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Walter Macon Lowrie

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Walter Macon Lowrie

Birth
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Aug 1847 (aged 28)
China
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Killed by pirates in the China sea Add to Map
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Biography from The Cyclopedia of American Biography: Comprising the Men and Women of the United States Who Have Been Identified with the Growth of the Nation - Volume 5 / Edited by John Howard Brown

LOWRIE, Walter Macon, missionary, was born in Butler, Pa., Feb. 18, 1819; son of Walter and Amelia (McPherrin) Lowrie. He was graduated from Jefferson college in 1837, and from Princeton Theological seminary in 1840; and was ordained evangelist by the second Presbytery of New York, Nov. 9, 1841. He was sent as a foreign missionary to Macao, China, by the second presbytery of New York in January, 1842, and after three years of labor at this station, he removed in 1845 to Ningpo. He made a journey to the city of Shanghai in the summer of 1847 to attend a conference of missionaries, and on his return voyage his vessel was attacked by pirates and he was thrown overboard. He was unmarried. He is the author of: The Land of Sinai, or an Exposition of Isaiah XLIX, 12 (1850); Sermons Preached in China (1851). His Memoir was edited by his father and published in 1849. He died in the China sea, on Aug. 19, 1847.

Biography from The Cyclopedia of American Biography: Comprising the Men and Women of the United States Who Have Been Identified with the Growth of the Nation - Volume 5 / Edited by John Howard Brown

LOWRIE, Walter Macon, missionary, was born in Butler, Pa., Feb. 18, 1819; son of Walter and Amelia (McPherrin) Lowrie. He was graduated from Jefferson college in 1837, and from Princeton Theological seminary in 1840; and was ordained evangelist by the second Presbytery of New York, Nov. 9, 1841. He was sent as a foreign missionary to Macao, China, by the second presbytery of New York in January, 1842, and after three years of labor at this station, he removed in 1845 to Ningpo. He made a journey to the city of Shanghai in the summer of 1847 to attend a conference of missionaries, and on his return voyage his vessel was attacked by pirates and he was thrown overboard. He was unmarried. He is the author of: The Land of Sinai, or an Exposition of Isaiah XLIX, 12 (1850); Sermons Preached in China (1851). His Memoir was edited by his father and published in 1849. He died in the China sea, on Aug. 19, 1847.



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