Beckham County, OK - Anniversaries, Lowrance, 70th
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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(The Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, Ok, 30 August 1923)

Dr. S. S. Lowrance and good wife will celebrate their 70th wedding
anniversary at the home of their daughter, Mrs. J. W. Dennis, next
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1923 and a most delightful day is being planned for them
by relatives and friends.
S. S. Lowrance was born in Bedford County, Tenn. Aug. 8, 1833 and Mrs.
Lowrance, formerly Miss Ester Bilderback, was born in Ohio Dec 12, 1832.
They were married in Laclede County, Mo. , Sept. 4, 1853. To this union
eleven children were born, five girls and six boys. Two boys died at
tender ages, Jim eleven and Tom nine. Linnie died at the age of twenty
shortly before her wedding day. Mary Ann married E. Jackson and lives in
Erick, Okla. Sarah married James A. Wheeler and died at Blum, Texas, some
years ago. Martha married Clint Stone who only lived five months, later
she married Joe Holdman and now lives at Springdale, Ark. Henry R.
married Frony Jackson. Susan E. (Lizzie) married J. W. Dennis and lives
in Erick, Okla. Alex married Lizzie Dennis and lives in Denver, Colo.
Sam married Ada Wilson and lives in Blum, Texas. Frank, the youngest is
married and lives in Kingfisher, Okla.
Dr. and Mrs. Lowrance lived in Laclede County, Mo., till 1888, where all
their children were born, from there they moved to Hill county, Texas,
where they lived till 1906, when they moved to Beckham County, Oklahoma,
making their home for awhile with Mrs. J. W. Dennis and Mrs. E. Jackson,
until they moved to Erick some years afterwards. They have resided in
Erick ever since, with the exception of two years spent at Bliss, Okla.
Dr. Lowrance practiced medicine for 35 years, was a Union soldier and is
now drawing a pension from our government for service he rendered to his
country.
These good old people have 11 children, 46 grandchildren and 66 great
grandchildren living in Texas, Kansas, California, Oklahoma, Va., Mo., and
Idaho, making a total of 123 descendants.
They are probably the two oldest residents of this part of the state and
both now bids fair to live to celebrate several more anniversaries of
their wedding.
Tuesday, Sept. 4th, will make them 70 years on the sea of matrimony, and
we wonder how many of their friends in Erick will think to call on them on
this day.