Ross Beach Lowe was born June 2, 1884, the son of Erwin and Agnes Beach Lowe, of Todd County, Minnesota. He was raised, educated and taught school here, learning the mercantile business while working and attending high school. He came to Barnes County in 1904 to work in a general store in Wimbledon, North Dakota.

Ross met Elizabeth Caven (better known as "Did") via a telephone exchange between Wimbledon and Kensal, her home. Her parents had homesteaded about 1880 at that place.

Married on February 10, 1909, Ross and Did had two daughters, Harriet Agnes born (1914) and June Elizabeth (1921). Harriet married Hamilton Englert, who is now District Judge in Valley City. June married Donald A. Fox.

Ross Beach Lowe was in the mercantile business in Courtney, Cuba, Oakes and Hillsboro. He also engaged in the insurance business until his retirement at age seventy two. A rather slight but wiry individual, he remained the same genial personality except for slightly greying hair until his death on January 13, 1971.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 144