William & Rhoda Collins Lowry of Anson County, NC

We have a pretty good start in creating our family tree, but we have a long way to go and need your help. We are looking for ancestors and descendants of PETER & MARY LOWRY of Anson Co., NC & Chesterfield Co., SC.

PETER was the son of ROBERT & ANN LOWRY of EDGECOMBE CO., NC. PETER & MARY LOWRY'S children were:
I. MARY LOWRY who married UNKNOWN LEONARD
II. ELI LOWRY who married SUSANNAH MEADOR/MEADOWS
III. WILLIAM LOWRY who married MARY PHILLIPS.

Our line is ELI LOWRY'S SON, WILLIAM LOWRY who married RHODA COLLINS (daughter of JONATHAN & MERAB COLLINS) and their son, JAMES THOMAS LOWERY who married JULIA ELIZABETH FINCHER (daughter of REV.SILAS JORDAN FINCHER & his first wife, S.B. STARNES.)

WILLIAM & RHODA LOWRY'S children were:
I. ADDISON who married SUSANNAH J. WATSON
I. JONATHAN who married 1)SARAH ANN BRUMBELOW
2)TALULA FITGERALD
III. SUSANNAH "SUE" who never married
IV, ELLEN who married ELIAS N. BARNES
V. JAMES THOMAS who married JULIA ELIZABETH FINCHER
VI. MARTHA A. who married JAMES BERRY TARLETON
VIII. WILLIAM HENRY who married MARGARET EUGENIA FINCHER
IX. ELI J. who married MARY ALICE REDFEARN
X. DAVID ALFRED who married HARRIETT HUNTLEY
XI. RHODA VIRGINIA who married ALFRED S. REDFEARN
XII. GEORGE ALONZA "LON" who married LENORA GRACE REDFEARN.

We would really appreciate any information that you can give us.

Family Photos

• OBITUARY of WILLIAM "FROZEN BILLY" LOWRY (389 KB)
  I was so thrilled to find William Lowry's obit on a recent trip to the Anson Co. NC library. He certainly sounds like a wonderful father & citizen.
• Frozen Billy Lowry Family Collage (517 KB)
  William "Frozen Billy" Lowry & Rhoda B Collins lived in Anson Co., NC where they raised their 11 children. This collage shows Billy with 8 of their children.