De Soto Weekly facts De Soto, Jefferson, Missouri THURSDAY, 5 OCTOBER 1899 RECENT DEATHS - Col. Sam A. LOWE, formerly one of the most prominent citizens of Missouri, at his residence, 2751 Geyer avenue, St. Louis, after an eventful life of nearly 81 years. Col. LOWE has been superintendent of the territory of Kansas, clerk of the Missouri constitutional convention of 1861, lieutenant-colonel in the federal army during the civil war, the first grand chancellor of the Missouri Knights of Pythias, colonel of the First Missouri militia regiment after the war, and one of the prime movers in the early railway building of the state. THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 1899 RECENT DEATHS - George EVANS, aged 62, suddenly, at Sedalia. He was a Union veteran. Sent in by Charlotte M. Maness Desoto Joe/The Record Man