William Erwin "Bill" Lowe was born June 14, 1869 in Mayfield, Kentucky. He married Ellena Russell in Mayfield, Kentucky, in 1888, and shortly afterwards the young couple migrated to Heber Springs, Arkansas. Both William and Ellena were nineteen when they left Kentucky.
Three years later and with two of their eleven children born, the young family migrated into Indian Territory and settled northeast of Ada in the Chickasaw township in October 1891. Bill immediately engaged in farming, which he continued until his retirement in 1930. He and his wife had nine more children after moving to Indian Territory/Oklahoma, one of whom died in 1903 as a three-month old infant, Annie Cora Lowe.
Bill and his family were enumerated in the 1910 Census for Chickasaw Twp of Pontotoc County, OK. (Dwelling #131): William E. Lowe (farmer)-head (40), Ellena (wife, 41), Elsie (dau, 15), Lillian (dau, 12), Eunice F. (son, 10), Albert C. (son, 6), Dora B. (dau 4), and Beulah (dau, 1). Their eleventh child was born in 1911; in all, there were three sons and eight daughters!!
Bill and Ellena were members of the Trinity Baptist Church.
In the summer of 1923 the family gathered for a family reunion in Ada, and the following article appeared in The Ada Weekly News.
Mrs. Josephene Usher and Mrs. Jane Meyers of Graves county, Kentucky, are visiting their brother, Mr. W.E. Lowe who lives two miles northeast of Ada. Mr. Lowe had not seen his sisters for thirty-five years. Mr. Lowe was a young man of nineteen years when he left Kentucky and came to the Indian Territory.
All of his children were at home Sunday, June 3, except one daughter, Mrs. J. W. [Myrtle Alice] Fullingim of Coleman, Okla. Those present were: Mr. E. R. [Enous R.] Lowe, Mrs. W. L. [Lillian] Smith, Mr. Eunice [Floyd] Lowe of Ada, Mrs. Henry [Susie J.] Eddings of Center, Mrs. Tom [Elsie] Teel of Vanoss and Mrs. Harrison [Dola] Ellis of Lula and their families. There are three single children at home, Albert [Carlson], Beulah, and Iva [Ora] Lee.
There were thirty-five present for dinner and in the afternoon they all had their pictures made and the young folks sang, which was enjoyed by all. It was a day of rejoicing, a day that will be long remembered, we pray God to keep and protect us and if we never meet again in this world we may meet where there will be a greater reunion than this and there will be no sad parting. —Contributed. (personal news article, "Family Renuion," The Ada Weekly News, Ada, Oklahoma, Thursday, June 7, 1923, page 5, col. 3).
Ellena died at age fifty-eight in Ada just four years later in 1927. Bill farmed for another three years, after which he retired in 1930. He continued to live in the family home for a number of years until he moved into Ada, residing at 421 North Francis.
He celebrated his 90th birthday on June 14, 1959, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, northeast of Ada, Oklahoma. His sons and daughters attending this celebration were Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lowe and Martha Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughn, Mrs. Letha Lowe, Mrs. Myrtle Fullingim. Others attending the birthday celebration were Mrs. O. A. Selp, Orlene and Orda Jr., Mrs. Marvin Russell, Randy and Marvina, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Steen and Stephanie, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McDonald.
A few months later, W. E. "Bill" Lowe, age 90, died at 8:25 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 1959, in a local convalescent home.
He left seven daughters: Mrs. W.L. Smith, Ada; Mrs. J.W. Fullingim, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ed Eubank, Mrs. R.C. Wimberly and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughan, all of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Elsie Teel, Taft, Calif.; and Mrs. Susie Eddings, Yucaipa, Calif.; two sons, Eunice Lowe, Ada; and Albert Lowe, Oklahoma City; 32 grandchildren, 59 great-grandhildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14th, in the Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Ralph Crawford officiated. Pallbearers were John T. Weals, Ernest Bray, Bill Clark, Harold Hammond, Joe Thompson and Susanna Shipley.
Interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma.
(Bio based in part on the obituary published in The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 13, 1959 p. 2, Col. 4.)
Three years later and with two of their eleven children born, the young family migrated into Indian Territory and settled northeast of Ada in the Chickasaw township in October 1891. Bill immediately engaged in farming, which he continued until his retirement in 1930. He and his wife had nine more children after moving to Indian Territory/Oklahoma, one of whom died in 1903 as a three-month old infant, Annie Cora Lowe.
Bill and his family were enumerated in the 1910 Census for Chickasaw Twp of Pontotoc County, OK. (Dwelling #131): William E. Lowe (farmer)-head (40), Ellena (wife, 41), Elsie (dau, 15), Lillian (dau, 12), Eunice F. (son, 10), Albert C. (son, 6), Dora B. (dau 4), and Beulah (dau, 1). Their eleventh child was born in 1911; in all, there were three sons and eight daughters!!
Bill and Ellena were members of the Trinity Baptist Church.
In the summer of 1923 the family gathered for a family reunion in Ada, and the following article appeared in The Ada Weekly News.
Mrs. Josephene Usher and Mrs. Jane Meyers of Graves county, Kentucky, are visiting their brother, Mr. W.E. Lowe who lives two miles northeast of Ada. Mr. Lowe had not seen his sisters for thirty-five years. Mr. Lowe was a young man of nineteen years when he left Kentucky and came to the Indian Territory.
All of his children were at home Sunday, June 3, except one daughter, Mrs. J. W. [Myrtle Alice] Fullingim of Coleman, Okla. Those present were: Mr. E. R. [Enous R.] Lowe, Mrs. W. L. [Lillian] Smith, Mr. Eunice [Floyd] Lowe of Ada, Mrs. Henry [Susie J.] Eddings of Center, Mrs. Tom [Elsie] Teel of Vanoss and Mrs. Harrison [Dola] Ellis of Lula and their families. There are three single children at home, Albert [Carlson], Beulah, and Iva [Ora] Lee.
There were thirty-five present for dinner and in the afternoon they all had their pictures made and the young folks sang, which was enjoyed by all. It was a day of rejoicing, a day that will be long remembered, we pray God to keep and protect us and if we never meet again in this world we may meet where there will be a greater reunion than this and there will be no sad parting. —Contributed. (personal news article, "Family Renuion," The Ada Weekly News, Ada, Oklahoma, Thursday, June 7, 1923, page 5, col. 3).
Ellena died at age fifty-eight in Ada just four years later in 1927. Bill farmed for another three years, after which he retired in 1930. He continued to live in the family home for a number of years until he moved into Ada, residing at 421 North Francis.
He celebrated his 90th birthday on June 14, 1959, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, northeast of Ada, Oklahoma. His sons and daughters attending this celebration were Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lowe and Martha Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughn, Mrs. Letha Lowe, Mrs. Myrtle Fullingim. Others attending the birthday celebration were Mrs. O. A. Selp, Orlene and Orda Jr., Mrs. Marvin Russell, Randy and Marvina, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Steen and Stephanie, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McDonald.
A few months later, W. E. "Bill" Lowe, age 90, died at 8:25 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 1959, in a local convalescent home.
He left seven daughters: Mrs. W.L. Smith, Ada; Mrs. J.W. Fullingim, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ed Eubank, Mrs. R.C. Wimberly and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughan, all of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Elsie Teel, Taft, Calif.; and Mrs. Susie Eddings, Yucaipa, Calif.; two sons, Eunice Lowe, Ada; and Albert Lowe, Oklahoma City; 32 grandchildren, 59 great-grandhildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14th, in the Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Ralph Crawford officiated. Pallbearers were John T. Weals, Ernest Bray, Bill Clark, Harold Hammond, Joe Thompson and Susanna Shipley.
Interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma.
(Bio based in part on the obituary published in The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 13, 1959 p. 2, Col. 4.)
William Erwin "Bill" Lowe was born June 14, 1869 in Mayfield, Kentucky. He married Ellena Russell in Mayfield, Kentucky, in 1888, and shortly afterwards the young couple migrated to Heber Springs, Arkansas. Both William and Ellena were nineteen when they left Kentucky.
Three years later and with two of their eleven children born, the young family migrated into Indian Territory and settled northeast of Ada in the Chickasaw township in October 1891. Bill immediately engaged in farming, which he continued until his retirement in 1930. He and his wife had nine more children after moving to Indian Territory/Oklahoma, one of whom died in 1903 as a three-month old infant, Annie Cora Lowe.
Bill and his family were enumerated in the 1910 Census for Chickasaw Twp of Pontotoc County, OK. (Dwelling #131): William E. Lowe (farmer)-head (40), Ellena (wife, 41), Elsie (dau, 15), Lillian (dau, 12), Eunice F. (son, 10), Albert C. (son, 6), Dora B. (dau 4), and Beulah (dau, 1). Their eleventh child was born in 1911; in all, there were three sons and eight daughters!!
Bill and Ellena were members of the Trinity Baptist Church.
In the summer of 1923 the family gathered for a family reunion in Ada, and the following article appeared in The Ada Weekly News.
Mrs. Josephene Usher and Mrs. Jane Meyers of Graves county, Kentucky, are visiting their brother, Mr. W.E. Lowe who lives two miles northeast of Ada. Mr. Lowe had not seen his sisters for thirty-five years. Mr. Lowe was a young man of nineteen years when he left Kentucky and came to the Indian Territory.
All of his children were at home Sunday, June 3, except one daughter, Mrs. J. W. [Myrtle Alice] Fullingim of Coleman, Okla. Those present were: Mr. E. R. [Enous R.] Lowe, Mrs. W. L. [Lillian] Smith, Mr. Eunice [Floyd] Lowe of Ada, Mrs. Henry [Susie J.] Eddings of Center, Mrs. Tom [Elsie] Teel of Vanoss and Mrs. Harrison [Dola] Ellis of Lula and their families. There are three single children at home, Albert [Carlson], Beulah, and Iva [Ora] Lee.
There were thirty-five present for dinner and in the afternoon they all had their pictures made and the young folks sang, which was enjoyed by all. It was a day of rejoicing, a day that will be long remembered, we pray God to keep and protect us and if we never meet again in this world we may meet where there will be a greater reunion than this and there will be no sad parting. —Contributed. (personal news article, "Family Renuion," The Ada Weekly News, Ada, Oklahoma, Thursday, June 7, 1923, page 5, col. 3).
Ellena died at age fifty-eight in Ada just four years later in 1927. Bill farmed for another three years, after which he retired in 1930. He continued to live in the family home for a number of years until he moved into Ada, residing at 421 North Francis.
He celebrated his 90th birthday on June 14, 1959, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, northeast of Ada, Oklahoma. His sons and daughters attending this celebration were Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lowe and Martha Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughn, Mrs. Letha Lowe, Mrs. Myrtle Fullingim. Others attending the birthday celebration were Mrs. O. A. Selp, Orlene and Orda Jr., Mrs. Marvin Russell, Randy and Marvina, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Steen and Stephanie, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McDonald.
A few months later, W. E. "Bill" Lowe, age 90, died at 8:25 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 1959, in a local convalescent home.
He left seven daughters: Mrs. W.L. Smith, Ada; Mrs. J.W. Fullingim, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ed Eubank, Mrs. R.C. Wimberly and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughan, all of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Elsie Teel, Taft, Calif.; and Mrs. Susie Eddings, Yucaipa, Calif.; two sons, Eunice Lowe, Ada; and Albert Lowe, Oklahoma City; 32 grandchildren, 59 great-grandhildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14th, in the Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Ralph Crawford officiated. Pallbearers were John T. Weals, Ernest Bray, Bill Clark, Harold Hammond, Joe Thompson and Susanna Shipley.
Interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma.
(Bio based in part on the obituary published in The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 13, 1959 p. 2, Col. 4.)
Three years later and with two of their eleven children born, the young family migrated into Indian Territory and settled northeast of Ada in the Chickasaw township in October 1891. Bill immediately engaged in farming, which he continued until his retirement in 1930. He and his wife had nine more children after moving to Indian Territory/Oklahoma, one of whom died in 1903 as a three-month old infant, Annie Cora Lowe.
Bill and his family were enumerated in the 1910 Census for Chickasaw Twp of Pontotoc County, OK. (Dwelling #131): William E. Lowe (farmer)-head (40), Ellena (wife, 41), Elsie (dau, 15), Lillian (dau, 12), Eunice F. (son, 10), Albert C. (son, 6), Dora B. (dau 4), and Beulah (dau, 1). Their eleventh child was born in 1911; in all, there were three sons and eight daughters!!
Bill and Ellena were members of the Trinity Baptist Church.
In the summer of 1923 the family gathered for a family reunion in Ada, and the following article appeared in The Ada Weekly News.
Mrs. Josephene Usher and Mrs. Jane Meyers of Graves county, Kentucky, are visiting their brother, Mr. W.E. Lowe who lives two miles northeast of Ada. Mr. Lowe had not seen his sisters for thirty-five years. Mr. Lowe was a young man of nineteen years when he left Kentucky and came to the Indian Territory.
All of his children were at home Sunday, June 3, except one daughter, Mrs. J. W. [Myrtle Alice] Fullingim of Coleman, Okla. Those present were: Mr. E. R. [Enous R.] Lowe, Mrs. W. L. [Lillian] Smith, Mr. Eunice [Floyd] Lowe of Ada, Mrs. Henry [Susie J.] Eddings of Center, Mrs. Tom [Elsie] Teel of Vanoss and Mrs. Harrison [Dola] Ellis of Lula and their families. There are three single children at home, Albert [Carlson], Beulah, and Iva [Ora] Lee.
There were thirty-five present for dinner and in the afternoon they all had their pictures made and the young folks sang, which was enjoyed by all. It was a day of rejoicing, a day that will be long remembered, we pray God to keep and protect us and if we never meet again in this world we may meet where there will be a greater reunion than this and there will be no sad parting. —Contributed. (personal news article, "Family Renuion," The Ada Weekly News, Ada, Oklahoma, Thursday, June 7, 1923, page 5, col. 3).
Ellena died at age fifty-eight in Ada just four years later in 1927. Bill farmed for another three years, after which he retired in 1930. He continued to live in the family home for a number of years until he moved into Ada, residing at 421 North Francis.
He celebrated his 90th birthday on June 14, 1959, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, northeast of Ada, Oklahoma. His sons and daughters attending this celebration were Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lowe and Martha Jo, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughn, Mrs. Letha Lowe, Mrs. Myrtle Fullingim. Others attending the birthday celebration were Mrs. O. A. Selp, Orlene and Orda Jr., Mrs. Marvin Russell, Randy and Marvina, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Steen and Stephanie, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McDonald.
A few months later, W. E. "Bill" Lowe, age 90, died at 8:25 a.m. on Saturday, 12 December 1959, in a local convalescent home.
He left seven daughters: Mrs. W.L. Smith, Ada; Mrs. J.W. Fullingim, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Ed Eubank, Mrs. R.C. Wimberly and Mrs. Tom Ed Vaughan, all of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Elsie Teel, Taft, Calif.; and Mrs. Susie Eddings, Yucaipa, Calif.; two sons, Eunice Lowe, Ada; and Albert Lowe, Oklahoma City; 32 grandchildren, 59 great-grandhildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14th, in the Criswell Funeral Home chapel. Rev. Ralph Crawford officiated. Pallbearers were John T. Weals, Ernest Bray, Bill Clark, Harold Hammond, Joe Thompson and Susanna Shipley.
Interment was in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma.
(Bio based in part on the obituary published in The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 13, 1959 p. 2, Col. 4.)
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