Lowery Allen McGrew was born in West Baltimore, Ohio, where he lived with his parents and worked on a farm until he was about twenty years old. Though in his early life his education was much neglected, by hard study he prepared himself for teaching. It was at a school in Eldorado, Ohio, that he met Miss Clara B. McCoy, whom he married August 9, 1883. In 1886 Lowery entered the Seminary and graduated in 1890, having done pastoral work much of that time in connection with his school duties and studies. In 1896 he resigned from his service to the church where he had been assigned in order to accept an appointment to serve as a missionary in Africa. He remained there in that capacity until his death. During the native uprising of May 1898, Mr. and Mrs. McGrew were captured and detained as prisoners, and on May 9, they were taken in a canoe out to an island in the Taia River, opposite the village of Taiama where they were beheaded. The bodies were thrown into the river and were never found.
Lowery Allen McGrew was born in West Baltimore, Ohio, where he lived with his parents and worked on a farm until he was about twenty years old. Though in his early life his education was much neglected, by hard study he prepared himself for teaching. It was at a school in Eldorado, Ohio, that he met Miss Clara B. McCoy, whom he married August 9, 1883. In 1886 Lowery entered the Seminary and graduated in 1890, having done pastoral work much of that time in connection with his school duties and studies. In 1896 he resigned from his service to the church where he had been assigned in order to accept an appointment to serve as a missionary in Africa. He remained there in that capacity until his death. During the native uprising of May 1898, Mr. and Mrs. McGrew were captured and detained as prisoners, and on May 9, they were taken in a canoe out to an island in the Taia River, opposite the village of Taiama where they were beheaded. The bodies were thrown into the river and were never found.
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