Eugene Plowe

Eugene Plowe was born May 17, 1851, in Wadsworth, Medina county, Ohio. He is of German descent on his Father's side, and Canadian-American on his mother's.

Attended Hiram College, and later taught vocal music there.

Studied Voice under the celebrated Carlo Bassine, and Piano under A. R. Parsons in New York. Took charge of the department of Music in Eureka College in September, 1871, and resigned in the summer of 1877 to locate in Peoria, where he has been engaged in teaching Music ever since. He is now President of the Peoria Conservatory of Music, which is just closing its third year.
  

Source:  A History of Eureka College, St. Louis:  Christian Publishing Company, 1894.