Titus Lowe, British bishop. Member General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1916, 20, 24.; Member Sigma Chirurgical; Mason (33°, honorary Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Background
Titus Lowe was born in Bilston, England, the son of William Henry and Anna (Scribbins) Lowe, and came to America in 1892, at the age of 14, with his mother and sisters Annie, Louisa, and Mary. His father and older brothers, Thomas and George, had come to America in 1890, where they lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and worked in the area"s steel mills. Lowe married Anna Bessie Creed (b 1880) on October 18, 1901.
They had two daughters, Madelyn Bessie Lowe and Evelyn Oldham Lowe, and a son who died in infancy.
Anna died in 1911. Lowe married Edith Eglantine Egloff (b 1876) on January 6, 1913 and had one daughter, Anna Jane Lowe, by that marriage. After Edith"s death in 1955, Lowe married Ellen Louise Stoy (1890-1979) on January 8, 1957.
Education
Came to the United States, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900, Master of Arts, 1908. Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1900-1902.
Doctor of Divinity, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1916, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1920.
Doctor of Laws, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1926. Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Puget Sound, 1931.
Career
In 1908. The Titus Lowe entered the Pittsburgh Annual Conference of the Mechanical Engineering Church in 1900. He was appointed Pastor of the Fourth Street Methodist Church, Braddock, Pennsylvania, serving 1900-1903. He then went as a Missionary to India, pastoring the Thoburn Methodist Church in Calcutta, 1903-1908.
Lowe returned to the United States.A. in 1908 and was appointed Pastor in South Fork, Pennsylvania (1908-1909).
Then he was appointed, in succession, to the First Methodist Churches of Cedar Falls, Iowa (1909-1913) and Omaha, Nebraska (1913-1921). In 1921 the Doctor Lowe was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Mechanical Engineering Church, serving in this position until elected to the Episcopacy.
The Lowe also served as a Lecturer under the auspices of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association in France during World War I (1917-1918). He was elected a delegate to Mechanical Engineering General Conferences (1916-1924).
He was assigned to the Singapore Episcopal Area (1924-1928).
He was then assigned to the Portland Episcopal Area (1928-1939), and to the Indianapolis Episcopal Area of The Methodist Church in 1939. His offices were located at 305 Underwriters Building in Indianapolis. Lowe retired from the episcopacy in 1948, and was appointed Executive Secretary of the Methodist Commission on Overseas Relief for five years.
He lived in Indianapolis until his death in November 1959.
Achievements
Membership
He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Among these include being a charter member of the World Service Commission of the Methodist Church. Serving as President of the Methodist Commission on Interdenominational Relations.
As President of the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis, and as President of the Methodist Council of Bishops.
Connections
Married Anna Bessie Creed, October 18, 1901 (died April. Married second, Edith Eglantine Egloff, January 6, 1913. Children: Madelyn, Evelyn, Titus (deceased).