Lower was elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress and served until his death at his home in Klapperthall Junction in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Interment was initially made at the Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground; his remains were later disinterred and reburied at the Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania.[3]
Family
Lower was the grandson of Michael Lauer, who was among the men and women who emigrated from Germany as part of the 18th century mass emigration of German Palatines to the American Colonies. His son, Christian Lauer, was Lower's father. The elder Christian Lauer migrated from New York's Schoharie Region to the Tulpehocken settlement in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1723, and ultimately became the owner of the Moselem Forge. Michael Lauer then followed in 1728. Twelve years later, Christian Lower was born in Klapperthall Junction.[3]
Lower's sister, Eva Magdalena Lauer (1744-1815), wed Michael Ley,[4] who built the Tulpehocken Manor Plantation near Myerstown, Pennsylvania.[5] Their son (and Lower's nephew), Christian Ley, went on to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania State Senate, and later built Nutting Hall, another of Pennsylvania's historic homes.[6][7]
