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Children
Siblings
1823
| 1823 • Beginning of the first Anglo-Ashanti war. |
1844
Jul 18
Age: 21y
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marriageCatharine Jessup Parke, Indiana, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1844 • The first electrical telegram is sent over the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought". |
1847
Jan 14
Age: 24y
| 1847 • Saint Anthony Hall is founded at Columbia University, New York City, New York. |
1847
May 9
Age: 24y
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birth of childMinerva Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1847 • U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin to advance along the aqueduct around Chalco and Xochimilco lakes in Mexico |
1848
Nov 13
Age: 25y
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birth of childCharles Henry Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1848 • The Shaker song Simple Gifts is written by Joseph Brackett in Alfred, Maine. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 27y
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residenceParke, Indiana ⇓ A Julia Lowry aged 12 is living with them. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • University of Rochester is founded in Rochester, NY. |
1850
Aug 7
Age: 27y
| 1850 • Lehman Brothers is established in Montgomery, Alabama. |
1851
Jan 9
Age: 28y
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birth of childAndrew Thomas Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ Right after he was born they moved back to Indiana. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1851 • In Boston, Massachusetts, members of the anti-slavery Boston Vigilance Committee rescue fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins from a courtroom following his arrest by U.S. marshals. |
1852
Age: 29y
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residenceElk River, Clinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ They moved there around 1852. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Battle of Caseros or Battle of Monte Caseros, Argentina: The Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes allied with Brazil and members of Colorado Party of Uruguay, defeated Buenos Aires troops under Juan Manuel de Rosas. |
1852
Dec 29
Age: 30y
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birth of childJaretta Ann Lowry Indiana, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1852 • Henry Clay steamboat disaster in Riverdale, Bronx, with several deaths including Stephen Allen. |
1856
Age: 33y
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residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ At the time, they owned a 100 acres of unimproved land and 70 acres of improved (farmed) land. They had been resident in the state for five years. Living right next to George T Lowry. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • Battle of Black Jack: Antislavery forces, led by John Brown, defeat proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. |
1856
Jun 1
Age: 33y
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birth of childEmily Jane Lowry Iowa, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1856 • Kate Warne, the first female private detective, begins to work for the Pinkerton Detective Agency. |
1860
Jun 8
Age: 37y
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residenceElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ He had two children, Albert born in roughly 1855, and Mary E. born in roughly 1860 who both died in early childhood. Albert appears on the 1856 census, and Mary E. appears on this 1860. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • Mutsuhito (the future Emperor Meiji) becomes Crown Prince of Japan. |
1863
Jul 1
Age: 40y
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militaryElk River, Iowa, USA ⇓ Civil War draft registration for the Union. In 1863, the U.S. Federal Government began drafting all men 20-45 for the civil war until 1865 at the war's end. He was drafter under Philo E. Hall, Provost Marshall. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • American Civil War – The 54th Massachusetts, the first African-American regiment, leaves Boston to fight for the Union. |
1864
Mar
Age: 41y
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birth of childClara May Lowry Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Yellow Tavern: Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern, Virginia. |
1865
Jan 14
Age: 42y
deathClinton, Iowa, USA ⇓ Presumably in the Civil War. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • American Civil War: Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding all Confederate forces in Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, surrenders his forces to Union General Edward Canby at Citronelle, Alabama, effectively ending all Confederate resistance east of the Mississippi River. |