[1][2] Christian Lower was born on January 7, 1740, in Klapperthall Junction, Tulpehocken Township, Pennsylvania.
Lower was elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress and served until his death at his home in Klapperthall Junction in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Interment was initially made at the Tulpehocken Church Burial Ground; his remains were later disinterred and reburied at the Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania.
The elder Christian Lauer migrated from New York's Schoharie Region to the Tulpehocken settlement in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1723, and ultimately became the owner of the Moselem Forge.
[3] Lower's sister, Eva Magdalena Lauer (1744-1815), wed Michael Ley,[4] who built the Tulpehocken Manor Plantation near Myerstown, Pennsylvania.