Thomas Stow - Legacy

Legacy

Stow was an outstanding preacher in early Adelaide, he was a good speaker who incorporated humour and satire. Stow helped form the character of the growing settlement of Adelaide, which was appreciated at the time. Stow was twice given substantial pecuniary testimonials to which men of all sects contributed. The Stow Church at Adelaide stands as a memorial of him.

He was married in England and brought his wife, who survived him, and four sons with him:

• Judge Randolph Isham Stow (1828-1878).
• Augustine Stow, a member of parliament for several years between 1863-1871, chief clerk in the South Australian supreme court.
• Jefferson Pickman Stow who went to the Northern Territory in 1864 and sailed in a ship's boat from Adam Bay, Northern Territory to Champion Bay, Western Australia, an account of this voyage was published as a pamphlet in 1865, Voyage of the Forlorn Hope, and Notes on Western Australia. J. P. Stow was later editor of The South Australian Advertiser and was the author of South Australia, its History Productions and Natural Resources (1883, 2nd ed. 1884), published by the South Australian government.