Background
Stow was born in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, May 30, 1820, the elder son of Solomon and Eunice (Shepherd) Stow, and entered Yale College in the spring of the Sophomore year.
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Education
He graduated from Yale in 1846.
Career
In 1844, he was one of the fifteen founders of the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon. The same year with his graduation he entered the Yale Divinity School, finishing the course in 1849. But his health continued poor for eight years.
After that date, his strength recovered, but he continued in successful manufacturing business, having also marked success as an inventor.
His business was removed to Plantsville, in Southington, Connecticut, in 1852, and from 1871 until his death he held the vice-presidency of the Peck, Stow and Wilcox Manufacturing Company. He was also president of the Southington Water Company, and a director in other local enterprises.
He represented the town in the Connecticut Legislature from 1873 to 1877. Though thus engaged he did not lose sight of the ends which actuated his theological study.
He died, suddenly, in Plantsville, of rheumatism of the heart, November 10, 1883, in his 64th year.
This article incorporates public domain material from the 1884 Yale Obituary Record.
