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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Stephen J. Lowdermilk, of Choctaw Township, Lincoln County, Ark., is the subject of the present sketch. He was born in Marshall County, Miss., in 1845, being a son of Jacob and Lenora Lowdermilk, and the date of his birth is 1845. He was married, January 26, 1864, to Zella, daughter of Lemuel K. and Tampa Lockhart, of North Carolina. Mrs. Lowdermilk passed from the scene of her earthly happiness in 1882, and in the following year the subject of this sketch married Mrs. Fannie Azbell, daughter of Robert M. and Kizzie C. Pope. Mr. Lowdermilk figured in many of the prominent battles and minor skirmishes during the Civil War, and was for a time imprisoned at Little Rock, Ark. At the close of the war he returned to his family at Jefferson County, where they continued to reside until the year 1868, when they moved to what is now Lincoln County. Mr. Lowdermilk is quite popular in political circles, as well as being considered a first-class business man, and has been deputy sheriff for a number of years. Besides, he has been several times elected justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Lowdermilk are devout and faithful members of the Methodist Church.

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This family biography is one of 44 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Lincoln County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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