George T. Lowry
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Spouse
Esther Lucas
Esther Lucas
1834 - 1888
Children
Fanny Lowry
Fanny Lowry
1870 - 1939
Rose Lowry
Rose Lowry
1877
Siblings
John Lowry Jr.
John Lowry Jr.
1823 - 1865

1824


Apr
1824 • The name Australia, recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, is finally adopted as the official name of the country once known as New Holland.

1856


Age: 31y
1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Norfolk Island to the population of the colony at Pitcairn Island, most being descendants of the Mutiny on the Bounty. They first settle on Norfolk Island on June 8.

1860


Age: 35y
1860 • Christians and Druzes clash in Damascus, Syria.

1863


Jul 1
Age: 39y
John Lowry - U.S. Civil War Draft Registration

military


Elk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓
Not certain if this was him, considering he was in Kansas in 1860.
1 Source ⇓
1863 American Civil WarBattle of Jackson, Mississippi: Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeats Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, opening the way for the Siege of Vicksburg.

1870


Oct
Age: 46y
1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

1877


Jan
Age: 52y
1877 • Realizing that his people are weakened by cold and hunger, Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Sioux surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.

1885


Age: 60y
1885 • The U.S. Patent Office acknowledges this date as the day Dr Pepper is served for the very first time; the exact date of Dr Pepper's invention is unknown.

1900


Age: 75y
George T. Lowry - 1900 United States Federal Census

residence


Great Bend Township, Great Bend City, Ward, Barton, Kansas, USA ⇓
George T. Lowry is living with his daughters Fannie, Dot, and Rose. Rose is a school teacher, and Fannie is a seamstress.
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1900 Philippine–American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a large American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa.

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