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Miles Lowell

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Miles Lowell

Birth
Vermont, USA
Death
14 Jun 1891 (aged 71–72)
Dansville, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Dansville, Ingham County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot # 310 Row 16 Sec 3B
Memorial ID
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From the Ingham County Democrat, as photocopied by the Ingham County Genealogical Society. The Democrat appears to be a Thursday publication.

June 18, 1891, page 8
Column 1
Mr. Lowell, who has been in such poor health for some time, passed away from worldly cures Sunday morning at 6:30. He had been a resident of this place some 27 years, was 75 years of age and leaves a wife and several brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. Funeral services at the M. E. church Monday at two p.m.

column 2
The death of Mr. Miles Lowell of Dansville, occurred last Sunday morning about 7 o'clock following a short illness. Mr. Lowell was one of the early pioneers of White Oak. He owned and cleared the farm now owned by J. A. Sly of this place; he was one of the first to help support the gospel in the Cady district; he has been a member of the M.E. church for a good number of years, and died in the triumph of living faith. Mr. Lowell has through his honest labors and good management accumulated a good fortune to leave to his many friends, as they have no children. He leaves a wife and many sympathizing friends to mourn his loss.

Miles Lowell left a will, online at Ancestry. It identifies four siblings Royal Lowell, Julius Lowell, Lucy Hicks and Sarah Lowell.

Miles and Emily did not have any children but there are three children found in the census records with them.
Eliza Lowell (actually Smith), detailed below.
Nettie Chadwick, Find-a-Grave #49234005. She was the daughter of Emily Chadwick Lowell’s nephew Charles.
William Osa Lowell, who in Emily’s will, is identified as an adopted son.

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1850; Census Place: Marion, Livingston, Michigan;
Name: Miles Lowell
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Marion, Livingston, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Miles Lowell 34
Emily Lowell 29
Eliza Lowell 5

1860; Census Place: White Oak, Ingham, Michigan;
Name: M Lowel
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Vermont
Home in 1860: White Oak, Ingham, Michigan
Post Office: Dansville
Family Number: 346
Name Age
M Lowel 44
E Lowel 37
E A Lowel 15-Eliza
W O Lowel 6-William O.

Eliza Ann Smith married Cornelius Cadwell b.1830 on 8 Feb 1863 in White Oak Township, Ingham, Michigan. Miles Lowell is a witness. This marriage record on FamilySearch.org clearly gives her name as Eliza Ann Smith.

1870; Census Place: Marion, Livingston, Michigan
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornelius Cadwell
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1870: Marion, Livingston, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Brighton
Household Members:
Name Age
Cornelius Cadwell 40
Eliza M Cadwell 25
Olive A Cadwell 4 (in 1883 marries August Dickman)
Minnie Cadwell 2 ( in 1898 marries Henry J Elliott)
Miller Smith, 26, BP=Michigan, farm laborer

Michigan records have a daughter Francis Janette born 5 Sep 1870 in Livingston, MI
Family records have a son Jason Elbridge Cadwell bor 26 Dec 1872, Austin, Travis, TX

Eliza Cadwell died July 23, 1874 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas USA.

Eliza Cadwell is NOT the child of Miles & Emily Lowell. Besides the marriage record, the DC of Minnie Cadwell Elliott in 1934 Michigan gives her mother as Eliza Smith.
From the Ingham County Democrat, as photocopied by the Ingham County Genealogical Society. The Democrat appears to be a Thursday publication.

June 18, 1891, page 8
Column 1
Mr. Lowell, who has been in such poor health for some time, passed away from worldly cures Sunday morning at 6:30. He had been a resident of this place some 27 years, was 75 years of age and leaves a wife and several brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. Funeral services at the M. E. church Monday at two p.m.

column 2
The death of Mr. Miles Lowell of Dansville, occurred last Sunday morning about 7 o'clock following a short illness. Mr. Lowell was one of the early pioneers of White Oak. He owned and cleared the farm now owned by J. A. Sly of this place; he was one of the first to help support the gospel in the Cady district; he has been a member of the M.E. church for a good number of years, and died in the triumph of living faith. Mr. Lowell has through his honest labors and good management accumulated a good fortune to leave to his many friends, as they have no children. He leaves a wife and many sympathizing friends to mourn his loss.

Miles Lowell left a will, online at Ancestry. It identifies four siblings Royal Lowell, Julius Lowell, Lucy Hicks and Sarah Lowell.

Miles and Emily did not have any children but there are three children found in the census records with them.
Eliza Lowell (actually Smith), detailed below.
Nettie Chadwick, Find-a-Grave #49234005. She was the daughter of Emily Chadwick Lowell’s nephew Charles.
William Osa Lowell, who in Emily’s will, is identified as an adopted son.

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1850; Census Place: Marion, Livingston, Michigan;
Name: Miles Lowell
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Marion, Livingston, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Miles Lowell 34
Emily Lowell 29
Eliza Lowell 5

1860; Census Place: White Oak, Ingham, Michigan;
Name: M Lowel
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1816
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Vermont
Home in 1860: White Oak, Ingham, Michigan
Post Office: Dansville
Family Number: 346
Name Age
M Lowel 44
E Lowel 37
E A Lowel 15-Eliza
W O Lowel 6-William O.

Eliza Ann Smith married Cornelius Cadwell b.1830 on 8 Feb 1863 in White Oak Township, Ingham, Michigan. Miles Lowell is a witness. This marriage record on FamilySearch.org clearly gives her name as Eliza Ann Smith.

1870; Census Place: Marion, Livingston, Michigan
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Cornelius Cadwell
Age in 1870: 40
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birthplace: Michigan
Home in 1870: Marion, Livingston, Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Brighton
Household Members:
Name Age
Cornelius Cadwell 40
Eliza M Cadwell 25
Olive A Cadwell 4 (in 1883 marries August Dickman)
Minnie Cadwell 2 ( in 1898 marries Henry J Elliott)
Miller Smith, 26, BP=Michigan, farm laborer

Michigan records have a daughter Francis Janette born 5 Sep 1870 in Livingston, MI
Family records have a son Jason Elbridge Cadwell bor 26 Dec 1872, Austin, Travis, TX

Eliza Cadwell died July 23, 1874 in Sherman, Grayson, Texas USA.

Eliza Cadwell is NOT the child of Miles & Emily Lowell. Besides the marriage record, the DC of Minnie Cadwell Elliott in 1934 Michigan gives her mother as Eliza Smith.

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"M. Lowell / 1819 - 1891"



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