Col. Alexander Lowrey and Margaret Spear

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Husband Col. Alexander Lowrey ¹

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            AKA: Col. Alexander Lowery, Col. Alexander Lowry 2 3
           Born: 18 Feb 1814 - Blair Co, PA 2
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           Died: 24 Jun 1895 - Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 4

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         Father: Alexander Lowrey (1786-1854) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Bombough (      -1852) 1

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       Marriage: 1841 2

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Wife Margaret Spear ²

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            AKA: Margaret Speer 2
           Born: Abt May 1820
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           Died: 11 Dec 1886 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Belle W. Lowery ²

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2 M W. A. Lowery ²

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3 M Charles S. Lowery ²

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4 M John F. Lowry ^{3 5}

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            AKA: John F. Lowery 2
           Born: 12 Oct 1850 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Martha Belle Thompson (      -1903) 5
           Marr: 19 Jul 1877 5

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5 M Porter W. Lowry ^{7 8}

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            AKA: Porter W. Lowery,2 Porter Wilson Lowry 6
           Born: 12 Feb 1855 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Mary W. Hazen (1865-1891) 6 7
           Marr: 30 Jan 1890 6

         Spouse: Jeanette Browne (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 17 Jun 1896 8

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6 M George W. Lowery ²

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7 M Thomas L. Lowry ²

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           Born: 8 Jun 1859
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           Died: 21 Nov 1898
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 4

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8 M J. L. Lowery ²

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Alexander Lowrey

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He lived in his native county until he grew to manhood, and attended the primitive schools of that period. At the age of eighteen years he became ap­prenticed to the trade of a cabinetmaker, serving three years, after which he worked as journeyman until 1837. In 1839 he em­barked in the hotel business at Yellow Springs, Blair County, PA, continuing there until 1842, when he removed to Water Street, on the line of the Pennsylvania Canal. He conducted a hotel at that point until 1846, then was proprietor of the American House at Holidaysburg about four years. In September, 1850, he re­moved to Butler and purchased the Beatty House, situated on the site that later became the Troutman Block, which thereafter was known as the Lowry House as long as the building was used for hotel purposes. Colonel Lowry sold there in 1866 and pur­chased the Lowry House, which he conducted with success until 1873, which year marked his retirement from the hotel business. He had disposed of this prop­erty in 1873, at the commencement of the oil excitement, but again purchased it in 1879. After abandoning the hotel busi­ness he resided in a comfortable home on West Pearl Street, the remainder of his life. He lived a long and useful life and during his residence of nearly half a century in Butler.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Spear

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from Williamsburg, Blair Co, PA

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 944.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 811.

4 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 19.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 863.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 380.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 707.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 638.