his only daughter in Sarnia, a sister in Paris,
France, one brother in Port
Dover, and a half brother in Vancouver,
B.C.
