Lowery Cemetery
Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
Jemima Lowry was the daughter of David Rushing and Nancy Deason. Her mother and two brothers are buried at Campground Cemetery. She has a sister Rebecca Jackson buried at Smith Chapel in Henderson County. Jemima's husband was Robert Lowry, a merchant somewhere in the Decaturville area. (This is a different person from the slave owning planter Robert Lowrey who lived on Doe Creek south of Scotts Hill, see Lowrey Cemetery.) The Lowry's moved to what was then Perry County (now Decatur County) from the Chesterfield District, South Carolina, in the early 1830s. Robert Lowry was in business with his brother-in-law Calvin Rushing. Perry County Court records show them being sued several times. Following his wife's death, Robert Lowry moved to Mississippi.
Jemima's son Robert Lowry, who with his brothers had the marker erected, was a Confederate Brigadier General and Governor of Mississippi 1882-1890.
The marker for Jemima and her sons probably was erected in the 1860s. It was in very good condition right up until it was broken during the logging, probably by a falling tree. Heavy equipment has obliterated all signs of the fieldstones and depressions.
The late Margarett Alexander recorded both cemeteries together in 1976. They appear in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records under the name of Houston Cemetery. Except for the marker information itself, everything said about Jemima Lowry in the cemetery book is wrong.
(Destroyed December 2003) (some info from the TNGen.Web site)
Jemima Lowry was the daughter of David Rushing and Nancy Deason. Her mother and two brothers are buried at Campground Cemetery. She has a sister Rebecca Jackson buried at Smith Chapel in Henderson County. Jemima's husband was Robert Lowry, a merchant somewhere in the Decaturville area. (This is a different person from the slave owning planter Robert Lowrey who lived on Doe Creek south of Scotts Hill, see Lowrey Cemetery.) The Lowry's moved to what was then Perry County (now Decatur County) from the Chesterfield District, South Carolina, in the early 1830s. Robert Lowry was in business with his brother-in-law Calvin Rushing. Perry County Court records show them being sued several times. Following his wife's death, Robert Lowry moved to Mississippi.
Jemima's son Robert Lowry, who with his brothers had the marker erected, was a Confederate Brigadier General and Governor of Mississippi 1882-1890.
The marker for Jemima and her sons probably was erected in the 1860s. It was in very good condition right up until it was broken during the logging, probably by a falling tree. Heavy equipment has obliterated all signs of the fieldstones and depressions.
The late Margarett Alexander recorded both cemeteries together in 1976. They appear in Decatur County, Tennessee Cemetery Records under the name of Houston Cemetery. Except for the marker information itself, everything said about Jemima Lowry in the cemetery book is wrong.
(Destroyed December 2003) (some info from the TNGen.Web site)
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Decaturville, Decatur County, Tennessee, USA
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 14907
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