Spouse: Isabella Ruth Mynatt (1862 – 1893), married January 9th, 1883, at Tennessee
Spouse: Willie E. Mynatt (1871 – 1957), married December 24th, 1893, at Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee
Father: Levi Jasper Lowery (1826 – 1908)
Mother: Martha Ebenida Hutcheson (1832 – 1892)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Copy of a letter received on March 16, 1951 from Grandpa Emmet Addis Lowry
The Hutcheson family As Known by Emmet Addis Lowry
John Leander Hutcheson married Nancy Billingsley, oldest daughter of John M. Billingsley and located five miles north east of Pikeville in Sequachie Valley at the foot of Walde’s Ridge on the direct road from Knoxville to Nashville. Their children were Josephus, Leander, Martha E. and Mahala. Josephus married Narcissa Myers, and had eight children. Martha E. Married Levi Jasper Lowry, and had six children. Mahala married William Greer and had nine children.
The Lowry Family as known by Emmet Addis Lowry
The Lowry Family originated in Scotland in Maxwelton Kirk on the River Lore. There it seems the name was called Laurie. There were various spellings of the name, ten or twelve different ways, so it was difficult for the New York Company to follow it through. From the Parish of Kilmore we find Robert Lowry. Some went to Ireland, some to America. Another branch of the Tyrone County Lowrys was descended from Robert Lowry of the sixteenth century, who was the father of Rev. James Lowry, who had a son Robert who married in 1677 Elizabeth Tyghe. The children were six, the last named was William, who left Ireland in about 1777, and settled in Salem mass. When the Revolutionary War began it seems William Lowry was ready. Unfortunately he had one of his legs shot off by an English cannon, but nothing daunted, he had his “peg leg” ready and moved to Ashville, N.C. and was ready when the English Commander located on King’s mountain declaring “that if those Over Mountain men did not behave, he would go over and hang every one of them”. The men organized and went to King’s Mountain as fast as possible and routed him quickly. This was my great-grandfather who was the father of Major William Lowry, who left N. C. and married Ebonida Sigler, and located first in Rhea County, TN, where my father, Levi Jasper was born, and then moved to Sequatchie Valley, remained there a few years, then moved to Warren County still West Ho! , where he spent the rest of his life. Their children were: Phillip, John, Newton, William, Polk, and Van, with two girls: Frances and Effie, also my father Levi Jasper. With William from North Carolina came Levi, his brother from N. C. who settled at Valley Head Alabama. He, (William) raised a large family, but I know very little about his family. Only about one grand-daughter, Sallie L. Thompson, who visited me twice.
I’ll put it all together:
John M. Billingsley owned six miles up and down the valley, and from mountain to mountain, across the valley, except a few small farms. He was married twice, and had 18 children, of which Nancy, my grandmother was the oldest. It seems that when John Hutcheson and Nancy married, John M. B. turned his place next to the mountain over to John and Nancy, and went out into the middle of the Valley and built a large brick home to accommodate his large family. Each one of their children received a farm at marriage.
When my father, Levi Jasper Lowry, and Nancy Hutcheson married, Grand-father John M. had about 500 acres of land west of the Sequatchie (Indian-Hog-Through-Valley). He split it open east and west, with a cross fence, and gave mother half and Josephus the other half. He gave Mahala and Bill Greer a farm north of his home farm. He lived on mother’s farm until five of us were born. When the war came up my father volunteered in the Southern Army. There was an old SKUNK living across from our place who was as ignorant as a hog, and as mean as the devil wanted him to be. He started a fuss about our cattle crossing over his farm where he had no fence. He kept it up till the Civil War came and the Yankee’s located in the Valley. He went to them and reported father as one who killed his son. And would have had him hanged as he had Will Freily, (uncle of our Will), but father was down sick and could not go to camp. So when he was well, he went up expecting the same treatment. But as God it, the Commander was changed. The Colonel asked him, “Where are your witnesses?” He said, “I did not suppose you would allow any witnesses as Freily was hanged without witnesses.” The commander said, “I am not the man who hanged Friely, so if you have any witnesses, get them.” He put off the trial. This was a very easy matter for father to prove that he was with N. B. Forist’s Calvary at the time and the Commander said, “We will have to send you to prison until after the war is over. But you can take an oath if you wish to go free.” He had 5 children and a wife, when the Yankee’s had taken everything they could on that old Skunk’s persuasion. He not yet being satisfied sent 5 men with rifles one night to kill father. He was out at the woodpile cutting wood, and mother and all of us children were standing on the front porch looking at him. Five rifles fired and the bullets whizzed in front of us and Mother shoved us back into the entry and begged him to come in. he said, “They all ran as soon as they fired, and went on cutting wood. No doubt they told old Aaron Swafford, they shot him. When not a bullet passed in less than 25 feet of him, but no doubt they got their money. My grandfather then persuaded him to move to Warren County near where Grandfather Lowry lived. We stayed there 3 years, then wen Grandmother Hutcheson died, Grandfather Hutcheson went over and persuaded them to move in with him. We did and we lived with him till he died. The best old man I ever saw.
Spouse: Willie E. Mynatt (1871 – 1957), married December 24th, 1893, at Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee
Father: Levi Jasper Lowery (1826 – 1908)
Mother: Martha Ebenida Hutcheson (1832 – 1892)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Copy of a letter received on March 16, 1951 from Grandpa Emmet Addis Lowry
The Hutcheson family As Known by Emmet Addis Lowry
John Leander Hutcheson married Nancy Billingsley, oldest daughter of John M. Billingsley and located five miles north east of Pikeville in Sequachie Valley at the foot of Walde’s Ridge on the direct road from Knoxville to Nashville. Their children were Josephus, Leander, Martha E. and Mahala. Josephus married Narcissa Myers, and had eight children. Martha E. Married Levi Jasper Lowry, and had six children. Mahala married William Greer and had nine children.
The Lowry Family as known by Emmet Addis Lowry
The Lowry Family originated in Scotland in Maxwelton Kirk on the River Lore. There it seems the name was called Laurie. There were various spellings of the name, ten or twelve different ways, so it was difficult for the New York Company to follow it through. From the Parish of Kilmore we find Robert Lowry. Some went to Ireland, some to America. Another branch of the Tyrone County Lowrys was descended from Robert Lowry of the sixteenth century, who was the father of Rev. James Lowry, who had a son Robert who married in 1677 Elizabeth Tyghe. The children were six, the last named was William, who left Ireland in about 1777, and settled in Salem mass. When the Revolutionary War began it seems William Lowry was ready. Unfortunately he had one of his legs shot off by an English cannon, but nothing daunted, he had his “peg leg” ready and moved to Ashville, N.C. and was ready when the English Commander located on King’s mountain declaring “that if those Over Mountain men did not behave, he would go over and hang every one of them”. The men organized and went to King’s Mountain as fast as possible and routed him quickly. This was my great-grandfather who was the father of Major William Lowry, who left N. C. and married Ebonida Sigler, and located first in Rhea County, TN, where my father, Levi Jasper was born, and then moved to Sequatchie Valley, remained there a few years, then moved to Warren County still West Ho! , where he spent the rest of his life. Their children were: Phillip, John, Newton, William, Polk, and Van, with two girls: Frances and Effie, also my father Levi Jasper. With William from North Carolina came Levi, his brother from N. C. who settled at Valley Head Alabama. He, (William) raised a large family, but I know very little about his family. Only about one grand-daughter, Sallie L. Thompson, who visited me twice.
I’ll put it all together:
John M. Billingsley owned six miles up and down the valley, and from mountain to mountain, across the valley, except a few small farms. He was married twice, and had 18 children, of which Nancy, my grandmother was the oldest. It seems that when John Hutcheson and Nancy married, John M. B. turned his place next to the mountain over to John and Nancy, and went out into the middle of the Valley and built a large brick home to accommodate his large family. Each one of their children received a farm at marriage.
When my father, Levi Jasper Lowry, and Nancy Hutcheson married, Grand-father John M. had about 500 acres of land west of the Sequatchie (Indian-Hog-Through-Valley). He split it open east and west, with a cross fence, and gave mother half and Josephus the other half. He gave Mahala and Bill Greer a farm north of his home farm. He lived on mother’s farm until five of us were born. When the war came up my father volunteered in the Southern Army. There was an old SKUNK living across from our place who was as ignorant as a hog, and as mean as the devil wanted him to be. He started a fuss about our cattle crossing over his farm where he had no fence. He kept it up till the Civil War came and the Yankee’s located in the Valley. He went to them and reported father as one who killed his son. And would have had him hanged as he had Will Freily, (uncle of our Will), but father was down sick and could not go to camp. So when he was well, he went up expecting the same treatment. But as God it, the Commander was changed. The Colonel asked him, “Where are your witnesses?” He said, “I did not suppose you would allow any witnesses as Freily was hanged without witnesses.” The commander said, “I am not the man who hanged Friely, so if you have any witnesses, get them.” He put off the trial. This was a very easy matter for father to prove that he was with N. B. Forist’s Calvary at the time and the Commander said, “We will have to send you to prison until after the war is over. But you can take an oath if you wish to go free.” He had 5 children and a wife, when the Yankee’s had taken everything they could on that old Skunk’s persuasion. He not yet being satisfied sent 5 men with rifles one night to kill father. He was out at the woodpile cutting wood, and mother and all of us children were standing on the front porch looking at him. Five rifles fired and the bullets whizzed in front of us and Mother shoved us back into the entry and begged him to come in. he said, “They all ran as soon as they fired, and went on cutting wood. No doubt they told old Aaron Swafford, they shot him. When not a bullet passed in less than 25 feet of him, but no doubt they got their money. My grandfather then persuaded him to move to Warren County near where Grandfather Lowry lived. We stayed there 3 years, then wen Grandmother Hutcheson died, Grandfather Hutcheson went over and persuaded them to move in with him. We did and we lived with him till he died. The best old man I ever saw.
Spouse: Isabella Ruth Mynatt (1862 – 1893), married January 9th, 1883, at Tennessee
Spouse: Willie E. Mynatt (1871 – 1957), married December 24th, 1893, at Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee
Father: Levi Jasper Lowery (1826 – 1908)
Mother: Martha Ebenida Hutcheson (1832 – 1892)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Copy of a letter received on March 16, 1951 from Grandpa Emmet Addis Lowry
The Hutcheson family As Known by Emmet Addis Lowry
John Leander Hutcheson married Nancy Billingsley, oldest daughter of John M. Billingsley and located five miles north east of Pikeville in Sequachie Valley at the foot of Walde’s Ridge on the direct road from Knoxville to Nashville. Their children were Josephus, Leander, Martha E. and Mahala. Josephus married Narcissa Myers, and had eight children. Martha E. Married Levi Jasper Lowry, and had six children. Mahala married William Greer and had nine children.
The Lowry Family as known by Emmet Addis Lowry
The Lowry Family originated in Scotland in Maxwelton Kirk on the River Lore. There it seems the name was called Laurie. There were various spellings of the name, ten or twelve different ways, so it was difficult for the New York Company to follow it through. From the Parish of Kilmore we find Robert Lowry. Some went to Ireland, some to America. Another branch of the Tyrone County Lowrys was descended from Robert Lowry of the sixteenth century, who was the father of Rev. James Lowry, who had a son Robert who married in 1677 Elizabeth Tyghe. The children were six, the last named was William, who left Ireland in about 1777, and settled in Salem mass. When the Revolutionary War began it seems William Lowry was ready. Unfortunately he had one of his legs shot off by an English cannon, but nothing daunted, he had his “peg leg” ready and moved to Ashville, N.C. and was ready when the English Commander located on King’s mountain declaring “that if those Over Mountain men did not behave, he would go over and hang every one of them”. The men organized and went to King’s Mountain as fast as possible and routed him quickly. This was my great-grandfather who was the father of Major William Lowry, who left N. C. and married Ebonida Sigler, and located first in Rhea County, TN, where my father, Levi Jasper was born, and then moved to Sequatchie Valley, remained there a few years, then moved to Warren County still West Ho! , where he spent the rest of his life. Their children were: Phillip, John, Newton, William, Polk, and Van, with two girls: Frances and Effie, also my father Levi Jasper. With William from North Carolina came Levi, his brother from N. C. who settled at Valley Head Alabama. He, (William) raised a large family, but I know very little about his family. Only about one grand-daughter, Sallie L. Thompson, who visited me twice.
I’ll put it all together:
John M. Billingsley owned six miles up and down the valley, and from mountain to mountain, across the valley, except a few small farms. He was married twice, and had 18 children, of which Nancy, my grandmother was the oldest. It seems that when John Hutcheson and Nancy married, John M. B. turned his place next to the mountain over to John and Nancy, and went out into the middle of the Valley and built a large brick home to accommodate his large family. Each one of their children received a farm at marriage.
When my father, Levi Jasper Lowry, and Nancy Hutcheson married, Grand-father John M. had about 500 acres of land west of the Sequatchie (Indian-Hog-Through-Valley). He split it open east and west, with a cross fence, and gave mother half and Josephus the other half. He gave Mahala and Bill Greer a farm north of his home farm. He lived on mother’s farm until five of us were born. When the war came up my father volunteered in the Southern Army. There was an old SKUNK living across from our place who was as ignorant as a hog, and as mean as the devil wanted him to be. He started a fuss about our cattle crossing over his farm where he had no fence. He kept it up till the Civil War came and the Yankee’s located in the Valley. He went to them and reported father as one who killed his son. And would have had him hanged as he had Will Freily, (uncle of our Will), but father was down sick and could not go to camp. So when he was well, he went up expecting the same treatment. But as God it, the Commander was changed. The Colonel asked him, “Where are your witnesses?” He said, “I did not suppose you would allow any witnesses as Freily was hanged without witnesses.” The commander said, “I am not the man who hanged Friely, so if you have any witnesses, get them.” He put off the trial. This was a very easy matter for father to prove that he was with N. B. Forist’s Calvary at the time and the Commander said, “We will have to send you to prison until after the war is over. But you can take an oath if you wish to go free.” He had 5 children and a wife, when the Yankee’s had taken everything they could on that old Skunk’s persuasion. He not yet being satisfied sent 5 men with rifles one night to kill father. He was out at the woodpile cutting wood, and mother and all of us children were standing on the front porch looking at him. Five rifles fired and the bullets whizzed in front of us and Mother shoved us back into the entry and begged him to come in. he said, “They all ran as soon as they fired, and went on cutting wood. No doubt they told old Aaron Swafford, they shot him. When not a bullet passed in less than 25 feet of him, but no doubt they got their money. My grandfather then persuaded him to move to Warren County near where Grandfather Lowry lived. We stayed there 3 years, then wen Grandmother Hutcheson died, Grandfather Hutcheson went over and persuaded them to move in with him. We did and we lived with him till he died. The best old man I ever saw.
Spouse: Willie E. Mynatt (1871 – 1957), married December 24th, 1893, at Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee
Father: Levi Jasper Lowery (1826 – 1908)
Mother: Martha Ebenida Hutcheson (1832 – 1892)
Occupation: minister/preacher for churches of Christ.
Copy of a letter received on March 16, 1951 from Grandpa Emmet Addis Lowry
The Hutcheson family As Known by Emmet Addis Lowry
John Leander Hutcheson married Nancy Billingsley, oldest daughter of John M. Billingsley and located five miles north east of Pikeville in Sequachie Valley at the foot of Walde’s Ridge on the direct road from Knoxville to Nashville. Their children were Josephus, Leander, Martha E. and Mahala. Josephus married Narcissa Myers, and had eight children. Martha E. Married Levi Jasper Lowry, and had six children. Mahala married William Greer and had nine children.
The Lowry Family as known by Emmet Addis Lowry
The Lowry Family originated in Scotland in Maxwelton Kirk on the River Lore. There it seems the name was called Laurie. There were various spellings of the name, ten or twelve different ways, so it was difficult for the New York Company to follow it through. From the Parish of Kilmore we find Robert Lowry. Some went to Ireland, some to America. Another branch of the Tyrone County Lowrys was descended from Robert Lowry of the sixteenth century, who was the father of Rev. James Lowry, who had a son Robert who married in 1677 Elizabeth Tyghe. The children were six, the last named was William, who left Ireland in about 1777, and settled in Salem mass. When the Revolutionary War began it seems William Lowry was ready. Unfortunately he had one of his legs shot off by an English cannon, but nothing daunted, he had his “peg leg” ready and moved to Ashville, N.C. and was ready when the English Commander located on King’s mountain declaring “that if those Over Mountain men did not behave, he would go over and hang every one of them”. The men organized and went to King’s Mountain as fast as possible and routed him quickly. This was my great-grandfather who was the father of Major William Lowry, who left N. C. and married Ebonida Sigler, and located first in Rhea County, TN, where my father, Levi Jasper was born, and then moved to Sequatchie Valley, remained there a few years, then moved to Warren County still West Ho! , where he spent the rest of his life. Their children were: Phillip, John, Newton, William, Polk, and Van, with two girls: Frances and Effie, also my father Levi Jasper. With William from North Carolina came Levi, his brother from N. C. who settled at Valley Head Alabama. He, (William) raised a large family, but I know very little about his family. Only about one grand-daughter, Sallie L. Thompson, who visited me twice.
I’ll put it all together:
John M. Billingsley owned six miles up and down the valley, and from mountain to mountain, across the valley, except a few small farms. He was married twice, and had 18 children, of which Nancy, my grandmother was the oldest. It seems that when John Hutcheson and Nancy married, John M. B. turned his place next to the mountain over to John and Nancy, and went out into the middle of the Valley and built a large brick home to accommodate his large family. Each one of their children received a farm at marriage.
When my father, Levi Jasper Lowry, and Nancy Hutcheson married, Grand-father John M. had about 500 acres of land west of the Sequatchie (Indian-Hog-Through-Valley). He split it open east and west, with a cross fence, and gave mother half and Josephus the other half. He gave Mahala and Bill Greer a farm north of his home farm. He lived on mother’s farm until five of us were born. When the war came up my father volunteered in the Southern Army. There was an old SKUNK living across from our place who was as ignorant as a hog, and as mean as the devil wanted him to be. He started a fuss about our cattle crossing over his farm where he had no fence. He kept it up till the Civil War came and the Yankee’s located in the Valley. He went to them and reported father as one who killed his son. And would have had him hanged as he had Will Freily, (uncle of our Will), but father was down sick and could not go to camp. So when he was well, he went up expecting the same treatment. But as God it, the Commander was changed. The Colonel asked him, “Where are your witnesses?” He said, “I did not suppose you would allow any witnesses as Freily was hanged without witnesses.” The commander said, “I am not the man who hanged Friely, so if you have any witnesses, get them.” He put off the trial. This was a very easy matter for father to prove that he was with N. B. Forist’s Calvary at the time and the Commander said, “We will have to send you to prison until after the war is over. But you can take an oath if you wish to go free.” He had 5 children and a wife, when the Yankee’s had taken everything they could on that old Skunk’s persuasion. He not yet being satisfied sent 5 men with rifles one night to kill father. He was out at the woodpile cutting wood, and mother and all of us children were standing on the front porch looking at him. Five rifles fired and the bullets whizzed in front of us and Mother shoved us back into the entry and begged him to come in. he said, “They all ran as soon as they fired, and went on cutting wood. No doubt they told old Aaron Swafford, they shot him. When not a bullet passed in less than 25 feet of him, but no doubt they got their money. My grandfather then persuaded him to move to Warren County near where Grandfather Lowry lived. We stayed there 3 years, then wen Grandmother Hutcheson died, Grandfather Hutcheson went over and persuaded them to move in with him. We did and we lived with him till he died. The best old man I ever saw.
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