1818 - 1891 (72 years)
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Name |
LOWE Willis |
Born |
27 Mar 1818 |
Wilkinson County, GA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
9 Feb 1891 |
Clanton, Chilton Co., AL |
Buried |
UNKNOWN |
Clanton City Cemetery, Clanton, AL [2] |
Person ID |
I0103 |
Combo |
Last Modified |
22 Aug 2009 |
Father |
LOWE James, b. Abt 1777, SC , d. Bef 5 Feb 1833, Monroe Co., GA (Age ~ 56 years) |
Mother |
VAUGHN Mary, b. Abt 1784, Wilkinson County, GA , d. Abt 1855, Wetumpka, Autauga Co., AL (Age ~ 71 years) |
Married |
Abt 1812 |
Wilkinson County, GA |
Notes |
- The marriage papers of Jim and Polly could have been among the papers lost in a courthouse fire in Wilkinson County, March 1828.
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Family ID |
F0060 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
LEE Zelphia Ann, b. 15 Jan 1829, Smithfield, Johnston Co., NC , d. 19 Apr 1903, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 74 years) |
Married |
8 Oct 1846 |
Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa Co., AL |
Notes |
- August 2003, Jamile paid a researcher $20 gas money to get a copy of this marriage license from Tallapoosa County Marriages, Book 2, Pages 231-232. Handwritten license shows Willis Low & Zelpha A. Lee were married on October 5, 1846.
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Children |
| 1. LOWE James Edwin, b. 3 Jul 1847, Dadeville, Tallapossa Co., Al , d. 26 Nov 1883, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 36 years) |
| 2. LOWE Edmund Homer, b. 4 Feb 1849, Dadeville, Tallapossa Co., Al , d. 30 Oct 1928, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 79 years) |
| 3. LOWE Jessie Thomas, b. 9 Mar 1850, Dadeville, Tallapossa Co., Al , d. 19 Jul 1944, Bay City, Matagorda Co., TX (Age 94 years) |
| 4. LOWE John, b. 9 Mar 1850, Dadeville, Tallapoosa Co., AL , d. 7 Dec 1851 (Age 1 years) |
| 5. LOWE Mary Susan, b. 18 Apr 1853, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 22 Jun 1939, Billingsley, Autauga County, AL (Age 86 years) |
| 6. LOWE Simmi Ann Catherine, b. 26 Aug 1855, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 10 Dec 1929, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 74 years) |
| 7. LOWE Martha Lightfoot, b. 8 Sep 1858, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL , d. 24 Sep 1926, Tarrant, Jefferson Co., AL (Age 68 years) |
| 8. LOWE Willis ( Walter ) Henry, b. 20 Jan 1861, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 18 Sep 1933, Eagle Lake, TX (Age 72 years) |
+ | 9. LOWE Nancy Sarah ( Sylvia ), b. 29 Dec 1862, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 7 Jul 1929, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 66 years) |
| 10. LOWE Amanda Caroline, b. 2 Nov 1866, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 7 Jul 1935, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 68 years) |
| 11. LOWE Daniel Butler, b. 19 Apr 1869, Wetumpka , Elmore Co., AL , d. 2 Oct 1956, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 87 years) |
| 12. LOWE Georgina Virginia, b. 19 Jul 1872, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL , d. 1 Apr 1921, Clanton, Chilton Co., AL (Age 48 years) |
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Family ID |
F0028 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Willis established a farm in Clanton after he moved from Wetumpka in the 1870's. As late as the 1950's, his son Daniel Butler Lowe was living on the Clanton, AL farm with his family.
Linda Aubrey provided Jamile with a copy of the Chilton County, Alabama petition of "Zelpha" A. Lowe for the Probate of the Will of Willis Lowe Deceased. Zelphia was also the executrix of his will. She lists the next of kin as:
James E Lowe, deceased
Willis E. Lowe
Edmon H. Lowe
Jesse Thomas Lowe
Mary Susan Marler
Simon C. Marler
Mattie L. Bruce
Willis H. Lowe
Sarah N. Woodyard
Amanda C. Bruce
Daniel B. Lowe
Georgia Teal
all of whom are over the age of twenty one years of age.
Anstis Bruce Sims filled out the death certificate of her mother, Amanda Caroline Bruce, and Anstis listed her grand parents as Willis Lowe born in Elmore County, AL and Zelphia Lee also born in Elmore County, AL. This conflicts with information found from other researchers.
1840 Census was single and living with the Lee family in Chambers County, AL
1850 Census: Tallapoosa County, AL (Jamile has a copy)
Willis Lowe married to Zelphia Ann with 3 children AL/Talapoosa County/Township 24
They have an "Eliby McCoy" living with them in Alabama; she is 25 years old. Charity Lowe, sister to Willis' father, married Abner McCoy. Is there any relationship to those McCoy's?
1860 Census
Willis Lowe married to Zelphia Ann with 6 children AL/Coosa County/Wetumpka
1870 Census
Willis Lowe married to Zelphia with 7 children, including Amanad AL/Elmore County/Wetumpka
1880 Census
Willis Lowe married to Zelphia with 5 children, including Amanda Al/Chilton County/Beat 4
1900 and 1910 Census: Willis is dead by this time. On the census report completed by his daughter Amanda, she lists her dad's birth state as Virginia. In prior year census, Willis listed his birth date as Georgia.
Richard Lowe Reid has copies of marriage license to Zelphia Ann Lee, his Civil War loyalty oath and his obituary.
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Sources |
- According to R. Reid family group record.
- Jamile has a photo of headstone.
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