Ella Dove (Walker) Lowe (1902 - 1991)

Born 24 Apr 1902 in Alafia, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA

Wife of Joseph Braxton Lowe — married 4 Apr 1953 in Oneco, Manatee County, Florida, USA

Died 1 Nov 1991 at age 89 in Inverness, Citrus County, Florida, USA

Biography

Ella was born 24 April 1902 in Alafia, Hillsborough County, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of James Arthur Walker and Mary Ella Goolsby.

She married first William Walton Blackmon circa 1919.^[2]

She married second, as his fourth wife, Joseph Braxton Lowe on 4 April 1953 in Oneco, Manatee County, in a ceremony performed by Rev. H. L. Walker.^[3] The witnesses were Shelley B. Dees and J. W. Walker.

Ella died on 1 November 1991 in Inverness, Citrus County,^[4] and she is buried in the Lake Lindsey Cemetery in Brooksville.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ella's death record provides her full date of birth. Her obituary states that she was born in Plant City. "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Ella Dove Lowe, 1 November 1991, Citrus County; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6H-6BQ : accessed May 2018). "Lowe, Ella Dove," obituary, Citrus Times (St. Petersburg Times), 2 November 1991, p. 9; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/323387332/ : accessed May 2018).
2. ↑ The difference in Ella's age and age at first marriage in the 1930 census is eleven years, implying a date circa 1919. Their marriage license has not been located in Hillsborough County. 1930 U.S. Census, Manatee County, Florida, population schedule, Manatee Town, enumeration district 41-9, stamped page 87, sheet 7A, dwelling 163, family 170, William Blackmon household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RH7-421?i=13&cc=1810731 : accessed May 2018); citing National Archives microfilm T626, roll 324.
3. ↑ Citrus County Marriage Licenses 6: 148, Joseph Braxton Lowe and Ella Dove Blackmon, 4 April 1953; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939Z-YF67-T?i=467&cc=1803936 : accessed May 2018).
4. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Ella Dove Lowe, 1 November 1991, Citrus County; database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV6H-6BQ : accessed May 2018). "Lowe, Ella Dove," obituary, Citrus Times (St. Petersburg Times), 2 November 1991, p. 9; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/323387332/ : accessed May 2018).
5. ↑ Foxhunt, "Ella Dove Lowe," Memorial no. 65728099, posted 16 February 2011; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65728099/ella-dove-lowe : accessed May 2018).