| Birth: | Mar. 12, 1826
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Nov. 25, 1899
Plainfield
Union County
New Jersey, USA | 
Hymnist. A professor of literature (University at Lewisburg, later renamed Bucknell University), Baptist minister, and composer of nearly 500 Gospel hymns. He also worked as a musical editor at the Biglow Publishing Company. His most memorable works included "Shall We Gather at the River," and the beloved Easter hymn "Low in the Grave He Lay." (bio by: Steve Corley)
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Spouses:
Anna Rhees Loxley Lowry (1824 - 1890)*
Mary Jane Runyon Lowry (1852 - 1941)*
Children:
Harry Moore Lowry (1857 - 1927)*
Wheaton Smith Lowry (1859 - 1943)*
Robert Hanson Lowry (1865 - 1960)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Robert Lowry | | | Burial:
Hillside Cemetery
Scotch Plains
Union County
New Jersey, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Steve Corley
Record added: Mar 26, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 10684837 |
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