Eastern Pinckney Lowe Jr. (1855 - 1938)

Born 12 Mar 1855 in Wilson County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Died 11 Nov 1938 at age 83 in Hartsville, Trousdale, Tennessee

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Biography

The State of Tennessee, Certificate of Death gives the following information:

Eastern P Lowe.

Born: 12 March 1855, in Trousdale County, Tennessee

Son of Eastern P. Lowe (b. Tennessee) and Nancy Ward (b. Tennessee)

Retired Farmer, residing in Hartsville, Trousdale, Tennessee

Spouse: Lucy Averit Neely

Died 11 Nov 1938: Hartsville, of pneumonia. He also had arterioscrerosis and was Senile.

Informant: Mrs. I. T. Littleton of Hartsville.

Burial: Hartsville Cemetery

Burial: He and wife Lucy.^[1][2][3]

Notes: From assorted persons who knew him

Uncle Pink was "The family character".

He was short of stature and a very sweet old man.

He always wore a white suit and panama hat.

"E. P. Lowe, Jr., of the firm of Neely & Lowe, freight agents at Hartsville Landing, was born in Wilson, now Trousdale County, in March, 1855. He is one of four children of E.P. and Nancy B. (Ward) Lowe. ... Our subject, educated at Hartsville and East Tennessee University, Knoxville, the latter in 1873 and 1874, was dependent on himself at twenty, and began farming, his present business, together with his freight agency. In October 1884, he married Lucy, daughter of Henry and Lucy Neely, and born in Sumner, now Trousdale County in April 1859. In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is one of the leading farmers, owning 200 acres of improved land near Hartsville. ^[4]

Children

1. Bessie Lowe (have a photo of her birthday) (16 Feb 1888-21 Dec 1961) m. Isaac Thomas Littleton.^[5][6]
2. infant son d. 3 Jul 1894.^[1]
3. Helen Lowe. b. 1895.^[7] Helen Lowe m. Max Falmer.

Census Data

1900 US Census Trousdale County, Tennessee

Lowe, Easton P. ("Pink" Head b. 05/1848 Farmer

Lowe, Lucy<Neely> Wife b. Mar 1859

Lowe, Bessie, dtr b. Feb 1888

Lowe Helen B, dtr b. Aug 1895.

1910 Civil District 7, Trousdale, Tennessee, United States ^[8]

E P Lowe Head, 55, b. Tennessee

Lucy Lowe Wife, 50, b. Tennessee

Helen Lowe, dtr 14, b. Tennessee

1920 Hartsville, EP and Lucy and brother in law O B Neeley.^[9]

1930 ^[10] Pink E Lowe, 75, no one else, but next to John and Martha Corley.

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Prefix: Maj. ???

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Scott Betty M. and Cannon Nelwyn N. (compilers) Cemeteries of Trousdale County, Tennessee, with Added Genealogical Data. (Hartsville, TN: Bel-Nel Books, 1996) p. 23
2. ↑ Note: I believe the marker looks new as of my visit 2006.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Easton Pickney Lowe Jr. (12 Mar 1855–11 Nov 1938), Find A Grave: Memorial #26196475, citing Hartsville Cemetery, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Danny Richards (contributor 46974111) .
4. ↑ [Trousdale County, Tennessee. Goodspeed's History of Tennessee. Goodspeed Publishing Company, Nashville, TN, 1887 - Biographies]. p. 990
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26196427/bessie-littleton : accessed 14 September 2021), memorial page for Bessie Lowe Littleton (16 Feb 1888–21 Dec 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #26196427, citing Hartsville Cemetery, Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Danny Richards (contributor 46974111) .
6. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9D2-PSZD-Q?cc=1417505&wc=3481-BZS%3A1580619301 : 11 October 2018), 007552556 > image 1856 of 1900; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
7. ↑ 1900 Census, 1910 Census
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNS-6Q8 : accessed 14 September 2021), E P Lowe, Civil District 7, Trousdale, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 152, sheet 19B, family 395, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1517; FHL microfilm 1,375,530.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRC-2SQ : 3 February 2021), E P Lowe, 1920.
10. ↑ United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP79-W9N : accessed 14 September 2021), Pink E Lowe, District 09, Trousdale, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2B, line 96, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2271; FHL microfilm 2,342,005.

• Bishop, Donald Michael (Questioner), Conversation with Mary Selene Brien (Dec 22, 1964)
• Death Certificate Eastern P. Lowe (State of Tenn. Dept of Health. 1938)