Career
- Conductor — Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Circa 1857–About 1906
Biography
Captain Matt Lowe (May 17, 1893-December 16, 1916), a native of Clarksville, Tennessee, joined the Louisville & Nashville Railroad circa 1857 and worked on the Memphis Branch. Early in his career, he worked with Conductor A.H. Haines.
On July 28, 1869, Lowe was the conductor on a Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad train when it crashed at Budds Creek near Clarksville, Tennessee.
He later lived in Louisville, Kentucky, and retired from the railroad in about 1906. When he died in December 1916, a newspaper called him the oldest living Louisville & Nashville conductor active or retired.