Biographical Sketch of D. E. Lowry, Johnson County, Missouri, Jefferson Township >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** D. E. Lowry, the well to do farmer and stockman of Jefferson township, is one of Johnson county's most highly respected and progressive citi- zens. He is a representative of a prominent and honored pioneer family of Cooper county, Missouri, where he was born and reared. Mr. Lowry was born April 21, 1873 the son of Jehial and Melissa Lowry, who came from Ohio in an early day and located in Cooper county. In 1882, the Lowry family moved to Pettis county and here the son, D. E., attended the district school, and was reared to manhood. In 1905, D. E. Lowry came to Johnson county and rented the Henry Fewel place, consisting of 360 acres of land, where he engaged in raising splendid corn and fine, high grade stock. After deducting his rent Mr. Lowry had a clear pro- fit annually of fifteen hundred dollars. In 1906, he purchased 235 acres of land in Jefferson county, paying two thousand dollars in cash, and in five years time, had liquidated the entire indebtedness of ten thousand dollars. Mr. Lowry increased his holdings in 1913 by purchas- ing 117 acres of valuable farm land east of his home place and at the present time is entirely free from debt. Early in life, D. E. Lowry acquired the habit of meeting his obligations, when due, and now his word is as good as gold. Life has been an upward pull for him and he has "made good." When a lad, he worked for anything from a dime to fifty cents a day, but he saved his money and determined to make a success of his life. His first investment was in a horse, which he bought on ten months' time. When the debt came due, Mr. Lowry had the money ready to pay it. He has always been interested in stock and especially in fine horses and mules. In 1898, he bought two mares for twentypfive dollars each and from them sold one thousand dollars worth of colts, finally selling one of the mares for two and a half dollars more than she cost. He had as remarkable success with mules, purchas- ing a team of mares at a cost of one hundred fifty dollars each. The first four mules bred from these mares sold for nine hundred seventy dollars. Uniform success has attended all his efforts and he has an established reputation for raising the best cattle and hogs. Mr. Lowry attributes much of his good fortune along agricultural lines to the fact that he does not push crops, but waits until the weather is warm enough for the seed to germinate, especially in the case of corn. He never fails to have an excellent yeild. At the time of this writing, he has ninety acres of his farm in corn and thirty-five acres in oats. D. E. Lowry devotes most of his attention, however, to stock raising, and two hundred thirty acres of the Lowry place are in grass land for pasturing purposes. He is an ardent and enthusiastic advocate of crop rotation and stock raising for increasing the fertility of the soil. The Lowry stock farm is one of the best watered farms in Johnson county being supplied with plenty of good spring water. Since coming to his farm, Mr. Lowry has added to the improvements a well constructed and splendidly equipped barn, built of native lumber. The Lowry residence is a quaint, old fashioned home, weatherboarded with walnut lumber. In 1894, D. E. Lowry and Drusilla Egbert were united in marriage. Mrs. Lowry is the daughter of Dudley and Anna (Moseley) Egbert, noble pio- neers of Johnson county, coming here among the very first settlers in 1842. Drusilla (Egbert) Lowry was born, reared, educated and married in Johnson county, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Lowry have been born the following children: Clarence, Nellie, Allen, Daisy, Ida and Emma. With the exception of the oldest son, who resides in Warrensburg, Missouri, the children are living at home with their parents. One of the count- less instances of Mr. Lowry's thriftiness occurred in the fall of 1916, when he purchased two carloads of cattle, making a handsome profit on his investment. Industrious, capable, intelligent, he richly deserves all the success that comes to him and more good fortune will come, for he was apparently born under a lucky star. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lowry are highly esteemed and respected in their community and the Lowry family is one that Johnson county is proud to claim. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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