U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lowe, William Richard (1837-1913) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 502 WILLIAM RICHARD LOWE, farmer, born August 28, 1837, in Nelson County, Va. Immigrated to Upshur in the year 1851, and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the Upshur Battery, was captured and taken to Libby Prison. A pensioner. His parents were Ruben Lowe and Malinda (Lee) Lowe, daughter of Richard Lee, of Virginia, and claims to be a niece of Robert E. Lee. Married Marguette Mowry of Virginia. Children: Pleasant P., married Emma Dean; Christian Jane, wife of I. N. Coyner; Mary Louise, wife of John B. Hineman; John M., married Birdie Hess; Rebecca Ann, married Ulysses G. Reed; Ida C, wife of I. Bert Westfall; Estie Birdie, wife of William Hineman; Noma Lee, wife of Granville Dean. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 300-301) FULL-NAME: Wm. R. Lowe AGE-AT-DEATH: 75 years DEATH-DATE: January 23, 1913 DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------