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Copyright 2000 Shiela Ramos BEEBOP50@aol.com **************************************************************************** LEAVELL, THOS. T. Thos. T. Leavell died at his home in Wilmore, Saturday morning, of paralysis. The deceased was born in Garrard County in 1844. He moved to Fayette County in 1869. He was twice married. His first wife was Miss Anna Thorne, of Fayette County, who died leaving three children. Mr. Leavell's second wife was Miss Love Corman, who survives with one child, He had been a resident of Jessamine County for twenty-six years. He was a Confederate veteran and served under Gen. John Morgan during the civil war. The deceased leaves four children, Mrs. Matt Mayes, Springfield, Ky (Rest of obit unreadable) LITTREL, CHARLES Charles Littrell, aged 55 years, died at the State Hospital, Lexington, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1913. About a month ago, he was taken to the hospital and was a great sufferer from stomach trouble. For a number of years, he conducted a transfer wagon between Nicholasville and Lexington. Besides a wife, he is survived by seven children, six sons, Jessie, Edward, Raymond, Charles Leslie, James and Albert and one daughter, Mrs. Manford, all of this county. (Rest of obit unreadable) LOGAN, LUCY RILEY Mrs. Lucy Riley Logan, one of Jessamine's oldest and most lovable women, died Monday night, Dec. 14, 1914, at her home on West Third Street, after a lingering illness resulting from having fallen and broke her hip. She was born in Logana neighborhood in 1829 and lived in Jessamine County all her life. Mrs. Logan was, before her marriage to the late Jas. B. Logan, Miss Lucy Riley Arnold, daughter of David and Maria Tapp Arnold. (rest of obit unreadable) LOWRY, ANNA BELLE Anna Belle Lowry, aged three years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Lowry, of West Broadway, died Monday, Sept. 6, 1909 and the remains were interred in Maple Grove cemetery Tuesday. The child had been ill for some time. LOWRY, MRS. ELEANOR ELIZABETH The death angel called from her earthly home last Friday morning, Jan. 26, 1900, to a home "not made with hands, but eternal in the heavens," Mrs. Eleanor Elizabeth Lowry, after an illness of a few weeks. She was the daughter of Harrison and Lucy Ann Daniel, and was born Aug. 27, 1832, within a few hundred yards of where she died. The deceased was married to Col. Melvin Lowry, May 1, 1856, and who died in November, 1887. To them were given nine children, eight sons and one daughter, only three of whom survive her, H. H. , W. D. and James Beck Lowry. Thirty-three years ago, Mrs. Lowry united with the Methodist church, South, under the pastorate of the late Rev. S. Noland. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Higgis Craig and Miss Katie Daniel, being the last of a family of eleven children. As a wife and mother, her life was most beautiful, making home the most attractive place for her children. One desire of her life was to have her boys possess a spotless character equal to her daughter, (who, in the bloom of womanhood, died in March, 1891,) and the Lord greatly blessed her in this noble effort, as the characters of the three boys will testify; as also the one who recently died. She was possessed with the power to make easy and happy all who visited her home and many counted it a privilege to go there. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. T. W. Watts, F. W. Noland and D. B. Cooper at the M. E. Church, South, Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends. Rev. Noland paid a very high tribute to Mrs. Lowry, as a mother, wife and neighbor, and pointed to her life as one worthy of imitation. The interment took place at the Maple Grove cemetery. LOWRY, GEORGE George Lowry, of Fayette County, a native of Jessamine, who formerly lived at Catnip Hill, died Saturday, Feb. 5, 1910, at his home on the Downing -Wilson Pike, aged sixty-six years, of general debility and nervous affection. The funeral took place at the Lexington Cemetery chapel Monday afternoon, Elder H. L. Calhoun officiating. The pall bearers were Richard Cecil, Charles Cecil, Leslie Knight, Eldridge Cecil, J. L. Christopher and Joseph Burk. He leaves a wife, who was a Miss Cecil, and two grown daughters. Deceased was one of the gentlest and kindliest of men whose father was Nathaniel Lowry. He was a successful farmer. LOWREY, DR. JOHN C. Dr. John C. Lowrey, one of Woodford County's oldest and most respected citizens died at his home in Troy , Friday afternoon, Nov,. 10, 1911, of the infirmities of old age, having atttained the age of eighty years. Dr. Lowrey was of Scotch-Irish parentage and was born in Jessamine County, Oct. 28, 1831. He had practiced his profession for the past fifty years in Woodford and Jessamine counties. A man of most decided energy, industry and resolute nature, his life was blessed. He was married to Miss Jane Guyn, of Troy. He was a loyal churchman, a staunch Presbyterian, and an elder in the church for more than half a century, a zealous worker and a generous and willing contributor to all the calls of the church and public welfare; a man public-spirited and advanced in his ideas and zeal for education, a devoted husband and father, a trusted and valued physician, and a devout consecrated christian. He had been a veritable power for good in the community in which he lived and his life is one to be emulated; it can be well said that the world is better for his having lived in it. He was, for many years, president of the Woodford County Medical Association and in all the relations of life he was ever the courtly, kindly gentleman of the old school. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Robert G. Lowrey, of Lexington, and Samuel C. Lowrey, of La Grange, Texas. Funeral services were held at the late residence of the deceased, at Troy, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. L. Cockerham, followed by interment in the Ebenezer burying ground. LOWRY, WM. C. SR. Wm. C. Lowry, Sr., one of Jessamine largest land owners and best known farmers, died at his home near Wilmore, Sunday afternoon, of Bright's disease. He was the last of a family of eleven children. Mr. Lowry was born Jan. 15, 1821 and had given his entire life to farming. His wife, who was a Miss Neal, died in 1851 and their only child died at the age of fourteen years. He was a veteran of the Mexican war. The deceased was very popular and had many friends. The funeral services took place from the late residence Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. O. Guerrant. (date of death not included, but obit was printed in a June, 1899 issue) LYNE, JAMES H. James H. Lyne, aged 57 years, died at his home on Richmond Avenue, Sunday, Sept. 12, 1915, about noon, after a lingering illness from congestion of the kidneys. Mr. Lyne was born in this county about a mile from town on the Lexington pike, and resided in this county most of his life with the exception of a few years spent at Nashville, Tenn. He had conducted a livery, feed and sale stable here for a number of years and was very successful. Deceased was a kind, christian gentleman, being a devoted husband and father, member of the Baptist church and K. of P. Lodge. He took considerable interest in public affairs and at the time of his death was a member of the City Board of Education. Besides his wife, he is survived by three children- two daughters, Misses Mary Ruth and Minnie Lyne, one son, James Lyne; a brother, Geo. W. Lyne; and a sister, Mrs. E. G. Connette, of Buffalo, N. Y. The stores were closed and the school dismissed during the funeral hour. Funeral services were held at the late residence Tuesday afternoon, Rev. E. W. Rice officiating. Jessamine Lodge, K. of P. had charge of the burial service at the grave in Maple Grove Cemetery.