♂ John Lowry Jr.

1823 - 1865

 

Lowrey Lowery

John Lowry Jr.
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Spouse
Catharine Jessup
Catharine Jessup
???? - 1845
Mary Lowry
Mary Lowry
1826 - 1917
Children
Minerva Lowry
Minerva Lowry
1847 - 1881
Charles Henry Lowry
Charles Henry Lowry
1848 - 1906
Andrew Thomas Lowry
Andrew Thomas Lowry
1851 - 1930
Jaretta Ann Lowry
Jaretta Ann Lowry
1852 - 1920
Emily Jane Lowry
Emily Jane Lowry
1856 - 1940
Clara May Lowry
Clara May Lowry
1864 - 1909
Siblings
 

Timeline

1823

1823 • The congress of Central America declares absolute independence from Spain, Mexico, and any other foreign nation, including North America, and a republican system of government is established.

1844


Jul 18
Age: 21y
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".

1850


Aug 7
Age: 27y
1850 • The first settlers for the settlement of Christchurch arrive at the Port of Lyttelton (New Zealand).

1850


Aug 7
Age: 27y
1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition.

1851


Jan 9
Age: 28y
1851 • The Immortal Game, a famous chess match, is played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky during a break in the first international tournament, held in London.

1852


Age: 29y
1852 Taiping Rebellion: The Taiping army took Hanyang and begins the siege of Wuchang.

1856


Age: 33y
John & Mary & George T. Lowry - Iowa State Census 1856

residence


Elk 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.
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1856 Lawrence, Kansas is captured and burned by pro-slavery forces (the "Sacking of Lawrence").

1856


Jun 1
Age: 33y

1860


Jun 8
Age: 37y
John & Mary Lowry - 1860 United States Federal Census

residence


Elk 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.
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1860 • The German association football club TSV 1860 München is founded.

1863


Jul 1
Age: 40y
John Lowry - U.S. Civil War Draft Registration

military


Elk 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.
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1863 • After Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, rebels raise the Dominican flag in Santiago to begin the Dominican Restoration War.

1865


Jan 14
Age: 42y
1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending an evening performance of the farce Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Doctors move the unconscious President to a bed in a house across the street.

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