Biographical Sketch of James D. Lowry, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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James D. Lowry, a merchant of Old Mines, is a native of Shelby County,
Ky., and was born December 14, 1854.  His father, Dr. James Lowry, was
born in Ireland in 1816; he immigrated to this country and located in
the State of Kentucky in 1834, where he married Miss Helen Bullitt, a 
native of that State.  Of their nine children, James D. was the fifth
child and third son.  The latter was reared and educated in Kentucky,
and in 1875 removed to Washington County, Mo., where he was employed by
the Union Mining & Smelting Company. He engaged in business for himself
in 1881, dealing in general merchandise, mineral, etc.  November 10, 
1881, occurred his marriage with Miss Jessie White, a daughter of 
Thomas and Lucinda (McIlvaine) White, the latter a daughter of Col. 
Jesse H. McIlvaine, an early settler of Washington County, as was also
Thomas White.  Mr. and Mrs. Lowry have two children, Lucinda McI. and
Robert A.

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