Background
Lowe was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and along with his brother Enos, the family soon afterward moved to the Indiana Territory, settling in Monroe County.
Lowe was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and along with his brother Enos, the family soon afterward moved to the Indiana Territory, settling in Monroe County.
An important real estate agent in the early city, Lowe is credited with naming the city after the Omaha Tribe. Jesse receiving his education at Bloomington College. After studying law and interning with Tilghman Howard in Indiana, Lowe decided not to become a lawyer, instead serving in the as commissary of a Missouri volunteer regiment under Sterling Price.
He was promoted to Paymaster in the United States. Army served during the entire Mexican-American War.
Jesse Lowe staked out a quarter-section and later bought three other quarter-sections, totaling 640 acres (26 km2). Within a week he established the "Oak Grove Farm."
In 1855 he built the first bank building in Omaha at 12th and Farnam Streets in present-day Downtown Omaha.
Lowe also invested in the Council Bluffs and Nebraska Ferry Company, which was the foremost ferry company in Omaha for more than 25 years. Lowe was married to Sophia Hoppin on July 3, 1856, in Burlington, New Jersey.
They had four children, including Frederick Brown Lowe, Charlotte Augusta Lowe, Jesse Lowe Junior., and Tilghman Howard Lowe.
Jesse Lowe died in 1868, in Omaha. He is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha. Lowe"s legacy is readily apparent in the city of Omaha.
The Jesse Lowe Conference Room, named in his honor, is located on the third floor of the Civic Center.
Lowe was a founding member of the Omaha Claim Club in 1854, and assisted Alfred Doctorate. Jones in the first survey of the city.