Nowata Co., Oklahoma - Bio for H. B. Lowery
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MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA:
Including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee,
Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig,
and Ottawa. Vol. II.

by John D. Benedict

1922
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago 
Page 160

H.B. LOWERY

An alert and enterprising citizen of Nowata is H.B. Lowery, who since
May, 1921, has been active in the office of chief of police. He was
born eight miles east of Fort Gibson, in what is now Cherokee county, 
Oklahoma, on the 9th of July, 1875, a son of Henry and Polly (Parris) 
Lowery. The paternal grandparents removed to Indian Territory at an
early day and Henry Lowery was born in this section of the country,
as was his wife, her parents having come to the territory from Georgia. 

In the acquirement of an education H.B. Lowery attended schools near
Fort Gibson and putting his textbooks aside, at the age of fifteen
years, became a cowboy, following that line of work for twenty years.
Being of Cherokee extraction, Mr. Lowery had an allotment of eighty
acres near Caney, Kansas, and he engaged in farming there until 1912.
In 1906 oil was developed on his land and there are four producing
wells on it at this time. He now rents his farm and draws royalties
from the oil. In 1912 Mr. Lowery was appointed deputy sheriff of
Nowata county and at the termination of four years in that office,
entered the federal service as Indian special officer to look after
the illicit liquor traffic. He was active in that capacity for two
years and was then appointed United States deputy marshal under B.A.
Enloe. On the 1st of May, 1921, he was appointed chief of police of
Nowata and he has proved most efficient in the discharge of the
duties devolving upon him in that capacity. He has succeeded in
cleaning up the town to a large extent and has put a stop to the
liquor traffic. 

In 1904 occurred the marriage of Mr. Lowery to Miss Carrie Abbott,
a daughter of John and Ellen (Walker) Abbott, the latter being of
Cherokee extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott are natives of this state.
To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lowery six children have been born:
Johanna, who is residing at home; John, twenty years of age, who is
living at Wann; Eugene, seventeen years of age; Henry; Huntas and
Mayes, all of whom are attending school. 

Fraternally Mr. Lowery is identified with the Odd Fellows and he
takes a prominent part in the affairs of that organization. He is
one of the representative citizens of Nowata and by reason of his
faithful discharge of all matters of trust and high standards of
citizenship, he has won the esteem of the community. 

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