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Willard Henry LOWMAN

Male 1894 - 1976  (81 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Willard Henry LOWMAN was born 19 Sep 1894, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas (son of Isaac Elmer LOWMAN and Loretta Luella LAWRENCE); died 15 Apr 1976, Hemet, Riverside, California; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.

    Notes:

    Willard served in World War I in France. His mother received a notice that he had been killed in action, but actually he was only wounded, and returned home in 1919 to marry Florence Lewis. He suffered from 'shell shock,' what we now identify as PTSD.

    Willard married Florence Gladys LEWIS 24 Dec 1919, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas. Florence (daughter of John Jackson LEWIS and Alice Annie GAUT) was born 30 Nov 1897, Whitesville, Andrew, Missouri; died 20 Sep 1990, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Betty Beatrice LOWMAN was born 16 Oct 1920, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died 15 Oct 2017, Bradbury, Los Angeles, California; was buried 26 Oct 2017, Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, California - Section 53A, #955.
    2. Harold Eugene LOWMAN was born 06 Mar 1922, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died Aug 1981, Alaska; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    3. Dorothy LOWMAN
    4. Charlotte LOWMAN
    5. Arthur Lewis LOWMAN was born 07 Sep 1927, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died 27 Feb 2011, Mission Viejo, Orange, California.
    6. Richard Lee LOWMAN was born 01 May 1929, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died 21 May 2008, Downey, Los Angeles, California.
    7. John LOWMAN
    8. Donald Edward LOWMAN was born 9 Mar 1932, Jamestown, Cloud, Kansas; died 22 Jul 2001, North Highlands, Sacramento, California; was buried Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Sacramento, California.
    9. Willard Joseph LOWMAN was born 5 Aug 1934, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died 8 Mar 2022, Fort McCoy, Marion, Florida.
    10. Judith A LOWMAN

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isaac Elmer LOWMAN was born 22 Apr 1866, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania (son of Andress Sterling LOWMAN and Phoebe Jane TOWNSEND); died 16 Jan 1935, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.

    Notes:

    1880 Census in Summit, Crawford, Pennsylvania

    In 1886 Elmer was hired to help a man transfer a herd of cattle from Pennsylvania to Kansas. Elmer was engaged to Loretta Luella Lawrence, and although she was prepared to teach school, he convinced her to marry him and move to Kansas.

    Isaac married Loretta Luella LAWRENCE 23 Feb 1886, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Loretta was born 05 Sep 1862, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 17 Jan 1945, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Loretta Luella LAWRENCE was born 05 Sep 1862, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 17 Jan 1945, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    Children:
    1. Arthur LOWMAN was born 1888, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    2. L M LOWMAN was born Abt 1892; died Bef 1910.
    3. Charlotte LOWMAN was born 1893, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    4. 1. Willard Henry LOWMAN was born 19 Sep 1894, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; died 15 Apr 1976, Hemet, Riverside, California; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    5. Hope LOWMAN was born 1897, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    6. Helen LOWMAN was born 1899, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Andress Sterling LOWMAN was born 16 Dec 1843, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania (son of John LOWMAN and Hanna STERLING); died 20 Mar 1932, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.

    Notes:

    1850 Census Andrew Lowman, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1860 Census Andrew Lowman, Summerhill Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1863 Civil War draft, Crawford Co., age 20, single, stove maker
    1870 Census Andress Lowman, Spring, Crawford, Pensylvania
    1880 Census Andress Lowman, Summit, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1887 Moved to Kansas (The Kansan, Concordia, 8 Apr 1926)
    1900 Census Andres Lorman, (Lauman) Buffalo, Cloud, Kansas
    1920 Census Andrers S Lowman, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas
    1930 Census Andress Lowman, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas



    Jane Dorland, in the Zentmyer line, was married in 1840 in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.



    The German name Andreas (Andress) was anglicized to Andrew

    Andress married Phoebe Jane TOWNSEND 1865, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Phoebe was born 15 Oct 1844, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 2 Apr 1926, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Phoebe Jane TOWNSEND was born 15 Oct 1844, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 2 Apr 1926, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.

    Notes:

    1880 Census in Summit, Crawford, Pennsylvania

    Moved to Kansas in 1887

    Children:
    1. 2. Isaac Elmer LOWMAN was born 22 Apr 1866, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 16 Jan 1935, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    2. Frank H LOWMAN was born 1868, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John LOWMAN was born 10 Nov 1818, Buffalo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania (son of Abraham T. LOWMAN and FNU BROWN); died 20 Jul 1898, Dicksonburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania - Neuralgia of the heart; was buried Dicksonburg Cemetery, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    1840 Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania living with Andrew Sterling, his father-in-law
    1850 Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1860 Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1880 Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania



    John was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania per his obituary.



    Occupation - day laborer

    John married Hanna STERLING 1840, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Hanna (daughter of Andrus STERLING and Elizabeth PHILLIPS) was born 7 Oct 1812, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 19 Jun 1913, Linesville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; was buried Dicksonburg Cemetery, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hanna STERLING was born 7 Oct 1812, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania (daughter of Andrus STERLING and Elizabeth PHILLIPS); died 19 Jun 1913, Linesville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; was buried Dicksonburg Cemetery, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    1850 US Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1860 US Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1880 US Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania
    1900 US Census in Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania

    Children:
    1. M. E. LOWMAN was born 1841, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died Aft 1850, Bef 1860, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    2. 4. Andress Sterling LOWMAN was born 16 Dec 1843, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 20 Mar 1932, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas; was buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas.
    3. Abraham A LOWMAN was born 31 May 1844, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 16 Jun 1912, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; was buried Conneautville Cemetery, Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    4. Mary J LOWMAN was born 28 Feb 1846, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died 22 Jul 1933, Akron, Summit, Ohio.
    5. Julia A LOWMAN was born 1850, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    6. Minerva LOWMAN was born Feb 1852, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania; was buried Dicksonburg Cemetery, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    7. John Alexander LOWMAN was born 1856, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.
    8. Lydia LOWMAN was born 1858, Summerhill, Crawford, Pennsylvania.