William Chappell Lowry Family Bible - Smith County, TX Submitted by East Texas Genealogical Society P. O. Box 6967, Tyler, TX 75711 ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************************** Originally published in East Texas Family Records, Volume 14 Number Two, Summer 1990 on page 35. The article on the William Chappell Lowry Family Bible was submitted by Nona Lowry Allen and Kenneth L. Kirkland. At that time Mrs. Nona Lowry Allen of Whitney, TX has possession of the Bible. Kenneth L. Kirkland is the grandson of Minnie Belle Lowry Lyon. Hitchock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible, New York, A. J. Johnson & Son, 1877 BIRTHS: O. F. Lowrey, borned September 7, 1857 (Obediah Fowler Lowry) Emma J. Lowrey, borned May 2nd, 1859 W. C. Lowrey, borned September 14th, 1861 (Willie C. Lowry) Flora A. Lowrey, borned April 11th, 1863 Sarah L. Lowrey, borned August 19th, 1865. (Sarah Luvenia "Venie" Lowry) Nancy E. Lowrey, borned May the 3rd 1868. (Nancy Ellen Lowry) Mary E. Lowrey, borned July the 14th 1869 (Mary Eliza Lowry) Dock C. Lowrey, borned August 21st, 1870 (Doctor Clark Lowry) Mary E. Meador, borned January 22, 1877 (Mary Elizabeth Meador) Thomas J. Lowrey, borned March the 8th 1872 (John Thomas/Thomas John Lowry) Ora J. Meador, borned May 12, 1882 Minnie B. Lowrey, Borned October the 24th 1874. (Minnie Belle Lowry) (Page 2 of Births) Nora F. Lowrey, borned April the 15th 1876 J. O. Lowrey, borned November 6, 1877 (James Oscar Lowry) G. W. Lowrey, borned February the 16th 1880 (George Washington Lowry) Mirtie C. Lowrey, borned June the 29th 1882 Lula F. Lowrey, borned December the 31st 1883 Children of D. C. and Mary Elizabeth Lowry William Vinson, born March 19, 1897 Richard Lawson, born September 17, 1899 D. Roy, born November 20, 1901 Raymond Brooks, born June 27, 1906 Nona Elizabeth, born October 29, 1912 MARRIAGES: W. C. Lowry and Mary E. Crow were married November 2nd, 1856 (Smith County, Texas marriage register says November 6, 1856) Venie Lowry and R. W. Foshee were married December 6, 1884 (Robert Wiley Foshee) O. F. Lowry and Hattie Arnold were married December 30, 1886. (Obediah Fowler Lowry and Harriet Permelia Arnold) Ellen Lowry and G. W. Musslewhite were married May 3, 1887 (Nancy Ellen Lowry and George W. Musslewhite) Liza Lowry and I. F. Acker were married February 12, 1891 (Mary Eliza Lowry and Isaac Franklin Acker) Dock Lowry and Lizzie Meador were married December 25, 1895 (Doctor Clark Lowry and Mary Elizabeth Meador) Tom Lowry and Ora Meadors were married December 3, 1896 (Thomas John/John Thomas Lowry) (Page 2 of Marriages) J. O. Lowry and Mittie R. Neill were married January 1, 1903 (James Oscar and Mittie Reancy Neill) Lee Smith and Nora Lowry were married December 23, 1897 (Robert Lee Smith and Nora F. Lowry) H. B. Lyon and Minnie Lowry were married January 5, 1899 (Harrison Boyd Lyon and Minnie Belle Lowry) C. I. Maris and Mirtie Lowry were married April 24, 1900 (Charles I. Maris and Minnie Belle Lowry (note: I believe this should say Mirtie C. Lowry)) G. W. Lowry and Maudie Owens were married December 25, 1901 (George Washington Lowry and Maude Mae Owens) DEATHS: Willie C. Lowry, died September 18, 1964 (Note: maybe should be 1864). Flora A. Lowrey, died September 29, 1864. Emma J. Lowrey, died August 1, 1865. Lula F. Lowry, died November 3, 1885. W. C. Lowry, died January 29, 1902. (William Chappell Lowry) Mary F. Lowry, died July 19, 1903. (Mary Frances Crow Lowry) Ellen Lowry Mussselwhite, died June 29, 1929. O. F. Lowry, died June 23, 1942. Sarah L. Lowry Foshee, died February 22, 1948. (Venie) Ora J. Lowry, died February 14, 1950. Mary Elizabeth Meador Lowry, died August 11, 1952 J. T. Lowry, died April 19, 1954. (Thomas John/John Thomas Lowry) Liza Lowry Acker, died December 21, 1954. (Page 2 of Deaths) J. O. Lowry, died May 27, 1955 (James Oscar Lowry) Nora F. Lowry Smith, died January 26, 1956 Minnie B. Lowry Lyon, died August 24, 1956 George W. Lowry, died December 26, 1956 Doctor Clark Lowry, died January 20, 1963 Mirtie Lowry Maris, died October 31, 1963 MISCELLANEOUS: W. C. Lowrey was born June the 10th 1830 Mary F. Crow was born May the 6th 1840 Inside front cover, in pencil, too faded to photocopy. Russell Lowrey was born April the 29th, 1812. E. R. Lowrey borned February the 16th 1818. NOTES: Mary Frances Crow and William Chappell Lowry lived in Smith County, Texas, about eight miles southeast of Tyler, in the Bascom community, and are buried in the Bascom Church Cemetery. All the marriages listed took place in Smith County, as did the births of their children. Dock Lowry recalled circa 1959 that Mark, Russell and Lawson Lowry were first cousins to his father, William Chappell Lowry. W. C. was born in Alabama, his parents in Georgia, and seems to have lived in Mississippi sometime before moving to Texas. Mary Frances Crow was born in Tennessee, and her parents were born in South Carolina or Tennessee, according to the 1880 and 1900 federal census records, respectively. Parenthetical notes are added by Kenneth L. Kirkland and are not in the Bible. Handwriting: There are at least five different hands, and maybe a sixth in the inside front cover. (1) Unknown: All births (except Mary E., & Ora J. Meador and the children of D. C. and Mary Elizabeth Meador Lowry), the children's deaths of 1864, 1865 and 1885, and the Miscellaneous page with the birth dates of Mary F. and W. C. Lowry. This writing appears not to match one known signature of Mary F. Lowry. (2) Mary Elizabeth Meador Lowry: births of Mary E. & Ora J. Meador, and the children of D. C. and Mary Elizabeth Lowry, the marriages from Lee Smith through Maudie Owens, and Mary F. Lowry's death date (1903). (3) Minnie Belle Lowry (Lyon): first page of marriages Venie Lowry through Tom Lowry, in pencil, and her own name inside the front cover. (4) Unidentified: entries for J. O. Lowry and Mittie R. Neill marriage (in 1902) and death of W. C. Lowry (1902). (5) Nona Lowry Allen inscribed the rest of the deaths over the years 1929-1963.