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Lowell, Charles – Lowrey, William Tyndale

Lowell, Charles

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1782, in Boston, Mass. He was a prominent unitarian clergyman of Boston, pastor of the West Church from 1806 until his death. He was the author of Occasional Sermons; Practical Sermons; Meditations for the Afflicted; and Devotional Exercises for Communicants. He died Jan. 28, 1861, in Boston, Mass.

Lowell, Edward Jackson

lawyer, author, was born Oct. 18, 1845, in Boston, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston; and the author of The Hessians and Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War; and The Eve of the French Revolution. He died in

Lowell, Francis Cabot

merchant, was born April 7, 1775, in Newburyport.

In 1813 he became convinced that it was practicable to introduce cotton manufacture into the United States, and the result was the establishment of factories at Waltham, Mass., and finally, after his death, the foundation of the city of Lowell, which was named in his honor. He died Aug. 10, 1817, in Boston, Mass.

Lowell, Francis Cabot

lawyer, author, was born in 1855 in Massachusetts.

He is a Boston lawyer; and the author of Joan of Arc, a valuable historical biography.

Lowell, John

philanthropist, was born May 11, 1779, in Boston, Mass. He bequeathed $250,000 for the maintenance in Boston of annual courses of free public lectures on religion, science and the arts.

This establishment, the Lowell institute, went into operation in the winter of 1839- 40, and has been continued since that time with eminent success. He died March 4, 1836, in India.

Lowell, John

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 18, 1824, in Boston, Mass. In 1865 he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Massachusetts; and in 1878 was appointed judge of the United States circuit court.

LOWELL, MRS. JOSEPHINE [SHAW], author, was born Dec. 16, 1843, in West Roxbury, Mass. She is a philanthropist of New York city; and the author of Public Relief and Private Charity.

Lower, Christian

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1807.

Lowndes, Lloyd

lawyer, banker, legislator, governor, was born Feb. 21, 1845, in Clarksburg, W. Va. He received his education at the Washington college, and at the Alleghany college of Pennsylvania. He removed to Cumberland, Md.; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican. He served with distinction as governor of Maryland; and for many years has been president of the Second National bank of Cumberland.

Lowndes, Rawlins

lawyer, jurist, statesman, was born in 1722, in the West Indies. In 1766 he was appointed associate justice in Charleston, S. C. He became a member of the state legislature; and in 1778 was president of the province.

He died Aug. 24, 1800, in Charleston, S. C.

Lowndes, Thomas

congressman, was born in 1765 in Charleston, S. C. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1801 to 1805. He died July 8, 1843, in Charleston, S. C.

Lowndes, William Jones

congressman, was born Feb. 7, 1782, in Charleston, S. C. He served in the South Carolina state legislature in 1806 and 1808; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1811 to 1822. He died Nov. 22, 1822, at sea.

Lowrey, William Tyndale

clergyman, college president, was born March 3, 1858, in Tishomingo county, Miss. Since 1885 he has been president of the Blue Mountain Female college.