William LOWE
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Fought in Rev War for N.C. BaptiApprenticed as a wheelwright.He had been a rebel but shortly after marriage he was hit with guilt and began reading and repenting. He joined the Methodist and his wife the Baptist. 6 years later in S.Carolina he became a baptist as a minister but was shortly excluded for heresy.He never joined any religion again but preached the rest of his life. First white settler in Simpson Co. Kentucky manufacturing the first axe, plow, spinning wheel and mill. On March 9 he said "If this is death it is not so bad as I expected."
BAPL: MAR 1835; 26 JAN 1880 Went West with sons after they all joined the LDS Church, Charity died before reaching Utah and is on Pioneer marker in Nauvoo. Charity and James were married by Charity's father, Reverend William Lowe. Charity gave birth to four stillborn children after the birth of Lucy Ann.
Justice of the Peace Simpson Co.
He married Margaret Farr 21 May 1778 at South Carolina . Margaret Farr was born at Windsor, Berkshire, Pennsylvania 4 Dec 1761 daughter of Barnabas Farr and Dorothy Moench .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Dorothea Lowe
born 14 Feb 1780.
Charity Lowe
born 13 Jan 1782.
Mary Ann Lowe
born 26 Mar 1784.
John Farr Lowe
born 17 May 1786.
Barnabas Farr Lowe
born 4 Nov 1788.
Mournen Lowe
born 9 Apr 1791.
Katie Lowe
born 26 Jun 1793.
Agnes Johnston Lowe
born 22 Sep 1796.
Nancy Greer Lowe
born 4 Oct 1798.
Margaret Farr Lowe
born 26 Jun 1801.
Patsy Ann Beezley Lowe
born 4 Feb 1808.
William Lowe died 17 Mar 1835 at Simpson, Kentucky .
Margaret Farr died 25 Dec 1833 at Simpson, Kentucky .