Anderson County TN Archives Photo Tombstone.....Lowery, Will H. 
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Sandy Lowery SKLowery@clearwire.net June 26, 2012, 8:56 am

Cemetery:           Wilson Cemetery #1
Name:               Will H. Lowery

Date Of Photograph: July 8, 2011
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/anderson/photos/tombstones/wilson/lowery808gph.jpg
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WH Lowery
Born December 25, 1874
Died September 22, 1893

We believe the headstone was made by Aleck Lowery, Will's father.  Aleck was a coal
miner and used his 
skill to memorialize his son.

Will was 19 years old when he was killed in an accidental shooting.  Mrs. Lewellan
was aiming at a Mr. 
Smith who, it is said, had wronged her.  The date of the shooting was at the end of
the Coal Creek war.



Additional Comments:
The headstone was found July 8, 2011 by family members who were following a lead
resulting from the 
discovery of a letter written by Nelle Lowery, Will's niece.  Nelle states that
Will, his father Aleck, his 
mother Kate and his sister Bessie are all buried in the same area at Wilson Cemetery
#1.  Details in the 
letter indicate that Will's grave marker was a piece of slate with his name on it
and the other graves are 
marked with fieldstones.

Will's headstone was lying face-down on the ground, covered in vines and in heavy
brush when it was 
found.  Its exclusion from the TnGenWeb document for Wison #1 may indicate that it
was face-down in 
the dirt for decades.

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